Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981) is an English musical theatre and
television actor, best known for winning the title role in the 2007
West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
through the BBC TV casting show Any Dream Will Do. As well as
subsequent West End roles in Wicked, Legally Blonde: The Musical and
The West End Men, Mead has pursued a music career, releasing four solo
albums and undertaking concert tours in the UK and Japan.In 2014, he
joined the cast of the BBC One drama Casualty, playing the role of Ben
'Lofty' Chiltern, while continuing to tour the UK with his band
between filming commitments. He returned to the stage in May 2016 as
Caractacus Potts in the UK Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In 2017,
he returned to the role of Lofty, but in Casualty's sister series, the
BBC One drama Holby City. On 9 November 2019 Lee sang Morning Has
Broken at the Annual Remembrance Day celebration service at The Royal
Albert Hall.After studying at performing arts college, Mead gained his
first professional stage experience in cabaret as a cruise ship singer
on the Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry and then in a summer season at
Bridlington Spa Theatre. He moved into musical theatre in 2004,
playing both Levi and the Pharaoh in the UK touring production of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Following Joseph, Mead
performed in the UK tours of Tommy (ensemble and first cover Tommy)
and Miss Saigon (ensemble and first cover Chris) before joining the
West End production of Phantom of the Opera as an ensemble player and
understudy for the role of Raoul.
television actor, best known for winning the title role in the 2007
West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
through the BBC TV casting show Any Dream Will Do. As well as
subsequent West End roles in Wicked, Legally Blonde: The Musical and
The West End Men, Mead has pursued a music career, releasing four solo
albums and undertaking concert tours in the UK and Japan.In 2014, he
joined the cast of the BBC One drama Casualty, playing the role of Ben
'Lofty' Chiltern, while continuing to tour the UK with his band
between filming commitments. He returned to the stage in May 2016 as
Caractacus Potts in the UK Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In 2017,
he returned to the role of Lofty, but in Casualty's sister series, the
BBC One drama Holby City. On 9 November 2019 Lee sang Morning Has
Broken at the Annual Remembrance Day celebration service at The Royal
Albert Hall.After studying at performing arts college, Mead gained his
first professional stage experience in cabaret as a cruise ship singer
on the Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry and then in a summer season at
Bridlington Spa Theatre. He moved into musical theatre in 2004,
playing both Levi and the Pharaoh in the UK touring production of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Following Joseph, Mead
performed in the UK tours of Tommy (ensemble and first cover Tommy)
and Miss Saigon (ensemble and first cover Chris) before joining the
West End production of Phantom of the Opera as an ensemble player and
understudy for the role of Raoul.
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