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Happy 36th birthday to Darren Criss!

The multi-talented Darren Criss turns 36 today!

I have long appreciated Darren’s immense talents. Back in 2010, he was named New Star of the Year when I was presenting the Greggy Awards each year. He had just started on Glee that fall and his publicist had called to tell me how excited Darren had been by that. I found out how true this was a few months later when I ran into him at a little convenience store and he gave me a big, heartfelt hug. (We are pictured in 2013 at the Family Equality Awards).

So much has happened to Darren since Glee ended in 2015. He has starred on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He also debuted his indie pop band Computer Games along with his brother Chuck Criss and their EPs have made it to the top of the Billboard charts.

Most impressive acting triumph has been starring in Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. His portrayal of spree killer Andrew Cunanan earned him an Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He also won the Golden Globe and SAG awards.

He co-starred in the miniseries Hollywood as Raymond Ainsley, a half-Filipino aspiring film director hoping to break boundaries in Hollywood. He was also a co-executive producer. In 2022, Darren performed in the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Laurence Fishburne.

Darren and wife Mia Swier became the parents of a daughter born in 2022.

Happy birthday to Darren!

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