Anthony Ramos
{{Short description|American actor and singer (born 1991)}}
{{Other people}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|Ramos|Martinez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anthony Ramos
| image = Anthony Ramos (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ramos in an Anthony Ramos and Friends performance, 2017
| birth_name = Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
| education = American Musical and Dramatic Academy
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}}
| years_active = 2010–present
}}
Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez (born November 1, 1991) is an American actor and singer. After graduating in musical theater from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he began performing in stage musicals. In 2015, he originated the dual role of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton. He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the 2020 stage recording of the play.
Ramos played a supporting role in A Star Is Born (2018), and starred in the musical film In the Heights (2021), earning him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the action film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), and the disaster film Twisters (2024).
Early life and education
Ramos was born Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez on November 1, 1991. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His family is Puerto Rican,{{cite web|url=https://www.colorlines.com/articles/broadway-newbie-anthony-ramos-rips-rules-hamilton|title=Broadway Newbie Anthony Ramos Rips Up the Rules in 'Hamilton'|last=Jennings|first=June|date=January 6, 2016|website=Colorlines|publisher=Race Forward|access-date=February 17, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602075642/https://www.colorlines.com/articles/broadway-newbie-anthony-ramos-rips-rules-hamilton|url-status=live}} of African, indigenous, and European descent. On a 2024 episode of Finding Your Roots, he discovered that a portion of his heritage traces back to the Canary Islands and his 16th great-grandfather was Pelinor (d. 1505), an indigenous Guanche king of the island of Tenerife, the largest island in the Canaries.{{cite web | url=https://people.com/anthony-ramos-discovers-he-s-a-secret-prince-thanks-to-finding-your-roots-8597738 | title=Anthony Ramos Discovers He's a Secret 'Prince' Thanks to 'Finding Your Roots' }}
Ramos lived in Hope Gardens Apartments, an affordable housing complex in Bushwick, Brooklyn with his mother, older brother, and younger sister.{{cite web|last=Stewart|first=Zachary|title=Anthony Ramos Went From Baseball in Bushwick to Performing Hamilton for Barack Obama|url=http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/anthony-ramos-went-from-baseball-in-bushwick-to-pe_73745.html|access-date=August 12, 2015|website=TheaterMania|date=August 5, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029013832/https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/anthony-ramos-went-from-baseball-in-bushwick-to-pe_73745.html|url-status=live}} Anthony's father struggled with substance abuse and was only present in his life occasionally.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=v94kmiM2MlY |title=Crying, Relationships, & Therapy: A Man's Journey to Healing {{!}} Anthony Ramos {{!}}The Man Enough Podcast |date=2023-06-13 |last=We Are Man Enough |access-date=2024-09-17 |via=YouTube}}
Anthony Ramos attended Halsey Junior High School in Queens, New York, where he sang Motown songs at school assemblies in a student group called the Halsey Trio.{{cite web|last=McGoldrick|first=Meaghan|title=His shot: An exclusive interview with New Utrecht graduate, "Hamilton" star Anthony Ramos|url=http://brooklynreporter.com/story/his-shot-an-exclusive-interview-with-new-utrecht-graduate-hamilton-star-anthony-ramos|website=Brooklyn Reporter|date=April 7, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2016|archive-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807193608/http://brooklynreporter.com/story/his-shot-an-exclusive-interview-with-new-utrecht-graduate-hamilton-star-anthony-ramos/|url-status=live}} He is a 2009 graduate of New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn. His ambitions at the time centered around baseball, including plans to play NCAA Division III college baseball, followed by a baseball coaching career. After high school, he attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York a conservatory for the performing arts, on a full scholarship from the Seinfeld Scholarship, run by Jerry Seinfeld. He graduated from the musical theater program in 2011.{{cite web|title=AMDA Celebrates Broadway's Rising Stars!|url=https://www.amda.edu/news/amda-celebrates-broadways-rising-stars|website=amda.edu|date=July 13, 2011|access-date=November 4, 2015|archive-date=July 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726173644/https://www.amda.edu/news/amda-celebrates-broadways-rising-stars|url-status=live}}
Acting career
Beginning in 2011, Ramos earned roles in a variety of regional and touring musical productions, including Usnavi de la Vega in a 2012 production of In the Heights. In 2014, he performed in Heart and Lights at Radio City Music Hall, a dance show with the Rockettes which was canceled during previews.{{cite news
|title=Artistic Problems Delay Rockettes' 'Heart and Lights' Until 2015 |first1=Larry |last1=Rohter |first2=Patrick |last2=Healy |date=March 21, 2014 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/arts/dance/rockettes-heart-and-lights-is-postponed.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192952/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/arts/dance/rockettes-heart-and-lights-is-postponed.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=November 30, 2017}} During rehearsals for Heart and Lights, Ramos auditioned for the off-Broadway production of Hamilton at The Public Theater. After being cast in Hamilton, Ramos played Justin Laboy in Lin-Manuel Miranda's short musical 21 Chump Street, a 14-minute, one-time performance on June 7, 2014, which was recorded for This American Life.
