Grey Henson

Grey Henson
Born (1990-07-02) July 2, 1990
Macon, Georgia
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
(BFA, 2012)
Occupation Actor, dancer, singer

Grey Henson (born July 2, 1990) is an American actor, dancer, and singer. He currently is cast as Damian Hubbard in the Broadway production of Mean Girls, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.[1][2] He also played Elder McKinley in both the Broadway and US national touring productions of The Book of Mormon.

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Theatre Director(s) Ref.
2012 The Book of Mormon Elder McKinley 1st U.S. National Tour Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker
2014 Elder McKinley (replacement) Eugene O'Neill Theatre
2017 Mean Girls Damian Hubbard National Theatre (out-of-town tryout) Casey Nicholaw
2018 August Wilson Theatre

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Suburgatory Alec Episode: "Blowtox and Burlap"
2018 Saturday Night Live Himself (uncredited) Episode: "Tina Fey"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Helen Hayes Awards Outstanding Supporting Performer - Visiting Production The Book of Mormon Nominated
2018 Tony Awards Best Featured Actor in a Musical Mean Girls Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Awards Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical Won
Favorite Onstage Pair (with Barrett Wilbert Weed) Won
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated
Helen Hayes Awards Outstanding Performer - Visiting Production Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "'Mean Girls' Broadway Star Grey Henson Talks His Tony Award Nomination & Representing Queer Youth on Stage". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Tony Awards 2018: How Grey Henson Made Damian More Than a GBF in 'Mean Girls' (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (July 27, 2017). "Mean Girls Musical Finds Its Plastics in Taylor Louderman and Ashley Park; Additional Casting Announced". Playbill.
  4. ↑ Vine, Hannah (February 2, 2018). "See Who's Bringing Mean Girls to Broadway". Playbill.
  5. ↑ "" Suburgatory" Blowtox and Burlap (TV Episode 2013)". IMDb.
  6. ↑ "Mean Girls - SNL". YouTube. May 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tony Awards 2018: See the Full List of Nominees Here". Vogue. June 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Mean Girls Leads Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Winners; Ethan Slater, Hailey Kilgore Also Take Top Prizes". Broadway.com. 2018-05-16.
  9. ↑ "SpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. June 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ "2018 Helen Hayes Awards". theatrewashington.org. 2018.


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