Birthday:
21 October 1983, Middletown, New York, USA
Height:
6' (1.83 m)
Aaron Kyle Tveit (pron.: /təˈveɪt/;[1] born October 21, 1983) is an American theatre, television, and film actor. He is known for originating the roles of Gabe in Next to Normal and Frank Abagnale Jr. in the stage version of Catch Me If You Can. He is also known for the recurring role of Tripp Vanderbilt in The CW's Gossip Girl and for his portrayal of Enjolras in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables.
Tveit was born in Middletown, New York.[2] He graduated from Middletown High School in 2001,[3]
where he was active both in theater and sports, playing golf, soccer
and basketball while also performing in all four of his school's theater
productions. He has a younger brother. He turned down business school
scholarships to major in vocal performance at Ithaca College,
a decision his parents supported, before switching to musical theater
after his freshman year because he missed acting and theater.
Tveit left Ithaca College after two years to join the national tour of Rent as Steve and covering Roger/Mark. Following Rent, he was cast as Link Larkin in the first national tour of Hairspray.
The role of Link Larkin provided Tveit with his Broadway debut in 2006.[4] In the following year, he portrayed D'Artagnan in a musical adaptation of The Three Musketeers that played at the North Shore Music Theatre from late August to early September.[5] In July 2007 Tveit played Matt in the Barrington Stage Company's Calvin Berger.[6]
In 2008 he starred as Gabe in the Off-Broadway production of the musical Next to Normal, which ran from January 16 through March 16 at the Second Stage Theatre.[7] Tveit received a nomination for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for this role.[8] He then played Dean in the musical version of the film Saved!, which ran for a limited engagement at Playwrights Horizons in June 2008.[9] Also in June 2008, Tveit began performances as Fiyero in Wicked. He left the role in November in order to reprise his role in the Arena Stage production of Next to Normal, for which he was awarded the 2009 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production.[10]
Tveit returned to Wicked on January 2009, leaving once again for the Broadway production of Next to Normal, which began previews in March 2009 and officially opened on April 15. Tveit's performance as Gabe earned him the Clarence Derwent Award from the Actors' Equity Association.[11] Tveit left Next to Normal on June 6, 2009 to prepare for Catch Me If You Can, where he played Frank Abagnale Jr.. The musical was performed at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle from July 28 through August 16, 2009. Tveit returned to Next to Normal on September 7 through January 3, 2010. Tveit landed on AfterElton.com's list of the "37 Hottest Guys in Theater".[12] He also starred in the Hollywood Bowl's production of Rent directed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Tveit appeared alongside Ricky Gervais as a young anesthesiologist in the film Ghost Town.[13] He also made appearances on the CW series Gossip Girl as Trip Van Der Bilt, the cousin of Nate Archibald.[14] He appeared in the television series Ugly Betty for one episode, entitled "All the World's a Stage". He portrayed Zachary Boule, Betty's boyfriend.
Tveit played Frank Abagnale Jr in the Broadway production of Catch Me If You Can, opening on April 10, 2011 and closing on September 4, 2011.[15] For this role he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical,[16] the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance,[17] and the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer on Broadway.[18]
Tveit appeared in Rob Epstein's Howl, a biopic about the Allen Ginsberg poem and the controversy and trial that ensued after its publication. Tveit played Peter Orlovsky, Ginsberg's longtime partner, opposite James Franco. Tveit appeared on Gossip Girl in 2010 for 10 episodes. He appeared as a guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
on April 21, 2010 as Jan, an animal loving, yoga instructor who is
questioned about the death of his girlfriend, and then again on
September 28, 2011 as Stevie Harris, a junkie who accuses his
well-respected former basketball coach of sexual abuse.
He was also featured in the April 2011 Vanity Fair magazine for his role in Catch Me if You Can. He played Enjolras, leader of the ABC, in the film production of Les Misérables (2012).[19]
In 2012, Aaron Tveit took part in a private reading for a new musical based on the animated film, Anastasia.
Tveit read for the character Dimitri, a conman who brings Anastasia to a
wealthy Empress searching for her missing granddaughter, in return for a
reward.[20]
The stage musical is rumored to be heading to Russia for its world
premiere; however, Aaron currently has no further ties with the
production.
Beginning in the summer of 2013 Tveit will appear in the USA Network series Graceland as Mike Warren.[21]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ghost Town | Anesthesiologist | |
| 2010 | Howl | Peter Orlovsky | |
| 2011 | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Henry | |
| 2012 | Premium Rush | Kyle (student) | |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Enjolras | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2012 | Gossip Girl | William "Tripp" Vanderbilt III | Recurring; 10 episodes "The Grandfather" (Season 2, Episode 19) "Seder Anything" (Season 2, Episode 21) "The Grandfather: Part II" (Season 3, Episode 8) "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" (Season 3, Episode 9) "The Last Days of Disco Stick" (Season 3, Episode 10) "The Treasure of Serena Madre" (Season 3, Episode 11) "The Debarted" (Season 3, Episode 12) "Rhodes to Perdition" (Season 5, Episode 9) "Riding in Town Cars with Boys" (Season 5, Episode 10) "Father and the Bride" (Season 5, Episode 12) |
| 2010 | Ugly Betty | Zachary Boule | "All the World's a Stage" (Season 4, Episode 16) |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jan Eyck | "Beef" (Season 11, Episode 20) |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Skip | "Point of Origin" (Season 2, Episode 5) |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | Spencer Zschau | "Executive Order 13224" (Season 3, Episode 7) |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Stevie Harris | "Personal Fouls" (Season 13, Episode 2) |
| 2013 | Graceland | Mike Warren | Currently in post-production. |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hairspray | Link Larkin | Neil Simon Theatre July 18, 2006 – January 18, 2007 |
| 2007 | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | North Shore Music Theatre August 21, 2007 – September 9, 2007 |
| 2008 | Wicked | Fiyero | George Gershwin Theatre June 24, 2008 – November 9, 2008 January 20, 2009 – March 9, 2009 |
| 2009 | Next to Normal | Gabe Goodman | Booth Theatre March 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010 |
| 2009 | Catch Me If You Can | Frank Abagnale, Jr. | 5th Avenue Theatre July 28, 2009 – August 16, 2009 |
| 2010 | Rent | Roger Davis | Hollywood Bowl August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 |
| 2011 | Catch Me if You Can | Frank Abagnale, Jr. | Neil Simon Theatre March 11, 2011 – September 4, 2011 |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | National Board of Review of Motion Pictures | Best Acting by an Ensemble | Les Misérables | Won |
| 2013 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |
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