Michael Hsu Rosen

Michael Hsu Rosen
Born	New York City, New York, United States
Education	Yale University School of American Ballet Professional Children's School

Michael Hsu Rosen is an American actor and dancer best known for his roles as Jayden and Nabil in the Netflix series Pretty Smart and Tiny Pretty Things , respectively. Rosen also starred in the Broadway revivals of Torch Song and West Side Story .

Early life and education

Rosen was born and raised in New York City on the Upper West Side. ^[1] He attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School, as well as the Professional Children's School. He trained for nine years at the School of American Ballet and matriculated at Yale University before withdrawing to pursue acting full-time. ^[2]

Career

While in high school, Rosen performed with the New York City Ballet and made his Broadway debut at seventeen in the 2009 revival of West Side Story . ^[3] He later returned to Broadway in revivals of On the Town and Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song . ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Rosen has guest starred in such television shows as Jessica Jones , Monsterland , and The Good Doctor as well as earned main roles in Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things and Pretty Smart . ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Empty Building	Child Dancer	Short film
2012	Food of Love	Oscar	Short film
2017	Dating My Mother	Khris
2019	Lavender	Andy	Short film
2019	In This Life	Dancer - Act 3	Short film
2019	After Class	Deacon
2020	Nora Highland	Mark
2023	Daughter of the Bride	Mike
TBD	Listen	Oshri Azula

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Taxi Brooklyn	Diego	Episode: "Black Widow"
2015	Live from Lincoln Center	Performer	Episode: "Sinatra: Voice for a Century"
2016	Looking	Jimmy	TV movie
2019	Jessica Jones	Laurent Lyonne	2 episodes
2020	Monsterland	Josh Hammond	Episode: "New York, New York"
2020	Tiny Pretty Things	Nabil	Main role
2021	The Good Doctor	Leo	Episode: "Spilled Milk"
2021	Pretty Smart	Jayden	Main role
2023	Glamorous	Ben	Main role
2024–present	The Sex Lives of College Girls	Brian	Recurring role

Stage

Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Company / Director
2009–2011	West Side Story	Chino	2009 Broadway Revival / Arthur Laurents
2014–2015	On the Town	Ensemble, u/s Gabey	2014 Broadway Revival / John Rando
2018–2019	Torch Song	Alan	2018 Broadway Revival / Moisés Kaufman

Off-Broadway

Title	Role	Theater	Director
Do I Hear a Waltz?	Vito di Rossi	New York City Center	Evan Cabnet
Dot	Fidel	Vineyard Theatre	Susan Stroman
Nikolai and the Others	Nicholas Magallanes	Lincoln Center	David Cromer

References

1. "Michael Hsu Rosen Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
2. "Michael Hsu Rosen – Vulkan Magazine" . Retrieved April 1, 2022.
3. "How 'Pretty Smart' Allowed Michael Hsu Rosen To Embrace His Gay Asian Identity". HuffPost. October 25, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
4. "From Ballet to Broadway With Michael Hsu Rosen". Playbill. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
5. Voss, Brandon (November 13, 2018). "Everybody Wants to F*ck" His Character in Broadway's "Torch Song". LOGO News. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
6. Brantley, Ben (November 2, 2018). "Review: Lessons in Love From a Drama Queen in 'Torch Song'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 1, 2022.
7. Petski, Nellie Andreeva,Denise; Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (March 29, 2021). "Olivia Macklin, Michael Hsu Rosen & Cinthya Carmona Join Netflix Comedy Series From Jack Dolgen, Doug Mand & Kourtney Kang". Deadline. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
8. "Michael Hsu Rosen & Damon J. Gillespie Cast in Netflix Ballet Series Tiny Pretty Things". Broadway.com. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
9. Sullivan, Corinne (December 11, 2020). "Meet the Talented Cast of Netflix's New Ballet Drama, Tiny Pretty Things". POPSUGAR Entertainment. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
10. Romano, Evan (October 13, 2020). "The Corporate Greed Episode of 'Monsterland' Was the Most Confusing (and Grim) Story Yet". Men's Health. Retrieved April 1, 2022.

External links

• Michael Hsu Rosen at IMDb