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Mike Faist

Michael David Faist (/fst/;[1] born January 5, 1992)[2] is an American actor. An alumnus of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Faist is the recipient of a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy Award, with nominations for a Tony and a British Academy Film Award.

Mike Faist
Born
Michael David Faist

(1992-01-05) January 5, 1992 (age 31)
Alma materAmerican Musical and Dramatic Academy
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Faist began his acting career in 2011 originating the role of Morris Delancey in Disney's Newsies, appearing in its Broadway production (2012–2013). He continued to appear in several independent films, television series and starring in Off-Broadway productions before his breakthrough originating the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2018), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program.

In 2021, Faist starred in the series Panic and had his first major film part as Riff, the leader of the Jets, in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, for which he received critical acclaim and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2023, he starred as Jack Twist in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain.

Early life and education edit

Michael David Faist was born on January 5, 1992, in Gahanna, Ohio,[3][4] and was adopted by his parents, Julia and Kurt Faist.[5][6] The family owns a real estate business.[6][7] As a child, Faist realized he wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts. He was enticed by dancing after seeing Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in old MGM films, especially Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. "Just the way he performed and moved, he was able to tell a story through movement," Faist said. At the age of 5, he pressured his parents to enroll him in dance classes and began auditioning for community theater and children's theater.[6][3] In a Columbus Children's Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz, he played one of the Lollipop Guild, later joining the cast of Oliver! and Alice in Wonderland.[3] Faist fell in love with acting while attending The Academy of Performing Arts (TAPA) company in Columbus, Ohio and while at Gahanna Lincoln High School he acted in several productions, such as Danny Zuko in Grease and Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar.[3] At the age of 17, Faist met his birth mother and her family, who are mostly pilots by profession. The eldest of his two half-brothers taught him how to fly. Faist has since then obtained his pilot's license.[6]

In 2009, he graduated high school and moved to New York to pursue a stage career.[3][8] He enrolled in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy but dropped out after two semesters.[9] While auditioning for Off-Broadway plays, he began selling tickets in Times Square.[8] On his first job as a professional actor in the play White Christmas, he was collecting food stamps, earning $150 per week, and living in the back of a McDonald's parking lot.[6]

Career edit

2011–2014 edit

Faist began his acting career in 2011, originating the role of Morris Delancey, a bully and publisher Joseph Pulitzer's henchman, in the regional premiere of Newsies at the Paper Mill Playhouse. When the musical transferred to Broadway, he understudied the lead role of Jack Kelly, a newsboy who leads his colleagues in a strike against the publisher, in addition to his other roles. Faist had to alternately play the roles in quick succession during the opening number. "You have to really make sure you're warmed up vocally and physically and you're mentally prepared," Faist said of the demands of his dual role, but added, "It's not hard to have fun in Newsies, about the uprising of children, a new generation coming in to take over the old."[3] Newsies opened to critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Musical at the 66th Tony Awards.[10][11][12] In 2012, he made his feature film debut in the coming-of-age drama The Unspeakable Act. The independent film received positive reviews.[13]

Faist went on to star as Rhys Thurston in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play Appropriate Off-Broadway in 2014, which drew critical acclaim from chief theater critic Ben Brantley of The New York Times.[14] In 2015, he appeared as Skip in the short film Yellow, a psychiatric ward patient in Touched with Fire, and Gordie Joiner in The Grief of Others which received critical and generally positive reviews.[15] He was also cast in an unaired pilot of the series Eye Candy as Olsen and co-starred as tutor Aleksei Belyaev opposite Peter Dinklage in an Off-Broadway production of A Month in the Country.[16]

2015–2020 edit

In August 2015, he originated the role of Connor Murphy in the hit musical Dear Evan Hansen, playing the role of the drug addict from the workshop till its Broadway transfer in 2016. The musical received critical acclaim and earned Faist a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.[17] Along with his cast members, he also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program for their performance of You Will Be Found on The Today Show.[18][19] Of his process for developing his character, a suicidal high school student, Faist said that he "read stories by real survivors on a website, livethroughthis.org. I realized that there seems to be a general lack of self-love and empathy in our society. I hope that when people see the show, they'll say, 'Oh, I am loved. I'm exactly who I am, and I am enough'."[8][20] Along with cast members Ben Levi Ross and Mallory Bechtel, Faist lent his voice for the audiobook version of Val Emmich's Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel, a book adaptation of the musical released in October 2018.[21]

