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Darren Everett Criss is an American actor-singer-songwriter and Internet personality. Originally from San Francisco, California, he attended the University of Michigan and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance, Acting. He is currently living in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Team StarKid

Criss is part of the theater production group Team StarKid, formed by theater students at the University of Michigan. His most popular role with Team Starkid was as Harry Potter in the YouTube viral hit A Very Potter Musical, and A Very Potter Sequel. Both productions are musical-comedies and parodies of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. He is credited with writing half of the songs in "A Very Potter Musical" and all of the songs in "A Very Potter Sequel". The role of Harry gained Darren many fans of the Harry Potter franchise. Due to his work on the television series ], Criss was unable to perform in Team StarKid's production of "Me and My Dick" in the fall of 2009. Instead, he did what he could with his limited schedule and wrote a couple of songs for the show, as well as playing the guitar in the pit. His music career includes his first self-produced EP "Human", which was released during the summer of 2010.

Glee

He will be joining the cast of Glee as Blaine, a gay student at a rival school. It is rumored his character will be a love interest for Kurt Hummel. Glee creator Ryan Murphy stated, "Darren has a major, major arc...He sort of becomes Kurt's mentor and then maybe love-he had to leave his own school because of bullying and goes to an all-boys academy and finds acceptance because that school has a no-bullying, zero-tolerance policy. So Kurt really admires him and respects him. He plays someone who's one year older than Chris' character, so he's the old pro."

Discography

  • Human (2010)

Credits

Television

Theater

  • A Very Potter Musical (2009) as Harry Potter
  • A Very Potter Sequel (2010) as Harry Potter

Films

  • I Adora You (2005) as Josh
  • Walker Phillips (2009) as Elliott
  • The Chicago 8 (2010) as Yippie Man

Discography

  • Little White Lie (2009)
  • Me and My Dick (A new Musical) (2010)
  • A Very Starkid Album (2010)
  • Human (2010)

Web Series

  • Little White Lie (2007) as Toby Phillips

References

  1. of Michigan show program
  2. Criss interview
  3. Derschowitz, Jessica. "Darren Criss Joins "Glee" Cast" CBSnews.com, September 27, 2010. Retrieved on October 4, 2010.
  4. Ausiello, Michael. "Darren Criss joins "Glee" as...Kurt's new BF?" , September 26, 2010. Retrieved on October 4, 2010.
  5. Bentley, Jean. "News Roundup: Ryan Murphy Confirms Chord Overstreet Will Not Play Kurt's Boyfriend..." AOL TV News, September 30, 2010. Retrieved on October 5, 2010.

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