John Gallagher Jr.

A rising Broadway star with a magnetic stage presence navigates the pressures of fame and the blurred lines between performance and reality as he prepares to headline a high-stakes new musical.

Born

June 17, 1984

From

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

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Producer

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In short · Acting since 1999, 4 decades active, 33 credits.

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Biography

John Howard Gallagher Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical *Spring Awakening*, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also played Johnny in Green Day's Broadway musical *American Idiot*, Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of *Jerusalem*, and Edmund in the 2016 Broadway revival of *Long Day's Journey Into Night*. He portrayed Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's drama series *The Newsroom*, starred in the HBO mini-series *Olive Kitteridge*, and played Emmett DeWitt in *10 Cloverfield Lane*.

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