The two following years, Faist continued to feature in small independent films the likes of Our Time, I Can I Will I Did and Active Adults.[5][22] He also appeared in crime procedural dramas Law & Order Special Victims Unit in a 2017 episode as Glenn Lawrence. In October 2017, he taught Improv and acting exercises in a Broadway Musical Theatre Workshop and also held a Master Class for audition technique and song interpretation.[23] He taught the same class in Montreal that November.[4]

In 2018, he appeared in an episode of Deception and starred in the Second Stage Theater production of Days of Rage as Spence, a conflicted and passionate young man torn between causes and women.[24] He also appeared in the horror-fantasy film Wildling opposite Bel Powley. It premiered at South by Southwest to mixed reviews.[25] In 2020, he played a starring role as Arthur in the small independent drama The Atlantic City Story.[26]

2021–present edit

In 2021, Faist co-starred as Dodge Mason in the Amazon's teen drama thriller Panic.[27] The New York Times spoke of Faist, describing him as tall and lanky, making quite a striking figure in the series, "With a slender charisma and a bone structure that seems to have been sculpted with a scythe, the actor could easily have embarked on Panic. But his sensitivity is closer to that of leading men as atypical as Adam Driver, and he modernizes a potentially versatile piece."[28] Despite receiving positive reviews from critics, the series was canceled after one season.[29][30] Faist received a nomination for his work by the Critics Choice Association in the category Best Actor in an Action Series at the 2nd Critics' Choice Super Awards.[31]

Later that year, he had his first major movie role in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of West Side Story as Riff, Tony's best friend and leader of the Jets gang.[32] The film was a critical success and some critics deemed it superior to the 1961 film.[33] His performance earned universal praise from critics.[34] The Washington Post regards his magnetic performance as West Side Story's "stand-out" as its chief film critic Ann Hornaday wrote "The revelation in this production, however, is Mike Faist, who is not only a gifted singer and dancer, but plays Jets gang leader Riff with just the right mix of spiky resentment, hair-trigger anger and loose-limbed grace.".[35] Critic Pete Hammond of Deadline agreed, writing "But the real revelation of this cast is Faist, a Tony nominee for Dear Evan Hansen who just pops and explodes as Riff. With this performance we are watching the birth of a true star, the kind of actor you can't look away from. In fact, I felt a definite sense of loss once he is out of the picture. He's riveting."[36] On his collaboration with Faist, screenwriter Tony Kushner says, "He really wants to think about economics, politics, psychology, and psychotechnology, and he feeds himself with a kind of acuity and precision that I think is the mark of a great actor."[37] To craft a new version of the iconic Jets leader, Faist took inspiration from a 1959 Bruce Davidson photography book entitled Brooklyn Gang. "You look at those photos and you see these people, the nihilism that exists, their inability to see past tomorrow, or even today for that matter. There's something depressing about it, also carnal, wild, and primal," Faist explained.[38] For his performance, Faist received a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 75th British Academy Film Awards.[39]

Faist made his West End debut in the stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist in May 2023.[40] The production received mixed reviews but Faist earned acclaim with Arifa Akbar of The Guardian writing, "[the two leads] chemistry comes alive as boyish romance, with play fighting and suddenly grabbing ardour...both actors are compelling, Faist especially so as the ebullient Jack".[41] Faist portrayed photographer Danny Lyon in Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders opposite Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy.[42] The film premiered at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival to positive reviews. Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter noted that despite Faist's "charismatic screen presence, [he] was somewhat wasted here".[43]

Upcoming projects edit

In February 2022, it was announced that he would join Zendaya and Josh O'Connor to star in Luca Guadagnino's Challengers as Art, a famed tennis player facing his rival.[44] The film was originally set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival but was delayed by the studio to 2024 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[45]

