John Lloyd Young

John Lloyd Mills Young born July 4 1975 is an American actor and singer12 In 2006 he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadways Jersey Boys He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony Drama Desk Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debutcitation needed Young sang lead vocals on the Grammyaward winning Jersey Boys cast album certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America Young reprised his role as Frankie Valli in Warner Brothers film adaptation of Jersey Boys directed by Clint Eastwood and released June 20 2014 Young was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities He was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on November 21 2013