Anthony Ramos | |
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Born | Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez November 1, 1991 [1] Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Education | American Musical and Dramatic Academy |
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Years active | 2010–present |
Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez [2] (born November 1, 1991) is an American actor and singer. After graduating in musical theatre from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he began working in stage musicals. In 2015, he originated the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton . He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the 2020 stage recording of the play.
Ramos played a supporting role in A Star Is Born (2018), and has since starred in the musical film In the Heights (2021), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the action film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).
Ramos was born Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez on November 1, 1991. He grew up in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He is of Puerto Rican, [3] European, African, and Jewish descent. On a 2024 episode of Finding Your Roots , Ramos learned that a portion of his European heritage traces back to the Canary Islands, and his 16th great-grandfather was Pelinor (d. 1505), an indigenous Guanche king of the island of Tenerife. [4]
He lived in Hope Gardens Apartments, an affordable housing complex in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with his mother, older brother, and younger sister. [5] [6]
Ramos' father struggled with substance abuse and was variably present in his life.
Ramos attended Halsey Junior High School, where he sang Motown songs at school assemblies in a student group called the Halsey Trio. [6] He is a 2009 graduate of New Utrecht High School. [6] His ambitions at the time centered around baseball, including plans to play NCAA Division III college baseball, followed by a coaching career. [5]
After high school, Ramos attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a conservatory for the performing arts, on a full scholarship from the Seinfeld Scholarship, run by Jerry Seinfeld. [6] He graduated from its musical theatre program in 2011. [2] [6]
Starting in 2011, Ramos earned roles in a variety of regional and touring musical productions, including Usnavi de la Vega in a 2012 production of In the Heights .
In 2014, Ramos performed in Heart and Lights at Radio City Music Hall, a dance show with the Rockettes which was canceled during previews. [5] [7] During rehearsals for Heart and Lights, Ramos auditioned for the off-Broadway production of Hamilton at The Public Theater. [5]
After being cast in Hamilton, Ramos played Justin Laboy in Lin-Manuel Miranda's short musical 21 Chump Street , a 14-minute, one-time performance on June 7, 2014, that was recorded for This American Life . [5]
Hamilton opened off-Broadway in early 2015, with Ramos originating the dual roles of John Laurens and Alexander Hamilton's eldest son Philip Hamilton. The musical moved to Broadway on July 13, 2015, in previews, and opened on August 6, 2015. [8] Ramos left the production on November 20, 2016. [9]
In September 2016, it was announced that Ramos had been cast in director Spike Lee's Netflix comedy-drama series She's Gotta Have It , in the role of Mars Blackmon. [10]
Ramos played the role of Ramon in the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born , starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and directed by Cooper. [11]
In 2018, Variety reported that Ramos had been cast as Usnavi de la Vega in the film adaptation of In the Heights. [12] The movie was released in 2021 to significant acclaim, but was a box-office bomb.
In April 2021, Ramos was cast in the lead role in the next installment of the Transformers film franchise, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts . [13] The film was released on June 9, 2023. [14]
In February 2022, Ramos was cast as Parker Robbins / The Hood in the upcoming superhero streaming series Ironheart , set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [15]
In April 2023, Ramos was cast in Twisters , the sequel to the hit 1996 film Twister . The film is set for release on July 19, 2024. [16]
In January 2024, Ramos was cast as the lead voice role in a Bob the Builder animated film. [17]
Ramos appeared on the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton in 2015, in the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton. He reunited with Lin-Manuel Miranda in October 2017 as one of the vocalists on Miranda's song "Almost Like Praying", a release to benefit Hurricane Maria victims. [18]
On November 8, 2017, two tracks, "Freedom" and "Common Ground", from his first solo EP, titled The Freedom EP, were released. [19] The release was produced by Will Wells, who had previously worked with Logic and Pentatonix. The Freedom EP was released on January 20, 2018. [19] In addition to the previously released singles, the EP included two new songs, "When The Bell Tolls" and "PRayer" [ sic ].
