1. Ramin Karimloo is a Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter known for his work on the West End and Broadway theatre.
47 Facts About Ramin Karimloo
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Ramin Karimloo has played the leading roles in both of the West End's longest running musicals: The Phantom and Raoul de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera, as Jean Valjean, Enjolras, and Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables.
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Ramin Karimloo originated the roles of Gleb Vaganov in Anastasia, a stage adaptation of the 1997 film, Nick Arnstein in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, which continues the story of Phantom.
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Ramin Karimloo is known for his many portrayals of Anatoly Sergievsky in the musical Chess.
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Ramin Karimloo first played the role at the Kennedy Center in 2018, followed by a 2020 Japan tour and a Broadway concert in 2022.
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Ramin Karimloo is known to many Phantom fans for playing the role of the Phantom during The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Performance at the Royal Albert Hall, which was shown live in movie theaters around the world in October 2011, appearing opposite Sierra Boggess and Hadley Fraser as Christine Daae and Raoul de Chagny, respectively.
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Ramin Karimloo appeared in Les Miserables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary reprising the role of Enjolras in October 2010.
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Ramin Karimloo made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Miserables, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Ramin Karimloo can be heard as Stavros in As The Curtain Rises, Broadway's first original podcast soap opera.
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Ramin Karimloo joined the UK national tour of The Pirates of Penzance playing the role of a police officer, as well as understudying the Pirate King in 2001.
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Ramin Karimloo made his West End debut in Les Miserables where he played Feuilly and understudied the roles of Marius Pontmercy and Enjolras.
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Ramin Karimloo later returned to production in 2004 as the full-time Enjolras.
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In 2003, Ramin Karimloo took on the role of Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny and three years later was the standby for the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera.
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Ramin Karimloo appeared in two concerts: one of Les Miserables, as Marius Pontmercy, and one of Jesus Christ Superstar, as Simon Zealotes, and a featured singer in "Superstar".
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In June 2005, Ramin Karimloo joined the UK national tour of Miss Saigon, playing the role of Christopher Scott.
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Ramin Karimloo started appearing in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera as the Phantom in September 2007.
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Ramin Karimloo released an EP, Within the Six Square Inch, on which he duets with Hadley Fraser and Sophia Ragavelas, both of whom he had already appeared in Les Miserables, as Marius Pontmercy and Eponine Thenardier.
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In July 2008, Ramin Karimloo participated in the Sydmonton Festival and was the first actor to play the Phantom in the workshop presentation of Love Never Dies.
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Ramin Karimloo played the role alongside Sierra Boggess when the sequel opened in London in March 2010.
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In 2008, Karimloo recorded the song "I Only Wish for You" with Shona Lindsay and Dianne Pilkington for the album Songs from the Musicals of Alexander S Bermange, an album of 20 new recordings by 26 West End stars, released in November 2008 on Dress Circle Records.
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In 2009, Ramin Karimloo participated in the recording of a new musical album called Bluebird, by Gareth Peter Dicks.
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On October 3,2010, Ramin Karimloo played the role of Enjolras in the 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables at The O2 Arena in London.
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From November 29,2011, to March 31,2012, Ramin Karimloo returned to Les Miserables to play the lead role of Jean Valjean opposite Fraser as Javert at The Queen's Theatre, London, for which he won the 2013 Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Takeover in a Role.
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In 2011, Ramin Karimloo made a guest appearance in Warwick Davis's BBC2 comedy Life's Too Short as a Scientologist.
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Ramin Karimloo has had a recurring role in The Spa on Sky in the United Kingdom.
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Ramin Karimloo can be found on The Music Box album as a hidden track.
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On January 26,2013, Ramin Karimloo joined John Owen-Jones, Peter Joback, and Hugh Panaro to sing the title song from The Phantom of the Opera with Sierra Boggess and "The Music of the Night" for the encore of Phantom 25th anniversary on Broadway.
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Ramin Karimloo played a small role in the action film Vendetta.
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Ramin Karimloo then played Jean Valjean in the Canadian production of the newly staged Les Miserables, which opened in September 2013.
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Ramin Karimloo returned to the role of Valjean in the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Miserables, making his Broadway debut, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Ramin Karimloo concluded his run on August 30,2015, and was replaced by Alfie Boe, who portrayed Valjean in the 25th Anniversary concert.
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On May 29,2015, it was announced that Ramin Karimloo would be leading the musical Prince of Broadway which features songs from all of Harold Prince's famous musicals in Japan.
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In February 2016, Ramin Karimloo reunited with Boggess for the Manhattan Concert Productions' staging of The Secret Garden.
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Ramin Karimloo took part in the Kennedy Center performance of Chess as Anatoly, which took place February 14 through the 18th, 2018.
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Ramin Karimloo starred opposite Raul Esparza, Karen Olivo, and Ruthie Ann Miles.
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Ramin Karimloo was in the Broadway Classics in Concert at Carnegie Hall alongside Sierra Boggess, Laura Osnes, Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga, Ryan Silverman, Tony Yazbeck, Michael Arden, Carolee Carmello, Allan Corduner, Nikki Renee Daniels and Quentin Earl Darrington.
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Ramin Karimloo reprised the role of the Phantom in May 2018 in a series of The Phantom of the Opera concerts held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, Korea alongside Anna O'Byrne as Christine, as part of the celebration for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70th birthday.
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Ramin Karimloo performed in Gold Coast, Australia June 16,2018, Melbourne, Australia June 20,2018, and in Sydney, Australia on June 23,2018, again alongside O'Byrne, followed by a special run of Evita in Tokyo, Japan from July 4 to the 29,2018 at Theatre Orb, where he reprised the role of Che.
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On October 6,2021, it was announced that Ramin Karimloo would be returning to Broadway as Nick Arnstein in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, alongside Jane Lynch, Jared Grimes, and Beanie Feldstein and was directed by Micheal Mayer.
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Ramin Karimloo stayed with the show through its closing in September 2023 where he starred opposite Lea Michele as Fanny Brice.
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In October 2022, Ramin Karimloo played the Pirate King in a Broadway concert of The Pirates of Penzance at the American Airlines Theatre.
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Ramin Karimloo reprised his role of Yurii Zhivago in a concert production of the musical Doctor Zhivago, opposite Celinde Schoenmaker as Lara at the London Palladium on May 7,2023.
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Ramin Karimloo starred opposite Bradley Jaden as Raoul, Earl Carpenter as Monsieur Andre, and Amelia Milo as Christine.
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In March 2024, Ramin Karimloo made his operatic debut in Songbird, playing the title role at the Kennedy Center as part of the Washington National Opera.
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Ramin Karimloo starred as Freddy Benson opposite Hadley Fraser as Lawrence Jamieson.
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Ramin Karimloo co-wrote the song "Why Am I Falling" with composers Daniel and Laura Curtis for the BBC Children in Need 2013 appeal.
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Ramin Karimloo went on a UK tour, Lead Me Home, to promote the EP from January 12 to 29,2017.