Work as a writer edit

Faist writes short stories and has stated that it is important for an actor to write in order to understand scripts. He helped to establish a playwright's festival, the Ohio Artists Gathering, which he described as "a one-week theater festival bringing artists from New York and LA and integrating them with local actors, writers, and directors". The first festival was held in Columbus, Ohio in 2018.[6][46][47]

Acting credits edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Unspeakable Act Tony
2015 Yellow Skip Short film
Touched with Fire Additional Psych Ward Patient
The Grief of Others Gordie Joiner
2016 Our Time Benny
2017 I Can I Will I Did Ben
Active Adults Teenage Boy
2018 Wildling Lawrence
2020 The Atlantic City Story Arthur
2021 West Side Story Riff
2022 Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game Roger Sharpe
2023 The Bikeriders Danny Lyon
2024 Challengers Art Donaldson Post-production

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dancing with the Stars Himself Guest Performance/Ensemble
2015 Eye Candy Olsen Episode: "Unaired Original Pilot"
2017 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Glenn Lawrence Episode: "Complicated"
2018 Deception[48] Ben "Mekka" Evans Episode: "Masking"
2021 Panic Dodge Mason Main role

Theatre edit

Year(s) Title Role Location Notes
2011 Newsies Morris Delancey
u/s Jack Kelly
Paper Mill Playhouse Regional
2012–2013 Nederlander Theatre Broadway
2014 Appropriate Rhys Thurston Pershing Square Signature Center Off-Broadway
2015 A Month in the Country Aleksei Belyaev Classic Stage Company Off-Broadway
Dear Evan Hansen Connor Murphy Arena Stage Regional
Alice by Heart White Rabbit/Alfred Hallam/March Hare MCC Theater Workshop
2016 Dear Evan Hansen Connor Murphy Second Stage Theater Off-Broadway
2016–2018 Music Box Theatre Broadway
2018 Days of Rage Spence Second Stage Theater Off-Broadway
2023 Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist @sohoplace West End

Soundtrack edit

Cast album edit

Title Details Peak chart positions
US[49] US
Cast
US
OST
AUS[50] CAN[51]
Dear Evan Hansen
(Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  • Release date: February 3, 2017
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
8 1 34 58

Awards and nominations edit

Year Association Category Work Result Ref
2017 Tony Awards Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Dear Evan Hansen Nominated [52]
Broadway.com Audience Awards Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated [53]
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male) Won [54]
2018 Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album Won [18]
Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program "You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen on The Today Show Won [19]
2021 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor West Side Story Nominated [55]
Portland Critics Association Awards Best Male Supporting Role Nominated [56]
Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [57]
New Mexico Film Critics Nominated [58]
Phoenix Critics Circle Won [59][60]
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominated [61]
Breakthrough Performance Nominated
2022 British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated [62]
Chicago Indie Critics Best Supporting Actor Nominated [63]
CinEuphoria Awards Best Supporting Actor - International Competition Nominated [58]
Gold Derby Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [64]
Ensemble Cast Nominated
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) Best Supporting Actor Nominated [58]
Best Ensemble Cast Nominated
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated [58]
National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor 3rd place [65]
Dorian Awards Best Supporting Film Performance Nominated [66]
North Dakota Film Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated [67]
Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated [68]
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [69]
Best Breakthrough Performance: Male Won
Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actor in an Action Series Panic Nominated [31]

