Tony Award winner JOHN LLOYD YOUNG was the first guest star to be invited to appear on FOX TV's now runaway hit Golden Globe-winning comedy, GLEE, as thumbless cough-syrup addict, Henri, a twisted comic turn written especially for Mr. Young by series creator, Ryan Murphy. Young plays the title role in the upcoming feature film comedy, OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY! opposite Lainie Kazan and Saul Rubinek as Young's parents, also starring Vince Pastore, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez and Carmen Electra. The movie had benefit premieres in Hollywood for AIDS Project Los Angeles and in New York for amfAR.
For his Broadway debut as "Frankie Valli" in JERSEY BOYS, Young garnered unprecedented accolades from New York and national media, including one of the most exciting New York Times reviews ever written for an actor making a Broadway debut. Mr. Young went on to win the Lead Actor Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards, becoming the only American actor in history to win all four major awards for a leading role. Mr. Young can be heard as lead vocalist Frankie Valli on the Platinum, Grammy Award-winning JERSEY BOYS Original Cast Album. Young's other honors for JERSEY BOYS include a caricature at the world-famous Sardi's Restaurant, being named Person of the Week by ABC World News Tonight, and being chosen for prestigious "Best of " lists by Entertainment Weekly, Reader's Digest and The New York Times.
Before JERSEY BOYS, Young was a New York theatre actor in plays including the New York-area premiere of Michael Healey's THE DRAWER BOY, with Frasier's John Mahoney; and he was named one of the Best Featured Actors in a Play by the NJ Star-Ledger for "Danny Saunders" in Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok's dramatic adaptation of THE CHOSEN, opposite Theodore Bikel, directed by David Ellenstein. New York Theatre: "Charlie" in Julia Jordan's THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS for director Joe Calarco (Lucille Lortel Theatre), "Moritz" in the Douglas Langworthy translation of Wedekind’s SPRING AWAKENING; and nail-biting number theorist "Claudio" in Rinne Groff’s THE FIVE HYSTERICAL GIRLS THEOREM, for Obie-winning Target Margin Theatre. Young made his solo concert debut at Lincoln Center. The concert sold out the day tickets went on sale, three months in advance of his highly-anticipated debut. Mr. Young has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the White House, New Year's Eve in Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, the New York City Marathon, Yankee Stadium, the Staples Center, the Hollywood Bowl, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, McCarter Theatre Center, Kennedy Center and New York's Town Hall. Television: FOX's GLEE, NBC’s LAW & ORDER, and appearances on CBS TV's Late Show with David Letterman, ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly, A&E's Breakfast with the Arts, Entertainment Tonight, Celebrity Jeopardy, and several times on NBC's Today Show (including Katie Couric's highly-rated farewell). Member: William Inge Festival National Advisory Board. Co-chair: Actors Fund of America National Advisory Board. Graduate: Brown University.
Young's debut single "Love Believes" was released February 14, 2010 on iTunes. The story of a troubled rock singer and a fan who shows him unconditional love, Mr. Young chose singer Holly Miller from among his actual fans to join him on the "Love Believes" single.
Young debuted his visual art in a show at Grammy-winning songwriter Allee Willis's home, Willis Wonderland, in May 2010. The show, "Food for Thought" acted as a fundraiser for AIDS Project Los Angeles, was a popular success, and was covered by the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Young's art is now represented by the Hamilton-Selway Fine Art Gallery in Hollywood, CA.
Young's charity work extends to such organizations as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and AIDS Project Los Angeles.
Mr. Young resides in Los Angeles.
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