Aaron Lohr

{{short description|American actor}}

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Aaron Lohr (born April 2, 1976) is an American actor.

Early life and education

He is a graduate of UCLA, where he majored in theater.

Film and television career

Lohr portrayed the Dancing Boy in Deniece Williams' music video for the song "Let's Hear It for the Boy". He is also in the British television advertisement for Carlsberg Beer. Lohr has also appeared in many Sister, Sister episodes, better known as Marlon in his later appearances in the show.

Lohr became a recognizable player of the Disney Studios stable, appearing in many of their films, including The Mighty Ducks series and Newsies.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/newsies-35131/cast |title=Cast: Newsies |publisher=Allmovie |accessdate=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807172901/http://www.allmovie.com/work/newsies-35131/cast |archivedate=7 August 2009 }} He provided the singing voice for Max Goof in A Goofy Movie (filling in for Jason Marsden).{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-goofy-movie-134629/cast |title=Cast: A Goofy Movie |publisher=Allmovie |accessdate=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821094629/http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-goofy-movie-134629/cast |archivedate=21 August 2009 }} In 2000, he starred as Micky Dolenz in the VH1 television film Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story.{{cite web| url= http://www.allmovie.com/work/daydream-believers-the-monkees-story-200582|title=Overview: Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story| last= Deming| first= Mark |publisher=Allmovie| accessdate=21 March 2010}}

He appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical Rent,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/rent-316109/cast |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718053858/http://www.allmovie.com/work/rent-316109/cast |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2012 |title=Cast: Rent |publisher=Allmovie |accessdate=21 March 2010 }} directed by Chris Columbus. Lohr played the character Steve and sang vocals for the songs "Will I" and "Life Support" on the first disc of the soundtrack for the film.Liner notes, Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Warner Brother catalog 49455-2. He starred in various roles in Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See at the New York Public Theater, opposite actress/singer Idina Menzel. Independent film releases include Henry Bean's Noise, Jim Koya Jones' taut psychological thriller The Wreck, and Manslaughter produced by Jim Koya Jones.

More recent work has included many leading roles in New York theater productions. He performed as Matt in the Off-Broadway production of Bare: A Pop Opera

in 2004.Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/article/secrets-and-sacraments-bare-a-pop-opera-to-begin-commercial-off-bway-run-sept-22-com-120708# "Secrets and Sacraments: 'Bare: A Pop Opera' To Begin Commercial Off-Bway Run Sept. 22"] Playbill, July 6, 2004 He has appeared in several productions at the Public Theater. His inaugural performance there was in George Wolfe's Radiant Baby in 2003.Simonson, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/article/radiant-baby-starts-shining-at-public-theater-off-broadway-feb-1-com-111287# " 'Radiant Baby' Starts Shining at Public Theater Off-Broadway, Feb. 1"] Playbill, February 1, 2003 This led to his starring role in See What I Want To See by Michael John LaChuisa. Lohr also starred in the political drama In Darfur both at the NY Public and Delacorte Theater.

Lohr has since retired from acting and currently serves as the Clinical Director at the Avalon Malibu rehab center.{{cite web | url=https://www.avalonmalibu.com/our-staff/aaron-lohr/ | title=Aaron Lohr, MA, LMFT | Clinical Director | Avalon Malibu | date=3 June 2017 }}

Personal life

In August 2015, Lohr and actress Idina Menzel bought a home located in Encino, Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title = Inside Idina Menzel and Aaron Lohr's Encino Mansion|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/trulia/2015/08/28/inside-idina-menzel-and-aaron-lohrs-encino-mansion/|accessdate = 2015-09-07|last = Trulia|website = Forbes}} Menzel announced on September 23, 2016, via her Twitter account, that she and Lohr were engaged.Gioia, Michael. [http://www.playbill.com/article/idina-menzel-gets-engaged# "Idina Menzel Gets Engaged"] Playbill, September 23, 2016 Menzel announced their marriage via Twitter on September 25, 2017. They were married over the weekend of September 22, 2017.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-idina-menzel-marries-aaron-lohr# "Tony Winner Idina Menzel Marries Aaron Lohr"] Playbill, September 25, 2017 Lohr is the stepfather to Menzel's son from her marriage to Taye Diggs.

Filmography

=Film=

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Description

1984

| Deniece Williams: Let's Hear It for the Boy

| Young Boy

| music video

1992

|Newsies

|Mush

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1994

|D2: The Mighty Ducks

|Dean Portman

|

1995

|A Goofy Movie

|Max Goof

|Singing voice

1996

|D3: The Mighty Ducks

|Dean Portman

|

1997

|Trojan War

|Jock #1

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2005

|Rent

|Steve

|

2007

|Noise

|Rowdy Drinker

|

2008

|The Wreck

|Frank

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2013

|Gone Missing

|Bouncer

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2014

|Zoe Gone

|Detective Billy Ramirez

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2017

|A Change of Heart

|Norm

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=Television=

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Description

1985

| St. Elsewhere

| Boy

| Episode: "Cheers"

1986

| Throb

| Small Change

| Episode: "Small Change"

1987

| What a Country

| Boy

| Episode: "Taylor Loses His Cool"

1987–1988

| Bustin' Loose

| Nikky Robinson

| 26 episodes

rowspan="2" | 1988

| Fantastic Max

| Various voices

| 3 episodes

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

| Miguel

| Voice, television film

rowspan="3" | 1990

| Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

| Additional voices

| Television special

Family Matters

| Student #1

| Episode: "The Science Project"

Baywatch

| Tod

| Episode: "We Need a Vacation"

1990–1991

| Peter Pan & the Pirates

| Tall Twin, Hard-to-Hit, Porthos, Additional voices

| 16 episodes

rowspan="3" | 1991

| The Wonder Years

| Sean

| Episode: "Heartbreak"

Blossom

| Student

| Episode: "Tough Love"

Wildest Dreams

| Unknown role

| Television film

1994–1997

| Sister, Sister

| Marlon Baker, Russell

| 4 episodes

1997

| Teen Angel

| Kyle

| 2 episodes

1998

| Perfect Assassins

| Billy Collins

| Television film

2000

| Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story

| Micky Dolenz

| Television film

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Law & Order: Trial by Jury

| Zack Stone

| Episode: "Bang and Blame"

Law & Order

| John Brody

| Episode: "Charity Case"

2009

| Loving Leah

| John

| Television film

2010

| White Collar

| Andrew

| Episode: "Company Man"

2011

| Blue Bloods

| Tommy Barrone Jr.

| Episode: "Moonlighting"

2012

| The Mentalist

| Benjamin Marx

| Episode: "Red Rover, Red Rover"

2022

| The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers

| Dean Portman

| Episode: "Ice Breaker"

References

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