Brian d'Arcy James

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Film & TV

Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Brian d'Arcy James is an American actor and musician. He is known primarily for his Broadway roles, including Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Nick Bottom in Something Rotten!, King George III in Hamilton, and The Baker in Into the Woods. He has received five Tony Award nominations for his work.

Known for

• Finnegan's Foursome — Teddy Finnegan2026
• The Family McMullen — Walter2025
• The Copenhagen Test — Peter Moira2025
• Millers in Marriage — Dennis2024
• Devil's Peak — Bo2023
• She Came to Me — Trey Ruffa2023
• Pain Hustlers — Dr. Lydell2023
• Love & Death — Dr. Fred Fason2023
• Dear Edward — Bruce2023
• Let Me Go (The Right Way) — Dr. Kemp2022

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1968-06-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

78,270

Total plays

1,038,585

Brian D'arcy James is an accomplished stage actor who has appeared in musicals such as The Sweet Smell of Success (Tony Award nomination), Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party (Off-Broadway), Titanic: The Musical, Something Rotten, and the Second Stage production of Next to Normal. He originated the title role of Shrek in the Broadway musical based on the popular animated film, as well as the role of King George in the off-Broadway production of Hamilton. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Brian+D%27Ar

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Brian

Family name

James

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Saginaw

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Official website

briandarcyjames.com

Image

Brian d'Arcy James in 2018.jpg

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