Joshua Henry: 5 Things About The Hunky Actor Playing Gaston In ‘Beauty & The Beast’ Special

• Joshua Henry stars arsenic Gaston successful the caller ‘Beauty and the Beast’ philharmonic special.
• Joshua is celebrated from Broadway.
• He has been nominated for 3 Tony Awards.

Joshua Henry gets to play the iconic Gaston in the Beauty and the Beast musical special, which airs December 15 connected ABC. The 38-year-old histrion is 1 of the pb stars successful the unrecorded Disney special, which celebrates the 30th day of the beloved animated movie. Joshua’s co-stars see H.E.R, arsenic Belle, Josh Groban arsenic the Beast, plus Rita Moreno, Martin Short, Shania Twain, and more. Joshua’s a Broadway superstar, truthful helium should stroke the assemblage distant arsenic Gaston.

So, who is Joshua Henry? We broke down everything you request to cognize astir the talented performer below.

Joshua Henry plays Gaston successful ‘Beauty and the Beast’ unrecorded peculiar (Photo: ABC)

1. Joshua was calved successful Canada.

Joshua was calved successful Winnipeg, Manitoba, successful Canada, but helium was raised successful Miami, Florida. He fell successful emotion with performing arsenic a kid and performed successful his precocious schoolhouse play. He studied theatre astatine the University of Miami and graduated successful 2006.

2. His vocation started connected Broadway.

Joshua starred in In The Heights on Broadway successful 2008, and from determination helium was conscionable getting started. Some of Broadway shows he’s been successful see Hamilton, Carousel, Waitress, and Into The Woods. He was the archetypal idiosyncratic to play Aaron Burr successful the U.S. circuit of Hamilton.

3. He’s a Tony Award & Grammy Award nominee.

Joshua has received 3 Tony Award nominations, and 1 Grammy Award nominations, truthful acold successful his career. He earned Tony noms for his performances in The Scottsboro Boys, Violet, and Carousel. Along with the remainder of the Carousel cast, Joshua got a Grammy Award information successful 2019 for Best Musical Theatre Album, but they mislaid to The Band’s Visit.

Joshua Henry (Photo: ABC)

4. He’s been successful movies & TV shows.

Joshua’s archetypal movie relation was successful the Sex and the City movie. He astir precocious played actor/singer Roger Bart successful Tick,Tick…Boom, with Andrew Garfield. On television, Joshua has appeared successful Nip/Tuck, Army Wives, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

5. Joshua is simply a household man.

Joshua has been joined to his assemblage sweetheart, Cathryn Stringer, since October 2012. The mates has 3 sons, Samson Peter, calved successful March 2018, and twins Max and Leo, calved successful April 2021. Joshua documents galore saccharine household moments connected Instagram.

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