Jeremy Jordan (actor)
| Jeremy Jordan | |
|---|---|
Jordan in 2013
|
|
| Born |
Jeremy Michael Jordan November 20, 1984 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College (B.F.A.) |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ashley Spencer (m. 2012) |
Jeremy Michael Jordan (born November 20, 1984) is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway and in television and film, as well as in other theatrical productions. He is best known for the roles of Jack Kelly in the 2012 musical Newsies and Clyde Barrow in the 2011 musical Bonnie & Clyde. He currently plays Winslow "Winn" Schott, Jr., the son of DC Comics villain character Toyman, on the CBS /CW DC Comics based superhero drama series Supergirl.
Jordan was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. His parents divorced when he was young, and he lived in low-income housing, with his brother, Joey, sister, Jessa, and mother, Debbie (née Stone). His father is of English, Scottish, Welsh and German descent, while his mother is Jewish (her parents' families were Jewish emigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania). He was an excellent student, graduating from Mary Carroll High School, where he was active in choir. He subsequently graduated from Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre.
Jordan sang as a teenager and began acting in high school. In 2008, he starred as Alex in The Little Dog Laughed at Hartford Theatreworks, for which he received a Connecticut Critics Circle nomination. Later the same year, he played Tom Sawyer in Big River at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. He appeared in the Broadway cast of Rock of Ages in 2009. He also made a 2008 television appearance, guest starring on NBC's Law & Order: SVU in the episode "Streetwise".
...
Wikipedia