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Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born December 2, 1971) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the Broadway musical Rent, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor Featured in a Musical in 1996.
Wilson Jermaine Heredia. Actor: Rent. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Wilson J Heredia was always surrounded by music. His mother was a seamstress and his father was a super. But they were both very musical. He studied medicine, and thought about advertising, but he realized he had to express himself, so he got into acting.
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Feb 14, 2011 · In real life, Heredia became one of the most elusive Rent vets, disappearing for stretches between small roles in film and TV. The good news is that Heredia is back in New York, feeling...
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Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born December 2, 1971) is an American actor of Dominican Republic origin known for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the Broadway musical RENT, for which he won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical. He also reprised the role in the 2005 Film version of
Broadway - 04/29/96 - 11/30/97 - Angel Dumott Schunard
Broadway - 08/06/1999 - 02/2002 - Angel Dumott Schunard
•He appeared 1999's Flawless, where he worked opposite former RENT cast mate Daphne Rubin-Vega.
•Heredia stated that he enjoys the transformation process involved in assuming the persona of the cross-dressing Angel, but dislikes having makeup on his face and found the high heels he had to wear as part of his costume extremely painful.
•He enjoys filming because the close up shots allow him to "cut loose" and go wild a lot more than the stage allows.
•Heredia says he enjoyed the blackly comedic parody of Rent in the film Team America: World Police, which features a fictional Broadway musical called Lease.
Oct 17, 2021 · Wilson Jermaine Heredia. Wilson Jermaine Heredia originated the role of Angel Dumott Schunard in the Broadway production of Rent, for which he won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award...
Rent is a 2005 American musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson 's 1996 Broadway musical of the same name, in turn based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, which is itself based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger .
