Andrew Barth Feldman | |
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Born | Manhasset, New York, U.S. | May 7, 2002
Education | Lawrence Woodmere Academy Harvard University |
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Years active | 2018–present |
Andrew Barth Feldman (born May 7, 2002) is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career in musical theater by participating in local productions as a child. [1] Feldman won a Jimmy Award for his high school's production of the musical Catch Me If You Can in 2018. In 2019, he played the title role in the musical Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
Feldman played a guest role in the television musical series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in 2021 and expanded to films in 2023 with a supporting role in A Tourist's Guide to Love and a leading role in No Hard Feelings .
Feldman was born in Manhasset, New York, to David Feldman and Barbara Barth. [2] He was raised with an older sister and cousins, whom he calls his brothers. They grew up near his mother's childhood hometown. He and his family are Jewish. [3] Feldman became a fan of musical theater at a very young age after watching a production of Beauty and the Beast at age three. [1] He went on to star in various local and school productions, including Annie , Grease , and Rent . [4] He started a YouTube channel in high school to do projects for school.
He also founded his own musical theater company in middle school, Zneefrock Productions, as part of his bar mitzvah project to raise money for autism research. [1] He and a friend wrote and directed a Star Wars parody musical for the company, which would later be staged at 54 Below with professional actors. He attended Lawrence Woodmere Academy, where his mother worked as an administrator before her death in August 2019.
After taking time off of high school to star in Dear Evan Hansen, Feldman initially decided to attend Harvard University in the fall of 2020, but he deferred his enrollment a year to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] In 2022, he had to take a semester off from Harvard when he booked the co-lead role in the film No Hard Feelings opposite Jennifer Lawrence. [6]
In 2018, his sophomore year of high school, Feldman portrayed Frank Abagnale Jr. in his high school's production of the musical Catch Me If You Can . [7] After winning his regional awards program for this performance, he was invited to perform at the Jimmy Awards, [8] where he won the award for best actor. Stacey Mindich, the lead producer of Dear Evan Hansen, saw his performance and asked him to audition for the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway. On January 30, 2019, at the age of 16, Feldman assumed the role of Evan Hansen, taking over for Taylor Trensch. [1] His performance was lauded, [9] with Sarah Bahr in the New York Times writing, "Andrew Barth Feldman made me forget where I was, who I was, that I was anything other than part of the world onstage...I'm pretty sure I didn't draw breath the entire first act." [10] He exited the role on January 26, 2020, upon which Jordan Fisher took over the role.
Feldman began a fundraiser for the Actor's Fund called Broadway Jackbox in March 2020, alongside former Dear Evan Hansen co-star Alex Boniello. This fundraiser streamed on Twitch, with famous Broadway and screen actors each week. He additionally created a murder mystery series called Broadway Whodunit, which stars Broadway and theatre actors. [11] During his run in the show, he had his own Broadway.com vlog and he has his own YouTube channel under his name. He began his own theatre company, Zneefrock Productions, to raise money for autism awareness. He can be heard playing himself in As the Curtain Rises, an original Broadway soap opera podcast from the Broadway Podcast Network. [12]
On December 28, 2020, it was announced that Feldman would star as Linguini in a benefit concert presentation of Ratatouille the Musical , an internet meme that originated on TikTok, inspired by the 2007 Disney/Pixar film. The concert streamed exclusively on TodayTix on January 1, 2021. [13] His performance was celebrated, with Jesse Green writing in The New York Times that Feldman "seems to have animated his face to match Pixar's version: He's instantly adorable while looking like he still might gnaw your toe." [14]
On February 11, 2021, it was announced that Feldman would make his television acting debut in the Disney+ show, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series , as a recurring guest star for season 2, where he played Antoine, a French exchange student. [15]
On May 7, 2021, Feldman appeared in 2019 Jimmy Award finalist Casey Likes' short film Thespians. [16]
Feldman made his feature film acting debut in April 2023 in Netflix film A Tourist's Guide to Love as Alex, a college-bound vlogger. [17] [18] He starred opposite Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings in June 2023 as Percy, a soon-to-be college student who is also socially clueless. [19] [20]
On July 8, 2021, Feldman released his first single "Every Pretty Girl" about falling in love as a teenager with OCD. [21] [22] On Christmas Eve 2021, Feldman released his second single "Emma". Also in July 2021, Feldman was featured on American actress and singer Cozi Zuehlsdorff's single "The Old Me and You". On September 23, 2022, Feldman and Joe Serafini released "In My Head", a duet written by songwriters Daniel Mertzlufft and Jacob Ryan Smith about the budding romance between two young men. [23]
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Penn Station |
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SW: A New(sical) Hope (Original Cast Recording) (with Adrian Dickson) |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Every Pretty Girl" | 2021 | Non-album singles |
"Emma" | 2022 | |
"The College Breakup" | 2023 |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Me and Mr. Popularity" | 2021 | In Pieces: A New Musical (Highlights) |
"The Old Me & You" (Cozi Zuehlsdorff featuring Andrew Barth Feldman) | Non-album single | |
"Archie's All-American" (Joe Iconis & Family featuring Andrew Barth Feldman) | 2022 | Album |
"Second Star" (with Ben Ward) | Non-album single | |
"In My Head" (Smith & Mertzlufft featuring Andrew Barth Feldman and Joe Serafini) | Non-album single | |
"Popular" (Third Reprise featuring Andrew Barth Feldman) | 2023 | Non-album single |
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"Maneater" (Live) | 2023 | No Hard Feelings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall | Himself | Concert film; cameo |
2022 | White Noise | Student | |
2023 | A Tourist's Guide to Love | Alex | |
No Hard Feelings | Percy Becker | ||
2024 | Saturday Night | Neil Levy | |
TBA | Poetic License | TBA | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | The 2020 Roger Rees Awards | Himself - Host | TV special |
2020–2021 | Stars in the House | Anthony, Himself | Special guest; 3 episodes |
2021–2023 | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | Antoine/Andy | Recurring guest role |
Year | Production | Role | Category |
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2018 | Catch Me If You Can | Frank Abagnale Jr. | Lawrence Woodmere Academy |
2019–2020 | Dear Evan Hansen | Evan Hansen | Broadway |
2020 | SW: A New(sical) Hope | Han Solo/Darth Vader | 54 Below |
2021 | Ratatouille the Musical | Alfredo Linguini | Benefit Concert |
2022 | 7 Sacrilege Street | Composer | Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club |
Park Map | Composer/Performer | 54 Below | |
2023 | Rent | Mark Cohen | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
2024 | 13 | Evan Goldman | Lawrence Woodmere Academy Concert |
Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn | Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway | |
Year | Title | Artist |
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2021 | "Me and Mr. Popularity" (from In Pieces: A New Musical) [24] | Joey Contreras |
Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result |
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2018 | Roger Rees Awards | Best Actor | Catch Me If You Can | Won |
National High School Musical Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Won | ||
2019 | Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards | Favorite Replacement | Dear Evan Hansen | Nominated [25] |
Broadway.com Star of the Year | Star of the Year | Nominated [26] | ||
2021 | New York Emmy Awards | Education/Schools – Long Form Content | Roger Rees Awards | Won [27] |
2022 | BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards | Best Show | Park Map | Won [28] |
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