A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, British actor Alex Sharp won the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as autistic teenager Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Sharp is the youngest person to win the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, which also marked his professional debut. Most recently Sharp was seen in The Hustle with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, To the Bone with Lily Collins for Netflix.
“I haven’t done a whole lot. This is my first huge thing. This is my first bite. I was waiting it out and then I caught a really, really big fish.” – Tyler Lea
Here are the nominations for the 2015 Tony Awards! An American in Paris and Fun Home both nabbed 12 nominations each, while Something Rotten! received 10.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of those shows that starts and two hours later, you wonder where the time went.
Alex Sharp went from working in a call-center and renovating houses to going to Julliard. And now, he’s starring in one of the most talked about shows of the season, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Check out this great, inspiring video!
