American actor
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama. BFA, 2003
Won the National Forensics League National Tournament Championships in Humorous Interpretation and Original Oratory in 1999.
Attended the University School (FL).
Best friends and high school classmates with "Dirty Sexy Money" s star, Seth Gabel (Seth Cosentino back in high school).
Nominated for a 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Elder Cunningham in "The Book of Mormon.".
Godfather of Theo Gabel, son of Seth Gabel and Bryce Dallas Howard.
His father was born in Afghanistan, to an Afghan Jewish family. His mother, who is originally from New York, is of Ashkenazi Jewish background.
I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.
