Gavin Creel

Gavin Creel
Creel at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards in 2010
Born	Gavin James Creel (1976-04-18) April 18, 1976 Findlay, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Actor singer songwriter producer
Years active	1998–present
Website	www.gavincreel.com
Musical career
Genres	Pop musical
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Self-publisher

Gavin James Creel (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Creel is best known for his work in musical theatre, for which he has received a Tony Award for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly!, and two other nominations, for originating the role of Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie and for his performance as Claude in Hair. He has also received a Laurence Olivier Award for originating the West End version of Elder Price in The Book of Mormon at Prince of Wales Theatre. He also played the role of Elder Price in US National Tour and on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. He played Steven Kodaly in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of She Loves Me, which premiered in spring 2016.

Personal life

Born in Findlay, Ohio, Creel received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in 1998. Creel, who is openly gay,^[1] is a regular on the LGBT RFamilyVacations cruise with Rosie O'Donnell.^[2] He is also one of the founders, with Rory O'Malley and Jenny Kanelos, of Broadway Impact, an LGBT activist group. He is an alumnus of Findlay First Edition Show Choir.^[3]

Theater credits

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2001	Spring Awakening	Melchior	Workshop at Roundabout Theatre Company June 2001
2002	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith	Marquis Theatre March 19, 2002 – April 27, 2003
2004	Hair (Actors' Fund Concert)	Performer	New Amsterdam Theatre September 20, 2004
2004	La Cage aux Folles	Jean-Michel	Marquis Theatre December 9, 2004 – June 26, 2005
2006	Mary Poppins^[4]	Bert	Prince Edward Theatre, London July 26, 2006 – January 12, 2008
2009	Hair	Claude	Al Hirschfeld Theatre Mar 31, 2009 – March 7, 2010
2010	Hair	Claude	Gielgud Theatre, London April 1, 2010 – September 1, 2010
2013	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	Prince of Wales Theatre, London March 21, 2013 – July 26, 2014
2015	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	Eugene O'Neill Theatre January 6, 2015 – January 3, 2016
2016	She Loves Me	Stephen Kodaly	Studio 54 March 17, 2016 – July 10, 2016
2017	Hello, Dolly!	Cornelius Hackl	Shubert Theatre March 15, 2017 – TBD

Other stage credits

1998: Fame (as Nick Piazza) • The North American Tour
2000: Honk! (as Ugly) • North Shore Music Theatre
2001: The Flood (Male Lead) • Prospect Theater Company
2001: Bat Boy: The Musical (Swing/Understudy) • Original Off-Broadway Production
2001: Spring Awakening (as Melchior) • Workshop
2001: Hair (as Principal/Father/Tribe) • Encores! Concert
2003: Bounce (as Hollis Bessemer) • Chicago/Washington DC
2003: Bright Lights, Big City (as Michael) • New York Concert
2004: A Tale of Two Cities (as Charles Darnay) • Workshop
2004: The Mystery Plays • Second Stage Theatre & Yale Repertory Theater^[5]
2011: Prometheus Bound (as Prometheus) • American Repertory Theater
2012: The Book of Mormon (as Elder Price) • US National Tour
2012: Flashdance • US National Tour
2014: The Book of Mormon (as Elder Price) • Toronto/Montreal

Filmography

2016: The Ceiling Fan (producer) • short film

Performing at the Ryles Jazz Club
in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2010

Television

2003: Eloise at the Plaza (as Bill)
2003: Eloise at Christmastime (as Bill)
2016: She Loves Me (as Kodaly) • Broadway show (broadcast live)

Discography

Studio albums

2006: Goodtimenation • Creel/Roth
2010: Quiet • EP • Self-published • No. 44 at the Billboard's Top Heatseekers^[6]
2012: Get Out • Self-published

Singles

2011: "Noise (Equality Now)" • Self-published
2012: "Whitney Houston" • Self-published

