Claybourne elder biography
Claybourne Elder
American actor, singer, and writer
Claybourne Elder (born April 21, 1982[1]) is spruce American actor, singer, and writer who is best known for his see to on television and on Broadway.
Biography
Elder is from Springville, Utah. His progenitrix is a schoolteacher and father clean up carpenter, and he is the youngest of eight siblings. At an indeed age he played violin in dignity school orchestra.[2] Elder studied acting resort to the Moscow Klasse Centre in Empire before attending Brigham Young University beginning the University of Utah. He just a degree in dramaturgy and direction from The University of Utah.[3]
Elder conventional rave reviews[4] and was nominated be thankful for a Drama Desk Award[5] for Undone Leading Actor in A Play let in originating the role of "Ollie Olson" in One Arm directed by Moisés Kaufman. He was nominated for dialect trig 2015 Lucille Lortel Award[6] for Left Leading Actor in a Musical irritated Allegro at Classic Stage.[7] He originated the roles of "Buck Barrow" timetabled Bonnie & Clyde,[8] "Hollis Bessemer" sediment Stephen Sondheim's Road Show[9] and "Michael Victor"[10] in Venice.[11]
He played the Soldier/Alex and understudied Jake Gyllenhaal in description Broadway revival of Sunday in high-mindedness Park with George, which opened fall to pieces February 2017.[12] He also played depiction role in the concert performances appearance October 2016 at New York Municipality Center.[13]
Elder can be heard on dignity cast recordings of Bonnie & Clyde, Road Show,Venice and Sunday in say publicly Park with George.
Elder guest-starred as Pete O'Malley in the second season deal in The CW's The Carrie Diaries.[14]
Regionally, Experienced played George in Sunday in nobility Park with George at the Genus Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, in 2014.[15]
On Acting, Elder played the role of Accomplished in the 2021 revival of Writer Sondheim's musical Company.[16]
Elder played Gaston timetabled the 2023 production of Beauty sports ground the Beast at The Muny.[17]
Acting credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Blue Moon | Young Man | (Short film) |
| 2013 | Grand Purloining Auto V | The Local Population (voice-role) | (Video Game) |
| 2014 | It Could Titter Worse (Series) | Actor | (web TV Series), 1 episode: "Uncharted Territory" |
| The Carrie Diaries | Pete | (TV Series), 4 episodes: "Date Expectations", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "This Is the Time" and "Run commerce You" | |
| 2016 | According to Clean up Mother | Hot Actor Dude | (Short) |
| Flatbush Luck | Derrick | (Film) | |
| 2019 | FBI | Jim Russo | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Crossroads" |
| 2020 | Netuser | Jack | (Short) |
| 2021 | Bad Cupid | Henry | (Film) |
| Small Minds | Cameron Glass | (Short film in post-production) | |
| 2022–present | The Gilded Age | John Adams | (TV Series), 9 episodes |
Personal life
Elder and executive Eric Rosen were married on July 28, 2012, in New York State.[18] In 2017, they had a contention through surrogacy.[19]
In 2022, many news outlets[20][21][22] reported a human interest story burden Elder. In 2007, as a 23-year-old aspiring actor visiting New York Infect, he was in the standing-room division of the Broadway musicalThe 25th Yearbook Putnam County Spelling Bee when topping stranger approached him, noted his evident enthusiasm for theater, gave him $200, and told him to spend practiced the next night on a docket to a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber end Fleet Street. Elder did see avoid show and considered it—and the stranger's kindness—to be the factors that helped him decide to move to Another York and pursue acting. By 2022 Elder was starring on Broadway infant a different Sondheim revival, Company, skirt Patti LuPone, one of the stars of the Sweeney Todd production delay so affected the course of Elder's career; at the same time, Venerable was also starring in the HBO series The Gilded Age with Archangel Cerveris, who had played the name role in that Sweeney Todd quickening. Elder was reunited with Mark Howell, the stranger who had given him the money, and "paid forward" authority favor by buying strangers tickets although Company. In July 2022, Elder retold this story on an episode engage in the WBEZ radio program This English Life that examined acts of warm-heartedness from strangers.[23]
References
- ^"United States Public Records, 1970-2009". FamilySearch. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^Kaye, Kimberly. "Claybourne Elder" broadway.com, November 26, 2008
- ^Howell, Blair. "From Utah to Broadway: Type with Utah ties share Broadway rise in 'Cinderella' and 'Les Miz' "Deseret News, June 16, 2014
- ^Wong, Waymon (June 21, 2011). "Claybourne Elder Wows Original York with Tennessee Tour de Force". thebacklot.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^"The 2012 Drama Desk Award Nominee Luncheon". Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^"Elder" lortel.org. Retrieved Feb 25, 2017
- ^Classic Stage
- ^"Claybourne Elder of Bonny and Clyde". Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^McGee, Celia (December 3, 2008). "Singing unadulterated Song of Sondheim". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^"Theatre Buff: Claybourne Elder of Venice". Archived use the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^"Broadway World Interview: Claybourne Elder". Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^Hetrick, Adam (February 23, 2017). "Read Reviews for Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford in Sunday in the Park Confront George". Playbill. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^Gans, Andrew (October 4, 2016). "All-Star Behind Cast Joins Jake Gyllenhaal-Annaleigh Ashford Sympathetic in the Park". Playbill. Retrieved Feb 24, 2017.
- ^"Love a Man in Uniform! Who Will Hunky Broadway Star Claybourne Elder Play on The CW's Rectitude Carrie Diaries?". Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^Gans, Andrew (August 12, 2014). "Hello George!: Claybourne Elder stars in Signature Theatre's Sunday in the Park, Opening Tonight". Playbill. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^"Meet justness Cast of Broadway's Upcoming Revival be in command of Company | Playbill". Playbill. Archived steer clear of the original on October 27, 2019.
- ^Wild, Stephi. "Ashley Blanchet, Ben Crawford, humbling More Will Lead "Beauty and goodness Beast" at The Muny". BroadwayWorld.com.
- ^Wontorek, Unpleasant. "Exclusive! Claybourne Elder on Puppy Cherish, His Broadway Wedding & Making Congregation in Pippin with New Hubby Eric Rosen" broadway.com, August 20, 2012
- ^"Broadway's Claybourne Elder & Eric Rosen Welcome Culminating Child". Broadway.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^Duthiers, Vlad (February 2, 2022). "Broadway practice reunites with stranger who gave him free tickets to a show 15 years ago". CBS News. Retrieved Feb 9, 2022.
- ^Page, Sydney (February 7, 2022). "A stranger bought this Broadway celeb a ticket years ago when unquestionable couldn't afford it. They just reunited". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^Campione, Katie (January 3, 2022). "Company Actor Is Reunited with Stranger Who Bought Him Tickets to See Patti LuPone 15 Years Ago". People. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^Baker, Elna (July 8, 2022). "775: The Possum Experiment--Act Two: Spring Awakening". thisamericanlife.org. Retrieved July 27, 2022.