Reeve Carney


Reeve Carney Biography

Reeve Carney (born April 18, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He appears in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

His brother-in-law is Greg Garbowsky, bass player for the Jonas Brothers, for whom his sister, Paris Carney-Garbowsky also sings backup.

Early life

Carney was born and raised in the West Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA, with his brother Zane and sister Paris . His great uncle was the late actor Art Carney.

Carney attended the Academy of Music at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles with his brother, Zane and future band mates Aiden Moore and Jon Epcar. He went on to study at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, majoring in studio jazz guitar.

Career

At age 15, Carney was playing guitar professionally at B.B King's night club in Los Angeles, California.

His band, Carney, consists of Reeve, Zane on guitar, Aiden Moore on bass and Jon Epcar on drums. Carney released their debut album, "Mr. Green Vol. 1", in May 2010. The band opened for Arcade Fire and U2 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on July 30 on the final date of the U2 360° Tour.

Since 2010, Carney lives in Manhattan. He starred for 2 1/2 years as Spider-Man in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which began previews in November 2010. The rest of the band is performing as part of the pit orchestra for Turn Off the Dark. He played his final performance on Sunday, September 15th, 2013.

In August 2011, Carney was cast as the late singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley in an untitled movie biography to be directed by Jake Scott. Production was announced to begin in November 2011.

Carney has also been named a Givenik Ambasador.

Carney played Taylor Swift's love interest in her "I Knew You Were Trouble" music video.

Following his departure from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Carney will join the cast of the Showtime pilot "Penny Dreadful".

Discography

Studio albums
  • Looking Glass EP (2004)
  • Nothing without You EP (2008)
  • Mr. Green Vol. 1 (2010)
Live albums
  • Live at Molly Malone's (2006)

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
US Rock
US Heat
US Adult
CAN
2011 "Rise Above 1"
(with Bono & The Edge)
74 48 5 34 71 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Soundtrack
"O Mistress Mine" 2010 Elliot Goldenthal The Tempest
"Boy Falls from the Sky" 2011 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
"Rise Above 1" Bono & The Edge
"Picture This" Bono, The Edge & Jennifer Damiano
"I Just Can't Walk Away (Say It Now)" Jennifer Damiano & T.V. Carpio
"Bouncing off the Walls" Matt Caplan, Luther Creek, Kristen Faith Oei & Sean Samuels
"No More" Jennifer Damiano
"DIY World" Patrick Page & Laura Beth Wells
"Rise Above 2" T.V. Carpio & Jennifer Damiano
"New for You" 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn " Part 2

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1994 Dave's World Extra TV series (episode "The Funeral")
1994 Pom Poko Various voices
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Young Ishmael Chambers Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film
2004 Father of the Pride Voice TV series (episode "Donkey")
2009 Spread Lead Singer
2010 The Tempest Ferdinand
2011 Jump Start Live Various voices TV series (Episode dated 6 January 2011)
2012 I Knew You Were Trouble. Music Video Ex Boyfriend Taylor Swift's Music Video.
2014 Penny Dreadful Dorian Gray TV series



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