Telly Leung
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Leung in September 2010
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January 3, 1980 New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
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Telly Leung (born January 3, 1980) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He is known for his many musical theatre roles on Broadway and for his role as Wes, a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee. In 2011, he starred in the Broadway revival of Godspell at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Leung was named one of twelve "Faces to Watch in 2012: Dance, Theater, Architecture and Art" by the Los Angeles Times.
Leung was born and raised in New York City. He grew up in a traditional Chinese home in Brooklyn. He gained admission into New York's prestigious Stuyvesant High School, from which he graduated in 1998, alongside fellow actor Malcolm Barrett. It was at Stuyvesant that Leung seriously pursued theater, performing in high school productions of Pippin, Guys & Dolls, and West Side Story. His first professional job was as a featured performer in THE WB-TEAM 11, doing live and television promotional work for the WB Channel 11. After high school, Leung was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. He is openly gay.
During the summers off from college, Leung gained his Equity Card performing at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and The MUNY in St. Louis. He worked with directors and choreographers including Tony Award winner Thommie Walsh, Larry Fuller, and Lee Roy Reams. It was also at CMU that he met fellow Broadway performer Billy Porter, who returned to his alma mater to direct the main stage production of Stephen Sondheim's Company. After casting Leung as Bobby in Company, Porter telephoned colleagues involved in the Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song and landed Leung an audition.
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