Ben Platt

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 20122015 rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway comingofage musical Dear Evan Hansen 20152017 His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 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 He then played Leo Frank in the 2022 New York City Center Gala production of Parade which transferred to Broadway in 2023 and earned another Tony and Grammy nomination Platts film credits include the Pitch Perfect film series 20122017 Ricki and the Flash 2015 Run This Town 2019 and Theater Camp 2023 the latter of which he also cowrote Since 2019 he has starred in the Netflix comedydrama series The Politician for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award Platt signed with Atlantic Records in 2017 and released his debut album Sing to Me Instead in March 2019 In May 2020 the concert film Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall debuted on Netflix Platts second studio album Reverie was released on August 13 2021 After signing with Interscope in 2023 Platts third studio album Honeymind was released on May 31 2024 In 2017 Platt was included on the annual Time 100 list of the worlds most influential people Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Platt licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia