Colin Donnell

Colin Donnell Biography

Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes and Tommy Merlyn in the The CW television series Arrow.

Early life and education

Colin Donnell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the youngest of three brothers. He has Irish ancestry. He played the Guitar and took singing lessons when he was 17. His introduction to the stage was in high-school where he was a part of the choir and was in the background juggling and doing circus tricks, which led him in being part of his first school musical production of Barnum. As he put it, he "loved it" and the rest is just history. Colin graduated from Indiana University in 2005.

Career

Donnell has been part of many stage national tours such as Mamma Mia! and Wicked. His first Broadway Theatre performance was in Jersey Boys as Hank Mejewski. His other stage credits include Follies, Meet Me In St. Louis, Anything Goes for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Johnny Baseball and many more. Donnell started off in television by playing Mike Ruskin in the television series Pan Am. Since the fall of 2012, he starred as Tommy Merlyn in television series Arrow. For the summer of 2013, Donnell will star as Berowne in the musical adaption of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and he will also appear as Elizabeth Banks' husband in the crime thriller Every Secret Thing, which does not yet have a release date.

Personal Life

Donnell resides in New York, with a rooftop apartment. He is a literary aficionado and a music man. He has two tattoos from his tour trips - one from Memphis and one from Dayton; which are five silhouettes of birds to represent his family, and a Fleur De Lis, to show his passion for the New Orleans Saints. In May of 2013, Donnell got his appendix removed. Donnell is currently dating actress Zelda Williams.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Every Secret Thing		Post-production

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011"2012	Pan Am	Mike Ruskin	4 episodes
2012"2013	Arrow	Tommy Merlyn	Main Cast; 20 episodes

Video Games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	L.A. Noire	Various	Voice

Theater
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Almost Heaven: Songs and Stories of John Denver	Male Roles
2005"2007	Jersey Boys	Hank Mejewski, Nick Massi, Bob Gaudio
2006	Jesus Christ Superstar	Peter
2006	Meet Me In St. Louis	John Truitt
2007	Mamma Mia!	Sky
	Follies	Young Ben
	Me, Myself and I	Otto
2008	High School Musical on Stage!	Troy Bolton
2009	Wicked	Fiyero
2010	Johnny Baseball	Johnny O'Brian
2011"2012	Anything Goes	Billy Crocker	Nominated " Astaire Award Outstanding Male Dancer Nominated " Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated " Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
2012	Merrily We Roll Along	Franklin Shepard
2013	Love's Labour's Lost	Berowne

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