Matthew Morrison
{{short description|American actor, dancer, and singer}}
{{about|the American actor|the English actor|Matthew James Morrison|the athlete|Matthew Morison|the album|Matthew Morrison (album) }}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Matthew Morrison
| image = Matthew Morrison Peabody 2010 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Morrison at the 2010 Peabody Awards
| birth_name = Matthew James Morrison
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|30}}
| birth_place = Fort Ord, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist | Actor | dancer | singer}}
| years_active = 1997–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Renee Puente|2014}}
| children = 2
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{hlist | Pop | jazz soul | pop standards}}
| label = {{ubl | Mercury | 222 Records }}
| associated_acts = {{ubl | Glee | LMNT }}
}}
}}
Matthew James Morrison{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matthew-morrison/198185 |title=Matthew Morrison |website=TV Guide |access-date=October 19, 2014}} (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show Glee (2009–2015).
He has starred in multiple Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including appearing as Link Larkin in the original Broadway cast of Hairspray (2002), Fabrizio Nacarelli in the original Broadway cast of the musical The Light in the Piazza (2005, for which he received a Tony Award nomination), and the starring role of J.M. Barrie in the original Broadway cast of Finding Neverland (2015-2016).
He starred as the Grinch in NBC's 2020 production Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!. He has also been a judge on two reality dance competition shows on TV: The Greatest Dancer on BBC One, and So You Think You Can Dance on Fox.
Morrison signed with Adam Levine's 222 Records in 2012, and has released three solo albums: Matthew Morrison (2011), Where It All Began (2013), and Disney Dreamin' with Matthew Morrison (2020).
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Early life
Morrison was born in Fort Ord, California, the son of Mary Louise (Fraser) and Thomas Morrison.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matthew-morrison/credits/3000054417/ |title=Matthew Morrison Credits |website=TV Guide}} Morrison was raised in Chico, and has Scottish and English ancestry.{{cite journal |last=Dirmann |first=Tina |title=Matthew Morrison Revealed |journal=Orange Coast |page=86 |date=December 2009 |issn=0279-0483}}Stated on Who Do You Think You Are?, December 17, 2018 He was a member of Buena Park Youth theater, located in Buena Park. He was part of the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21) and the Orange County School of the Arts, while at the Los Alamitos High School campus. While in high school, Morrison did a musical with actress Jodie Sweetin. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for two years before dropping out and joining the Broadway adaptation of Footloose.{{cite web |url=http://ellen.warnerbros.com/music/matthew_morrison/ |title=Matthew Morrison – Music |website=EllenTube |access-date=February 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120712053317/http://ellen.warnerbros.com/music/matthew_morrison/ }}
Career
In 1999, while still at NYU, Morrison appeared on Late Show with David Letterman and Total Request Live as one of five members of the fictional parody boy band "Fresh Step", an act that was conceived by several Late Show writers.{{cite web |title=David Letterman's 'Late Show' Created A Fake Boy Band, And You Probably Didn't Know |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-letterman-fake-boy-band-fresh-step_n_5c33ddc7e4b05d4e96bb3955 |first=Elyse |last=Wanshel |date=January 10, 2019 |work=HuffPost}} The choreographer hired for "Fresh Step" was also the choreographer for the Broadway musical Footloose, and helped Morrison to get cast in Footloose later that year. Morrison dropped out of NYU to begin appearing in the show.{{cite web |title=Matthew Morrison Got His Big Break on Letterman |url= https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Matthew+Morrison+Got+His+Big+Break+on+Letterman-91181.html |work=Female First |date=February 28, 2011}}
File:Jane Lynch & Matthew Morrison.jpg]]
