Darren Criss is an American actor, musician, composer, songwriter and singer. Born February 5, 1987 in San Francisco. Gained worldwide fame for his role as Blaine Anderson in the Ryan Murphy TV series Chorus. In addition to filming on television, Darren Criss participates in theatrical productions, performs on Broadway, plays musical instruments and writes songs.
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The full name of the actor is Darren Everett Criss. His mother, originally from the Philippine city of Cebu, works as a banker. A father from Pennsylvania. His activities are related to the field of art. Dorren spent his childhood in the city of Honolulu in Hawaii. He studied at a Catholic school for boys. After graduation, he studied at St. Ignatius College until 2005, and in 2009 graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Visual Arts. In parallel, he comprehended acting and studied the Italian language, which he now speaks perfectly.
The growth of the actor is 173 centimeters.
For the first time, Darren Criss starred in a movie in 2012 in the movie Imogen. In 2009, he made his debut in the television series "Eastwick."
At age 15, Darren Criss wrote his first song called Human. In 2010, she became part of his first album of the same name. Darren Criss recorded this album in his own bedroom. He also recorded several songs with Charlene Kaye and the song New Morning with Bob Dylan.
Darren loves purple, green apples, small fluffy animals, and pop. He starred in the Katy Perry video for the song Last Friday Night. He also loves books and films about Harry Potter, especially he likes the character - Hermione Granger.
Darren can play the piano, guitar, pan flute, kazu, drums, cello, harmonica, violin and several other little-known instruments.
He is engaged to Mia Svayer. Before getting engaged, the couple met for seven and a half years.
Filming in the series "Chorus"
On November 9, 2010, Darren Criss made his debut in The Choir in episode 6 of season 2 as Blaine Anderson, who later became one of the main characters. By the way, Darren initially auditioned for the role of another main character - Finn Hudson.
In the story, Blaine becomes a friend, and then a young man of another main character - Kurt Hammel. Spectators, fans of the series and critics have repeatedly evaluated the chemistry between the characters, which was demonstrated by Chris Colfer and Darren Criss. Interestingly, Chris Colfer is the performer of the role of Kurt Hummel in open-minded life. But Darren is heterosexual, but this does not prevent the actors from being good friends in real life.
Play in the theater
Darren Criss first appeared on stage at the age of ten in the musical Fanny.
He also starred in several musicals based on Harry Potter: “A Very Potter's Musical, ” “A Very Potter's Continuation” and “A Very Potter's Year, ” where he played a major role.
On Broadway, Darren Criss made his debut in the play "How to succeed in business without doing anything." There he starred, replacing Daniel Radcliffe.
In total, he participated in eleven theatrical productions and continues to play them until now.
