Terrence Mann

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Terrence Mann
Born	July 1, 1951 (1951-07-01) (age 56) Ashland, Kentucky, United States
Spouse(s)	Charlotte d'Amboise

Terrence Mann (born July 1, 1951) is an American actor and dancer who has been prominent on the Broadway stage for the past two decades.

Mann was born Terrance Vaughan Mann in Ashland, Kentucky and grew up in Largo, FL. He made his Broadway debut in 1982 in the Tony Award-winning show Barnum (music by renowned Broadway writer Cy Coleman) at the St. James Theatre. He played the supporting role of Chester Lyman. However, he made his true break-through performance in the original Broadway cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. He created the memorable lead role of the "playful" cat Rum Tum Tugger. In 1985, Mann played assistant choreographer Larry in Richard Attenborough's film version of A Chorus Line.

In 1987, he won the role of stoic Inspector Javert in the original Broadway cast of Les Misérables. His portrayal of Javert earned him his first Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a role which he would later reprise near the end of the musical's run at the Imperial Theater in 2003.

Mann earned his second Tony Award nomination in 1994 for his portrayal of the Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. In 1997, Terrence created the role of Chauvelin in the Frank Wildhorn musical The Scarlet Pimpernel.

He has also starred in other musicals including: Rags (1986), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), Getting Away with Murder (1996), and the 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show (in which he played Frank-N-Furter), in addition to the (then) off-Broadway show Assassins (1991). He also appeared in all four Critters films as an alien bounty hunter named Ug. He starred in the television soap opera All My Children as Earl Boyd in 1997. Mann played "Old Tom" in Paul Green's outdoor drama "The Lost Colony" in North Carolina, and later returned to his theatrical roots to direct the show for a few seasons.

Recently, he starred in the Broadway musical Lennon, which opened the summer of 2005, and closed soon afterwards. He then travelled to Costa Mesa, California to appear in the world premiere of The Studio, written and directed by his brother-in-law Christopher d'Amboise, at South Coast Repertory in March, 2006.

Mann has made guest appearances on tv shows such as The Equalizer, Gargoyles (voice of Oberon), The Tick (voice), and Law & Order. His most recent role was a leading character on The Dresden Files as Hrothbert "Bob" of Bainbridge, a cursed ghost.

Mann is also credited with the creation of a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, starring Noah Putterman.

Mann is a 1969 graduate of Largo High School (Florida),as well as the North Carolina School of the Arts. He is a distinguished professor in musical theater at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Since 1996, he has been married to performer Charlotte d'Amboise, with whom he has two daughters. During the summer of 2007, Mann traveled to North Carolina to help direct the Wake County Public Schools program of Les Miserables. Having performed as the original Javert on Broadway, Mann was able to offer helpful advice and insight.