Jesse Corti (born July 3, 1955) is an American actor and theater director best known for playing Courfeyrac in the original Broadway show ''

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'' and for voicing LeFou in ''

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''.

Career

Corti also voiced the Spanish Dignitary in '' Frozen'' and Mr. Manchas in ''

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''. He has appeared in numerous feature films, and in several popular TV series such as '' 24'', '' Heroes'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and many more. In 1990, he received a Clio Award for his Drug Free America commercial. Corti has also directed various stage productions in

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Personal life

Corti was previously married to Laura Lyn Deberardino, whom he wed in 1986. Laura was killed a year later in a 1987 collision between an

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train and a

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freight train in

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. At that time, Laura Corti had been returning to

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after having seen her husband perform in ''

'' at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The crew of the freight train in that collision tested positive for

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and Jesse Corti subsequently appeared in both an English-language and a Spanish-language

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for

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theme parks

Theatre

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corti, Jesse Living people American male voice actors American male television actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male video game actors Clio Award winners Venezuelan emigrants to the United States People from Paterson, New Jersey 1955 births