Line #16 Creator/ChristianBorle


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3	Christian Dominique Borle (born October 1, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, best known for theatre of which his roles are extensive, but also was a lead in the TV show ''Series/{{Smash}}''. He is of French heritage but from Pennsylvania and after seeing ''Franchise/StarWars'' wanted to be a comic artist until participating in a school play in high school. He then studied acting at college, where he began dating future (ex-)wife Creator/SuttonFoster, and moved to New York.
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5	We're not going to say that the rest is history because anecdotally his first acting gig was as a Macy's elf. His next was as a pinball kid in a German production of ''Music/{{Tommy}}''. One of his first big Broadway roles was replacing Gavin Creel in ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' to be [[RealLifeRelative acting alongside]] Sutton Foster from 2002, in 2017 he joined the cast of Foster's show ''Series/{{Younger}}''. He also has quite a resemblance with Creator/TimCurry, his ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' co-star, at times. He has two MediaNotes/{{Tony Award\|Winners}}s.
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7	!!Selected Theatrical roles:
8	* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' as Riff (National Tour, 1997-98)
9	* ''Theatre/{{Footloose}}'' as Willard (Broadway)
10	* ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'' (Broadway)
11	* ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' as Jimmy (Broadway)
12	* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' as Not Dead Fred/The Historian/Minstrel/Prince Herbert (Broadway, OBC)
13	* ''Theatre/LegallyBlonde'' as Emmett (Broadway, OBC; Tony nomination)
14	* ''Theatre/OnTheTown'' as Ozzie (NYC Center)
15	* ''Theatre/PeterAndTheStarcatcher'' as Black Stache (Broadway, OBC; Tony win)
16	* ''Theatre/MaryPoppins'' as Bert (Broadway)
17	* ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' as Prior (Off-Broadway)
18	* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' as Adolfo (Lincoln Center)
19	* ''Theatre/SomethingRotten'' as TheBard (Broadway, OBC; Tony win)
20	* ''Theatre/{{Falsettos}}'' as Marvin (Broadway, ORC; Tony nomination)
21	* ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' as [[Characters/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactoryWillyWonka Willy Wonka]] (Broadway, OBC)
22	* ''Theatre/SomeLikeItHot'' as Joe (Broadway, OBC)
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24	!!Selected Filmography:
25	* ''Film/{{Stonewall\|1995}}'' (1995)
26	* ''Series/JohnnyAndTheSprites'' as the Bridge Troll
27	* ''Film/TheBountyHunter'' as Caddy (2010)
28	* ''Series/{{Smash}}'' as Tom Levitt (2012-13)
29	* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Live!'' as Max Detweiler (2013)
30	* ''Series/MastersOfSex'' as Frank Masters (2014)
31	* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' as Slickwell (2014)
32	* ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan\|1954}} Live!'' as Smee/George Darling (2014)
33	* ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Carter Schmidt (2013-15)
34	* ''Film/{{Blackhat}}'' as Jeff Robichaud (2015)
35	* ''Series/GilmoreGirls: A Year in the Life'' as Carl (2016)
36	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' as Rusty Topsail (2018)
37	* ''Series/{{Younger}}'' as Don Ridley (2018-)
38	* ''Series/TheGoodFight'' as Carter Schmidt (2018-)
39	* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' as Vox (2024-)

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