1. Mike Faist is the recipient of a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy Award, with nominations for a Tony and a British Academy Film Award.
23 Facts About Mike Faist
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An alumnus of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Mike Faist began his acting career in 2011 in Disney's Newsies, appearing in its Broadway production.
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Mike Faist has appeared in several independent films, television series and starring in Off-Broadway productions before his breakthrough role in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, 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.
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In 2021, Mike 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 a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
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Mike Faist has since played Jack Twist in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain and starred in the romantic sports film Challengers.
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Michael David Mike Faist was born on January 5,1992, in Gahanna, Ohio, and was adopted by his parents, Julia and Kurt Mike Faist.
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Mike Faist was enticed by dancing after seeing Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in old MGM films, especially Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
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Mike Faist fell in love with acting while attending The Academy of Performing Arts 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.
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At the age of 17, Mike Faist met his birth mother and her family, who are mostly pilots by profession.
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Mike Faist enrolled in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy but dropped out after two semesters.
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Mike 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.
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Mike Faist had to alternately play the roles in quick succession during the opening number.
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Mike 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.
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Mike Faist was 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.
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Mike Faist appeared in the horror-fantasy film Wildling opposite Bel Powley.
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In 2021, Mike Faist co-starred as Dodge Mason in the Amazon's teen drama thriller Panic.
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Mike 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.
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Mike Faist made his West End debut in the stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist, opposite Lucas Hedges as Ennis Del Mar, in May 2023.
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Mike Faist portrayed photographer Danny Lyon in Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders opposite Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy.
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Mike Faist practiced photography and spent a weekend with Lyon, in addition to studying Lyon's personal audio recordings and other material.
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Mike Faist starred with Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Luca Guadagnino's romantic drama Challengers as Art, a famed tennis player facing his rival.
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Mike Faist gained 30 pounds for the role and practiced tennis.
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Mike Faist writes short stories and has stated that it is important for an actor to write in order to understand scripts.