Christian Borle
Broadway’s Very HOT William Shakespeare
Christian has Been back on Broadway starring in the Hit “Something Rotten” and has picked up Tony award and a Drama Desk Award for best performance by a featured actor in a musical. Christian has also won the fans with his Shakespearean performance to take home Broadway.com Audience Award.
Christian Borle (b 1973) is an American actor featured in several Broadway productions. A two-time Tony Award winner for his roles in Peter and the Starcatcher as Black Stache and Something Rotten! as William Shakespeare, Borle also starred as Tom Levitt on the NBC musical-drama series Smash.
Borle made his Broadway debut in 1998, understudying the role of Willard in the stage adaptation of the film Footloose. He was featured in the 2000 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, and was the dance captain and understudy of several characters for the short-lived 2002 musical Amour.
Borle is perhaps best known for his performance in a 2003 advertisement for California-based online auction company, eBay. In the 30-second TV spot, Borle plays a store clerk who breaks into song and dance when asked about a product. The song, “That’s on eBay” was a parody of the standard “That’s Amore”. Also in 2003, he replaced Gavin Creel in the role of Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie. He married his co-star, In 2006, two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster until their divorce in 2010.
Christian joined Steven Spielberg’s NBC pilot, the much loved TV series “Smash” with Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston, Katharine McPhee, Brian d’Arcy James, and Megan Hilty. The series follows a cross section of characters who come together to mount a Marilyn Monroe-themed musical (which is called Bombshell) on Broadway. In May 2011, it was reported that NBC had picked up the show as a series for the 2011–2012 season.  In March 2012, NBC announced it would renew the series for a second season with 15 episodes and was cancelled, NBC said it was due to ratings, how Smash was one of the most downloaded shows on the internet (Like HBO’s “Looking”). I will put a link for Smash on DVD and Blu-Ray at the bottom of the page.
Christian Borle on Ebay Commercial
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