Joshua Colley

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| caption = Colley in 2024

| birth_name = Joshua Robert Colley

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|01|20}}

| birth_place = New Port Richey, Florida, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}}

| years_active = 2012–present

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Joshua Robert Colley (born January 20, 2002) is an American actor and singer.

Early life

Joshua Robert Colley was born on January 20, 2002, to Brad and Robbie Lynn Colley. Colley was raised in Trinity, Florida.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/trinity-twins-make-broadway-debuts-in-newsies-kinky-boots/2139778/|title=Trinity twins make Broadway debuts in 'Newsies,' 'Kinky Boots'|website=Tampa Bay Times}} He has a twin brother named Cameron.

Career

Colley played the role of Les in the musical Newsies between March 11, 2013, and February 2, 2014. In January 2014, it was announced that Colley would play the role of Gavroche in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, alternating in that role with Gaten Matarazzo.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/LES-MISERABLES-Finds-Its-Little-People-Young-Cosette-Eponine-and-Gavroche-Announced-20140127 |title=Les Miserables Finds Its Little People! Young Cosette, Eponine and Gavroche Announced! |work=BroadwayWorld}} Colley started with the show when it began previews on March 1, 2014, and performed until March 1, 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joshua-colley-494355/#broadway|title=Joshua Colley – Broadway Cast & Staff |website=Internet Broadway Database}} The Huffington Post called Colley's performance "'grounded and believable and anything but an outtake from Oliver!"{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/les-miz-and-breathing-time_b_5055849 |title=Theater: Les Miz a Pleasure (and not a Guilty One); Breathing Time Expires |first=Michael |last=Giltz |date=March 30, 2014 |work=HuffPost}}

In 2014, Colley was cast as the voice of Pig Robinson in the Nick Jr. Channel animated television show Peter Rabbit. He voiced the role from 2014 to 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Lilla-Crawford-Joshua-Colley-More-Dish-on-Fame-Fans-and-Life-as-a-Child-Actor-Part-2-20161103 |title=BWW Exclusive: Lilla Crawford, Joshua Colley & More Dish on Fame, Fans, and Life as a Child Actor (Part 2) |first=Matt |last=Smith |work=BroadwayWorld}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/creating-character-peter-rabbits-joshua-colley-10126/ |title=Creating Your Character with 'Peter Rabbit's' Joshua Colley |first=Jen |last=Rudin |date=November 26, 2014 |website=Backstage.com}}

Colley played the lead role in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the York Theater Company from May 24, 2016, to June 26, 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadwaybox.com/shows/youre-good-man-charlie-brown/ |title=You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Discount Tickets |website=Broadwaybox.com}} The cast album was released on November 18, 2016, by Broadway Records.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Happiness-Is-Yorks-YOURE-A-GOOD-MAN-CHARLIE-BROWN-Cast-Recording-20161117 |title='Happiness Is...' York's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Cast Recording, Out Today |work=BroadwayWorld}}

He took one week off of the run to perform in The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl. Colley played the role of Flounder, alongside Sara Bareilles, Tituss Burgess, John Stamos, and Rebel Wilson in the first week of June 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/lease-event-little-mermaid-concert/2016-06-04-0 |title=LEASE EVENT: Disney's The Little Mermaid in Concert |publisher=Los Angeles Philharmonic |website=hollywoodbowl.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409034831/http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/lease-event-little-mermaid-concert/2016-06-04-0 |archive-date=2016-04-09}}

In 2021, he joined the cast of Hulu's Sex Appeal as well as American comedy film Senior Year.{{Cite magazine |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=2021-07-16 |title=Jade Bender, Michael Cimino, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Avantika Join Paramount Players' 'Senior Year'(EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/senior-year-rebel-wilson-jade-bender-michael-cimino-1235021598/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |magazine=Variety}}

In the third and final season of the coming-of-age series Love, Victor, Colley portrayed Liam, Victor's sharp-tongued classmate.{{Cite web |last=Amber |first=Melis |date=2022-06-15 |title=LOVE, VICTOR Recap: (S03E06) Agent of Chaos |url=https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/love-victor-recap-season-3-episode-6-agent-of-chaos/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=geekgirlauthority.com}}{{Cite magazine |last=Knight |first=Lewis |date=15 June 2022 |title=Love, Victor season 3 ending explained: Who does Victor choose? Cast explain |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/love-victor-ending-explained-season-3-exclusive/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |magazine=Radio Times}}

In 2024, he appeared as Monty, a crow turned into a teenaged boy, in the first season of the Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives.

He plays a teen version of Captain Hook in the 2024 Disney+ film Descendants: The Rise of Red.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2022-11-21 |title=Brandy & Rita Ora Among 7 Cast In 'Descendants' Sequel 'The Pocketwatch' At Disney+ |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/brandy-amp-rita-ora-cast-descendants-sequel-the-pocketwatch-disney-plus-1235176605/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}

Personal life

In a 2022 ABC News primetime documentary special about the LGBTQ+ experience, Colley spoke publicly for the first time about his sexuality; he said "I am still learning who I am and what I like. [...] And I don't really feel like I'm wanting to put a label on myself [...] It's ever-changing and ever-evolving," and added that he's "definitely not straight."{{cite AV media |people= |date=June 9, 2022 |title=PRIDE: To Be Seen — A Soul of a Nation Presentation |url=https://abc.com/movies-and-specials/ff3526fb-ecf2-409a-806c-799bf529f49d |time=37:39 |location= |publisher=American Broadcasting Company, Inc.}}