Jeremy Jordan (stage actor)
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Jordan in 2013
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Jeremy Michael Jordan November 20, 1984 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| 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, Jessica, and mother, Debbie (née Stone). His father is of English, Scottish, Welsh, and German descent, while Jordan's mother is Jewish (her parents' families were Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania). He was a "straight A student", and graduated from Mary Carroll High School, where he was an active member of the choir. Later, he graduated from Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA in musical theatre.
Jordan sang as a teenager and began to act 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".
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