Lee Mead
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Mead performing at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park, September 2008
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| Born |
Lee Stephen Mead 14 July 1981 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for |
Theatre Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2007-09) Wicked (2010-11) Legally Blonde: The Musical (2011) Jack and the Beanstalk (2012) Robin Hood (2013) Cinderella (2014) Aladdin (2015) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2015-16) Television Any Dream Will Do (2007) Casualty (2014-16) Holby City (2017–) |
| Spouse(s) | Denise van Outen (m. 2009–2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | Official website |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Musical theatre, Pop |
| Labels | Lee Mead Productions Ltd |
Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981) is an English musical theatre and television actor, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through the BBC TV casting show Any Dream Will Do. As well as subsequent West End roles in Wicked, Legally Blonde: The Musical and The West End Men, Mead has pursued a music career, releasing three solo albums and undertaking concert tours in the UK and Japan.
In 2014, he joined the cast of the BBC One drama Casualty, playing the role of Ben 'Lofty' Chiltern, while continuing to tour the UK with his band between filming commitments. He returned to the stage in May 2016 as Caractacus Potts in the UK Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In 2017, he returns to the role of Lofty, but in Casualty's sister series, the BBC One drama Holby City.
After studying at performing arts college, Mead gained his first professional stage experience in cabaret as a cruise ship singer on the Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry and then in a summer season at Bridlington Spa Theatre. He moved into musical theatre in 2004, playing both Levi and the Pharaoh in the UK touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Following Joseph, Mead performed in the UK tours of Tommy (ensemble and first cover Tommy) and Miss Saigon (ensemble and first cover Chris) before joining the West End production of Phantom of the Opera as an ensemble player and understudy for the role of Raoul.
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