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Ben Platt
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American actor and singer (born 1993)
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Ben Platt is an American stage and film actor, singer, and songwriter born Benjamin Schiff Platt on September 24, 1993, in Los Angeles. He is the son of Marc Platt and attended Columbia University. Platt began his work period in 2002 and is recognized for his roles in the notable works *Dear Evan Hansen*, *The Politician*, and *Theater Camp*. His professional fields include acting and music, and he performs using his voice and piano.
Platt has received several awards, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, the Daytime Emmy Award, and the Drama League Award. He is signed to Atlantic Records and speaks English. His sexual orientation is homosexuality. Platt is also recognized in the Time 100 collection.
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theatre producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theatre as a child. He appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age…
Known for
- The Beauty — Manny2026
- Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream — Self - Guest Star2025
- Chow — Mike2024
- Therapuss — Self2024
- Theater Camp — Amos Klobuchar2023
- Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration — Self2023
- The People We Hate at the Wedding — Paul2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Broken Diamonds — Scott2021
- Dear Evan Hansen — Evan Hansen2021
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1993-09-24
Discography
- Ease My Mind2019
- Sing to Me Instead2019
- RAIN2019
- So Will I2020
- Everything I Did to Get to You (from "Songland")2020
- Imagine2021
- Imagine (acoustic)2021
- Yoü and I2021
- happy to be sad2021
- Only Us2021
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 588,364
- Total plays
- 16,708,638
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Ben Platt is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He began his career in theater, gaining notoriety in the Broadway productions of The Book of Mormon (2012–2013) and playing the title character in the critically acclaimed stage play Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017), for which he won multiple awards including the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, alo
Key facts
- Born
- Benjamin Schiff Platt , ( 1993-09-24 ) September 24, 1993 (age 32) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Education
- Columbia University
- Occupations
- Actor singer songwriter
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Spouse
- Noah Galvin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2024 )
- Parent s
- Marc Platt (father) , Julie Platt (mother)
- Relatives
- Jonah Platt (brother)
- Genres
- Broadway • Pop • Folk
- Instruments
- Vocals piano
- Labels
- Atlantic , Interscope
- Website
- benplattmusic .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Family name
- Platt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Noah Galvin
- Father
- Marc Platt
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Theater Camp
- Field of work
- music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.benplattmusic.com
- Image
- BenPlatt-byPhilipRomano.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1993-09-24
- birth name
- Benjamin Schiff Platt
- Commons category
- Ben Platt (actor)
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 460000
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theater producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (making him the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time), a Daytime Emmy, and a Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical, produced by his father. His portrayal of Leo Frank in the 2023 Broadway revival of Parade earned him nominations for a Tony and a Grammy.
Platt's film credits include the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), Ricki and the Flash (2015), Run This Town (2019), and Theater Camp (2023), the latter of which he also co-wrote. Since 2019, he has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Politician, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
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