William Gregory Magnussen (born April 20, 1985) is an American actor
and comedian of stage, television, and film. He is best known for
roles in Into the Woods (2014), Birth of the Dragon (2016), Game Night
(2018), Aladdin (2019) and No Time to Die (2021).He also starred in
numerous Broadway and off-Broadway theatre productions, including
2013's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, for which he received a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination.Magnussen was
born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the son of Daina, an aerobics
instructor, and Greg Magnussen, a professional bodybuilder and
kickboxer. He has two younger brothers. His maternal grandparents were
Lithuanian immigrants. He grew up in Queens around Woodhaven Boulevard
until the age of 10, when he moved with his family to Cumming,
Georgia. Magnussen graduated from South Forsyth High School in 2003,
and later from the University of North Carolina School of the
Arts.Magnussen made his Broadway stage debut in 2007's The Ritz,
starring Rosie Perez. In 2012, he was cast alongside David Hyde Pierce
and Sigourney Weaver in Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha
and Spike, premiering at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New
Jersey, prior to its move to Lincoln Center in New York City. It then
moved to the John Golden Theatre, where it was nominated for six Tony
Awards. Magnussen was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured
Actor in a Play for his role as Spike. In 2014, he starred
Off-Broadway with Anna Gunn in a critically acclaimed production of
Sex with Strangers directed by David Schwimmer at the Second Stage
Theater.
and comedian of stage, television, and film. He is best known for
roles in Into the Woods (2014), Birth of the Dragon (2016), Game Night
(2018), Aladdin (2019) and No Time to Die (2021).He also starred in
numerous Broadway and off-Broadway theatre productions, including
2013's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, for which he received a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination.Magnussen was
born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the son of Daina, an aerobics
instructor, and Greg Magnussen, a professional bodybuilder and
kickboxer. He has two younger brothers. His maternal grandparents were
Lithuanian immigrants. He grew up in Queens around Woodhaven Boulevard
until the age of 10, when he moved with his family to Cumming,
Georgia. Magnussen graduated from South Forsyth High School in 2003,
and later from the University of North Carolina School of the
Arts.Magnussen made his Broadway stage debut in 2007's The Ritz,
starring Rosie Perez. In 2012, he was cast alongside David Hyde Pierce
and Sigourney Weaver in Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha
and Spike, premiering at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New
Jersey, prior to its move to Lincoln Center in New York City. It then
moved to the John Golden Theatre, where it was nominated for six Tony
Awards. Magnussen was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured
Actor in a Play for his role as Spike. In 2014, he starred
Off-Broadway with Anna Gunn in a critically acclaimed production of
Sex with Strangers directed by David Schwimmer at the Second Stage
Theater.
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