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31 Facts About Terrence Mann

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Terrence Vaughan Mann was born on July 1,1951 and is an American actor and baritone singer.

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Terrence Mann has received three Tony Award nominations, an Emmy Award nomination, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.

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Terrence Mann starred as the villain Whispers in the Netflix series Sense8 from 2015 to 2018.

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Terrence Mann is a distinguished professor of musical theatre at Western Carolina University, and is an artistic director of the Carolina Arts Festival and the North Carolina Theatre.

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Terrence Mann's mother was a concert pianist, and his father sang in a barbershop quartet.

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Terrence Mann grew up in Largo, Florida and he is a 1969 graduate of Largo High School.

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Terrence Mann later attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where his mentor was Malcolm Morrison, former dean at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford.

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For many years Terrence Mann was a regular at Morrison's North Carolina Shakespeare Festival.

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Terrence Mann made his Broadway debut in 1980 in Barnum at the St James Theatre, in the supporting role of Chester Lyman.

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Terrence Mann made his true break-through performance in the original Broadway cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats in 1982, in which he met and starred alongside his future wife, Charlotte d'Amboise.

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Terrence Mann created the memorable lead role of the "playful" cat Rum Tum Tugger.

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In 1985, Terrence Mann played assistant choreographer Larry in Richard Attenborough's film version of A Chorus Line.

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Terrence Mann returned to the role once more in June 2015, directing and starring as Javert in a staged concert of the show at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, Connecticut.

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Terrence Mann earned his second Tony Award nomination for Actor in a Musical in 1994 for his portrayal of the Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Palace Theater and reprised his role in the Los Angeles production in 1995 along with many of the original Broadway cast members.

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In 1997, Terrence Mann created the role of Chauvelin in the Frank Wildhorn musical The Scarlet Pimpernel on Broadway.

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Terrence Mann has starred in other musicals on Broadway including: Rags, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Getting Away with Murder and the 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show, in addition to the Off-Broadway musical Assassins as Czolgosz.

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Terrence Mann appeared in the first four Critters films as an alien bounty hunter named Ug.

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Terrence Mann starred in the television soap opera All My Children as Earl Boyd in 1997.

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Terrence Mann played "Old Tom" in Paul Green's outdoor drama The Lost Colony in North Carolina, and later returned to his theatrical roots to direct the show for 2 seasons.

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Terrence Mann starred in the Broadway musical Lennon, which opened in August 2005 and closed after 49 performances.

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Terrence Mann then appeared in the world premiere of The Studio written and directed by his brother-in-law Christopher d'Amboise, at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California in March 2006.

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Terrence Mann was a leading character on The Dresden Files as Hrothbert "Bob" of Bainbridge, a cursed ghost.

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Terrence Mann portrayed oceanographer Bob Ballard in the 30 Rock episode "TGS Hates Women".

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Terrence Mann appeared in the 2008 films A Circle on the Cross as James Monroe Good, Eavesdrop as August, and the 2009 film The Mandala Maker as Museum Chief Curator.

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Terrence Mann continued to play the role of Mal Beineke until April 2011, when he, along with several other members of the original cast, left the show.

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Terrence Mann played King Charlemagne in the American Repertory Theatre production of Pippin, from December 2012 to January 2013 a role he first played in the 2004 World AIDS Day Concert.

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Terrence Mann reprised that role in the Broadway revival for which he received a 2013 Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

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Terrence Mann performed alongside his wife, Charlotte d'Amboise, who performed as Fastrada, the King's devious second wife.

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Terrence Mann was to remain in the role until Kelsey Grammer's return in January 2016.

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Terrence Mann appeared in the role of "Man in the Yellow Suit" in the Broadway musical Tuck Everlasting in 2016.

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Terrence Mann married his Pippin co-star Charlotte d'Amboise on January 20,1996.