Joshua Henry

Joshua Anthony Charlton Henry (born September 2, 1984) is a Canadian-American actor and singer of stage and screen.

Henry studied theatre at the University of Miami, graduating in 2006.

Henry made his acting debut when he co-starred as Judas/John the Baptist in the Paper Mill Playhouse (Milburn, New Jersey) production of Godspell in 2006.

In 2007, Henry appeared in the ensemble of the Off-Broadway musical In the Heights, re-joining the cast for the show's Broadway production.

For In the Heights, the entire cast won a Drama Desk Award, and Henry and the ensemble won an ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus from Actors' Equity Association.

Henry starred in Serenade, which played off-Broadway from December 9, 2007, to December 15, 2007.

He was set to star in a 2008 Broadway transfer opposite Gavin Creel as Jesus and Diana DeGarmo, but the project was cancelled.

In June 2009, Henry contributed original music to the off-Broadway musical Shafrika, The White Girl at the Vineyard Theatre.

In 2009, he also starred in The Wiz as The Tin Man at New York City Center as apart of their Encores! series.

He is best known for portraying Haywood Patterson in Kander and Ebb's 2010 musical The Scottsboro Boys, for which he received a Tony Award nomination.

He has also received Tony Award nominations for his role of Flick in Violet and for portraying Billy Bigelow in a Broadway revival of Carousel.

From March 24, 2010 to July 20, 2010 he played "Favorite Son" in the original Broadway cast of the Green Day musical American Idiot.

His other notable performances include Jake in the 2011 Broadway production of Porgy and Bess, Dr. Jim Pomatter in the Broadway restaging of Waitress, Rapunzel’s Prince in a Broadway revival of Into the Woods, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.

Henry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Zadoc Henry (a teacher at Calvary Christian Academy), and raised in Miami, Florida, United States.

He currently resides in Harlem, New York City.

He had originally wanted to be an accountant, like his mother.

However, he was cast as Harold Hill in his high school (Florida Bible Christian School) production of The Music Man and with the experience he changed his mind.

From March 15, 2011 until the show's closing on April 24, 2011 he returned to the role of "Favorite Son" in American Idiot.

Henry then joined the Broadway cast of The Scottsboro Boys, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman with a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb.

He portrayed Haywood Patterson, for which he achieved critical praise.

The Star Tribune wrote of his performance, "Joshua Henry ... ignites the role of Haywood Patterson as the lightning rod for our identification with the men."

Charles Isherwood in The New York Times asserted that Henry "gives a performance of keen intensity as Haywood Patterson, an illiterate young man who becomes the focus of our sympathy as he steadfastly refuses to sign his name to a lie in order to obtain parole. Mr. Henry performs Haywood’s ballad of hopeless yearning, "Go Back Home," with a powerful simplicity that slashes through the evening's artifice."

Despite these positive reviews, The Scottsboro Boys closed within a month.

For his performance, Henry was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, but lost to Norbert Leo Butz in Catch Me If You Can.

On January 22, he was among the performers in the Broadway Memories concert performance in New York, in which he performed selections from The Scottsboro Boys.

On March 2, 2011, he performed with The Scottsboro Boys' original Broadway cast in Stro!, a gala celebration honoring Susan Stroman.

Henry attended and performed at a MCC Miscast Gala in New York, held on March 15, 2011.

The performance showcases "Broadway's hottest stars performing songs from roles in which they would never be cast."

On April 10, 2011, he returned to the University of Miami to perform in their Broadway Unplugged concert.

In addition, Henry and the cast of The Scottsboro Boys performed in the May 16, 2011, performance of Broadway Sensation in New York City.

Henry performed the role of Jake in the American Repertory Theater's production of Porgy and Bess, which began previews August 17, 2011, at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

It officially opened on August 31 and ran through September 30, 2011.

He married his college sweetheart, Cathryn Stringer, in October 2012.

It transferred to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway where it played from January 12 until September 23, 2012.

In May and June 2013, he reprised his Tony nominated role in The Scottsboro Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre.

Henry performed the role of Flick in the Roundabout Theatre production of Violet which began in April, 2014.

On April 29, 2014, he was nominated for a Tony in the category of Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.

Henry performed in a one-night concert performance of Parade at the Lincoln Center.

He starred as Jim Conley opposite Jeremy Jordan as Leo Frank, Ramin Karimloo as Tom Watson, and Laura Benanti as Lucille Frank.

He portrayed the lead role of Aaron Burr in the first U.S. tour of Hamilton, previously playing the role in the Chicago production that began performances in late September 2016.