- Started playing the piano at age 6; began writing his own songs a year later.
- Credits his mother, who was a music teacher, with fueling his love of music.
- Developed an interest in acting after reading from the Shakespeare play Macbeth.
- First theater job was as an understudy for Jeffrey Wright in the Tony Award-winning 1993-1994 Broadway production of Angels in America.
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