Early life

Tveit was born in Middletown, New York, the son of Posie and Stanley Tveit. His brother, Jon, is five years younger and currently studying to become a Catholic priest. His surname is Norwegian. He graduated from Middletown High School in 2001, where he was active both in theater and sports, playing golf, soccer and basketball while also performing in all four of his school's theater productions. He turned down business school scholarships to major in vocal performance at Ithaca College, a decision his parents supported, before switching to musical theater after his freshman year because he missed acting and theater.

Career

Theater

Tveit left Ithaca College when he was 20 to join the national tour of Rent as Steve and understudy Roger/Mark. Eleven years later, in 2012, Tveit completed his college degree, thanks in part to many of his theater roles counting as college credit.

Following Rent, he returned to school briefly only to be cast as Link Larkin in the first national tour of Hairspray. The role of Link Larkin provided Tveit with his Broadway debut in 2006. In the following year, he portrayed D'Artagnan in a musical adaptation of The Three Musketeers that played at the North Shore Music Theatre from late August to early September. In July 2007, Tveit played Matt in the Barrington Stage Company's Calvin Berger.

In 2008, he starred as Gabe in the Off-Broadway production of the musical Next to Normal, which ran from January 16 through March 16 at the Second Stage Theatre. Tveit received a nomination for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for this role. He then played Dean in the musical version of the film Saved!, which ran for a limited engagement at Playwrights Horizons in June 2008. Also in June 2008, Tveit began performances as Fiyero in Wicked. He left the role in November in order to reprise his role in the Arena Stage production of Next to Normal, for which he was awarded the 2009 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production.

Tveit returned to Wicked in January 2009, leaving once again for the Broadway production of Next to Normal, which began previews in March 2009 and officially opened on April 15. Tveit's performance as Gabe earned him the Clarence Derwent Award from the Actors' Equity Association. Tveit left Next to Normal on June 6, 2009, to prepare for Catch Me If You Can, where he played Frank Abagnale Jr.. The musical was performed at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle from July 28 through August 16, 2009. Tveit returned to Next to Normal on September 7 through January 3, 2010. Tveit landed on AfterElton.com's list of the "37 Hottest Guys in Theater". He also starred in the Hollywood Bowl's production of Rent directed by Neil Patrick Harris, as Roger Davis.

Tveit played Frank Abagnale Jr in the Broadway production of Catch Me If You Can, opening on April 10, 2011, and closing on September 4, 2011. For this role he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer on Broadway.

In July 2012, Aaron Tveit took part in a private reading for a new musical based on the animated film, Anastasia. Tveit read for the character Dimitri, a con man who brings Anastasia to a wealthy Empress searching for her missing granddaughter, in return for a reward. The stage musical is rumored to be heading to Russia for its world premiere; however, Aaron currently has no further ties with the production.

In January 2014, he recorded the concept album for a new Broadway show An American Victory: A New Musical with Ashley Brown, Hugh Panaro, Ruthie Henshall, Alexander Gemignani, and many other Broadway stars. The cast recording was released more than two years later in April of 2016.

Tveit starred in the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Sondheim's Assassins as John Wilkes Booth.The production ran from November 21, 2014, to March 7, 2015. However, he had to leave the production on February 8, due to his working schedule.

Television and Movies

Tveit appeared alongside Ricky Gervais as a young anesthesiologist in the film Ghost Town. He also made appearances on the CW series Gossip Girl as Tripp van der Bilt, the cousin of Nate Archibald. He appeared in an episode of the television series Ugly Betty titled "All the World's a Stage" as Zachary Boule, Betty Suarez's boyfriend.

Tveit appeared in Rob Epstein's Howl, a biopic about the Allen Ginsberg poem and the controversy and trial that ensued after its publication. Tveit played Peter Orlovsky, Ginsberg's longtime partner, opposite James Franco. He appeared as a guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on April 21, 2010 as Jan, an animal loving, yoga instructor who is questioned about the death of his girlfriend, and then again on September 28, 2011 as Stevie Harris, a junkie who accuses his well-respected former basketball coach of sexual abuse.

In 2012, he played Enjolras, leader of the student revolutionary group in the film adaptation of Les Misérables. On February 24, 2013, he performed with the cast of Les Misérables at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony.

