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Penny Dreadful: Created by John Logan. With Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear. Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
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Reeve Carney is the actor who portrays the main character Dorian Gray on Penny Dreadful. Reeve Carney is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He appeared in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Carney was born and raised in the West Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA, with his brother Zane and sister Paris. His great uncle was the late actor Art Carney.
Carney attended the Academy of Music at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles with his brother, Zane and future band mates Aiden Moore and Jon Epcar. He went on to study at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, majoring in studio jazz guitar.
At age 15, Carney was playing guitar professionally at B.B King's night club in Los Angeles, California.
His first band, Reeve Carney and the Revolving Band, consisted of brother Zane, sister Paris, JD Lipscomb (Aiden Moore) on bass and Gavin Salmon on drums, and toured extensively with blues legend Jonny Lang while Reeve simultaneously played guitar in Lang's band. His second band, Carney, consisted of Reeve, Zane on guitar, Aiden Moore on bass and Jon Epcar on drums. Carney released their debut album, "Mr. Green Vol. 1", in May 2010. The band opened for Arcade Fire and U2 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on July 30 on the final date of the U2 360° Tour.
Since 2010, Carney has lived in Manhattan. He starred for 3 years as Spider-Man in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which began previews in November 2010. The rest of the band performed as part of the pit orchestra for Turn Off the Dark. He played his final performance on Sunday, September 15, 2013.
Carney has also been named a Givenik Ambassador.
Carney played Taylor Swift's love interest in her "I Knew You Were Trouble" music video.
In 2014, Carney was cast as Dorian Gray in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful.
In 2014, Carney was cast as Dorian Gray in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful. The show had three seasons (2014–2016). During the filming of the last season of Penny Dreadful, Carney was on Kenny Ortega's radar to play Riff Raff, the Handyman, on Fox's remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He got the role on the two-hour musical television ...
Jun 14, 2014 · In our interview with Penny Dreadful star Reeve Carney, he talks about how he joined the show, playing Dorian Gray, returning for season 2, and more.
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Apr 4, 2015 · Penny Dreadful | Reeve Carney on Dorian Gray | Season 2. Reeve Carney discusses what's in store for Dorian Gray in Season 2 of Penny Dreadful. Starring Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, and...
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Played by Reeve Carney. Dorian Gray is a fabulously wealthy young gentleman who is almost unnerving in his beauty. His skin seems to radiate a golden glow of intoxicating youth and promise. A recklessly abandoned sensualist, he has a devil-may-care attitude that borders on dangerous.
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Jun 27, 2014 · Reeve Carney says in an interview that when he told Penny Dreadful writer John Logan that he had read Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, Logan said: “That good but, we’re going a different way”.
