Reeve Carney

Reeve Carney
Background information
Born (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983
New York City, United States
Genres Indie rock, blues rock, alternative
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, actor
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 1999-present
Labels Interscope Records (2004-present)
Associated acts Lana Del Rey, Bono, Arcade Fire, U2, Jonny Lang, Taylor Swift, Scary Pockets
Website reevecarneymusic.com

Reeve Jefferson Carney (born April 18, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and actor most known for originating the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway. He also played Dorian Gray in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful and Riff Raff in the Fox musical television film The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again.

Early life

Reeve was born and raised in the West Village area of Manhattan with his brother Zane and sister Paris. He grew up in a family of musicians and actors: his father, John, was a songwriter for commercials, his mother, Marti, was a singer, actress and a jewelry designer and his great uncle was Academy Award-winning actor Art Carney.[1][2] He knows how to play the piano and began singing for radio and television commercials. At the age of 8, he was chosen to sing in a live performance and video at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall with Peter, Paul and Mary. Two years later, he recorded a song with a children's choir on Michael Jackson's album, HIStory.[3][4]

In order to get a music education, Reeve attended the Academy of Music at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles with his brother, Zane, and future bandmates 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.[3]

Career

Music

Reeve started to play guitar at age 12 and three years later he was playing guitar professionally at B.B King's night club in Los Angeles.[3][5] When living in California, Reeve released his first EP "Looking Glass" in 2004 and promote it by performing with other musicians, including Jonny Lang. At age 22 he signed with Interscope and formed his jazz-infused rock namesake band, Carney, consisted of Reeve (songwriter, vocals and guitar), his brother Zane (guitar), Aiden Moore (bass) and Jon Epcar (drums). The band's vision and talent led the manager David Sonenberg to work with them.[4] Carney released their first EP "Nothing Without You" in 2008 and their debut album, "Mr. Green Vol. 1", in May 2010. In 2009 the band went on tour with The Veronicas in their Revenge Is Sweeter world tour and in 2011 they opened for Arcade Fire and U2 in Moncton, Canada on July 30 on the final date of the U2 360° Tour.[6][7]

When acting on Broadway, Reeve was invited to be part of the album "Broadway's Carols for a Cure" in 2011 ("St. Nicholas Sky" ft T.V. Carpio) and 2013 ("A Savior is Born").[8] Reeve also recorded the single "Rise Above 1" with Bono and The Edge in 2011, an adapted song from the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.[9] Apart from making his own music, Reeve also writes songs for soundtracks for films such as The Tempest (2010) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (2012).[10][11] In October 2016 Reeve released his debut solo album, "Youth Is Wasted", totally written and produced by himself. Since then Reeve was on tour two times (Reeve Carney Fall Tour 2016 and Youth Is Wasted Tour 2017).[12][13][14][15] Three songs of his album as well as the album itself, were nominated in six categories on the 16th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs). "Think of You" won "Best Song - Acoustic", "Resurrection" won "Best Song - Rock or Hard Rock" and the album won "Best Album - Adult Contemporary".[16]

Reeve Carney at Byron Bay Bluesfest, Australia, 2010

Acting

Reeve made his first appearance on the big screen in the film The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) with a small role. In 1999, Reeve got the role of the young Ishmael Chambers in the film Snow Falling on Cedars. His performance received amazing reviews and subsequently earned him the "Best Performance in a Feature Film" on 2000 Young Artists Awards.[17] Reeve was part of the cast of a few films as a child actor before he decided to focus totally on music. In 2010, he was hand-picked by the director Julie Taymor to play Ferdinand in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.[18] Julie also cast Reeve for the lead role of Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway. During the auditions, Bono and The Edge, the show's musical composers, were surprised by Reeve's vocals and he ended up being chosen for the role.[19] He starred for 3 years as Spider-Man which began previews in November 2010.[20][21] The rest of his bandmates performed as part of the pit orchestra for Turn Off the Dark. He played his final performance on Sunday, September 15, 2013.[6] Meanwhile, in 2012, Reeve played Taylor Swift's love interest in her I Knew You Were Trouble music video. Taylor was a fan of Reeve's band, Carney, and came up with the idea.[15][22]

In 2014, Reeve was cast as Dorian Gray in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful. The show had three seasons (2014-2016).[23][24] During the filiming of the last season of Penny Dreadful, Reeve was in 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 film and recorded three of the film soundtracks. The film premiered on the Fox network on October 20, 2016.[25][26]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Looking Glass EP (2004)
  • Nothing without You EP (2008)
  • Mr. Green Vol. 1 (2010)
  • Youth Is Wasted (2016)
Live albums
  • Live at Molly Malone's (2006)

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
[27]		 US Rock
[28]		 US Heat
[29]		 US Adult
[30]		 CAN
[31]
2011 "Rise Above 1"
(with Bono & The Edge)		 74 48 5 34 71 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
2016 "Up Above the Weather" - - - - - Youth Is Wasted

Soundtrack albums & appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Soundtrack
"Think of you" 2006 none One Tree Hill (episode "The Wind That Blew My Heart Away")
2009 Spread[32]
"Love Me Chase Me" 2009 none The Boys Are Back
"Testify" 2009 none CSI: Miami Season 8 (episode "Kill Clause")[33]
2010 Machete
"O Mistress Mine" 2010 Elliot Goldenthal The Tempest
"Boy Falls from the Sky" 2011 none Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
"Rise Above 1" Bono & The Edge
"Picture This" Bono, The Edge & Jennifer Damiano
"I Just Can't Walk Away (Say It Now)" Jennifer Damiano & T.V. Carpio
"Bouncing off the Walls" Matt Caplan, Luther Creek, Kristen Faith Oei & Sean Samuels
"No More" Jennifer Damiano
"DIY World" Patrick Page & Laura Beth Wells
"Rise Above 2" T.V. Carpio & Jennifer Damiano
"New for You" 2012 none The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
"Over At The Frankenstein Place" 2016 Victoria Justice & Ryan McCartan The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
"The Time Warp" Christina Milian, Tim Curry & Annaleigh Ashford
"Wild and Untamed Thing" Laverne Cox

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington Small Role
1994 Pom Poko Various voices English dub
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Young Ishmael Chambers Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film
2009 Spread Lead Singer
2010 The Tempest Ferdinand
2017 Gemini Devin

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Dave's World Extra TV series (episode "The Funeral")
2004 Father of the Pride Donkey (Voice) TV series (episode "Donkey")
2015 Best of Boxing 2014 Himself TV film
2014–2016 Penny Dreadful Dorian Gray TV series (27 episodes)
2016 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again Riff Raff TV film

Theatre

Year Production Role Theatre Ref(s)
2010–2013 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Peter Parker/Spider-Man Foxwoods Theatre
2015 Hello, Stranger Stranger The Abbey Theatre
2017 Hadestown Orpheus Citadel Theatre [34]

Music video appearances

Year Title Role Performer(S)
2012 I Knew You Were Trouble Ex-boyfriend Taylor Swift

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Work Result
1999 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film Snow Falling on Cedars Won
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Song - Acoustic Think of You Won[35]
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Song - Rock or Hard Rock Resurrection Won
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Album - Adult Contemporary Youth is Wasted Won
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Producer - Pop Youth is Wasted Nominated
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Song - Blues Father's House Nominated
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Song - Adult Contemporary Think of You Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "THE LEADING MEN: Spider-Man's Reeve Carney and Patrick Page, Plus Rain's Fab Four" Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. playbill.com; accessed October 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Gr, Patricia; JEAN (1995-02-05). "An Ordinary Boy In the Weirdness Of Hollywood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Spider-Man's Reeve Carney talks about Bono, Edge and his band". @U2: Independent Site for U2 Fans. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  4. 1 2 Gamerman, Ellen (2010-03-19). "A Rocker in a Tangled Web". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Reeve Carney on the Pressure and Pleasure of Starring in Spider-Man", broadway.com, December 16, 2010, he also starred in Taylor Swift's music video "I knew you were trouble"
  6. 1 2 "Cast list for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre (formerly Hilton Theatre)". Playbill.com. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  7. ↑ "The Veronicas Ruthlessly Remove The Love Willows From Their Tour | popdirt.com". popdirt.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  8. ↑ Cox, Gordon (2013-11-29). "Harvey Fierstein, Reeve Carney Fight AIDS With 'Carols for a Cure' CD". Variety. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  9. ↑ "'Spider-Man' star Reeve Carney in new video with Bono, the Edge". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  10. ↑ The Tempest (2010), retrieved 2018-01-06
  11. ↑ The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), retrieved 2018-01-06
  12. ↑ "Reeve Carney announces tour dates for fall 2016". AXS. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  13. ↑ "Reeve Carney". miselis.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  14. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Reeve Carney- "Truth" / Ones To Watch". Ones To Watch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  15. 1 2 "SMC Spotlight Series No.1 | Reeve Carney 'Youth Is Wasted' Album Review & Exclusive Interview – SMC SPOTLIGHT!". starlightmusicchroniclesspotlight.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  16. ↑ "THE 16TH INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS - Independent Music Awards". Independent Music Awards. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  17. ↑ "Reeve Carney". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  18. ↑ Goldenthal, Elliot (2010-12-20). "On Scoring The Tempest and the Exclusive Video Premiere of "O Mistress Mine"". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  19. ↑ Ryzik, Melena (2010-09-08). "Reeve Carney's Star Rises With 'Spider-Man' Musical". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  20. ↑ Healy, Patrick. "Spider-Man Opening Delayed Again". The New York Times. December 16, 2010; retrieved December 17, 2010.
  21. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Will Now Open in February 2011" Archived 2011-01-20 at the Wayback Machine., playbill.com, December 17, 2010; retrieved December 18, 2010.
  22. ↑ VIDEO: Taylor Swift Debuts New Music Video, 'I Knew You Were Trouble' Feat. Reeve Carney, broadwayworld.com; accessed October 9, 2015.
  23. ↑ Penny Dreadful, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, retrieved 2018-01-06
  24. ↑ "Dorian Gray Played by Reeve Carney - Penny Dreadful | SHOWTIME". SHO.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  25. ↑ Ortega, Kenny (2016-10-20), The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, Ivy Levan, Staz Nair, Christina Milian, retrieved 2018-01-06
  26. ↑ "'The Rocky Horror Picture Show': Reeve Carney on Playing Riff Raff & the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale". Collider. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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  28. ↑ "Reeve Carney Album & Song Chart History - Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  29. ↑ "Reeve Carney Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  30. ↑ "Reeve Carney Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  31. ↑ "Reeve Carney Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  32. ↑ Spread (2009), retrieved 2018-01-06
  33. ↑ "What Is That Song I Heard on CSI: Miami?". www.whatisthatsong.net. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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