Darren Criss
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 2018 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Won The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
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Darren Everett Criss (born February 5, 1987) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He rose to fame starring on the television series Glee (2010–2015) and received Emmy and Golden Globe acting awards for his leading role as spree killer Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018). He has also appeared on Broadway and in film and has released several musical albums.
A founding member and co-owner of StarKid Productions, a musical theater company based in Chicago, Criss first garnered attention playing the lead role of Harry Potter in, and writing most of the music and lyrics for, StarKid's musical production of A Very Potter Musical. Criss has also starred on Broadway as a replacement in both How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In 2015, Criss co-founded Elsie Fest which is touted as "New York City's first outdoor music festival celebrating tunes from the stage and screen".
In March 2017, Criss debuted his indie pop band Computer Games along with his brother Chuck Criss. In addition to his music endeavors, Criss starred in the second installment of Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story. Subtitled The Assassination of Gianni Versace (2018), Criss's portrayal of spree killer Andrew Cunanan received acclaim from critics, and earned him an Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries, or Television Film.
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Rick and Morty
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Flash
The Kelly Clarkson Show
American Horror Story
Conan
Supergirl
The View
Glee
Cold Case
Archer
Hazbin Hotel
My Adventures with Superman
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Tony Awards
Solar Opposites
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
American Crime Story
Steve
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Lip Sync Battle
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Stars in the House
Transformers: Robots In Disguise
Green Eggs and Ham
Name That Tune
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Celebrity Name Game
Web Therapy
Midway
Justice League: Warworld
Hollywood
Celebrity IOU
Trailblazer Honors
Web Therapy
Drop the Mic
Yasuke
Eastwick
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
Trese
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
That's My Jam
Royalties
Babes
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
Legion of Super-Heroes
Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Glee Project
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Justice Society: World War II
Girl Most Likely
LadyGang
Katy Perry: Part of Me
The Disney Family Singalong
Six by Sondheim
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