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Matthew Morrison
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American actor, dancer, and singer
Film & TV
Fort Ord, California, USA
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He is known for starring in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including his portrayal of Link Larkin in Hairspray on Broadway, and for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show Glee (2009–2015). Morrison signed with Adam Levine's 222 Records in 2012 and received a Tony…
Known for
- Test2026
- From Embers — Marty Baker2024
- Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration — Self2024
- Paris Christmas Waltz — Leo2023
- Brutal2022
- Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical — The Grinch2020
- Stars in the House — Self2020
- Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — Self - Host2019
- Crazy Alien — Captain Zach Andrews2019
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration — Self - Host2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Matthew James Morrison , ( 1978-10-30 ) October 30, 1978 (age 47) , Fort Ord, California , U.S.
- Education
- New York University , (attended)
- Occupations
- Actor dancer singer
- Years active
- 1997–present
- Spouse
- Renee Puente ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
- Genres
- Pop jazz soul pop standards
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Mercury 222 Records
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Family name
- Morrison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Ord
- Occupation
- dancer
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Image
- Matthew Morrison Peabody 2010 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Matthew Morrison
- date of birth
- 1978-10-30
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- different from
- Matthew Morison
- social media followers
- 834851
- unmarried partner
- Chrishell Stause
- number of viewers/listeners
- 459455
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Encyclopedic overview
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show Glee (2009–2015).
Morrison has starred in multiple Broadway and off-Broadway productions. He appeared as Link Larkin in the original Broadway cast of Hairspray (2002), as Fabrizio Nacarelli in the original Broadway cast of the musical The Light in the Piazza (2005, for which he received a Tony Award nomination), and in the starring role of J.M. Barrie in the original Broadway cast of Finding Neverland (2015-2016). In April 2026, he returned to Broadway as Bobby Darin in Just in Time replacing Jonathan Groff.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthew Morrison” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.