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John Howard Gallagher, Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician perhaps best known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening. He recently played Johnny aka "Jesus of Suburbia" in Green Day's Broadway musical, American Idiot and Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of Jerusalem.
Gallagher was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware with his parents and two older sisters. He was an avid reader and loved movies. His parents, John, Sr. and June Gallagher, were folk musicians and his mother spent a great deal of... MORE
John Howard Gallagher, Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician perhaps best known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening. He recently played Johnny aka "Jesus of Suburbia" in Green Day's Broadway musical, American Idiot and Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of Jerusalem.
Gallagher was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware with his parents and two older sisters. He was an avid reader and loved movies. His parents, John, Sr. and June Gallagher, were folk musicians and his mother spent a great deal of her life's work supporting his love of music and drama.
He eventually went on to play in numerous bands, including Not Now Murray, What Now, Annie's Autograph, and Old Springs Pike.
Before and throughout his Spring Awakening run, he was in Old Springs Pike. On January 23, 2008, his fellow band members announced his departure. The next day, Gallagher made an official announcement confirming his departure on his MySpace page. Old Springs Pike later officially changed their name to The Spring Standards.
Gallagher played Tom Sawyer as a child actor at the Delaware Children's Theatre.
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