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Michael David Faist (/ f aɪ s t /; [1] born January 5, 1992) [2] is an American actor. An alumnus of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Faist is the recipient of a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy Award, with nominations for a Tony and a British Academy Film Award.
Actor: West Side Story. Mike Faist is from Columbus, Ohio. He moved to New York at 17 to pursue acting. Mike dropped out of the conservatory he was attending after two semesters and was selling tickets for Off-Broadway plays. He made his Broadway debut in 2012 in "Newsies: The Musical".
alongside Lucas Hedges, look forward to Mike Faist starring in Brokeback Mountain @sohoplace in London, making a west end debut! Hopefully it makes it to NYC at some point!!
Actor: West Side Story. Mike Faist is from Columbus, Ohio. He moved to New York at 17 to pursue acting. Mike dropped out of the conservatory he was attending after two semesters and was selling tickets for Off-Broadway plays.
Dec 16, 2021 · “It was awful,” Mike Faist, who is earning raves for his reinvention of Riff in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, says of watching the film for the first time.
Dec 15, 2021 · 29-year-old Broadway veteran Mike Faist speaks about living in a van, Bruce Davidson photos, and, yes, those John Mulaney comparisons.
Dec 10, 2021 · “Dear Evan Hansen” alumnus Mike Faist plays "West Side Story's" tragic gang leader Riff in Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic musical.
Dec 27, 2021 · Dec. 27, 2021. He’s the menacing gang leader who fights, frolics and finger-snaps his way through “West Side Story”: that’s Riff, the frontman of the Jets, who commands a cadre of...
May 27, 2021 · Tall and lanky, looking as if he were born wearing Wranglers, Mike Faist cuts quite a striking figure in the Amazon Prime series “Panic”: His character, Dodge Mason, is a Stetson-wearing...
Jan 5, 1992 · Mike Faist (born January 5, 1992) is an American actor, dancer, and singer. He is known for starring in the original Broadway productions of Newsies and Dear Evan Hansen, and in movies such as West Side Story (2021), Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022), and Challengers (2024).
