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John Gallagher, Jr.
John Howard Gallagher Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician best known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in the 2006 rock musical ''Spring Awakening (musical), Spring Awakening'', which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also played Johnny in Green Day's Broadway theatre, Broadway musical, ''American Idiot (musical), American Idiot'', Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of ''Jerusalem (play), Jerusalem,'' and Edmund in the 2016 Broadway revival of ''Long Day's Journey into Night, Long Day's Journey Into Night''. He portrayed Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's drama series ''The Newsroom (U.S. TV series), The Newsroom'', starred in the HBO mini-series ''Olive Kitteridge (miniseries), Olive Kitteridge'', and played Emmett DeWitt in ''10 Cloverfield Lane''. Early life Gallagher was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and was raised there with his two older sisters. His parents, John and June Gallagher, are folk musicians. He attended Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Salem County, New Jersey, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,887. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area, which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
