Javier Muñoz is an American actor and singer. He is best known for
his performances on Broadway as Usnavi de la Vega in the musical In
the Heights and as Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton, in
which he played the title role from July , until January , .Muñoz,
the son of a Puerto Rican family, grew up in the Linden Projects in
the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. He was the youngest of
three boys, all of whom shared their father's artistic inclinations,
although he was the only one to go on to pursue a professional career
in the arts.He attended Brooklyn's Edward R. Murrow High School where
he participated in the drama club known as the Players' Circle, then
earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at New York University, where
he was part of the CAP acting program.Muñoz's early roles include
Ziad, the "best friend" in Kari Floren's The Porch at Altered Stages
in New York, and roles in other off-Broadway productions. He was in
the New York Musical Theatre Festival's off-Broadway show All Is
Love, and had abandoned acting to accept a full-time job as a manager
at the restaurant ​⠄ in Hell's Kitchen, when he auditioned for the
musical In the Heights. He landed a role that was cut from the show
during rehearsals, but he stayed on as a member of the ensemble.
his performances on Broadway as Usnavi de la Vega in the musical In
the Heights and as Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton, in
which he played the title role from July , until January , .Muñoz,
the son of a Puerto Rican family, grew up in the Linden Projects in
the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. He was the youngest of
three boys, all of whom shared their father's artistic inclinations,
although he was the only one to go on to pursue a professional career
in the arts.He attended Brooklyn's Edward R. Murrow High School where
he participated in the drama club known as the Players' Circle, then
earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at New York University, where
he was part of the CAP acting program.Muñoz's early roles include
Ziad, the "best friend" in Kari Floren's The Porch at Altered Stages
in New York, and roles in other off-Broadway productions. He was in
the New York Musical Theatre Festival's off-Broadway show All Is
Love, and had abandoned acting to accept a full-time job as a manager
at the restaurant ​⠄ in Hell's Kitchen, when he auditioned for the
musical In the Heights. He landed a role that was cut from the show
during rehearsals, but he stayed on as a member of the ensemble.
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