Josh Rhett Noble (born September 6, 1980) is an American stage, television, film and voice actor. Noble is known for his role as

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'' in theaters across the country, various guest star roles in television including stints in ''Law & Order: SVU'', ''

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'' and ''TIME: The Kalief Browder Story'' and for providing voice and motion capture for the Rockstar produced video game ''

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.'' He is the recipient of the 201
BroadwayWorld
Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Matthew in ''

Altar Boyz ''Altar Boyz'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and a book by Kevin Del Aguila (based on an idea by Marc J. Kessler and Ken Davenport). Centering on a fictitious Christian boy band from Ohio, ...

'' as well as the 2013 BroadwayWorld Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Adam in ''

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''.

Biography

Early life

Noble was born at Crawford Long Hospital in

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. The son of the late Janet Brown Noble and the late Lamar Noble, Josh grew up in the small town of

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along with his older brother, Jason. As a 6-year-old performer, he graduated from entertaining his family and friends to the stage with the community’s production of '' Down by the Creek Bank''. Noble attended Haralson County High School, where he continued to perform locally and abroad, and was awarded the Lisa Bowlin Abney Performing Arts Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts. Graduating

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, an honor graduate, and voted "Most Intellectual", Noble studied

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and film at the

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Career

Noble's theatre career has spanned over 70 professional productions in theaters across the U.S. Noble won acclaim for his work as Gaston in Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'' beginning in 2004, and while in the Cleveland, Ohio, production of the show, he was called the "show-stealer" and "phenomenal". Noble has also starred as Matthew in the

, and

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, premiers of ''

'', for which he also received critical acclaim. For the Atlanta production, Noble was hailed as the leader of the "marvelous" cast. In Cleveland, Noble was called "spot on", and the "singing standout" of the show. In 2010, Noble reprised the role of Matthew in Cleveland, Ohio at the

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where he was awarded the 2011 BroadwayWorld Award for Best Actor in a Musical. In addition to his work in ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Altar Boyz'', Noble has performed in multiple regional premieres, including hi
BroadwayWorld
Award Winning performance in ''

'' (Adam) and the Florida regional premiere of ''9 to 5'' (Franklin Hart, Jr.). Other notable performances include shows such as ''

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'' (Bobby), ''

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'' (Sparky/Smudge), ''

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'' (Lancelot), ''

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'' (Judas), ''

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'' (Captain von Trapp), ''

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'' (Sid), ''

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'' (Matt), '' Jekyll & Hyde'' (Stride/Utterson), ''

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'' (Audrey II Voice), ''

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'' (Sky), ''

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'' (Harold), '' Grease'' (Kenickie) and '' Lend Me a Tenor'' (Max). Noble was also seen in the world premiere of the play OSWALD, based on the interrogation of suspected presidential assassin

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, which played at the

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Theatre in New York City. Noble was most recently seen in

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's directorial film debut, ''This Is the Year'', produced by

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, the new

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film, ''Wrong Place'', the new

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series ''

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'', the new comedy ''Finding Happy'' on Bounce and ''The Wonder Years'' on

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Filmography

Film

Video games

Television

References

External links

official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Noble, Josh Rhett 1980 births American male musical theatre actors University of Miami Frost School of Music alumni Living people Male actors from Atlanta