Robert Hugh "Hadley" Fraser (born 21 April 1980) is an English actor and singer. He made his West End debut as Marius in ''

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''. He also originated the role of Tiernan in the

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show ''

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''.

Life and career

Fraser was born in

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. He holds a BA from

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and a Postgraduate Diploma from the

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. In 2011, he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, or ARAM. He has performed in a number of West End productions, and played Gareth in the

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episode "

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" (2006). In 2009, Fraser played the recurring role of Reed in ''

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'' season 1, in the last 2 seasons, he was replaced by Patrick Levis.) In May 2010, he returned to the West End to play the role of El Gallo in ''

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''. In October 2010 Fraser sang the ''Les Misérables'' role of Grantaire in the 25th Anniversary concert at West End. On 23 June 2011 Fraser returned to the West End production of ''Les Misérables'', this time to play the role of

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. He received critical acclaim for the role and remained with the show until June 2012. On 1 and 2 October 2011 Fraser played Raoul in the 25th Anniversary staging of ''

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'' in London. He costarred alongside

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and

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, who played the Phantom and Christine, respectively. Fraser also costarred with Karimloo in the 25th Anniversary concert of ''Les Misérables''. Hadley has written music for a band called "Sheytoons" with Karimloo, including "Heading West" and "Driftwood". Fraser appeared in the

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of ''Les Misérables'', as the Army General of the National Guard. In 2012, Fraser sang "Beyond the Door" on the concept album for ''The In-Between'', as the character of Calicus. Fraser appeared aside

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in the Donmar Warehouse's production of

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from 6 December 2013 to 13 February 2014. On 5 October 2014 Hadley married his long-time girlfriend (and co-theatre star) Rosalie Craig. She gave birth to their daughter in 2016. In December 2014 he returned to the

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to play Stine in ''City of Angels'', alongside his wife Rosalie Craig as Gabby/Bobbi and

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as Mallory/Avril. An avid musician, as well, Fraser can be heard on Scott Alan's releases ''Keys'' and ''Scott Alan LIVE'', as well as his own EP, "Just Let Go", released in August 2014 via social media and digital download (no hardcopy has been released). He is the co-lyricist and co-book writer (with

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) for the new musical ''Committee...'' (full title ''The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall's Relationship with Kids Company'') with music by Tom Deering, which will premiere at the

from 23 June to 12 August 2017. He played Frederick Frankenstein in the UK premiere of the Mel Brooks musical ''

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'' in August 2017 at the

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in London's West End, following a try-out run at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.

Acting credits

Film

Theatre

Discography

References

External links

Official site
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Fresh Face: Hadley Fraser
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Hadley 1980 births English male musical theatre actors English male stage actors Living people Alumni of the University of Birmingham