Cast recordings

2002: Thoroughly Modern Millie (RCA Victor)
2005: Bright Lights, Big City (Sh-K-Boom)
2009: Hair (New Broadway Cast Recording) (Sh-K-Boom)
2011: Fine and Dandy (World Premiere Recording) (PS Classics)
2012: Flashdance - The Musical (Roth Music Inc.)
2016: She Loves Me (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) (Ghostlight Records)
2017: Hello Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording) (Masterworks Broadway)

Other appearances: 2007: "Young at Heart" • Appears on VA compilation Over the Rainbow (Universal)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2002	Tony Award	Best Actor in a Musical	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Nominated
2009	Tony Award	Best Actor in a Musical	Hair	Nominated
2009	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
2010	GLAAD Media Award	Special Recognition Award (shared with cast)		Honoree
2014	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actor in a Musical	The Book of Mormon	Won
2017	Tony Award	Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Hello, Dolly!	Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Won

References

↑ Millie and Hair Star Gavin Creel on Coming Out, Making ‘Noise’ and Dreaming of a Hippie Heaven broadway.com, January 16, 2013
↑ Gans, Andrew (March 15, 2008). "All Aboard!: "Rosie" Cruise, with Murney, Creel and Rudetsky, Departs March 15". Playbill.
↑ Dwiggins, Margaret (September 16, 2014). "Creel excited to be returning to northwestern Ohio". The Courier. Findlay. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
↑ Portantiere, Michael. "Gavin Creel to Play Bert in London Production of Mary Poppins" theatermania.com, June 16, 2006
↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "Gavin Creel Starts in The Mystery Plays at Second Stage's New Plays Uptown, June 21". Playbill. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
↑ Trust, Gary (July 1, 2010). "Chart Beat Thursday: Eminem, Jason Derulo, Cyndi Lauper". Billboard. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

Awards for Gavin Creel

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (2001–2025)
Gary Beach (2001) Shuler Hensley (2002) Dick Latessa (2003) Raúl Esparza (2004) Denis O'Hare (2005) Jim Dale (2006) Gavin Lee (2007) Boyd Gaines (2008) Gregory Jbara (2009) Christopher Fitzgerald (2010) John Larroquette (2011) Michael McGrath (2012) Bertie Carvel (2013) James Monroe Iglehart (2014) Christian Borle (2015) Christopher Fitzgerald (2016) Gavin Creel (2017)
Complete list (1975–2000) (2001–2025)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Anton Rodgers (1979)
Denis Quilley (1980)
Michael Crawford (1981)
Roy Hudd (1982)
Denis Lawson (1983)
Paul Clarkson (1984)
Robert Lindsay (1985)
Michael Crawford (1986)
John Bardon and Emil Wolk (1987)
Con O'Neill (1988)
Jonathan Pryce (1989/1990)
Philip Quast (1991)
Alan Bennett (1992)
Henry Goodman (1993)
Alun Armstrong (1994)
John Gordon Sinclair (1995)
Adrian Lester (1996)
Robert Lindsay (1997)
Philip Quast (1998)
Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams, Mandisa Bardill, Junaid Booysen, Salie Daniels, and Alistair Izobell (1999)
Simon Russell Beale (2000)
Daniel Evans (2001)
Philip Quast (2002)
Alex Jennings (2003)
David Bedella (2004)
Nathan Lane (2005)
James Lomas, George Maguire, and Liam Mower (2006)
Daniel Evans (2007)
Michael Ball (2008)
Douglas Hodge (2009)
Aneurin Barnard (2010)
David Thaxton (2011)
Bertie Carvel (2012)
Michael Ball (2013)
Gavin Creel (2014)
John Dagleish (2015)
Matt Henry (2016)
Andy Karl (2017)

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (2001–2025)
Gary Beach (2001) Shuler Hensley (2002) Dick Latessa (2003) Michael Cerveris (2004) Dan Fogler (2005) Christian Hoff (2006) John Gallagher Jr. (2007) Boyd Gaines (2008) Gregory Jbara (2009) Levi Kreis (2010) John Larroquette (2011) Michael McGrath (2012) Gabriel Ebert (2013) James Monroe Iglehart (2014) Christian Borle (2015) Daveed Diggs (2016) Gavin Creel (2017)
Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

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