Bryan Terrell Clark (born April 9, 1980) is an American actor, singer-songwriter and stage director, known for his performances on Broadway. He made his Broadway debut playing singer

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in '' Motown: The Musical'', which received a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for

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. Clark played

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in the Broadway production of ''

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'' in 2017, Cory Maxson in 2006 production of ''

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'' at the Pasadena Playhouse, and starred in 2021 original Broadway production of ''

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''.

Life and career

Clark was born and raised in

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, Maryland. He graduated from the Yale School of Drama and Temple University in 2003. He began his career appearing in films ''Little Red'' (2000), ''

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'' (2006), '' Blue State'' (2007), '' ATM'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014) and '' Collateral Beauty'' (2016). On television, he guest-starred on '' The Unit'', ''

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'', '' House of Payne'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He made his stage debut in Cory Maxson in 2006 production of ''

'' at the Pasadena Playhouse opposite Laurence Fishburne and

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, and in 2009 performed in '' Pippin''. As a singer, Clark performed with Maxwell,

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, Ne-Yo, Anita Baker and Michael Bublé and was co-writer on

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’s song “Irreversible” on her album '' My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)''. In 2013, Clark made his Broadway debut playing singer

in the original Broadway production of '' Motown: The Musical'', which received a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for

. In 2015 he starred in ''Immediate Family'' directed by Phylicia Rashad. In 2017 he was cast as

in the Broadway production of ''

'' and played songwriter Terry Lewis in the BET miniseries, '' The New Edition Story''. He appeared in two episodes of Fox musical drama series '' Empire'' in 2017 and later guest-starred on '' Blue Bloods'', '' NCIS: New Orleans'' and '' Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist''. Clark featured in a number of Ava DuVernay's projects, include ''

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'', '' When They See Us'', and ''

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''. In 2021 he had recurring role in the TNT post-apocalyptic series, '' Snowpiercer'' as Pastor Logan and played one of leads in the original Broadway production of ''

''. The following year he guest-starred on '' Inventing Anna'' and '' Gossip Girl'' and starred in the musical comedy film ''

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'', the film was released on Disney+. In 2023, Clark appeared in films '' She Came to Me'' and ''

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'' and had a recurring role in the Hulu drama series, ''

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''. In 2024, he was cast in the BET+ mystery comedy-drama series, '' Diarra from Detroit''.

Personal life

Clark is openly gay. In 2022 he married Devario Simmons, a costume designer, they met in December 2019.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Bryan 1980 births Living people 21st-century African-American male actors African-American male singers 21st-century American male actors American male singers American male musical theatre actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male film actors Male actors from Baltimore African-American LGBT people American gay actors 21st-century American LGBT people David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni Temple University alumni LGBT people from Maryland