In 2001, Morrison was recruited to join the boy band LMNT, turning it from a trio into a quartet. He stayed in the band for one year, then left and was replaced by Jonas Persch; he left before the recording of the group's sole album, All Sides. In a 2010 interview, Morrison stated about the experience, "It was the worst year of my life. You know when you're a performer and you're out there on stage and you're embarrassed that you're doing something wrong. It was pretty bad."{{cite web |last1=Gostin |first1=Nicki |title='Glee' Star Matthew Morrison Recalls 'Worst Year' Ever |url= http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/15/glee-star-matthew-morrison/ |website=PopEater |access-date=April 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716192043/http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/15/glee-star-matthew-morrison/ |archive-date=July 16, 2013 |date=January 15, 2010}}
Morrison briefly appeared in a revival of The Rocky Horror Show in 2002. He then starred in the original cast of the musical Hairspray as Link Larkin from its opening in 2002 through January 2004.{{cite web |url= https://www.playbill.com/article/hairsprays-matthew-morrison-joins-cast-of-piazza-com-123803 |title= Hairspray's Matthew Morrison Joins Cast of Piazza |date=January 26, 2005 |author-link1=Robert Simonson |last=Simonson |first=Robert |magazine=Playbill |access-date=April 5, 2022}} In 2005, Morrison starred as Fabrizio Nacarelli in the Broadway premiere of Adam Guettel's musical The Light in the Piazza; he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance.{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/matthew-morrison-will-leave-light-in-the-piazza-aug-28-com-127138 |title=Matthew Morrison Will Leave Light in the Piazza Aug. 28 |date=July 25, 2005 |last=Simonson |first=Robert |magazine=Playbill |access-date=April 5, 2022}} He left the show on August 28, 2005.
Morrison started working in television, guest-starring on shows such as Ghost Whisperer, Numbers, CSI: Miami, and Hack. Morrison also had small roles in films including Marci X (2003). He also appeared as Sir Harry in the 2005 ABC-TV production of Once Upon a Mattress, starring Tracey Ullman, Zooey Deschanel and Carol Burnett.
He earned a Drama Desk Nomination for his role in the Off Broadway show 10 Million Miles which ran at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2007. That same year he appeared in two films: Dan in Real Life, followed by Music and Lyrics as Cora Corman's manager. In 2008, he played Lieutenant Cable in a Lincoln Center production of the musical South Pacific. He left the production at the end of 2008 and in early 2009 returned to California to shoot the first season of Glee.{{cite web |url=http://www.lct.org/showBlog.htm?id=174&blogEntryId=94 |title=Cable's Exit Interview Dec 23, 2008 |website=Lincoln Center Theater |access-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120529050928/http://www.lct.org/showBlog.htm?id=174&blogEntryId=94 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Morrison played Will Schuester in the Fox Broadcasting television series Glee, which had its television preview on May 19, 2009. Schuester is a high school Spanish (later History) teacher who takes on the task of restoring the school's glee club to its former glory. He made his directorial debut with the third season's ninth episode.
In January 2010, Morrison signed a solo record deal with Mercury Records. His first studio album, Matthew Morrison, was released on May 10, 2011. Two singles were released from the album, "Summer Rain"{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/listen-glee-original-songs-loser-like-me-and-get-it-right-debut-472875/ |title=Listen: 'Glee' Original Songs, 'Loser Like Me' and 'Get It Right,' Debut |date=February 25, 2011 |first=Jason |last=Lipshutz |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 5, 2022}} and "Still Got Tonight". The album also includes duets with Elton John (a medley of "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" and "Rocket Man"),{{cite news |title=Elton John Reveals Duet With Glee's Matthew Morrison |url=https://parade.com/105252/parade/elton-john-matthew-morrison-album/ |magazine=Parade |access-date=April 5, 2022 |date=January 21, 2011}} Gwyneth Paltrow ("Over the Rainbow"){{cite news |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/03/22/matthew-morrison-gwyneth-paltrow-duet/ |title=Matthew Morrison and Gwyneth Paltrow to duet on his upcoming album |date=March 22, 2011 |first=Tim |last=Stack |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 5, 2022}} and Sting ("Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot"). On June 16, 2010, Morrison joined Leona Lewis—appearing at London's O2 Arena as part of her world tour—for a one-off performance to sing "Over the Rainbow".
