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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, when he received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in '' Choir Boy'' and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as
Eddie Kendricks Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptati ...
in ''
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'' in
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, the latter of which also earned him a nomination for a
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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 '' The Inspection''.


Life and acting career

A native of Orlando, Florida, Pope attended Timber Creek High School and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He made his Broadway debut in 2018 as Pharus Jonathan Young in the play '' Choir Boy'', soon followed by a role as
Eddie Kendricks Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptati ...
in the jukebox musical ''
Ain't Too Proud ''Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations'' is a 2018 jukebox musical with music and lyrics by The Temptations and a book by Dominique Morisseau. Based on the story of The Temptations, the musical had a series of regional produc ...
''. In
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, he became the sixth actor in
Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...
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
Eddie Kendricks Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptati ...
in ''Ain't Too Proud''. In 2019, he landed a lead role in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series ''
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'', for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie''.'' In 2021, he also had a main role as Christopher, Blanca's boyfriend in the third and final season of Murphy's TV series '' Pose''. In 2022, Pope returned to the theater, starring as painter Jean-Michel Basquiat 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
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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
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video in 2015. In 2018, he independently released his second single, the R&B-flavored "New Love," for which he also produced its
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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 Laura Dreyfuss (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
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in
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. Though he has covered music by several artists, including
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and Maroon 5, 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”.


See also

* LGBT culture in New York City


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Jeremy 1992 births Living people American male musical theatre actors American male stage actors American LGBT actors LGBT people from Florida LGBT African Americans Male actors from Orlando, Florida Timber Creek High School alumni