Glenn Carter

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Glenn Carter
Born (1964-03-27) March 27, 1964 (age 60)
Staffordshire, England
Alma mater Arts Educational Schools, London
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer

Glenn Carter (born 27 March 1964) is an English stage actor and singer-songwriter performing leading roles in musicals staged in London's West End.

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Early life

Carter was born in Staffordshire, England.[ citation needed ] He trained at the Arts Educational School in London.

Performing career

West End productions

Carter has appeared on London's West End stages in musical productions such as Jesus Christ Superstar , Grease , Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Chess , Whistle Down the Wind , and Les Misérables . [1] In 2008, Carter took up the role of "Tommy DeVito" in the London premiere of the musical, Jersey Boys , a part which he continued to play until March 2010.

Carter has been cast as Jesus in several productions of Jesus Christ Superstar . [2] In 1996, 16 years after the closure of the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar, the Really Useful Theatre Company revived the show in the West End, in which Carter was originally cast as Simon Zealotes before replacing Steve Balsamo as Jesus. In 1998, Really Useful mounted a touring production in the UK which did not include Carter in any of the leading roles.

Other

In 2007, he starred in Merrily We Roll Along at Derby Playhouse. In 2011, Carter played the title role in Floyd Collins at Southwark Playhouse directed by Derek Bond. [3] Carter has also worked in repertory theatre at the Derby Playhouse, his most recent role being Buzz Aldrin in "Moon Landing". He has played roles in the TV shows The Bill and Doctors . Carter was cast as the corrupt and hypocritical fictitious chat show host Patrick Chase in British music act Chase and Status video for their 2010 single "Let You Go".

A film adaptation of "Jesus Christ Superstar" was released in 2000, starring Carter as Jesus, Jérôme Pradon as Judas, Renee Castle as Mary Magdalene and Rik Mayall as Herod. The film was directed by Gale Edwards and Nick Morris.

Involvement with the Raëlian Movement

Carter has been the Leader of the UK branch of the Raëlian Movement since 2002. [4] [5] According to Raëlian doctrine, humans were created by extraterrestrials. The organisation's head, Raël (former auto racer Claude Vorilhon), founded the Movement in 1973 at the request of the President of the extraterrestrials′ governing body and declared that the world should be governed in the form of a "money-less society, governed by a World College of Geniuses". [6]

In 2002, in the week following the claim by Clonaid (which has ties to Raëlism) to have cloned a human, Carter told the press "the evidence would be supplied in the next few days". [7] In February 2003, it was announced that Carter would participate in a panel debate on the ethics of human cloning before an audience of Oxford University students. [8] [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Internet Movie Database, Glenn Carter page Archived 7 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Tim Rice Website, Jesus Christ Superstar page Archived 1 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Floyd Collins | Southwark Playhouse - Theatre + Bar". Archived from the original on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Glenn Carter Raelian site, Are you a cult? Archived 11 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Rael.org, "Meet Raelians". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Rael Press, item.90.1 Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (13 May 2008)
  7. ↑ "Calls for UK review of cloning". BBC News. 28 December 2002. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  8. ↑ "Raelian cloning debate". 6 February 2003. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  9. ↑ "Raelians!". 13 February 2003. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2008.

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