18 Facts About Joel Perez

Joel Perez is an American actor, singer, and dancer known for his work in several theatrical performances and television appearances.

Joel Perez's father is a Pentecostal minister, and he was first introduced to singing at a young age in church.

Joel Perez graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence in 2004.

In eighth grade, Joel Perez starred in the Fellowship Christian Academy's production of Cinderella as The Herald.

Joel Perez later starred in his high school's production of Bye Bye Birdie as Conrad Birdie.

Joel Perez studied for a semester at the British American Drama Academy in London.

Joel Perez studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre his junior year of college.

Joel Perez received a call-back audition a year and a half later for In the Heights.

Joel Perez began his career in 2010 with a role in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights.

In 2013, Joel Perez played Mark, Pete, Roy, and Bobby Jeremy, one out of only two parts for men, in the world premiere Public Theater off-Broadway production of Fun Home.

Joel Perez became involved with the work in its earliest stages.

Joel Perez quickly befriended the two, and they asked him to be in the play.

Joel Perez starred in Broadway Sings, an annual concert started in 2011 by Corey Mach that celebrates and reinvents pop icons' music.

Joel Perez co-wrote the short film Beautiful, FL with his husband, Adrian Ferbeyre, for Disney's Launchpad series.

Joel Perez has been a member of the Broken Box Mime Theater Company in New York since its inception in 2011.

Joel Perez was praised by Jay Barmann in his role as Marco in Stuck Elevator.

Joel Perez won the Goddard Rhetorical Prize in 2008, and won the 2017 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in Musical for his work in Sweet Charity.

Joel Perez has been married to his husband, Adrian Ferbeyre, since 2019.