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Alex Newell (Alex Eugene Newell) was born on 20 August, 1992 in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., is an American actor and singer (born 1992). Discover Alex Newell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 31 years old?

Popular As Alex Eugene Newell
Occupation Actor · singer
Age 31 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 20 August 1992
Birthday 20 August
Birthplace Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1992

Alex Eugene Newell (born August 20, 1992) is an American actor and singer.

They are known for their role as Unique Adams on the Fox musical series Glee and Mo on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

Newell was born on August 20, 1992, in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Their father, a deacon, died of cancer when they were six years old, at which point their mother raised them as a single parent.

2011

Newell was among 34,000 to submit an audition video in 2011 for the first season of Oxygen's The Glee Project.

Newell's self-taped audition earned them over one million MySpace views as well as a spot among the 12 participants who competed for a seven-episode arc on Glee.

During the arc, they asserted themself as an out gay man.

Eventually, they became the series’ first runner-up.

Nevertheless, the producers were so impressed that they decided to bring them on Glee for two episodes.

Newell first appeared on Glee in the third season episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver".

They were cast in the role of Wade "Unique" Adams, a transgender teenager who was assigned male at birth.

The shy, outcast Wade expressed their female identity through music as the bold, brave alter ego, Unique.

Wade broke ground by being one of the most visible transgender characters on television and one of the first on a network prime time show.

Newell's performance was described as "bold", with "remarkable restraint and powerful vocals."

On his nightly show, Bill O'Reilly expressed concern that children watching the show unsupervised might be encouraged to experiment with what he termed "alternative lifestyles," which he said the show glorified.

Newell commented, "My mother said, 'If Bill O'Reilly said something about you, you are doing something right.' He just showed the public and conservative viewers me. There are more people seeing me now... There are people like Wade and Unique, and [they're] being themselves. If kids want to go and do that, that is them expressing who they are."

They later appeared in two more episodes and completed their story arc that season.

2012

After four complete years of education in the first class of Kipp Lynn Academy, Newell moved on to and graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School in 2012, where they were involved in their school's choir, improv club, and costume club; they were also a member of their church choir at Zion Baptist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts while later also directing the youth choir.

They never had any formal voice lessons before landing their part on Glee. They have cited Donna Summer, Sylvester, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Beyoncé as their influences.

Newell was accepted into the Berklee College of Music for fall 2012, but decided instead to move to Los Angeles to be on Glee when they were asked to rejoin the cast for the show's fourth season.

Unique returned as a Glee recurring cast member in the fourth season premiere, "The New Rachel".

Newell, along with the rest of the cast, received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2012, but lost to Modern Family.

For the fifth season, Newell was promoted to main cast because of the character's popularity.

In the sixth and final season, Newell was not a part of the regular cast, but did appear as a recurring guest star.

A highlight of the sixth season was Newell singing "I Know Where I've Been" from Hairspray with the Transpersons Choir of 200 performers.

Over the years, Newell sang at numerous events, such as the Coachella Festival, but also at many LGBT events and pride festivals.

They also performed at the Governors Ball Music Festival and BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.

2013

Newell announced in October 2013 that they had been signed by Big Beat Records and that they were going to release Newell's debut album.

It was also revealed that it was going to be produced by Adam Anders.

2014

Their debut single, a cover of Sigma's "Nobody to Love", was released on June 3, 2014.

2015

In 2015, Newell embarked on a series of cover songs and collaborations.

In March, they provided feature vocals for the re-issued version of "Stronger", a song by Clean Bandit.

Later in the same month, they produced a disco-house stylization of Robin S.'s single "Show Me Love" together with Russian DJ Matvey Emerson.

Over the summer, they worked with the British electro duo Blonde by featuring vocals in their single "All Cried Out".

They then began to collaborate with the US electroduo the Knocks on the song "Collect My Love", "a soaring disco standout" where they reached "staggering heights."

2016

The song, from the EP So Classic, will be included in The Knocks' debut album 55, scheduled to be released in March 2016.

2018

Newell also starred as Asaka in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 2018.

For their role in Shucked, they won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Along with J. Harrison Ghee, they became the first openly nonbinary performers to win a Tony Award in an acting category.

As a singer, Newell has released tracks with Clean Bandit, Blonde, and the Knocks.