Tveit starred as undercover FBI Special Agent Mike Warren in the USA Network series Graceland, which premiered on June 6, 2013. The show was cancelled in October 2015.

In 2016, Tveit appeared as Danny Zuko in a live version of Grease that aired on Fox on January 31st. Additionally, he is featured on the soundtrack for Grease Live along with co-stars Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens.

Tveit is also in three films which will premiere sometime soon; Undrafted, Stereotypically You, and Big Sky. It is unknown when or if he will return to Broadway. He has not been on a Broadway show since 2011 when he played Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can.

It was announced on October 15, 2015, that Tveit will star in CBS's upcoming summer series BrainDead, opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Music

Tveit enjoys performing in concert. Notably, he performed at the first Elsie Fest in New York and has taken in part in the MCC Theater Miscast Gala on three separate occasions.

In September 2013, Broadway Records released The Radio in My Head, a live recording of songs Tveit performed at New York City venue 54 Below. Some of the songs on the album are from musicals in which Tveit has starred, including "I'm Alive" from Next to Normal, "Goodbye" from Catch Me If You Can, and "One Song Glory" from Rent.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Ghost Town	Anesthesiologist
2010	Howl	Peter Orlovsky
2011	Girl Walks into a Bar	Henry
2012	Premium Rush	Kyle
2012	Misérables, LesLes Misérables	Enjolras
2013	Dream of Flying, AA Dream of Flying	The Young Man	Short film
2015	Stereotypically You	Charlie
2015	Big Sky	Pru
2016	Undrafted	John "Maz" Mazetti

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009-12	Gossip Girl	William "Tripp" van der Bilt III	10 episodes
2010	Ugly Betty	Zachary Boule	Episode: "All the World's a Stage"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jan Eyck	Episode: "Beef"
2011	Body of Proof	Skip	Episode: "Point of Origin"
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Stevie Harris	Episode: "Personal Fouls"
2011	Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife	Spencer Zschau	Episode: "Executive Order 13224"
2013-2015	Graceland	Mike Warren	Main cast
2016	Grease Live	Danny Zuko	TV Movie
2016	BrainDead	Gareth	Pre-production

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Rent	Steve, u/s Roger, Mark	US national tour: January - December 2004
2005-08	Hairspray	Link Larkin	US national tour: August 2005 - July 2006 Neil Simon Theatre: July 18, 2006 - January 18, 2007; April 1 - May 4, 2008
2007	Calvin Berger	Matt	Barrington Stage Company: July 3-14, 2007
2007	The Three Musketeers	D'Artagnan	North Shore Music Theatre: August 21 - September 9, 2007
2008	Saved!	Dean	Playwrights Horizons: May 10 - June 22, 2008
2008-10	Next to Normal	Gabe Goodman	Second Stage Theatre: January 16 - March 16, 2008 Arena Stage: November 21, 2008 - January 18, 2009 Booth Theatre: March 27, 2009 - January 3, 2010
2008-09	Wicked	Fiyero	Gershwin Theatre: June 24 - November 9, 2008; January 20 - March 9, 2009
2009	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale, Jr.	5th Avenue Theatre: July 28 - August 16, 2009
2010	Rent	Roger Davis	Hollywood Bowl: August 6-8, 2010
2011	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale, Jr.	Neil Simon Theatre: March 11 - September 4, 2011
2014-15	Assassins	John Wilkes Booth	Menier Chocolate Factory: November 21, 2014 - February 8, 2015

Awards and nominations

Film and television

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award	Best Ensemble	Les Misérables	Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society Award	Best Performance by an Ensemble		Nominated
	17th Satellite Award	Best Cast - Motion Picture		Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	Best Cast		Nominated
	National Board of Review Award	Best Cast		Won
2013	Critics' Choice Award	Best Acting Ensemble		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated

Theatre

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor	Next to Normal	Nominated
2009	Helen Hayes Award	Outstanding Supporting Performance, Non-Resident Production		Won
2009	Clarence Derwent Award	Most Promising Male Performer		Won
2009	Broadway.com Audience Awards	Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical		Won
		Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male)		Nominated
2011	Drama League Awards	Distinguished Performance	Catch Me If You Can	Nominated
2011	Outer Critics Circle Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Nominated

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