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Michael David Faist f aɪ s t 1 born January 5 1992 2 is an American actor An alumnus of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy Faist is the recipient of a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy Award with nominations for a Tony and a British Academy Film Award Mike FaistBornMichael David Faist 1992 01 05 January 5 1992 age 31 Gahanna Ohio U S Alma materAmerican Musical and Dramatic AcademyOccupationActorYears active2011 presentFaist began his acting career in 2011 originating the role of Morris Delancey in Disney s Newsies appearing in its Broadway production 2012 2013 He continued to appear in several independent films television series and starring in Off Broadway productions before his breakthrough originating the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen 2015 2018 for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program In 2021 Faist starred in the series Panic and had his first major film part as Riff the leader of the Jets in Steven Spielberg s West Side Story for which he received critical acclaim and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role In 2023 he starred as Jack Twist in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 2011 2014 2 2 2015 2020 2 3 2021 present 2 3 1 Upcoming projects 2 4 Work as a writer 3 Acting credits 3 1 Film 3 2 Television 3 3 Theatre 4 Soundtrack 4 1 Cast album 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education editMichael David Faist was born on January 5 1992 in Gahanna Ohio 3 4 and was adopted by his parents Julia and Kurt Faist 5 6 The family owns a real estate business 6 7 As a child Faist realized he wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts He was enticed by dancing after seeing Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in old MGM films especially Kelly in Singin in the Rain Just the way he performed and moved he was able to tell a story through movement Faist said At the age of 5 he pressured his parents to enroll him in dance classes and began auditioning for community theater and children s theater 6 3 In a Columbus Children s Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz he played one of the Lollipop Guild later joining the cast of Oliver and Alice in Wonderland 3 Faist fell in love with acting while attending The Academy of Performing Arts TAPA company in Columbus Ohio and while at Gahanna Lincoln High School he acted in several productions such as Danny Zuko in Grease and Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar 3 At the age of 17 Faist met his birth mother and her family who are mostly pilots by profession The eldest of his two half brothers taught him how to fly Faist has since then obtained his pilot s license 6 In 2009 he graduated high school and moved to New York to pursue a stage career 3 8 He enrolled in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy but dropped out after two semesters 9 While auditioning for Off Broadway plays he began selling tickets in Times Square 8 On his first job as a professional actor in the play White Christmas he was collecting food stamps earning 150 per week and living in the back of a McDonald s parking lot 6 Career edit2011 2014 edit Faist began his acting career in 2011 originating the role of Morris Delancey a bully and publisher Joseph Pulitzer s henchman in the regional premiere of Newsies at the Paper Mill Playhouse When the musical transferred to Broadway he understudied the lead role of Jack Kelly a newsboy who leads his colleagues in a strike against the publisher in addition to his other roles Faist had to alternately play the roles in quick succession during the opening number You have to really make sure you re warmed up vocally and physically and you re mentally prepared Faist said of the demands of his dual role but added It s not hard to have fun in Newsies about the uprising of children a new generation coming in to take over the old 3 Newsies opened to critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Musical at the 66th Tony Awards 10 11 12 In 2012 he made his feature film debut in the coming of age drama The Unspeakable Act The independent film received positive reviews 13 Faist went on to star as Rhys Thurston in Branden Jacobs Jenkins s play Appropriate Off Broadway in 2014 which drew critical acclaim from chief theater critic Ben Brantley of The New York Times 14 In 2015 he appeared as Skip in the short film Yellow a psychiatric ward patient in Touched with Fire and Gordie Joiner in The Grief of Others which received critical and generally positive reviews 15 He was also cast in an unaired pilot of the series Eye Candy as Olsen and co starred as tutor Aleksei Belyaev opposite Peter Dinklage in an Off Broadway production