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Tveit left Ithaca College after two years to join the national tour of RentRent, he was cast as Link Larkin in the
first national tour of Hairspray. as Steve and
covering Roger/Mark. Following
The role of Link Larkin provided Tveit with his Broadway debut in 2006[2]D'Artagnan in a musical adaptation of The Three
MusketeersNorth Shore Music Theatre from late
August to early September.[3] July saw Tveit play
Matt in the Barrington Stage Company's Calvin Berger.[4] and opened the doors
for more roles to come. In the following year, he portrayed that played at the
2008 proved to be a busy year for the actor. He starred as Gabe in the off-Broadway production of the musical Next to Normal, which ran from January 16
through March 16 at the Second Stage Theatre.[5] Next to
Normal's off-Broadway run garnered Tveit a nomination for the Lucille Lortel
Award for Outstanding Featured Actor.[6] He was next seen as
Dean in the musical version of the film Saved!, which ran for a limited engagement at Playwrights
Horizons in June.[7] Later that month,
Tveit began performances as Fiyero in Wicked. He starred alongside notable West End star Kerry Ellis, who played Elphaba. He then left the role in
November in order to reprise his role in the Arena Stage production of Next to Normal, for
which he was awarded the 2009 Helen Hayes Award[8] for Outstanding Supporting
Performer in a Non-Resident Production.
Tveit returned to Wicked on January 2009, only to leave once again for
the Broadway opening of Next to Normal, which began previews in late
March and officially opened on April 15. Tveit's performance as Gabe earned him
the Clarence Derwent Award from the Actors' Equity Association.[9] Tveit left Next to Normal on
June 6, 2009 to prepare for Catch Me If You Can, where
he played Frank Abagnale Jr.. The musical was
performed at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle from July 23 through August 16, 2009. He hopes
that the show will be on Broadway in the late fall of 2010. Tveit returned to
Next to Normal on September 7. He performed his final performance on January 3, 2010. His
replacement is Kyle
Dean Massey. Tveit's work and increasingly high profile in theater also
landed him on AfterElton.com's list of the "37 Hottest Guys in Theater".[10]
Tveit acted on the silver screen alongside Ricky Gervais as a young anesthesiologist in the
motion picture Ghost Town.[11] He also made appearances on the CW's hit series Gossip
Girl as Trip Van der Bilt, the cousin of Nate Archibald.[12] He recently
appeared in the show Ugly Betty, for just one episode. He was Zachary Boule,
Betty's new boyfriend.
[edit] Upcoming Appearances
Tveit will also appear in Rob
Epstein's Howl, a biopic about the Allen Ginsberg poem and the controversy and trial that ensued after its
publication. Tveit plays Peter Orlovsky, Ginsberg's longtime partner,
opposite James Franco. The
movie is slated for completiton at the 2010 Sundance Film Fest.[13]
Tveit is set to appear on Gossip Girl in 2010 for at least 11 episodes.
He guest starred on Ugly
Betty on March 17, playing the part of Zachary Boule[14] .
He appeared as a guest star on Law & Order: SVU on April 21, 2010
as Jan, an animal loving, yoga instructor who is questioned about the death of
his girlfriend.
On April 30, 2010, it was confirmed that Tveit has been cast to star as the
rock musician Roger Davis in the 2010 Hollywood Bowl production of RENT. The production will
run from August 6–8, 2010, and will be directed by Neil Patrick
Harris.
Jerry Mitchell confirmed that Catch Me If You Can would
be coming to Broadway in the Spring of 2010. No theatre or
cast has been announced yet but Mitchell confirms that Tveit, along with
multiple others involved in the Seattle tryout, was involved in a recent
workshop reading of the musical. [1]