Aaron Lazar
| Aaron Lazar | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1976/1977 (age 47–48)[1] Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | www |
Aaron Lazar (born c. 1976/1977) is an American stage, film and television actor and singer.
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Early life and education
Lazar was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to a Jewish family.[2][3] He graduated from Cherry Hill High School West in 1994.[1] Lazar attended Duke University where he earned a BA in music in 1998,[4] while completing the prerequisite classes for medical school and taking the MCAT. He then studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where he earned an MFA in musical theater in 2000.[5]
Career
After landing the role of understudy to the lead in the Broadway National Tour of The Scarlet Pimpernel only months after moving to New York City, Lazar abandoned his aspirations of being a medical doctor. He received a Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Enjolras in Les Misérables.[6]
Work
Broadway
- Mamma Mia! (2013)
- The Last Ship (2014)
- "Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm" in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music (2009-2010 Broadway Revival)
- "Ben Joplin" in Impressionism on Broadway (2009) with Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, and Marsha Mason
- "Charles Darnay" in A Tale of Two Cities (Broadway 2008)
- "Enjolras" in Les Misérables (Broadway Revival 2006)
- "Fabrizio Nacarelli" in The Light in the Piazza (broadcast live from Lincoln Center on PBS)
Film
- This Is Where I Leave You as Barry Weissman (2014)
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- J. Edgar (2011)
- The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)[7]
- One Man's Castle (2003)[7]
Television
- White Collar, episode "Book of Hours" (2009)[7]
- All My Children, two episodes (2009)[7]
- New Amsterdam, episode "Bad Amanda" (2008)[7]
- Ugly Betty, episode "Honor" (2008)[7]
- Guiding Light[citation needed]
- Onion News Network as O'Brady Shaw, recurring (2011)
- The Good Wife as William Sattmann in the episode "The Last Call" (2014)[7]
References
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External links
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- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2011
- 1970s births
- Living people
- Male actors from New Jersey
- American male stage actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Duke University alumni
- Jewish American male actors
- People from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni
- 21st-century American male actors
