Peter Lockyer is an American actor and tenor. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a child, he split his time between Toronto and Connecticut, and went to the same high school as the actress

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. Lockyer has appeared in numerous productions, including ''

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'' as Chris, ''

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'' as Marius and '' La Boheme'' as a Rodolfo understudy on Broadway. He has also appeared in a national tour of '' The Phantom of the Opera'' and on TV with

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in a 1993 adaption of ''

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''. After a break in performing, during which he earned dual master's degrees, qualifying him to teach in

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, Lockyer returned to acting for the European tour of

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's ''Broadway Boys''. He has also performed in '' 42nd Street'' in Europe and ''Les Misérables'' in

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and

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. Recently, Lockyer returned to his native Connecticut to play the role of Tom in '' The Glass Menagerie'' at the historical

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. He is playing Jean Valjean in ''Les Misérables'' in the current national tour. Years before he played the role in a Hawaiian production of ''Les Misérables'', which he directed himself. He played Jean Valjean in ''Les Misérables'' in the US 25th anniversary tour and in 2015 at the Queen's Theatre in London's West End in the UK. In 2019, Lockyer played the role of Billy Flynn in ''

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'' on Broadway.

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