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    Ben PlattAmerican actor and singer
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  2. Ben Platt - Wikipedia

    • Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theater producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originatin… See more

    BornBenjamin Schiff Platt · September 24, 1993 · Los Angeles, California
    SpouseNoah Galvin (m. 2024)
    Early life

    Platt was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of five children of Julie and Marc Platt. His father is a film, television, and theater producer whose credits include Legally Blonde, Into the Woods, La La Land, Mary Poppins Re… See more

    Career

    At 9 years old, Platt played Winthrop Paroo in The Music Man at the Hollywood Bowl alongside Kristin Chenoweth. At 11, he appeared in a brief national tour of Caroline, or Change, by Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner. … See more

    Personal life

    Platt is openly gay. He told his family when he was twelve years old, and publicly came out in 2019. On January 12, 2020, Platt began a relationship with Noah Galvin (whom he first met in 2015 and the latter succeeded … See more

    Tours and residency

    Headlining tours
    Sing to Me Instead Tour (2019)
    Reverie Tour (2022)
    • Honeymind Tour (2024)
    Residency … See more

    Awards and nominations

    Platt was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, and won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor and Lucille Lortel Award for … See more