Curt Hansen (actor)

Curt Hansen (actor)
Background information
Birth name	Curt Hansen
Born	(1987-08-14) August 14, 1987 Hartford, Wisconsin, United States
Origin	Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Occupation(s)	Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2010–present
Associated acts	Big Time Rush, WICKED

Curt Hansen (born August 14, 1987) is an American-born Wisconsin native actor, singer and dancer. Hansen graduated from Hartford Union High School in Hartford, WI in 2005. Hansen is performing with the First National Tour of Wicked in the role of Fiyero. In 2010, Hansen was the Gabe understudy/cover in the Tony award winning Broadway musical Next to Normal and continued in the role of Gabe in the First National Tour of the show through 2010-2011. December 2012 he starred in the Pasadena Playhouse's A Snow White Christmas with Neil Patrick Harris and Ariana Grande. February 2013 found Hansen in Louisville starring as Mike in Todd Almond's musical Girlfriend. Curt was a member of the final cast of Hairspray on Broadway, as well as other Broadway readings and workshops. He also performed in the Mark Taper Forum production of Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical Parade.^{[1][2][3][4][5] [6]} He studied with the BFA Musical Theatre program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Big Time Rush

Hansen was the original lead member of the band Big Time Rush (the pilot known as "Brand New Day") along with James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson. He starred in the un-aired pilot, and also recorded "Famous" and "This Is Our Someday" with the other members for the pilot. He was replaced for looking older than the rest of the cast and sounding too much like James Maslow and has since moved on to a successful Broadway Theater and Television career. The pilot was re-filmed with Kendall playing the lead role. He later returned to the series to play Dak Zevon, a Zac Efron parody, in the episode "Big Time Photo Shoot" and "Big Time Concert".

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