Gavin Creel

Multiple Tony Award-nominee Gavin Creel received the 2017 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as “Cornelius Hackl” in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly starring Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce. He most recently appeared as Dr. Pomatter in Waitress, with other Broadway credits including “Jimmy Smith” in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Broadway debut, Tony nomination), “Jean-Michel” in the revival of La Cage Aux Folles, “Claude” in the revival of Hair (Tony nomination), “Stephen Kodaly” in the Roundabout’s revival of She Loves Me, and “Elder Price” in The Book of Mormon. 

His off-Broadway credits include Bat Boy and The Mystery Plays and he has been in the national tours of The Book of Mormon and Fame. He’s been seen regionally in Bounce (Goodman Theatre/Kennedy Center), Prometheus Bound(American Repertory Theater) and The Mystery Plays (Yale Repertory Theatre). He has performed in London in “Elder Price” in The Book of Mormon (2014 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical), “Bert” in Disney’s Mary Poppins, and Hair. Television credits include ABC’s “Eloise at the Plaza” and “Eloise at Christmastime,” opposite Julie Andrews.

He can be heard on the original recordings of GoodTimeNation, Quiet, Get Out, and the single “Noise,”  and co-founded Broadway Impact. A native of Findlay, Ohio, Gavin is a proud graduate of University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance.