- Born
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Leslie Odom Jr. was born on August 6, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hamilton (2020), One Night in Miami... (2020) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He has been married to Nicolette Robinson since December 1, 2012. They have two children.
- SpouseNicolette Robinson(December 1, 2012 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenLucille RubyAble Phineas
- Won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance as Aaron Burr in the Broadway sensation Hamilton (2015).
- An accomplished singer and dancer, Leslie made his Broadway debut at 17 playing "Paul" in Rent.
- Graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon University's prestigious School of Drama.
- Leslie and his "best friend" on Smash, Megan Hilty, were students at Carnegie Mellon University together. Hilty was just 1 year under Odom, Jr. in the Theatre program.
- His talented Freshman class at Carnegie included Josh Groban, Katy Mixon Greer, Brennan Hesser, Griffin Matthews, Audra Blaser, Angela Lin, Josh Gad, and Ben Pelteson.
- [on the importance of diverse casting in "Hamilton" ] Raising a young black girl, I can't tell you how difficult it is for me to find books and films and works of art that are not centered around white people and white beauty and white genius and white joy. Ushering black and brown beauty into the world is still political, and it is still important because the examples are few and far between.
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