of A Month in the Country 16 2015 2020 edit In August 2015 he originated the role of Connor Murphy in the hit musical Dear Evan Hansen playing the role of the drug addict from the workshop till its Broadway transfer in 2016 The musical received critical acclaim and earned Faist a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical 17 Along with his cast members he also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program for their performance of You Will Be Found on The Today Show 18 19 Of his process for developing his character a suicidal high school student Faist said that he read stories by real survivors on a website livethroughthis org I realized that there seems to be a general lack of self love and empathy in our society I hope that when people see the show they ll say Oh I am loved I m exactly who I am and I am enough 8 20 Along with cast members Ben Levi Ross and Mallory Bechtel Faist lent his voice for the audiobook version of Val Emmich s Dear Evan Hansen The Novel a book adaptation of the musical released in October 2018 21 The two following years Faist continued to feature in small independent films the likes of Our Time I Can I Will I Did and Active Adults 5 22 He also appeared in crime procedural dramas Law amp Order Special Victims Unit in a 2017 episode as Glenn Lawrence In October 2017 he taught Improv and acting exercises in a Broadway Musical Theatre Workshop and also held a Master Class for audition technique and song interpretation 23 He taught the same class in Montreal that November 4 In 2018 he appeared in an episode of Deception and starred in the Second Stage Theater production of Days of Rage as Spence a conflicted and passionate young man torn between causes and women 24 He also appeared in the horror fantasy film Wildling opposite Bel Powley It premiered at South by Southwest to mixed reviews 25 In 2020 he played a starring role as Arthur in the small independent drama The Atlantic City Story 26 2021 present edit In 2021 Faist co starred as Dodge Mason in the Amazon s teen drama thriller Panic 27 The New York Times spoke of Faist describing him as tall and lanky making quite a striking figure in the series With a slender charisma and a bone structure that seems to have been sculpted with a scythe the actor could easily have embarked on Panic But his sensitivity is closer to that of leading men as atypical as Adam Driver and he modernizes a potentially versatile piece 28 Despite receiving positive reviews from critics the series was canceled after one season 29 30 Faist received a nomination for his work by the Critics Choice Association in the category Best Actor in an Action Series at the 2nd Critics Choice Super Awards 31 Later that year he had his first major movie role in Steven Spielberg s film adaptation of West Side Story as Riff Tony s best friend and leader of the Jets gang 32 The film was a critical success and some critics deemed it superior to the 1961 film 33 His performance earned universal praise from critics 34 The Washington Post regards his magnetic performance as West Side Story s stand out as its chief film critic Ann Hornaday wrote The revelation in this production however is Mike Faist who is not only a gifted singer and dancer but plays Jets gang leader Riff with just the right mix of spiky resentment hair trigger anger and loose limbed grace 35 Critic Pete Hammond of Deadline agreed writing But the real revelation of this cast is Faist a Tony nominee for Dear Evan Hansen who just pops and explodes as Riff With this performance we are watching the birth of a true star the kind of actor you can t look away from In fact I felt a definite sense of loss once he is out of the picture He s riveting 36 On his collaboration with Faist screenwriter Tony Kushner says He really wants to think about economics politics psychology and psychotechnology and he feeds himself with a kind of acuity and precision that I think is the mark of a great actor 37 To craft a new version of the iconic Jets leader Faist took inspiration from a 1959 Bruce Davidson photography book entitled Brooklyn Gang You look at those photos and you see these people the nihilism that exists their inability to see past tomorrow or even today for that matter There s something depressing about it also carnal wild and primal Faist explained 38 For his performance Faist received a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 75th British Academy Film Awards 39 Faist made his West End debut in the stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist in May 2023 40 The production received mixed reviews but Faist earned acclaim with Arifa Akbar of The Guardian writing the two leads chemistry comes alive as boyish romance with play fighting and suddenly grabbing ardour both actors are compelling