File:Anthony Ramos Daveed Diggs Hamilton White House 02.jpg perform with Hamilton castmates at the White House, March 2016]]
Hamilton opened off-Broadway in early 2015, with Ramos originating the dual role of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton, the oldest son of Alexander Hamilton. The musical moved to Broadway on July 13, 2015, in previews, and opened on August 6, 2015.{{Cite news|title=Review: 'Hamilton,' Young Rebels Changing History and Theater|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/theater/review-hamilton-young-rebels-changing-history-and-theater.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=August 9, 2015|issn=0362-4331|first=Ben|last=Brantley|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809040406/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/theater/review-hamilton-young-rebels-changing-history-and-theater.html|archive-date=August 9, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Ramos left the production on November 20, 2016, being replaced by Jordan Fisher.
In September 2016, it was announced that Ramos had been cast in director Spike Lee's Netflix comedy-drama series She's Gotta Have It, in the role of Mars Blackmon.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/shes-gotta-have-it-anthony-ramos-cast-mars-spike-lee-netflix-series-1201827297/|title='She's Gotta Have It': 'Hamilton's Anthony Ramos Cast In Spike Lee Netflix Series|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=September 28, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2016|archive-date=September 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929132930/https://deadline.com/2016/09/shes-gotta-have-it-anthony-ramos-cast-mars-spike-lee-netflix-series-1201827297/|url-status=live}} Ramos played the role of Ramon in the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born, starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and directed by Cooper.{{cite magazine |title=It Took a Minute for A Star Is Born{{'}}s Anthony Ramos to Realize Lady Gaga Didn't Need His Help Getting Hamilton Tickets |first=Katey |last=Rich |date=September 9, 2018 |journal=Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/anthony-ramos-lady-gaga-a-star-is-born |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913004958/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/anthony-ramos-lady-gaga-a-star-is-born |archive-date=September 13, 2018}} In 2018, Variety reported that Ramos had been cast as Usnavi de la Vega in the film adaptation of In the Heights.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/anthony-ramos-in-the-heights-lin-manuel-miranda-1202975746/|title=Anthony Ramos to Star in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' Movie (Exclusive)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=October 10, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=October 10, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311115121/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/anthony-ramos-in-the-heights-lin-manuel-miranda-1202975746/|url-status=live}} The movie was released in 2021 to significant acclaim, but was a box-office bomb. In April 2021, Ramos was cast in the lead role in the next installment of the Transformers film franchise, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=April 1, 2021|title='Transformers': Anthony Ramos Eyed To Star In Next Installment For Paramount, eOne And Hasbro Franchise|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/transformers-anthony-ramos-1234724604/|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=Deadline|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501143654/https://deadline.com/2021/04/transformers-anthony-ramos-1234724604/|url-status=live}} The film was released on June 9, 2023.{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=May 2, 2020|title=Paramount Dates New 'Transformers' Movie For 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/paramount-dates-new-transformers-movie-for-2022-1202924176/|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=Deadline|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502061125/https://deadline.com/2020/05/paramount-dates-new-transformers-movie-for-2022-1202924176/|url-status=live}}
In February 2022, Ramos was cast as Parker Robbins / The Hood in the upcoming superhero streaming series Ironheart, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=February 9, 2022 |title='Ironheart': Anthony Ramos Lands New Secret Role In Upcoming Marvel Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/ironheart-anthony-ramos-marvel-series-1234929548/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209184748/https://deadline.com/2022/02/ironheart-anthony-ramos-marvel-series-1234929548/ |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} In January 2024, Ramos was cast as the lead voice role in a Bob the Builder animated film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/mattel-films-anthony-ramos-jennifer-lopez-bob-the-builder-animated-film-1235803932/|title='Bob The Builder' Animated Film In Works From Anthony Ramos, Jennifer Lopez, Mattel Films & ShadowMachine; Ramos Voicing Title Character|date=January 25, 2024 |publisher=Deadline}} In July 2024, Ramos appeared in Twisters, the sequel to the 1996 film Twister.{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=April 17, 2023|title=Anthony Ramos Joins 'Twister' Sequel For Universal, Amblin & Warner Bros|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/anthony-ramos-twister-universal-amblin-warner-bros-1235327592/|access-date=May 17, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520003416/https://deadline.com/2023/04/anthony-ramos-twister-universal-amblin-warner-bros-1235327592/|url-status=live}}
