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Introduction
Jeremy Jordan is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway, in television and film, as well as in other theatrical productions. He is best known for his role as Jack Kelly in the 2012 Tony Award-winning musical Newsies and also Tony-nominated.
Jordan has also played Clyde Barrow in the 2011 musical Bonnie & Clyde, Dr. Pomatter in the musical Waitress, and Jamie Wellerstein in the 2014 film The Last Five Years. Beginning in 2015, he has played Winslow “Winn” Schott Jr., the son of DC Comics villain character Toyman, on the CBS/CW DC Comics-based superhero drama series Supergirl.
Early life
Name | Jeremy Jordan |
Net Worth | $4 million |
Occupation | Actor, Songwriter, Singer |
Height | 1.77m |
Age | 37 years |
Jeremy Michael Jordan was born on November 20, 1984 (age 37 years) in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he was raised. His parents divorced when he was young, and he lived in low-income housing, with his brother, Joey, sister, Jessa, and mother, Debbie Stone. His stepmother died in a car accident when he was in 7th grade. Jordan was injured and started to pursue singing when he had to take a break from sports during his recovery.
His father is of English, Scottish, Welsh and German descent, while his mother is Jewish (her parents’ families were Jewish emigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania). He was an excellent student, graduating from Mary Carroll High School, where he was active in the choir. He graduated from Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre.
Career
Jeremy Jordan sang as a teenager and began acting in high school. In 2008, he starred as Alex in The Little Dog Laughed at Hartford Theatreworks, for which he received a Connecticut Critics Circle nomination. Later that year, he played Tom Sawyer in Big River at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. He appeared in the Broadway cast of Rock of Ages in 2009.
Jordan was an alternate for the leading role of Tony in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story. He also starred as Clyde Barrow in the 2010 pre-Broadway Sarasota, Florida, a tryout of the new musical Bonnie & Clyde by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black. He debuted the role of Clyde when the show opened on Broadway on December 1, 2011. The show closed on December 30, 2011, after 36 performances.
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He played Jack in the stage version of Newsies at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in September and October 2011. Jordan reprised the lead role as Jack Kelly in Disney’s Newsies on Broadway, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and book by Harvey Fierstein. Newsies opened at the Nederlander Theatre on March 29, 2012. For the role, Jordan was nominated for the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album as a principal soloist on the Newsies original cast album.
Jeremy Jordan appeared in the Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis staged concert A Bed and A Chair for Encores! at New York City Center from November 13 to 17, 2013, along with Norm Lewis and Bernadette Peters. In December 2013, Jordan appeared in Hit List, a concert presentation of the fictional musical created for the second season of Smash. He has performed at 54 Below in New York City many times as both a soloist and with his Smash costars.
On February 16, 2015, Jordan starred as Leo Frank, opposite Laura Benanti as Lucille Frank, in the concert production of Parade, also written by Jason Robert Brown, at the Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Jordan was featured as Light Yagami in the 2014/2015 English concept album of Death Note: The Musical.
In June 2016, Jeremy Jordan reprised his role as Tony in the Hollywood Bowl concerts of West Side Story, alongside Karen Olivo and George Akram. Published on December 19, 2017, Jeremy Jordan was on a YouTube video as a musical director as well as Michael Gracey of 2017 behind the scenes “The Greatest Showman” standing side by actor Hugh Jackman. (The Greatest Showman “From Now On” 20th Century FOX).
In October 2018 Jordan appeared in the play American Son, on Broadway alongside Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale, a role he and the others reprised in the play’s 2019 Netflix film adaptation. In 2019 Jordan started appearing in the musical Waitress on Broadway alongside Shoshana Bean. In April 2021, he gave an interview on The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales, discussing his 54/Below cabaret show “Carry On”.
Other projects
Jeremy Jordan made a 2008 television appearance, guest-starring on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU in the episode “Streetwise”. He starred in the Warner Bros. film Joyful Noise, opposite Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, and Dolly Parton. The film opened on January 13, 2012. It was announced in June 2012 that Jordan would join the cast of NBC’s Smash for season two playing Jimmy. He filmed episodes for Smash while performing in Newsies until his final performance in the musical on September 4.
Jordan played Jamie Wellerstein in The Last Five Years, a film adaptation of the musical of the same name, written by Jason Robert Brown, costarring Anna Kendrick as Cathy Hiatt. The film was shot over three weeks in June 2013 and released in February 2015. In 2015, Jeremy Jordan was cast as Winslow “Winn” Schott Jr. on the CW series Supergirl. The premiere was watched by 12.96 million viewers and received a full-season order on November 30, 2015.
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He received praise for his performance on the show, which would move to The CW. He stayed on as a series regular for two subsequent seasons. From 2017 to 2020, he voiced Varian in Disney’s Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure. On June 20, 2019, it was reported that Jordan would be starring as Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart in the upcoming biopic Spinning Gold.
On July 15, 2020, it was announced that Jordan would star in the upcoming Hallmark Channel film Holly and Ivy, alongside Janel Parrish and Marisol Nichols. The film was released on November 1, 2020, on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. On January 3, 2021, it was announced that Jordan would star in another Hallmark Channel film Mix Up in the Mediterranean, alongside Jessica Lowndes. The film was released on February 20, 2021.
Wife
Jeremy Jordan is married to Ashley Spencer, they had their wedding on September 8, 2012. His wife is a Broadway actress and singer. The couple has one child, a daughter, Clara Eloise Jordan, born April 21, 2019. However, on March 6, 2021, Jeremy Jordan announced via social media that he would be starting a band, titled “Age of Madness”, which is set to release their first album in spring 2022.
Jeremy Jordan net worth
How much is Jeremy Jordan worth? Jeremy Jordan net worth is estimated at around $4 million. His main source of income is from his career as an actor and singer. Jordan successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is one of the richest and influential actors in the United States. He has a good body weight and stands with an appealing height that suits his personality.