Mike Faist

Film & TV

Gahanna, Ohio, USA

Michael David Faist (born January 5, 1992) is an American actor, dancer, and singer. He is known for starring in the original Broadway productions of Newsies and Dear Evan Hansen, and in movies such as West Side Story (2021), Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022), and Challengers (2024).

Known for

• East of Eden — Charles Trask2026
• Challengers — Art Donaldson2024
• The Bikeriders — Danny2024
• Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game — Roger Sharpe2023
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest2023
• The Stories of West Side Story — Self2022
• Something's Coming: West Side Story — Self2021
• West Side Story — Riff2021
• PANIC — Dodge Mason2021
• Panic — Dodge Mason2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1991-01-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

248,472

Total plays

2,951,182

Mike Faist is an American actor. He got his start in theatre, performing in the original Broadway casts of both Newsies (2012-2013) and Dear Evan Hansen (2016-2018), even earning a Tony nomination for the latter. He has appeared in multiple films and tv shows, including Amazon Prime Video's Panic (2021). He was cast as Riff in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story (2021), which earned him a BAFTA nomination and critical acclaim. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Faist">Read more on Last.fm</a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Mike

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Big Walnut Creek

Occupation

singer

Educated at

American Musical and Dramatic Academy

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Field of work

music

Image

Mike Faist 2024 (cropped-J1).jpg

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