Jeremy Pope
{{short description|American actor and singer}}
{{For|the New Zealand activist | Jeremy Pope (activist)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jeremy Pope
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|9}}
| birth_place = Orlando, Florida, U.S.
| image = Jeremy pope 2019 1.jpg
| caption = Pope in 2019
| nationality =
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}}
| years_active = 2013–present
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Jeremy Pope (born July 9, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Pope is the sixth person in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories for separate performances during the same year, having received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as Eddie Kendricks in Ain't Too Proud, the latter of which also earned him a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.{{Cite web|title=Facts & Trivia|url=https://www.tonyawards.com/history/facts-and-trivia/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.tonyawards.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-23|title=Jeremy Pope|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jeremy-pope/251964|access-date=2021-08-21|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}
In 2020, Pope starred in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood, which earned him a nomination for a 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/72nd-nominations-list-v1.pdf?q=1 |title=72nd Emmy Awards Complete Nomination List |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 July 2020}} In 2023, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the film The Inspection.
Life and acting career
A native of Orlando, Florida,{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-et-jeremy-pope-broadway-choirboy-20190108-story.html|title=Central Florida actor makes Broadway debut... times two|last1=Palm|first1=Matthew J.|date=January 8, 2019|work=Orlando Sentinel|access-date=June 15, 2019}} Pope attended Timber Creek High School and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeremy-pope-is-breakout-star-broadway-season-1199832|title=Jeremy Pope Is the Breakout Star of the Broadway Season|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=9 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}} He made his Broadway debut in 2018 as Pharus Jonathan Young in the play Choir Boy, soon followed by a role as Eddie Kendricks in the jukebox musical Ain't Too Proud.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jeremy Pope is Broadway's MVP this season, and that's an amazing thing|url=https://ew.com/theater/2019/04/16/jeremy-pope-choir-boy-aint-too-proud-interview/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-15|website=EW.com|language=en|quote=the play asked a lot of the then-teenage-aged Pope, he tells EW, as he himself was growing up black and gay.}} In 2019, he became the sixth actor in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories during the same year, garnering nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy and for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as Eddie Kendricks in Ain't Too Proud.{{Cite web|title=Facts & Trivia|url=https://www.tonyawards.com/history/facts-and-trivia/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.tonyawards.com|language=en-US}} In 2019, he landed a lead role in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series Hollywood, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/ryan-murphy-hollywood-cast-jeremy-pope-broadway/|title=Exclusive: Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' to Star Broadway Sensation Jeremy Pope|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|date=2019-09-04|website=Collider|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}} In 2021, he also had a main role as Christopher, Blanca's boyfriend in the third and final season of Murphy's TV series Pose. In 2022, Pope returned to the theater, starring as painter Jean-Michel Basquiat opposite Paul Bettany as pop artist Andy Warhol in The Collaboration.{{Cite web|last=Maitland|first=Hayley|date=February 2, 2022|title=Jeremy Pope On Bringing Jean-Michel Basquiat Back To Life At The Young Vic|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/the-collaboration-the-young-vic|access-date=2022-02-25|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Pope began portraying Pharus Jonathan Young, his character in Choir Boy, at age nineteen. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he described the role's personal significance to him, "as he himself was growing up Black and gay".
Acting credits
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Venue !Notes |
| 2013
| rowspan="3"|Choir Boy | rowspan="3"|Pharus Jonathan Young | Off-Broadway |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| rowspan="2"|Regional |
| Geffen Playhouse |
| 2015
| Griffin | rowspan="2"|Off-Broadway |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Wes |
| rowspan="4"|Ain't Too Proud
| rowspan="4"|Eddie Kendricks | rowspan="3"|Regional |
| rowspan="3"|2017–18 |
| Ahmanson Theatre |
| Princess of Wales Theatre
| Toronto |
| 2018–19
| Choir Boy | Pharus Jonathan Young | rowspan="2"|Broadway |
| 2019
| Ain't Too Proud | Eddie Kendricks |
| 2022
| rowspan="2"|The Collaboration | rowspan="2"|Jean-Michel Basquiat | London stage debut |
| 2022–23
| Broadway |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2018
| Jerk | |
| 2020
| |
| 2022
| Ellis French | |
| {{TBA}}
| Post-production |
=Television=
Music
A singer known for his passionate vocal style, Pope credits his music aspirations to his early years of singing in church, as well as during theater productions and talent shows at school. He also cites music as a constant mainstay in his life.{{Cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/interview-jeremy-pope-introduces-himself-to-r-b-fans-with-new-love-117078|title=Interview: Jeremy Pope introduces himself to R&B fans with 'New Love'|website=AXS|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} Outside of his acting and Broadway theatre work, he writes and records his own music. His music gained attention with his first independent single, the self-written, acoustic pop-oriented "Wait For You",{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wait-for-you-single/995398402|title=Wait For You - Single by Jeremy Pope|website=Apple Music|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} which also debuted as a YouTube video{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SKSBOtm2yk|title=Jeremy Pope - Wait For You (Acoustic)|website=YouTube|date=13 May 2015 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} in 2015. In 2018, he independently released his second single, the R&B-flavored "New Love",{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/new-love/1350530845|title=New Love - Single by Jeremy Pope|website=Apple Music|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} for which he also produced its music video{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIW3Yw1nvOQ|title=Jeremy Pope - New Love|website=YouTube|date=4 January 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} in 2017. That same year, in 2018, he released his third independent single, "Feel So Good"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/feel-so-good/1348467681|title=Feel So Good - Single by Jeremy Pope|website=Apple Music|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} and produced its music video.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMYxSwJupCE|title=Jeremy Pope - Feel So Good|website=YouTube/Vevo|date=5 February 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} He is a featured vocalist on "Be Great",{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/be-great-feat-jeremy-pope/1433804008|title=Be Great (feat. Jeremy Pope) by Laura Dreyfuss|website=Apple Music|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgn2vGxXmvw|title=[OFFICIAL] LOLADRE - "Be Great ft. Jeremy Pope"|website=YouTube|date=7 March 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} the 2019 single by actress and singer Laura Dreyfuss (under her pseudonym Loladre). He is a principal soloist on Broadway cast recordings for The View UpStairs and Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, the latter of which garnered him a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/224|title=2019 GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Musical Theater Album|website=GRAMMY.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} Though he has covered music by several artists, including Lady Gaga and Maroon 5, he is said to be working on an EP with accompanying production work from various producers. On May 7, 2020, he released his fourth independent single, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time".{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/time-after-time/1513104821|title=Time After Time - Single by Jeremy Pope|website=Apple Music|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}
=Singles discography=
| class="wikitable" | |
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "Wait For You" | 2015 |
| "New Love" | 2018 |
| "Feel So Good" | 2018 |
| "Be Great" - Loladre (Laura Dreyfuss) (Jeremy Pope as featured vocalist) | 2019 |
| "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper cover) | 2020 |
| "September" (Earth, Wind & Fire cover) | 2020 |
Accolades
In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named him among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".{{Cite web|title=Queerty Pride50 2020 Honorees|url=https://www.queerty.com/pride50/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Queerty|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Reddish|first=David|date=2020-06-01|title=Meet the world-class performers who are diversifying LGBTQ representation|url=https://www.queerty.com/top-entertainment-performers-year-20200601|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Queerty}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IBDB name|518469}}
- {{iobdb name|42868}}
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