John Lloyd Young Biography

Tony Award winner JOHN LLOYD YOUNG created the role of "Frankie Valli" in the Original Broadway Cast of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. For his Broadway debut in JERSEY BOYS, Young won the Lead Actor Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards, and he can be heard as lead singer Valli on the Grammy Award-winning Original Cast Recording. Young's other honors for JERSEY BOYS include a caricature at the world-famous Sardi's Restaurant, being named Person of the Week by ABC World News Tonight, and being chosen for three prestigious "Best of " lists by Entertainment Weekly, Reader's Digest and The New York Times. Before JERSEY BOYS, Young was a New York theatre actor in plays including the New York-area premiere of Michael Healey's THE DRAWER BOY, with Frasier's John Mahoney; and he was named one of 2004's Best Featured Actors in a Play by the NJ Star-Ledger for "Danny Saunders" in Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok's dramatic adaptation of THE CHOSEN, opposite Theodore Bikel, directed by David Ellenstein. New York Theatre: "Charlie" in Julia Jordan's THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS for director Joe Calarco (Lucille Lortel Theatre), "Moritz" in the Douglas Langworthy translation of Wedekind's SPRING AWAKENING; and nail-biting number theorist "Claudio" in Rinne Groff's THE FIVE HYSTERICAL GIRLS THEOREM, for Obie-winning Target Margin Theatre. Young has performed at Carnegie Hall, the White House, New Year's Eve in Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, the New York City Marathon, Yankee Stadium, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, McCarter Theatre Center, Kennedy Center and New York's Town Hall. Festival Films: THE BELLIGERENTS, THE ROMAN SOLDIER. Television: NBC's LAW & ORDER, and appearances on CBS TV's Late Show with David Letterman, ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly, A&E's Breakfast with the Arts, Entertainment Tonight, Celebrity Jeopardy, and three times on NBC's Today Show (including Katie Couric's highly-rated farewell). In February 2008, Young made his solo concert debut singing rock from the 60s and 70s in two sold-out performances at Lincoln Center. In August 2008, Young will make his debut at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Member: William Inge Festival National Advisory Board. Co-chair: Actors Fund of America National Advisory Board. Graduate: Brown University.