Chuck Wagner

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Chuck Wagner (born June 20, 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the short-lived science fiction 1983 TV series Automan as the title character. He also starred on the soap opera General Hospital as Randall Thompson in 1987. Chuck has made guest appearances on numerous TV shows, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Dynasty, Matlock, and As the World Turns.

Chuck Wagner has had a long career in musical theater, with starring roles in several Broadway productions. His first role on Broadway was in The Three Musketeers with Brent Spiner. He went on to originate the role of Rapunzel's Prince in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods (1987). The recording of that show, on which Wagner appears, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Wagner has also appeared on Broadway and in the U.S. national tour of Les Misérables as Inspector Javert. In 1994, he began a four-year stint as "The Beast" in Beauty and the Beast, in both the Broadway and Toronto Productions. Wagner originated the title role in Frank Wildhorn's Svengali in 1991 and Jekyll & Hyde in 1999. He most recently appeared on Broadway in 2004, in Wildhorn's Dracula, The Musical as Van Helsing/Dracula.

Wagner also sang the role of Sir Percival Blakeney, aka The Scarlet Pimpernel, in the original concept recording of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1992). In 1999, he released a self-titled solo CD, on which he sang songs from the various musicals in which he has appeared. He has appeared in commercials for Zyban, and is currently appearing as the Ringmaster in the 136th edition of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus (2006 through 2007).