File:Glee Matthew-Morrison-with The Nortes of Hollywood.jpg at a PFLAG fundraiser in 2010]]
In March 2012, Morrison was featured in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8—a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as Paul Katami.{{cite news |title=Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison to Join George Clooney in Dustin Lance Black Play '8' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jane-lynch-matthew-morrison-join-george-clooney-dustin-lance-black-play-8-34593/ |website=The Wrap |first=Joshua L. |last=Weinstein |date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2025}} The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.{{cite web |title="8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality |date=March 3, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/qlUG8F9uVgM| archive-date=2021-11-07 |url-status=live |website=YouTube |access-date=March 18, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |title=YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/01/youtube-to-broadcast-proposition-8-play-live/ |first=Stephen |last=Gray |date=May 8, 2012 |website=PinkNews |access-date=January 24, 2025}}
A Morrison concert at Connecticut's Bushnell Center was recorded and aired on PBS in June 2013.{{cite news |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Matthew-Morrison-to-Play-the-Bushnell-Center-in-November-Will-be-Recorded-for-PBS-Broadcasts-20121025 |title=Matthew Morrison's November Bushnell Center Concert to Be Recorded for PBS Broadcasts |website=BroadwayWorld |date=October 25, 2012 |first=Kelsey |last=Denette |access-date=January 24, 2025}} In April 2013, Morrison appeared at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House in London.{{cite web |url= https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/matthew-morrison-poses-in-the-press-room-at-the-laurence-news-photo/167726199 |title=The Laurence Olivier Awards - Press Room: Matthew Morrison |first=Dave M. |last=Benett |website=Getty Images |date=April 28, 2013 }}
On June 4, 2013, 222 Records released Morrison's second studio album, Where It All Began,{{cite news |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/glee-star-matthew-morrison-releases-new-album-where-it-all-began-june-4-com-206080 |title='Glee' Star Matthew Morrison Releases New Album, 'Where It All Began,' June 4 |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=June 4, 2013 |magazine=Playbill |access-date=June 3, 2019}} an album of show tunes and jazz standards. One single was released from the album, a cover of "It Don't Mean a Thing".
Morrison returned to Broadway as J. M. Barrie in the Broadway debut of the musical Finding Neverland, which opened in April 2015.{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Tyler |title=Official: Matthew Morrison Will Return to Broadway in Finding Neverland! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Official-Matthew-Morrison-Will-Return-to-Broadway-in-FINDING-NEVERLAND-20141110 |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=April 5, 2022 |date=November 10, 2014}}
On July 7, 2016, Morrison appeared alongside Megan Hilty in a summer evening of Broadway and other songs with The New York Pops at the Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, Queens.{{cite news |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/megan-hilty-and-matthew-morrison-join-the-new-york-pops-tonight |title=Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison Join the New York Pops Tonight |magazine=Playbill}}
Morrison was a "dance captain" on BBC One's The Greatest Dancer, which aired for two seasons in 2019 and 2020, alongside Cheryl, Oti Mabuse and, in the second season, Todrick Hall as well.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tz79p |title=Teaser: The Dance Captains - Meet The Greatest Dancer's Dance Captains |website=BBC |date=December 7, 2018 }} In the second half of 2019, he portrayed Trevor in the ninth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story.