On June 13, 2019, it was announced that Ramos had signed to Republic Records. [20] The signing was documented on his YouTube series, It Takes A Village, where he revealed that new music would be released that summer. [21] His debut album, The Good & The Bad, was released in the autumn on October 25, 2019. Although it did not chart on the US Billboard Top 200 album chart, it did debut at number 21 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. [22]
On June 25, 2021, Republic released his second album, Love and Lies. The album debuted and peaked for one week at number 36 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. [23]
In 2014, Ramos met actress Jasmine Cephas Jones during rehearsals for the off-Broadway production of Hamilton. Ramos confirmed that they had made things official in February 2015, and on Christmas Eve 2018, Anthony proposed to Jasmine in front of her favourite castle in Arundel. [24] In November 2021, they ended their engagement before officially splitting. They remained private about the details of their breakup.
In 2023, Ramos began dating Spanish singer-songwriter Eva Ruiz.
In February 2024, Ramos' family was featured on episode 104 ("Mean Streets") of the PBS genealogy television show Finding Your Roots . [25]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | White Girl | Kilo | |
10 Crosby | Younger Doorman | Short film | |
2017 | Patti Cake$ | Recording Engineer | |
2018 | Monsters and Men | Manny Ortega | |
Summer Days, Summer Nights | Frankie | ||
A Star Is Born | Ramon | ||
2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Staff Sergeant Anthony Martinez | |
2020 | Trolls World Tour | King Trollex (voice) | |
Hamilton | John Laurens / Philip Hamilton | Filmed recording of 2016 Broadway musical | |
Honest Thief | Ramon Hall | ||
2021 | In the Heights | Usnavi de la Vega | |
2022 | The Bad Guys | Mr. Piranha (voice) | |
2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Noah Diaz | |
Dumb Money | Marcus | ||
2024 | Twisters † | Javi | Post-production [26] |
TBA | Distant † | Andy Ramirez | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Younger | Julio | Episodes: “Liza Sows Her Oates”, “IRL” |
2016 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Juan Flores | Episode: "Forty-One Witnesses" |
2017–2018 | Will & Grace | Tony | 4 episodes |
2017–2019 | She's Gotta Have It | Mars Blackmon | 19 episodes |
2019 | Elena of Avalor | Tito (voice) | Episode: "Team Isa" |
2021 | In Treatment | Eladio Restrepo | 6 episodes |
Blindspotting | Yorkie | 2 episodes | |
Trolls: Holiday in Harmony | King Trollex (voice) | TV special | |
2024 | Finding Your Roots | himself | Episode: "Mean Streets" |
TBA | Ironheart † | Parker Robbins / The Hood | Upcoming Disney+ miniseries |
Year | Production | Role | Location | Notes |
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2011 | Grease | Sonny LaTierri | Surflight Theatre June 22 – July 15, 2011 | Regional |
2012 | Damn Yankees | Henry / Ensemble | Various | National tour |
In the Heights | Sonny de la Vega | Pioneer Theatre Company September 14 – 29, 2012 | Regional | |
2014 | Hamilton | John Laurens / Philip Hamilton | The 52nd Street Project May 2014 | Workshop |
21 Chump Street | Justin Laboy | Brooklyn Academy of Music June 7, 2014 | Regional | |
2015 | Alice by Heart | Caterpillar / Angus / Knave of Hearts | MCC Theater December 2015 | Workshop |
2015–2016 | Hamilton | John Laurens / Philip Hamilton | The Public Theater January 20 – May 3, 2015 | Off-Broadway |
Richard Rodgers Theater July 13, 2015 – November 20, 2016 [9] | Broadway | |||
2018 | In the Heights | Usnavi de la Vega | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC March 21–25, 2018 [27] | Regional |
TBA | Amadeus | Mozart | TBA [28] [29] | Broadway |
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The Good & the Bad |
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Love and Lies |
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The Freedom EP |
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21 Chump Street: The Musical |
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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) |
| 2 [30] | 6 [31] | 2 [32] | 58 [33] |
Trolls World Tour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 15 [34] | 66 [35] | 33 [36] | — | |
In The Heights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Cry Today, Smile Tomorrow" | 2019 | Non-album single |
"Dear Diary" | The Good & the Bad | |
"The Good & the Bad" | ||
"Mind Over Matter" | ||
"Figure It Out" | ||
"Relationship" | 2020 | |
"Stop" | Non-album single | |
"If You Want Me to Stay" (Sly and the Family Stone cover) (with Ari Lennox) | ||
"Say Less" | 2021 | Love and Lies |
"Blessings" | ||
"Échale" | ||
"Lose My Mind" | ||
"Good Time" | 2022 | Non-album single |
"Échale (Eydren Remix)" | ||
"Villano" | 2023 | TBA |
"Se Fue" | ||
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