- Won Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Rent."
- Reprised his role as Angel in the major motion picture release of "Rent" directed by Chris Columbus. (January 2005)
- He reprised his role as Angel in the London production of Rent and had just recently left the cast last October. (1998)
- Debuted in Broadway theatre in the hit musical, "RENT", as part of the Original Broadway Cast. He played Angel Dumott Schunard, a gay transvestite infected with AIDS for two years before quitting on November of 1997. (1995)
- His character from Rent, Angel, is modeled after the character Schaunard, from La Boheme. The original character's name re-appears as Angel's last name, Schunard.
- Plays the guitar and the drums
- Parents are from the Dominican Republic.
- He was nominated for a 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for his 1998 best supporting performance for Rent.
- His favorite movies include The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Spider-Man (2002), The Last Dragon (1985), and Batman Returns (1992).
- His favorite music artists include Yasiin Bey, System of a Down, Prince, Audioslave and Franz Ferdinand.
- Started rehearsal for his return to Broadway in the play, "La Cage Aux Folles." He will join the cast February 15, 2011. (January 2011)
- Has one sister eleven years younger than him.
- Has joined the Broadway cast of "La Cage Aux Folles" with Harvey Fierstein and Jeffrey Tambour. (February 2011)
- His father was a building superintendent (known in the United States as a "super").
- Has joined the cast of "La Cage Aux Folles" with Harvey Fierstein and Jeffrey Tambor. (February 2011)
- Has joined the Off-Broadway show, Tales from the Tunnel, which will run from July until September. (June 2010)
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