In December 2020, he starred as The Grinch in NBC's production of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!.{{cite web |title=Hoorays in Who-ville as NBC Brings Classic Dr. Seuss Tale to the Stage with Holiday Special "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!" on Dec. 9 |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/11/10/hoorays-in-who-ville-as-nbc-brings-classic-dr-seuss-tale-to-the-stage-with-holiday-special-dr-seuss-the-grinch-musical-on-dec-9-665504/20201110nbc01/ |website=The Futon Critic |date=November 10, 2020}}
On April 4, 2022, he was announced as a judge for the seventeenth season of So You Think You Can Dance, along with JoJo Siwa and Stephen "tWitch" Boss.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Peter |title='So You Think You Can Dance': Matthew Morrison & JoJo Siwa Join As Judges Alongside Stephen 'tWitch' Boss As Cat Deeley Also Returns |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/so-you-think-you-can-dance-matthew-morrison-jojo-siwa-cat-deeley-1234994345/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=April 4, 2022 |date=April 4, 2022}} However, on May 27, he was fired from the show.{{cite web|title=Matthew Morrison Fired from SYTYCD for 'Flirty' Messages That Made Contestant 'Uncomfortable': Source|url=https://people.com/tv/matthew-morrison-fired-from-sytycd-flirty-messages-with-contestant-source/|work=People|access-date=June 1, 2022|date=May 31, 2022}} His final episode aired on June 8,{{cite web |last1=Ausiello |first1=Michael |title=Matthew Morrison Out as SYTYCD Judge After Failing to Follow 'Production Protocols' |url=https://tvline.com/2022/05/27/matthew-morrison-leaving-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-17-sytycd/ |website=TVLine |access-date=May 27, 2022 |date=May 27, 2022}} and he was replaced by actress Leah Remini.{{cite web |last1=Iannucci |first1=Rebecca |title=SYTYCD: Leah Remini to Replace Fired Matthew Morrison as Season 17 Judge |url=https://tvline.com/2022/06/10/sytycd-leah-remini-judge-replacing-matthew-morrison-controversy/ |website=TVLine |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=June 10, 2022}} Amidst claims that he had sent an inappropriate text message, Morrison posted an Instagram video in June 2022, where he claimed that his messages were just friendly, and that he was dismissed for other reasons.{{cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2022-06-03 |title=Matthew Morrison Speaks Out About Incident That Led To His Dismissal From 'SYTYCD' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/matthew-morrison-speaks-out-about-incident-that-led-to-his-dismissal-from-dance-show-1235037860/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
In June 2023, it was announced that Morrison would star alongside Jen Lilley in the TV film A Paris Christmas Waltz, which aired on Great American Family in November 2023.{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2023-06-06 |title='The Christmas Waltz' Movie Franchise Moves To Great American Family; Matthew Morrison, Jen Lilley To Star In Sequel |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/the-christmas-waltz-movie-hallmark-moves-to-great-american-family-matthew-morrison-jen-lilly-star-1235409587/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Emlyn |date=2023-10-12 |title=Great American Family unveils 2023 holiday lineup starring Candace Cameron Bure, Chad Michael Murray, and more |url=https://ew.com/tv/great-american-family-new-christmas-movies-schedule-2023/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Morrison starred in the independent thriller From Embers.{{cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-11-20 |title=Matthew Morrison & Kara Wang To Topline Dramatic Thriller 'From Embers' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/from-embers-movie-matthew-morrison-kara-wang-1235629676/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} He played Billy Flynn in a limited engagement of Chicago in Japan from April 18–21, 2024, at the Orix Theater in Osaka, and then April 25–May 5 at the Tokyu Theater Orb.{{cite news |date=2023-12-27 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/glee-star-matthew-morrison-will-head-cast-of-chicago-in-tokyo |title=Glee Star Matthew Morrison Will Head Cast of Chicago in Japan |access-date=2023-12-28 |magazine=Playbill}}
Personal life
Morrison became engaged to actress Chrishell Stause on December 9, 2006.Spaner, Whitney (June 14, 2007). [http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2007/06/curtain_cutie_matthew_morrison.php "Curtain Cutie: Matthew Morrison"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328041826/http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2007/06/curtain_cutie_matthew_morrison.php|date=March 28, 2008}}. Paper. Their relationship later ended.