Faist especially so as the ebullient Jack 41 Faist portrayed photographer Danny Lyon in Jeff Nichols The Bikeriders opposite Austin Butler Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy 42 The film premiered at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival to positive reviews Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter noted that despite Faist s charismatic screen presence he was somewhat wasted here 43 Upcoming projects edit In February 2022 it was announced that he would join Zendaya and Josh O Connor to star in Luca Guadagnino s Challengers as Art a famed tennis player facing his rival 44 The film was originally set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival but was delayed by the studio to 2024 due to the 2023 SAG AFTRA strike 45 Work as a writer edit Faist writes short stories and has stated that it is important for an actor to write in order to understand scripts He helped to establish a playwright s festival the Ohio Artists Gathering which he described as a one week theater festival bringing artists from New York and LA and integrating them with local actors writers and directors The first festival was held in Columbus Ohio in 2018 6 46 47 Acting credits editFilm edit Year Title Role Notes2012 The Unspeakable Act Tony2015 Yellow Skip Short filmTouched with Fire Additional Psych Ward PatientThe Grief of Others Gordie Joiner2016 Our Time Benny2017 I Can I Will I Did BenActive Adults Teenage Boy2018 Wildling Lawrence2020 The Atlantic City Story Arthur2021 West Side Story Riff2022 Pinball The Man Who Saved the Game Roger Sharpe2023 The Bikeriders Danny Lyon2024 Challengers Art Donaldson Post productionTelevision edit Year Title Role Notes2012 Dancing with the Stars Himself Guest Performance Ensemble2015 Eye Candy Olsen Episode Unaired Original Pilot 2017 Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Glenn Lawrence Episode Complicated 2018 Deception 48 Ben Mekka Evans Episode Masking 2021 Panic Dodge Mason Main roleTheatre edit Year s Title Role Location Notes2011 Newsies Morris Delanceyu s Jack Kelly Paper Mill Playhouse Regional2012 2013 Nederlander Theatre Broadway2014 Appropriate Rhys Thurston Pershing Square Signature Center Off Broadway2015 A Month in the Country Aleksei Belyaev Classic Stage Company Off BroadwayDear Evan Hansen Connor Murphy Arena Stage RegionalAlice by Heart White Rabbit Alfred Hallam March Hare MCC Theater Workshop2016 Dear Evan Hansen Connor Murphy Second Stage Theater Off Broadway2016 2018 Music Box Theatre Broadway2018 Days of Rage Spence Second Stage Theater Off Broadway2023 Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist sohoplace West EndSoundtrack editYear Song Show film title Album title Notes2017 Sincerely Me Dear Evan Hansen Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording with Ben Platt and Will Roland Disappear with Ben Platt Kristolyn Lloyd Will Roland and Jennifer Laura Thompson2021 Jet Song West Side Story West Side Story Soundtrack Tonight Quintet with David Alvarez Ariana DeBose Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler Cool with Ansel ElgortCast album edit Title Details Peak chart positionsUS 49 USCast USOST AUS 50 CAN 51 Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording Release date February 3 2017 Label Atlantic Formats CD LP digital download streaming 8 1 34 58Awards and nominations editYear Association Category Work Result Ref2017 Tony Awards Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Dear Evan Hansen Nominated 52 Broadway com Audience Awards Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated 53 Favorite Breakthrough Performance Male Won 54 2018 Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album Won 18 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hansen on The Today Show Won 19 2021 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor West Side Story Nominated 55 Portland Critics Association Awards Best Male Supporting Role Nominated 56 Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated 57 New Mexico Film Critics Nominated 58 Phoenix Critics Circle Won 59 60 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominated 61 Breakthrough Performance Nominated2022 British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated 62 Chicago Indie Critics Best Supporting Actor Nominated 63 CinEuphoria Awards Best Supporting Actor International Competition Nominated 58 Gold Derby Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated 64 Ensemble Cast NominatedInternational Online Cinema Awards INOCA Best Supporting Actor Nominated 58 Best Ensemble Cast NominatedLatino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated 58 National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor 3rd place 65 Dorian Awards Best Supporting Film