Max von Essen (born January , ) is an American stage and screen actor,
and vocalist.Raised on Long Island, von Essen is a graduate of South
Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation
toured with Liza Minnelli. He is a member of the Von Essen family, who
are part of the German and Swedish nobility. A son of Rita and Thomas
Von Essen, who was the New York City Fire Commissioner during the /
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, he is the youngest of
four children. He is openly gay.He toured Europe in West Side Story
and was a cast member of the U.S. national tour of Chicago. He made
his Broadway debut in Jesus Christ Superstar in as Disciple and Jesus
of Nazareth understudy. He appeared in Les Misérables on Broadway as
the replacement for Fauchelevent and other roles, and starred in Dance
of the Vampires alongside Michael Crawford in . He played the role of
student revolutionary leader Enjolras (replacement) in the Les
Misérables Broadway revival in at the Broadhurst Theater.In , he was
a soloist at the biggest Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gala to date,
held in Tallinn, Estonia. He performed in the national tour of Xanadu
as "Sonny" in and in the Roundabout Theater Company Off-Broadway
production of Maury Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday at the Laura Pels
Theatre in . In , von Essen played the role of Parisian aristocrat
Henri in the Broadway production of An American in Paris, for which he
received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination.
and vocalist.Raised on Long Island, von Essen is a graduate of South
Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation
toured with Liza Minnelli. He is a member of the Von Essen family, who
are part of the German and Swedish nobility. A son of Rita and Thomas
Von Essen, who was the New York City Fire Commissioner during the /
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, he is the youngest of
four children. He is openly gay.He toured Europe in West Side Story
and was a cast member of the U.S. national tour of Chicago. He made
his Broadway debut in Jesus Christ Superstar in as Disciple and Jesus
of Nazareth understudy. He appeared in Les Misérables on Broadway as
the replacement for Fauchelevent and other roles, and starred in Dance
of the Vampires alongside Michael Crawford in . He played the role of
student revolutionary leader Enjolras (replacement) in the Les
Misérables Broadway revival in at the Broadhurst Theater.In , he was
a soloist at the biggest Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gala to date,
held in Tallinn, Estonia. He performed in the national tour of Xanadu
as "Sonny" in and in the Roundabout Theater Company Off-Broadway
production of Maury Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday at the Laura Pels
Theatre in . In , von Essen played the role of Parisian aristocrat
Henri in the Broadway production of An American in Paris, for which he
received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination.
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