In 2011, Morrison began dating Renee Puente.{{cite news |date=June 6, 2013 |title=Matthew Morrison Opens Up About His Sexuality, Glee and Going Back to Where It All Began |website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matthew-morrison-where-it-all-began_b_3385832|access-date=April 5, 2022}} On June 27, 2013, Elton John helped Morrison announce that he and Puente were engaged.{{cite news |last=Nessif |first=Bruna |date=June 27, 2013 |title=Glee's Matthew Morrison Is Engaged to Renee Puente |website=E! News |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/434687/glee-s-matthew-morrison-is-engaged-to-renee-puente}} Morrison and Puente were married on October 18, 2014, at a private home on the island of Maui.{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Jennifer |date=October 19, 2014 |title=Matthew Morrison Marries Renee Puente |magazine=People |url=https://people.com/celebrity/matthew-morrison-gets-married-in-hawaii/ |access-date=March 4, 2019}}
On May 16, 2017, it was revealed on his personal Instagram account that he and Puente were expecting their first child.{{cite news |title=Matthew Morrison, wife Renee Puente expecting first child |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/matthew-morrison-wife-renee-puente-expecting-child-article-1.3174749 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=May 17, 2017 |first=Kate |last=Feldman}} Their son was born on October 22, 2017.{{cite web |last=Heller |first=Corrinne |date=October 22, 2017 |title=Matthew Morrison and Wife Renee Welcome First Child |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/887134/matthew-morrison-and-wife-renee-welcome-first-child |access-date=March 4, 2019 |website=E! News}} On March 16, 2021, Morrison used his Instagram again to announce that he and Puente were expecting their second child together following a series of miscarriages.{{cite web |last=Ekren |first=Cansu |date=2021-03-17 |title=Matthew Morrison And Wife Renee Are Expecting Their Second Child: "After 3 Miscarriages, A Pandemic, And The Loss Of Many Loved Ones" |url=https://theredcarpet.net/matthew-morrison-and-wife-renee-are-expecting-their-second-child-after-3-miscarriages-a-pandemic-and-the-loss-of-many-loved-ones/ |access-date=2021-04-16 |website=The Red Carpet |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}} Their daughter was born on June 28, 2021.{{cite news |title=Matthew Morrison and Wife Renee Welcome Baby Girl Phoenix Monroe: 'Our Family Is Now Complete' |url=https://people.com/parents/matthew-morrison-wife-renee-welcome-second-baby-daughter-phoenix-monroe/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |magazine=People |first1=Benjamin |last1=VanHoose |first2=Melody |last2=Chiu}}
Discography
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=Studio albums=
=EPs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="1" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="1" style="width:16em;"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| A Classic Christmas
|
|
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Singles=
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Production !Role !Venue ! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||||
| 1998
|rowspan=2|Footloose |Ensemble; Chuck Cranston understudy | Broadway | rowspan=3|Replacement | ||||
| 1999
| Chuck Cranston; Ren McCormack understudy |US tour | ||||
| 2000
|Phantom | ||||
| 2001 | Sunday in the Park with George | Franz / Dennis | Regional | |
| 2002–2004
|Link Larkin |Originated role | ||||
| 2003
|Tarzan |NY workshop | | ||||
| rowspan=2|2004
|Link Larkin |US tour |Replacement | ||||
| Tarzan
|Tarzan |NY workshop | | ||||
| rowspan=3|2005
|Fabrizio Naccarelli |Broadway |Originated role | ||||
| Catch Me If You Can
|NY reading | | ||||
| A Naked Girl on the Appian Way
|Thad Lapin |Broadway |Originated role | ||||
| rowspan=2|2007
|10 Million Miles |Duane |Off-Broadway | | ||||
| Chess
|The Arbiter |Los Angeles |Benefit Concert | ||||
| 2008–2009
|Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC | Broadway | | ||||
| 2010
|Brad Majors |Los Angeles |35th Anniversary | ||||
| 2015–2016
| rowspan=2|Broadway |Originated role | ||||
| 2017
|Joe Hardy |Benefit Concert | ||||
| 2024
|Billy Flynn |Japan tour | |
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1999
| Bob Rizzo's Simply Funk with Suzanne | Himself | rowspan="10" | |
| 2001
| Mr. Abraham / Pat's agent |
| 2003
| Marci X | Boyz R Us |
| 2006
| Blinders | Scott |
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| Ray |
| Dan in Real Life
| Policeman |
| I Think I Love My Wife
| Salesman #2 |
| 2012
| What to Expect When You're Expecting | Evan Webber |
| 2014
| Daniel |
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| Himself |