Performance Nominated 66 North Dakota Film Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated 67 Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated 68 Online Film amp Television Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated 69 Best Breakthrough Performance Male WonCritics Choice Super Awards Best Actor in an Action Series Panic Nominated 31 References edit One of examples in which he pronounces his own name Disney On Broadway YouTube channel Meet the Newsies Morris Delancey Mike Faist Apr 6 2012 www youtube com Retrieved February 19 2022 Mike Faist Broadway Cast amp Staff IBDB www ibdb com Retrieved September 18 2021 a b c d e f Newsies the Musical Gahanna native Mike Faist having fun in his Broadway debut in the Disney hit The Columbus Dispatch August 27 2012 Retrieved May 3 2017 a b Fitzgibbon Camila November 17 2017 Montreal master class with Tony Award nominee Mike Faist set for November 27th Montreal Theatre Hub Retrieved May 25 2018 a b Mikesell Terry Gahanna native Faist identified emotionally with lead character s dilemma The Columbus Dispatch Retrieved September 19 2021 a b c d e f Powers Annie March 31 2017 Discovery Mike Faist Interview Retrieved May 25 2018 Mike Faist DKC O amp M May 31 2017 Retrieved September 18 2021 a b c Marsh Ariana May 24 2017 Hamilton s Jordan Fisher and Dear Evan Hansen s Mike Faist Talk Starting Out Making Music and Taking a Stance Teen Vogue Retrieved May 25 2018 Mike Faist Biography on BroadwayWorld com Broadway World Retrieved May 3 2017 Healy Patrick May 1 2012 Once Leads the 2012 Tony Awards Nominations The New York Times Retrieved May 1 2012 Rooney David September 27 2011 Newsboy Strike Sing All About It The New York Times Geiger Thom September 27 2011 Newsies The Musical Entertainment Weekly The Unspeakable Act at Metacritic Brantley Ben March 16 2014 A Squabbling Family Kept in the Dark The New York Times Retrieved April 28 2022 Seitz Matt Zoller The Grief of Others movie review 2018 rogerebert com Retrieved September 18 2021 Soloski Alexis January 20 2015 A Month in the Country review Taylor Schilling stars in pleasant but anemic play The Guardian Retrieved April 28 2022 2017 Tony Awards The complete list of winners and nominees Los Angeles Times June 11 2017 Retrieved February 27 2019 a b Mike Faist GRAMMY com November 23 2020 Retrieved September 18 2021 a b McPhee Ryan April 28 2018 Ben Platt and Dear Evan Hansen Co Stars Win Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award Playbill Retrieved September 18 2021 Grant Stacey Dear Evan Hansen Star Opens Up About Skipping Social Media And The Autograph Line MTV News Retrieved September 19 2021 Mike Faist Ben Levi Ross amp Mallory Bechtel to Voice Dear Evan Hansen The Novel Audiobook Broadway com Retrieved September 19 2021 Movie Review I Can I Will I Did Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine September 13 2018 Retrieved September 19 2021 Musical Theatre Workshop with Mike Faist Ages 14 19 SOLD OUT Broadway Workshop Retrieved September 18 2021 Evans Suzy October 25 2018 Steven Levenson and Mike Faist on Teaming Up Again for Days of Rage The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved September 19 2021 Wildling Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved May 1 2018 Verma Shikhar January 20 2021 The Atlantic City Story 2020 IFFI Review A muted character drama about understanding the aimlessness of existence High On Films Retrieved September 20 2021 Andreeva Nellie August 28 2018 Panic Olivia Welch Mike Faist amp Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut To Star In Amazon YA Pilot Deadline Hollywood Retrieved September 18 2021 Vincentelli Elisabeth May 27 2021 Mike Faist Isn t Sure About This Whole Acting Thing The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved September 18 2021 Panic Season 1 Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Media Retrieved July 1 2021 Andreeva Nellie August 6 2021 Panic YA Drama Canceled By Amazon After One Season Deadline Hollywood Archived from the original on August 6 2021 Retrieved August 6 2021 a b Nominations Announced for the 2nd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards Critics Choice Association Retrieved February 22 2022 Mike Faist to Bring Cool Factor to Steven Spielberg s West Side Story Film as Riff Broadway com Retrieved September 18 2021 Murphy J Kim November 30 2021 West Side Story First Reactions Praise the Classic Musical s Reimagining as Spectacular and Top Tier Spielberg Variety Retrieved December 14 2021 Eng Joyce January 27 2022 Oscar spotlight Why West Side Story s Mike Faist deserves to go all the way Gold Derby Retrieved January 31 2022 Hornaday Ann December 7 2021 West Side Story is an urgent utterly beautiful revival The Washington Post Retrieved May 3 2022 