Leslie Odom Jr. is an American actor and singer. He is known for originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Hamilton. Odom has also appeared in short films, and had a supporting role in the 2012 war film Tails.
About Leslie Odom Jr. in brief
Leslie Odom Jr. is an American actor and singer. He is known for originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton. His television roles included Sam Strickland in the musical series Smash. Odom has also appeared in short films, and had a supporting role in the 2012 war film Tails. In 2019, Odom starred in the film Harriet Tubman Still Still Still, about abolitionist Harriet Tubwoman. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Hamilton. He also won a 2016 Grammy Award for the cast album for the show’s performance. He has released three solo jazz albums and is the author of the 2018 book Failing Up. He was born in Queens, New York City, and grew up in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He earned a degree with honors at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2003. He made his Broadway debut as Paul in Rent at the age of 17. He appeared in the ensemble of the one-night Broadway concert version of Dreamgirls in 2000. He spent much of his time doing theatre in Los Angeles, including in 2010 with Leap of Faith, which moved to Broadway in 2012, with him starring as Isaiah Sturdevant. When the show closed shortly afterward, he relocated to New York. He hosted the Broadway. com web series Aaron Burr, Sir: Backstage at Hamilton with Leslie Odom. Jr., with a new episode being uploaded every Thursday for eight weeks.
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