Emmy and Golden Globe winner Darren Criss is a multi-faceted artist with a career spanning stage, television, film, and music. He was most recently seen on Broadway in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo. He also starred as Hedwig in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which kicked off the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival’s national tour. The New York Times called Criss “mesmerizing” when he first stepped into the title role on Broadway in 2015. Criss made his Broadway debut in 2012 as J. Pierrepont Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Criss is also the founder of New York City’s first music festival celebrating the songs of stage and screen, Elsie Fest, which celebrated its fifth year this month. On television, Criss’ portrayal of Andrew Cunanan in Ryan Murphy’s award-winning series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace was met with widespread critical acclaim, earning him a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors’ Guild Award and Critics’ Choice Award. Criss made television history for being the first Filipino-American to win an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. It has also earned him acting nods from the Television Critics Association Awards, MTV Movie & TV Awards and People’s Choice Awards. His performance was deemed by critics as “electrifying,” “compelling” and “career-changing.” Up next, Criss will star as Lieutenant Commander Eugene Lindsey alongside Woody Harrelson and Mandy Moore in the Roland Emmerich-directed World War II film Midway, out November 8. He recently wrapped production on musical comedy series Royalties, which he created, starred in, executive produced, and wrote songs for. It will be released in early 2020 on Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform video platform Quibi. Criss is currently in production on Netflix’s Hollywood, where he rejoins Ryan Murphy as the star and executive producer of the limited series set to stream in May 2020. He rose to subcultural fame with his contribution to the YouTube cult hit, “A Very Potter Musical,” which led to the co-founding of musical comedy group sensation StarKid.