| Underdogs
| Jake | Voice role |
| 2016
| Scottie | rowspan="4" | |
| 2017
| Mattheus |
| 2019
| Zach Andrews |
| 2024
| From Embers | Marty Baker |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1997
| Dr. Alexander | Episode: "Hearts and Bones" |
| 1999
| Young busboy | Episode: "They Shoot Single People, Don't They?" |
| 2003
| Hack | Sam Wagner | Episode: "Blind Faith" |
| 2005
|Sir Harry |Television Film |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Chance Slaughter | Episode: "Proud Flesh" |
| As the World Turns
| Adam Munson (#4) | Regular role; 17 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Matt Sembrook | Episode: "Bad Blood" |
| CSI: Miami
| Jesse Stark | Episode: "Bloodline" |
| 2008
| Numbers | Blaine Cleary | Episode: "Power" |
| 2009
| Robert Rouse | Television film |
| 2009–2015
| Glee | rowspan="2" | Will Schuester | Main role |
| 2011
| Episode: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?"; voice role |
| 2012
| 8_(play) | Paul Katamai | TV movie |
| 2012
| rowspan="2" | Himself | Co-host |
| 2013
| Episode: "Don't Kill My Buzz-er" |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Connor Fox | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| Younger
| Sebastian | Episode: "The Good Shepherd" |
| 2017–2018
| Paul Stadler | Guest role (seasons 13–14); 4 episodes |
| 2019–2020
| Himself | Dance captain |
| 2019
| Trevor Kirchner | Main role |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall | Himself | rowspan="2" | Television special |
| Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical! |
| 2022
| Himself | Judge, season 17 |
| 2023
| Paris Christmas Waltz | Leo Monroe | Television movie |
Awards and nominations
| class=wikitable width=100%
|+ |
| scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Award ceremony ! scope="col" |Category ! scope="col" |Project ! scope="col" |Result |
|---|
| 2003
| rowspan="2" |Outer Critics Circle Award | rowspan="2" |Best Featured Actor in a Musical | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="4" |2005
| rowspan="4" |The Light in the Piazza | {{nom}} |
| Drama Desk Award
|Outstanding Actor in a Musical | {{nom}} |
| Broadway.com Audience Award
|Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical | {{nom}} |
| Tony Award
|Best Featured Actor in a Musical |{{nom}} |
| 2008
|Outstanding Actor in a Musical |10 Million Miles | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" |2009
|Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Series – Comedy (Shared with "Glee" cast) | rowspan="9" |Glee |{{won}} |
| Satellite Awards
|Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical |{{won}} |
| Golden Globe Awards
|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="6" |2010
|Choice Male Scene Stealer |{{nom}} |
| Satellite Awards
|Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical |{{nom}} |
| TV Land Award
|Future Classic |{{won}} |
| Golden Globe Awards
|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical |{{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
|Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |{{nom}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Award
|Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Series – Comedy (Shared with "Glee" cast) |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="4" |2015
| rowspan="2" |Broadway.com Audience Award |Favorite Actor in a Musical | rowspan="4" |Finding Neverland | {{won}} |
| Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ Laura Michelle Kelly)
| {{won}} |
| Drama Desk Award
|Outstanding Actor in a Musical |{{nom}} |
| Drama League Award
|Distinguished Performance |{{nom}} |
References
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External links
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- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p840861|label=Matthew Morrison}}
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:American jazz singers
Category:American male dancers
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male jazz musicians
Category:American male musical theatre actors
Category:American male pop singers
Category:American male singers
Category:American male soap opera actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:American people of English descent
Category:American people of Scottish descent
Category:Jazz musicians from California
Category:Judges in American reality television series
Category:Los Alamitos High School alumni
Category:Male actors from Orange County, California
Category:Mercury Records artists
Category:Musicians from Orange County, California
Category:Orange County School of the Arts alumni
Category:People from Fort Ord, California
Category:Singers from California