Recording career
Ramos appeared on the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton in 2015, in the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton.
He reunited with Lin-Manuel Miranda in October 2017 as one of the vocalists on Miranda's song "Almost Like Praying," a release to benefit Hurricane Maria victims.{{Cite news |last=Framke |first=Caroline |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/6/16435920/almost-like-praying-video-lin-manuel-miranda |title=Lin-Manuel Miranda releases "Almost Like Praying," a star-studded new single for Puerto Rico relief |work=Vox |date=October 6, 2017 |access-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924200215/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/6/16435920/almost-like-praying-video-lin-manuel-miranda |url-status=live}}
File:Arts in the Armed Forces Brings Theater to Yokota 170329-F-EZ530-043 (cropped).jpg in Japan, March 2017]]
On November 8, 2017, two tracks, "Freedom" and "Common Ground", from {{Show by date|2018|1|20|a forthcoming|his first|hour=-5}} solo EP, titled The Freedom EP, were released.{{cite magazine |title=Anthony Ramos on Life After 'Hamilton,' Working with Spike Lee, and His Political New Music |date=November 8, 2017 |first=Rob |last=LeDonne |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/8030196/anthony-ramos-hamilton-new-music-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228162909/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/8030196/anthony-ramos-hamilton-new-music-interview |archive-date=December 28, 2017}} The release was produced by Will Wells, who had previously worked with Logic and Pentatonix. The Freedom EP was released on January 20, 2018. In addition to the previously released singles, the EP included two new songs, "When The Bell Tolls" and "PRayer" {{sic}}.
On June 13, 2019, it was announced that Ramos had signed to Republic Records.{{Cite magazine|last=Eggertsen|first=Chris|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8515919/hamilton-star-anthony-ramos-signs-with-republic-records|title='Hamilton' Star Anthony Ramos Signs With Republic Records|magazine=Billboard|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=June 21, 2019}} The signing was documented on his YouTube series, It Takes A Village, where he revealed that new music would be released that summer.{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=Ramos|title=I Signed with Republic Records! {{!}} Anthony Ramos|date=June 13, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEP_DGGH8i0|via=YouTube|access-date=June 21, 2019|archive-date=May 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508014155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEP_DGGH8i0&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}} His debut album, The Good & The Bad, was released in the autumn on October 25, 2019. Although it did not chart on the US Billboard Top 200 album chart, it did debut at number 21 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/anthony-ramos/chart-history|title=Anthony Ramos: Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 4, 2019}}
On June 25, 2021, Republic released his second album, Love and Lies. The album debuted and peaked for one week at number 36 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.{{Cite web|title=Love and Lies / Anthony Ramos|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/188233275|access-date=June 25, 2021|via=Tidal|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625052058/https://listen.tidal.com/album/188233275|url-status=live}}
Personal life
In 2014, Ramos met actress Jasmine Cephas Jones during rehearsals for the off-Broadway production of Hamilton. He confirmed their relationship in February 2015, and on Christmas Eve 2018, he proposed to Jones in front of her favorite castle in Arundel, England.{{cite news|last=Lefkowitz|first=Andy|date=January 4, 2019|title=A Hamilton Love Story: Anthony Ramos & Jasmine Cephas Jones Are Engaged|work=Broadway.com|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/194519/a-hamilton-love-story-anthony-ramos-jasmine-cephas-jones-are-engaged/|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105042959/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/194519/a-hamilton-love-story-anthony-ramos-jasmine-cephas-jones-are-engaged/|url-status=live}} In November 2021, they ended their engagement before officially splitting.