Hammond Pete December 2 2021 West Side Story Review Steven Spielberg s First Musical Is A Challenge Met With Reverence amp Innovation For Oscar Winning Classic Deadline Hollywood Retrieved April 28 2022 Floyd Thomas December 10 2021 Mike Faist was a blue collar working theater actor Now he s West Side Story s standout Washington Post Retrieved December 12 2021 Erbland Kate December 14 2021 How West Side Story Breakout Mike Faist Made an Iconic Role His Own Expectations Be Damned IndieWire Retrieved December 15 2021 Ravindran Manori February 3 2022 BAFTA Awards Nominations Unveiled Dune Power of the Dog Lead Field Will Smith Earns First BAFTA Nod Variety Retrieved February 3 2022 Bamigboye Baz March 20 2023 Brokeback Mountain Adapted For West End Stage Mike Faist And Lucas Hedges To Star Retrieved March 20 2023 Brokeback Mountain review perfectly pitched staging of the heartbreaking love story The Guardian Retrieved September 6 2023 Mike Faist Joins Austin Butler Jodie Comer Tom Hardy Norman Reedus Boyd Holbrook and Latest Tweet by Film Updates LatestLY The Bikeriders Review Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy Stir the Surface of Jeff Nichols Gorgeous Violent Love Letter to Outsiders The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved September 6 2023 Kit Borys February 11 2022 Zendaya Josh O Connor Mike Faist Starring in Luca Guadagnino s Romantic Drama Challengers The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved February 11 2022 Zendaya Led Challengers Pushed to 2024 Amid Actors Strike Scraps Venice Debut TheWrap Retrieved September 6 2023 Gahanna Native and Tony Nominee Mike Faist Brings Inaugural Ohio Artists Gathering to Short North Stage Columbus Underground August 28 2018 Retrieved September 18 2021 Ades Richard Mike Faist Brings Broadway to Columbus Columbus Monthly Retrieved September 19 2021 Porter Rick March 27 2018 NCIS LA and Bob s Burgers adjust up Instinct Simpsons and Deception down Sunday final ratings TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on March 27 2018 Retrieved March 27 2018 Original Broadway Cast Recording Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved September 19 2021 Australian Charts Discography Musical australian charts com Retrieved September 19 2021 Original Broadway Cast Recording Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved September 19 2021 Emmrich Stuart June 3 2017 Young Tony Nominee of Dear Evan Hansen Gets Ready for His Big Day The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved September 18 2021 Nominations Announced for 2017 Broadway com Audience Choice Awards Broadway com Retrieved September 18 2021 Dear Evan Hansen Leads Winners of Broadway com Audience Choice Awards Falsettos Bette Midler Also Take Top Prizes Broadway com Retrieved September 18 2021 Tallerico Brian West Side Story Leads the 2021 Chicago Critics Nominees Festivals amp Awards Roger Ebert Retrieved December 14 2021 2021 Portland Critics Association Awards Portland Critics Association Retrieved December 18 2021 2021 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards indianafilmjournalists com Retrieved December 18 2021 a b c d Mike Faist Awards www imdb com Retrieved March 24 2022 Phoenix Critics Circle PCC winners The Power of the Dog Licorice Pizza Mike Faist and more AwardsWatch December 18 2021 Retrieved December 18 2021 2021 Phoenix Critics Circle Awards Phoenix Critics Circle Retrieved December 18 2021 Awards Our 2021 Winners Greater WNY Film Critics Association Retrieved December 30 2021 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards Nominations BAFTA January 11 2022 Retrieved February 3 2022 2021 Chicago Indie Critics Awards Chicago Indie Critics December 31 2021 Retrieved January 2 2022 20th Annual Gold Derby Film Awards announced The Power of the Dog wins Best Picture Dune bags 6 WATCH CEREMONY WITH 16 EXCITING ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES March 16 2022 Awards for year 2021 National Society of Film Critics Retrieved January 8 2022 Bresford Trilby February 22 2022 Dorian Film Awards The Power of the Dog Leads Nominations From LGBTQ Entertainment Critics The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved March 10 2022 Knollin Scottie January 10 2022 The Power of the Dog Leads the 3rd NDFS Awards Nominees North Dakota Film Society Retrieved January 18 2022 2021 Awards 25th Annual Online Film Critics Society January 19 2022 Retrieved January 19 2022 FILM 26th Annual Film Awards 2021 Online Film amp Television Association Retrieved March 6 2022 External links editMike Faist at IMDb Mike Faist at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Faist amp oldid 1181679700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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