Joshua Henry

Joshua Anthony Charlton Henry (born September 2, 1984) is a Canadian-American, Grammy and Tony Award winning actor and singer of stage and screen, known for his performances in Broadway musicals. He is best known for starring as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the second Broadway revival of Ragtime, which earned him a Tony Award. He also received Tony Award nominations for his roles as Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys, Flick in Violet, and Billy Bigelow in the third Broadway revival of Carousel. Henry starred in the lead role of Aaron Burr in the first United States national tour of Hamilton, previously playing the role in the Chicago production in 2016. His other notable performances include Dr. Jim Pomatter in the Broadway restaging of Waitress, Rapunzel's Prince in the second Broadway revival of Into the Woods which earned him a Grammy Award, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration. He was also featured in the Broadway casts of In the Heights, American Idiot, Bring It On: The Musical, Porgy and Bess, and Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.