1. Lee Stephen Mead was born on 14 July 1981 and is an English musical theatre, television actor and occasional singer, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through the BBC TV casting show Any Dream Will Do.
Lee Mead returned to the stage in May 2016 as Caractacus Potts in the UK Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Lee Mead moved into musical theatre in 2004, playing both Levi and the Pharaoh in the UK touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
From 10,000 initial auditionees, Lee Mead was selected as one of the final 12 potential 'Josephs' who performed live on TV every Saturday night to win the public's vote.
Lee Mead's performance of Close Every Door, "encapsulating both tenderness and defiance", was a highlight for her.
Lee Mead led the cast playing the title role alongside performers such as Gary Wilmot, Kate O'Mara, David Ross and Derren Nesbitt.
Lee Mead went on to appear in the role of Fiyero in the London production of Wicked, from 10 May 2010 to 5 February 2011 opposite Rachel Tucker as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch Of the West and Louise Dearman as Galinda, the Good Witch.
Lee Mead then took over the role of Emmett in Legally Blonde in the West End from 20 June to 8 October 2011.
Lee Mead made his television acting debut in August 2011, guest starring in an episode of Casualty on BBC One as newly employed teaching assistant Harry Timms Lee Mead appeared in the second series of the science fiction drama, Bedlam, in the episode entitled "Jude" playing Scott, the brother of the title character, on Sky Living in June 2012.
Lee Mead returned to the West End in May 2013, starring in The West End Men in concert at the Vaudeville Theatre alongside Matt Willis, Glenn Carter, Stephen Rahman-Hughes and David Thaxton.
Lee Mead was nominated as Favourite Newcomer in the 2014 TV Times Awards and shortlisted as Newcomer in the 2015 National Television Awards for this role.
Alongside Casualty, Lee Mead is continuing to tour the UK with his band, starred in his third pantomime as "Prince Charming" in Cinderella at the New Theatre, Cardiff in December 2014 and stars in his fourth as "Aladdin" in Aladdin at the Hippodrome, Birmingham in December 2015.
In 2016, Lee Mead left Casualty to join the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang UK Tour as "Caractacus Potts" and ended the year playing "Prince Charming" in Cinderella at the London Palladium.
Lee Mead remained as a series regular until his final episode aired on 17 December 2019.
On 9 November 2019, Lee Mead sang Morning Has Broken at the Annual Remembrance Day celebration service at the Royal Albert Hall.
Lee Mead undertook his first solo concert in his home town of Southend in May 2010 and continued to tour the UK and Ireland during 2010 and 2011 with his own band.
Lee Mead starred in a month-long run of the West End Men from May to June 2013 at the Vaudeville Theatre in London.
Lee Mead completed his first international concert tour of Japan in December 2011.
Lee Mead has appeared as a guest artist at a range of concerts and events.
Lee Mead was born in Southend-on-Sea to Joan and Stephen Lee Mead.
Lee Mead has a younger brother, Casey Michael Mead, who is four years his junior.
In November 2007, Lee Mead began dating Any Dream Will Do judge Denise van Outen.
In February 2023, Lee Mead announced his engagement to girlfriend Issy Szumniak.
Lee Mead is the patron and active supporter of Equal People Performing Arts, a charity based in Rayleigh, Essex that makes the performing arts available to all, and brings together disabled and non-disabled children and young adults to socialise and perform.
Lee Mead was ambassador of Vodafone's 2008 Cut It Out Campaign in 2008 which aimed to reduce bullying.