Colin Hanlon

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Colin Hanlon
BornNovember 1
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, production assistant, producer, sound operator
Years active2000–present

Colin Hanlon (born November 1) is an American actor, known for his role on Submissions Only.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Hanlon has a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University.

After appearing in numerous commercials, Hanlon began work in the theatre. He has appeared on Broadway as Gordon, Mark, and Roger in Rent, and played Fiyero in the national tour of Wicked. Off-Broadway, he has starred as Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance and Austin Bennett in I Love You Because. He also appeared in the world premiere of Edges. On screen, he starred as Tim Trull on the web series Submissions Only, which ran for three seasons, and played Steven on Modern Family. In 2015, he starred as Pete in the new play The 12 at the Denver Center, for which he won a Henry Award.

Theatre credits[edit]

Year Show Role Notes
Unknown Rent Gordon/The Man/Mr. Grey/Mark Cohen (u/s)/Roger Davis (u/s) Broadway[3]
2001 The Pirates of Penzance Frederic off-Broadway[4]
2004 Tick, Tick... Boom! Unknown London Fringe[4]
2005 Falsettos Whizzer Huntington Theatre
2006 Rags Ensemble New York Concert
I Love You Because Austin Bennett off-Broadway[3][4]
2007 Edges Various world premiere[4]
2010 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Warren New York Stage and Film, Jul 29 – August 1, 2010
Next Fall Luke St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Oct 27 – November 14, 2010
2011 Wicked Fiyero 1st National Tour[3]
2011 Next Thing You Know Darren CAP21, June 2011
2013 Emma Frank Churchill Arizona Theatre Company, Emma played by Anneliese van der Pol
2015 The 12 Pete Denver Center
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Douglas Panch Buck County Playhouse, Aug/Sep. 2015
2016 Dot Adam off-Broadway, Vineyard Theatre
Falsettos Understudy: Marvin, Whizzer, Mendel Broadway
2017 In Transit Steven – Replacement (January 10–29, 2017) Broadway

TV credits[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2010–2014 Submissions Only Tim Trull 22 episodes; also producer & sound operator
2012–2018 Modern Family Steven 5 episodes
2015 Snuggle Buddies Christopher Beige 1 episode
2022 Uncoupled Jonathan #1 3 episodes

Film credits[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2010 See You in September N/A accounting production assistant
2016 Dead Ant N/A production assistant

Discography[edit]

Year Title Notes
2006 I Love You Because (Original Cast Recording) Principal vocalist (on 11/20 tracks)
2012 Next Thing You Know (Original Cast Recording) Off-Broadway (CAP21)

Awards[edit]

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2015 Henry Award Best New Show The 12 Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Who's Who". submissionsonly.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Colin Hanlon". Playbill. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Gans, Andrew (February 15, 2011). "Rent's Colin Hanlon Joins Cast of Wicked's First National Tour". Playbill. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Colin Hanlon". The Kennedy Center. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

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