Jose Llana (born 5 May 1976) is a Filipino-American singer and actor
best known for his roles on Broadway.Born 5 May 1976, Llana, a native
of Manila, Philippines, grew up in Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of
Washington, D.C. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School
for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, Jose attended the
Manhattan School of Music to study classical voice. During his
freshman year he was discovered in an audition for the 1996 Revival of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and made his Broadway debut
as Lun Tha starring opposite Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy.He
went on to star on Broadway as Angel in Rent, Jessie-Lee in
Streetcorner Symphony, Wang Ta in Flower Drum Song opposite Lea
Salonga, and as Chip Tolentino in The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee for which he and his cast won a 2005 Drama Desk Award for
Best Ensemble Performance. His Off-Broadway credits include Gabey in
On the Town and Saturn Returns, both at The Public Theater and Adam in
Falling for Eve at The York Theater. His regional theater credits
include the title role in Candide (Barrymore Award Nomination for Best
Actor) and Tin Man Wong in The Ballad of Little Jo at the Steppenwolf
Theater (Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination - Best Supporting Actor).
He toured the country in Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre as
Guillaume which went to The Kennedy Center after originating at The
Guthrie Theater.Llana has appeared on television in HBO's Sex and the
City, alongside Margaret Cho and made his commercial debut as a
computer salesman for Circuit City in 1999. He appeared in the Sony
Pictures 2005 feature film Hitch opposite Will Smith and Eva Mendes,
as well as the independent film Unconscious.
best known for his roles on Broadway.Born 5 May 1976, Llana, a native
of Manila, Philippines, grew up in Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of
Washington, D.C. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School
for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, Jose attended the
Manhattan School of Music to study classical voice. During his
freshman year he was discovered in an audition for the 1996 Revival of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and made his Broadway debut
as Lun Tha starring opposite Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy.He
went on to star on Broadway as Angel in Rent, Jessie-Lee in
Streetcorner Symphony, Wang Ta in Flower Drum Song opposite Lea
Salonga, and as Chip Tolentino in The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee for which he and his cast won a 2005 Drama Desk Award for
Best Ensemble Performance. His Off-Broadway credits include Gabey in
On the Town and Saturn Returns, both at The Public Theater and Adam in
Falling for Eve at The York Theater. His regional theater credits
include the title role in Candide (Barrymore Award Nomination for Best
Actor) and Tin Man Wong in The Ballad of Little Jo at the Steppenwolf
Theater (Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination - Best Supporting Actor).
He toured the country in Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre as
Guillaume which went to The Kennedy Center after originating at The
Guthrie Theater.Llana has appeared on television in HBO's Sex and the
City, alongside Margaret Cho and made his commercial debut as a
computer salesman for Circuit City in 1999. He appeared in the Sony
Pictures 2005 feature film Hitch opposite Will Smith and Eva Mendes,
as well as the independent film Unconscious.
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