Jaquel Spivey

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Jaquel Spivey
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Spivey at the 75th Tony Awards in 2022
Born (1998-11-13) November 13, 1998 (age 25)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Education Point Park University
OccupationActor

Jaquel Spivey (born November 13, 1998) is an American actor. He won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his starring role as Usher in the Broadway theatre production of A Strange Loop in 2022. [1] [2] [3] He also earned a Grammy Award nomination for the cast recording of the show. [4]

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Life and career

Spivey grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, raised by a single mother, before moving to New Jersey to live with his aunt. [1] He graduated from Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey. [2] He attended Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received a degree in musical theatre in May 2021. [1] At Point Park, he portrayed Louis in a production of Sunday in the Park with George . [1]

After Larry Owens left A Strange Loop following its off-Broadway run, Spivey was cast as Usher in July 2021 when the show transferred to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., for a seven-week tryout. [1] [5] The show then moved to New York City at the Lyceum Theatre, with Spivey making his Broadway debut with the opening of the production in April 2022. [2] [1] A Strange Loop earned 11 Tony Award nominations in 2022, including one for Best Actor in a Musical for Spivey's performance. [2] Spivey, as the principal vocalist, and the rest of the cast received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. [4] Spivey won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, [3] He was also nominated for a Distinguished Performance Award for the Drama League Awards, [6] and won the Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical and was honored with a Theatre World Award. [5] A Strange Loop closed on Broadway in January 2023. [7]

In December 2022, Spivey was cast as Damian Hubbard in Mean Girls , a film adaptation of the Broadway show of the same name, which itself is based on the 2004 film Mean Girls . [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Mean Girls Damian Hubbard

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022-2023 A Strange Loop Usher Lyceum Theatre, Broadway

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical A Strange Loop Nominated [2]
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won [3]
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance AwardNominated [6]
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actor in a MusicalWon [5]
Theatre World Award Honoree [5]
2023 Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Nominated [4]

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