Christian Borle

Birth Name:

Christian Borle

Birth Place:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Won a Tony Award for playing the pirate Black Stache in "Peter and the Starcatcher," a prequel to "Peter Pan․"
Briefly attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh before eventually relocating to New York City to pursue full-time work on Broadway by the mid 1990s
Married to fellow Broadway alum, Sutton Foster, from 2006 to 2010
Developed an interest in acting while in high school after initially wanting to become a comic book artist as a child
In his senior year of college, he really wanted to be the Emcee in "Cabaret," but didn't get the part, ending up in a different role instead, an experience he credits with eventually teaching him that he could be happy not playing the lead
Quote: "I'm working on good things with good people; that's what I pinch myself about․ It's been everything I wanted to do since I was a kid listening to cast recordings in my bedroom․"
Quote: "[on playing gay characters] "I say the lines that are on the page, and it happens to be opposite a boy rather than a girl․""
After initially making his on-screen debut in 1998, he would earn his breakout role in 2012 on NBC's Broadway-themed series, "Smash"
Best known for his appearances in Spamalot, On the Town, Legally Blonde and Peter and the Starcatcher
Made his Broadway debut in 1998 as an understudy in Footloose and later earned a starring role in the 2000 revival of Jesus Christ, Superstar

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