Joshua Colley

Joshua Robert Colley is an American actor and singer.

Joshua Colley
Born
Joshua Robert Colley

(2002-01-20) January 20, 2002
New Port Richey, Florida, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2012–present

Personal life

Joshua Colley and his twin brother Cameron were born on January 20, 2002, to Brad and Robbie Lynn Colley. Colley was raised in Trinity, Florida.[1]

Career

Colley played the role of Les in the musical Newsies between March 11, 2013 and February 2, 2014. In January 2014, it was announced that Colley would play the role of Gavroche in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, alternating in that role with Gaten Matarazzo.[2] Colley started with the show when it began previews on March 1, 2014 and performed until March 1, 2015.[3] The Huffington Post called Colley's performance "'grounded and believable and anything but an outtake from Oliver!"[4]

In 2014, Colley was cast as the voice of Pig Robinson in the Nick Jr. Channel animated television show Peter Rabbit. He voiced the role from 2014 to 2015.[5][6]

Colley played the lead role in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the York Theater Company from May 24, 2016 to June 26, 2016.[7] The cast album was released on November 18, 2016 by Broadway Records.[8]

He took one week off of the run to perform in The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl. Colley played the role of Flounder, alongside Sara Bareilles, Tituss Burgess, John Stamos, and Rebel Wilson in the first week of June 2016.[9]

In 2021, he joined the cast of Hulu's Sex Appeal as well as American comedy film Senior Year.[10]

In the third and final season of the coming-of-age series Love, Victor Colley portrayed Liam, Victor's sharp-tongued classmate.[11][12]

On October 12, 2022, he was cast to play Monty in the upcoming HBO Max series titled Dead Boy Detectives.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Sex Appeal Tristan Movie
Senior Year Yaz Movie
Love, Victor Liam TV series, 2 episodes
TBA Dead Boy Detectives Monty TV series

Theatre credits
Year Title Role Venue Notes
2012-13 Les Misérables Gavroche US National Tour 25th Anniversary
2013–14 Newsies Les Nederlander Theatre Broadway
2014–15 Les Misérables Gavroche Imperial Theatre Broadway
2015 Elf The Musical Michael Hobbs US National Tour
2016 A Bronx Tale Young Calogero Paper Mill Playhouse World Premiere
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Charlie Brown York Theatre Off-Broadway
The Little Mermaid Flounder Hollywood Bowl Concert

References
  1. "Trinity twins make Broadway debuts in 'Newsies,' 'Kinky Boots'". Tampa Bay Times.
  2. BWW News Desk. "LES MISERABLES Finds Its Little People! Young Cosette, Eponine and Gavroche Announced!". BroadwayWorld.com.
  3. "Joshua Colley – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  4. Giltz, Michael; creator, ContributorBookFilter (March 30, 2014). "Theater: Les Miz a Pleasure (and not a Guilty One); Breathing Time Expires". HuffPost. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  5. Smith, Matt. "BWW Exclusive: Lilla Crawford, Joshua Colley & More Dish on Fame, Fans, and Life as a Child Actor (Part 2)". BroadwayWorld.com.
  6. "Creating Your Character with 'Peter Rabbit's' Joshua Colley". www.backstage.com. November 26, 2014.
  7. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Discount Tickets - BroadwayBox". BroadwayBox.com.
  8. BWW News Desk. "'Happiness Is...' York's YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Cast Recording, Out Today". BroadwayWorld.com.
  9. "LEASE EVENT: Disney's The Little Mermaid in Concert | Hollywood Bowl". www.hollywoodbowl.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016.
  10. Jackson, Angelique (July 16, 2021). "Jade Bender, Michael Cimino, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Avantika Join Paramount Players' 'Senior Year'(EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  11. Amber, Melis (June 15, 2022). "LOVE, VICTOR Recap: (S03E06) Agent of Chaos". Geek Girl Authority. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  12. Knight, Lewis (June 15, 2022). "Love, Victor season 3 ending explained: Who does Victor choose? Cast explain". Radio Times. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.