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| Born | (1992-07-09)July 9, 1992 (age 33) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
Jeremy Pope (born July 9, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Pope is the sixth person inTony Award history to be nominated in two categories for separate performances during thesame year, having received nominations forBest Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young inChoir Boy andBest Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role asEddie Kendricks inAin't Too Proud, the latter of which also earned him a nomination for theGrammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[1][2]
In 2020, Pope starred in theNetflix miniseriesHollywood, which earned him a nomination for a2020Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.[3] In 2023, he received aGolden Globe nomination for his performance in the filmThe Inspection.
A native ofOrlando, Florida,[4] Pope attendedTimber Creek High School and theAmerican Musical and Dramatic Academy.[5] He made hisBroadway debut in 2018 as Pharus Jonathan Young in the playChoir Boy, soon followed by a role asEddie Kendricks in the jukebox musicalAin't Too Proud.[6] In2019, he became the sixth actor inTony Award history to be nominated in two categories during the same year, garnering nominations forBest Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young inChoir Boy and forBest Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role asEddie Kendricks inAin't Too Proud.[1] In 2019, he landed a lead role inRyan Murphy's new Netflix seriesHollywood, for which he was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.[3][7] In 2021, he also had a main role as Christopher, Blanca's boyfriend in the third and final season of Murphy's TV seriesPose. In 2022, Pope returned to the theater, starring as painterJean-Michel Basquiat oppositePaul Bettany aspop artistAndy Warhol inThe Collaboration.[8]
Pope began portraying Pharus Jonathan Young, his character inChoir Boy, at age nineteen. In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, he described the role's personal significance to him, "as he himself was growing up Black and gay".[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
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| 2013 | Choir Boy | Pharus Jonathan Young | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2014 | Alliance Theatre | Regional | ||
| Geffen Playhouse | ||||
| 2015 | Invisible Thread | Griffin | Second Stage Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | The View UpStairs | Wes | Lynn Redgrave Theater | |
| Ain't Too Proud | Eddie Kendricks | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Regional | |
| 2017–18 | The Kennedy Center | |||
| Ahmanson Theatre | ||||
| Princess of Wales Theatre | Toronto | |||
| 2018–19 | Choir Boy | Pharus Jonathan Young | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | Broadway |
| 2019 | Ain't Too Proud | Eddie Kendricks | Imperial Theatre | |
| 2022 | The Collaboration | Jean-Michel Basquiat | The Young Vic | London stage debut |
| 2022–23 | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | Broadway |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2018 | The Ranger | Jerk | |
| 2020 | One Night in Miami | Jackie Wilson | |
| 2022 | The Inspection | Ellis French | |
| TBA | The Collaboration | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2020 | Hollywood | Archie Coleman | Main role |
| 2021 | Pose | Christopher | Main role |
| 2026 | The Beauty | Jeremy[9] | Main role |
A singer known for his passionate vocal style, Pope credits his music aspirations to his early years of singing in church, as well as during theater productions and talent shows at school. He also cites music as a constant mainstay in his life.[10] Outside of his acting and Broadway theatre work, he writes and records his own music. His music gained attention with his first independent single, the self-written, acoustic pop-oriented "Wait For You",[11] which also debuted as a YouTube video[12] in 2015. In 2018, he independently released his second single, the R&B-flavored "New Love",[10][13] for which he also produced its music video[14] in 2017. That same year, in 2018, he released his third independent single, "Feel So Good"[15] and produced its music video.[16] He is a featured vocalist on "Be Great",[17][18] the 2019 single by actress and singerLaura Dreyfuss (under her pseudonym Loladre). He is a principal soloist on Broadway cast recordings forThe View UpStairs andAin't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, the latter of which garnered him a nomination forGrammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in2020.[19] Though he has covered music by several artists, includingLady Gaga andMaroon 5, he is said to be working on anEP with accompanying production work from various producers.[10] On May 7, 2020, he released his fourth independent single, a cover ofCyndi Lauper's "Time After Time".[20]
| Title | Year |
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| "Wait For You" | 2015 |
| "New Love" | 2018 |
| "Feel So Good" | 2018 |
| "Be Great" - Loladre (Laura Dreyfuss) (Jeremy Pope as featured vocalist) | 2019 |
| "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper cover) | 2020 |
| "September" (Earth, Wind & Fire cover) | 2020 |
In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQPride parade,Queerty named him among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".[35][36]
the play asked a lot of the then-teenage-aged Pope, he tells EW, as he himself was growing up black and gay.
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