Darren Criss

Actor, singer, and musician Darren Criss is an award-winning performer whose career straddles TV, stage, and film, as well as his own pop music. Criss gained widespread fame for his role as Blaine Anderson on producer Ryan Murphy's hit TV musical show Glee from 2010 to 2015. Around that time, he appeared on Broadway, performing in productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He earned Emmy and Golden Globe awards for his portrayal of killer Andrew Cunanan in Murphy's 2018 TV series The Death of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. As a pop vocalist, he released two EPs that decade, 2010's Human and 2017's Homework, the latter of which hit number seven on Billboard's Independent Albums chart. In 2021, Criss released another EP, Masquerade, before returning Broadway with lead roles in David Mamet's American Buffalo and the musical Maybe Happy Ending.