In February 2024, Ramos' family was featured on episode 104 ("Mean Streets") of the PBS television show Finding Your Roots, a program about genealogy.{{Cite web |title=Mean Streets |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/mean-streets |access-date=March 5, 2024 |website=Finding Your Roots |language=en}}
Filmography
{{Pending films key}}
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Kilo | |
| 10 Crosby
| Younger Doorman | Short film |
| 2017
| Recording Engineer | |
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| Manny Ortega | |
| Summer Days, Summer Nights
| Frankie | |
| A Star Is Born
| Ramon | |
| 2019
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Staff Sergeant Anthony Martinez | |
| rowspan="3"| 2020
| King Trollex (voice) | |
| Hamilton
| John Laurens / Philip Hamilton | Filmed recording of 2016 Broadway musical |
| Honest Thief
| Ramon Hall | |
| 2021
| |
| 2022
| Mr. Piranha (voice) | |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Noah Diaz | |
| Dumb Money
| Marcus | |
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| Distant | Andy Ramirez | |
| Twisters
| Javi | |
| rowspan="2" |2025
|Himself | |
| {{pending film|The Bad Guys 2}}
| rowspan="1" |Voice role; in production |
| rowspan="3" {{TBA}}
| {{pending film|Love Language}} | {{TBA}} |
| {{pending film|italic=no|Untitled Kathryn Bigelow film}}
| {{TBA}} | Post-production |
| {{pending film|italic=no|Untitled Bob the Builder film}}
| |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
| 2015
| Younger | Julio | Episodes: “Liza Sows Her Oates”, “IRL” |
| 2016
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Juan Flores | Episode: "Forty-One Witnesses" |
| 2017–2018
| Tony | 4 episodes |
| 2017–2019
| 19 episodes |
| 2019
| Tito (voice) | Episode: "Team Isa" |
| rowspan="3"|2021
| Eladio Restrepo | 6 episodes |
| Blindspotting
| Yorkie | 2 episodes |
| Trolls: Holiday in Harmony
| King Trollex (voice) | TV special |
| 2024
| Himself | Episode: "Mean Streets" |
| 2025
| {{pending film|Ironheart}} | Upcoming Disney+ miniseries |
=Theatre=
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected information |
| scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:18em;"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"|The Good & the Bad
|
|
| scope="row"|Love and Lies
|
|
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected information |
| scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:18em;"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| The Freedom EP
|
|
=Soundtrack and cast albums=
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected information |
| scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col"| Album |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Cry Today, Smile Tomorrow"
| rowspan="5" | 2019 | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Dear Diary"
| rowspan="5" | The Good & the Bad |
| scope="row"| "The Good & the Bad" |
| scope="row"| "Mind Over Matter" |
| scope="row"| "Figure It Out" |
| scope="row"| "Relationship"
| rowspan="3" | 2020 |
| scope="row"| "Stop"
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "If You Want Me to Stay" {{Small|(Sly and the Family Stone cover)}} {{Small|(with Ari Lennox)}} |
| scope="row"| "Say Less"
| rowspan="4" |2021 | rowspan="4" |Love and Lies |
| scope="row"| "Blessings" |
| scope="row"| "Échale" |
| scope="row"| "Lose My Mind" |
| scope="row"|"Good Time"
| rowspan="2" |2022 | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"|"Échale (Eydren Remix)" |
| scope="row"|"Villano"
|rowspan="2" |2023 |rowspan="2" {{TBA}} |
| scope="row"|"Se Fue" |
Awards and nominations
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{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male}}
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