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Mike Faist is a 31 years old American actor and singer. He was born on January 5, 1992, in Gahanna, Ohio, United States.

Mike Faist graduated from high school in 2009 and moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. He attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy for two semesters before dropping out.

He began his acting career in 2011 when he originated the role of Morris Delancey in Disney’s Newsies, which he later performed on Broadway (2012-2013).

Mike Faist continued to appear in independent films, television series, and Off-Broadway productions before making his breakthrough as Connor Murphy in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015-2018), for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album, and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Programme.

In 2021, Faist appeared in the series Panic and made his feature film debut as Riff, the leader of the Jets, in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, for which he received critical acclaim and a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He played Jack Twist in a West End production of Brokeback Mountain in 2023.