John Lloyd Young

Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young originated the role of "Frankie Valli" in Broadway's Tony Award-winning Best Musical and international hit, "Jersey Boys." As Valli, Young garnered unprecedented accolades from New York and national media, including one of the most exciting New York Times reviews ever written for an actor making a Broadway debut. Mr. Young went on to win the Lead Actor Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards, becoming the only American actor in history to win all four leading actor awards for a Broadway debut. Mr. Young sings lead vocals on the Platinum, Grammy Award-winning "Jersey Boys" Original Cast Album. Young's other honors for "Jersey Boys" include a caricature at the world-famous Sardi's Restaurant, being named Person of the Week by ABC World News Tonight and being chosen for prestigious "Best of " lists by Entertainment Weekly, Reader's Digest and The New York Times.

Young returned to "Jersey Boys" on Broadway for several months in 2012 and 2013, and in early 2014 he made his West End debut in London opening "Jersey Boys" at the historic Piccadilly Theatre.

Young re-created his award-winning Broadway turn onscreen for director Clint Eastwood in Warner Brothers' film adaptation of "Jersey Boys," which opened nationwide June 20, 2014.

A resident of Los Angeles, Young played to sold-out crowds of 17,000-plus as Marius in "Les Miserables" at the Hollywood Bowl, was the first-ever guest star invited to appear on Fox-TV's Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning hit, "Glee," and guest starred on CBS' drama, "Vegas."

Mr. Young has played Carnegie Hall, the White House, Lincoln Center, New Year's Eve in Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, the New York City Marathon, Yankee Stadium, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, McCarter Theatre Center, New York's Town Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. Young performed for our returning troops at Washington, D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with country star Lorrie Morgan, The Beach Boys and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch; and he frequently sings the "National Anthem" at L.A.'s Staples Center for the 2012 Stanley Cup Hockey Champions, the L.A. Kings.

Young proudly and actively supports charities including Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, amfAR, Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang, The United Service Organization (USO), The American Cancer Society, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and the Actors Fund of America.

In 2013, John Lloyd Young was appointed by Barack Obama to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He was sworn in at the Supreme Court of the United States by Justice Elena Kagan.