Noah Egidi Galvin is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Kenny O'Neal in the ABC sitcom The Real O'Neals and the titular role in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.
Early life
Galvin was born and raised in Katonah, New York. In his early teenage years, Galvin was asked by his mother, Abbie, several times if he was gay. He came out to her when he was 14 years old. Galvin has two siblings. His father is Catholic, of Irish and Italian descent, and his mother is Jewish; he was raised "both Jewish and Catholic going to CCD, Hebrew School and church," and has described himself as Jewish.
Career
Before starring in The Real O'Neals, he also appeared Off-Broadway for companies such as Signature, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, The Vineyard, The Public, The Culture Project, The Flea, The Wild Project, New York Theater Workshop, the Barrow Street Theater, Rattlestick, Ensemble Studio Theater, and many others. His audiobook work includes Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Matthew Quick's Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. In August 2017, Galvin was named as a temporary replacement for the title role in Dear Evan Hansen, after the departure of Ben Platt. Galvin assumed the role on November 21, 2017, and played his final performance on February 4, 2018. He also took part of the Broadway productionWaitress, playing Ogie from April 29 2019, to August 18 2019, where Todrick Hall took over the role. In addition to his stage roles, Galvin also narrated the character part of Arthur in What If It's Us, a novel by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli. He subsequently narrated the Gimlet podcast, The Two Princes, which was released June 4, 2019. On February 17, 2020, Galvin starred as the titular role in Manhattan Concert Productions' one-night-only 50th Anniversary concert presentation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lincoln Center.
Personal life
Galvin is openly gay, and as of 2019 splits his time between Manhattan and Los Angeles, California. In a November 2017 interview with MTV's TRL, he acknowledged that he is a former cigarette smoker, but quit in preparation of his role in Dear Evan Hansen. In May 2020, Galvin announced he is dating actor-singer Ben Platt, star of The Politician and who, like Galvin, played the lead role in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway; Platt originated the role in 2015, while Galvin replaced him in 2017.
Controversy
In June 2016, Galvin, in an interview with Vulture, he accused Eric Stonestreet of Modern Family of perpetuating stereotypes through caricature, ridiculed an interview that Colton Haynes had with Entertainment Weekly where he came out as gay, and accused director Bryan Singer of preying on underaged boys.
