Joshua Colley facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Joshua Colley
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Born	Joshua Robert Colley (2002-01-20) January 20, 2002 (age 22) New Port Richey, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actor singer
Years active	2012–present

Joshua Robert Colley (born January 20, 2002) is an American actor and singer.

Early life

Joshua Robert Colley was born on January 20, 2002, to Brad and Robbie Lynn Colley. Colley was raised in Trinity, Florida. He has a twin brother named Cameron.

Career

Colley played the role of Les in the musical Newsies between March 11, 2013, and February 2, 2014. In January 2014, it was announced that Colley would play the role of Gavroche in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, alternating in that role with Gaten Matarazzo. Colley started with the show when it began previews on March 1, 2014, and performed until March 1, 2015. The Huffington Post called Colley's performance "'grounded and believable and anything but an outtake from Oliver!"

In 2014, Colley was cast as the voice of Pig Robinson in the Nick Jr. Channel animated television show Peter Rabbit. He voiced the role from 2014 to 2015.

Colley played the lead role in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the York Theater Company from May 24, 2016, to June 26, 2016. The cast album was released on November 18, 2016, by Broadway Records.

He took one week off of the run to perform in The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl. Colley played the role of Flounder, alongside Sara Bareilles, Tituss Burgess, John Stamos, and Rebel Wilson in the first week of June 2016.

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In the third and final season of the coming-of-age series Love, Victor, Colley portrayed Liam, Victor's sharp-tongued classmate.

In 2024, he appeared as Monty, a crow turned into a teenaged boy, in the first season of the Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives.

He plays a teen version of Captain Hook in the 2024 Disney+ film Descendants: The Rise of Red.

Personal life

..... [...] And I don't really feel like I'm wanting to put a label on myself [...] It's ever-changing and ever-evolving," and added that he's "definitely not straight."

Filmography

Theatre credits