Jeremy Pope (born July 9, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Pope is the sixth person in

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history to be nominated in two categories for separate performances during the same year, having received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in ''

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'' and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as

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in ''

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'', the latter of which also earned him a nomination for the

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. In 2020, Pope starred in the

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miniseries ''

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'', which earned him a nomination for a

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In 2023, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the film ''

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''.

Life and acting career

A native of

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, Pope attended Timber Creek High School and the

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. He made his

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debut in 2018 as Pharus Jonathan Young in the play ''

'', soon followed by a role as

in the jukebox musical ''

''. In

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, he became the sixth actor in

history to be nominated in two categories during the same year, garnering nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in ''Choir Boy'' and for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as

in ''Ain't Too Proud''. In 2019, he landed a lead role in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series ''

'', for which he was nominated for the

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. In 2021, he also had a main role as Christopher, Blanca's boyfriend in the third and final season of Murphy's TV series ''

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''. In 2022, Pope returned to the theater, starring as painter

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opposite

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as pop artist

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in '' The Collaboration''.

Personal life

Pope began portraying Pharus Jonathan Young, his character in ''Choir Boy'', at age nineteen. In an interview with ''

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'', he described the role's personal significance to him, "as he himself was growing up Black and gay".

Acting credits

Theatre

Film

Television

Music

A singer known for his passionate vocal style, Pope credits his music aspirations to his early years of singing in church, as well as during theater productions and talent shows at school. He also cites music as a constant mainstay in his life. Outside of his acting and Broadway theatre work, he writes and records his own music. His music gained attention with his first independent single, the self-written, acoustic pop-oriented "Wait For You", which also debuted as a YouTube video in 2015. In 2018, he independently released his second single, the R&B-flavored "New Love", for which he also produced its music video in 2017. That same year, in 2018, he released his third independent single, "Feel So Good" and produced its music video. He is a featured vocalist on "Be Great", the 2019 single by actress and singer

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(under her pseudonym Loladre). He is a principal soloist on Broadway cast recordings for '' The View UpStairs'' and '' Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations'', the latter of which garnered him a nomination for

. Though he has covered music by several artists, including

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and

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, he is said to be working on an EP with accompanying production work from various producers. On May 7, 2020, he released his fourth independent single, a cover of

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's "Time After Time".

Singles discography

Accolades

In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ

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, ''

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'' named him among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Jeremy 1992 births Living people American male musical theatre actors American male stage actors American gay actors GLAAD Media Awards winners LGBTQ people from Florida African-American LGBTQ people Male actors from Orlando, Florida Timber Creek High School alumni Theatre World Award winners