Darren Criss
Darren Criss
Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer, and Emmy-nominated songwriter. One of the founding members and co-owners of StarKid Productions, a musical theater company based in Chicago, Criss first garnered attention playing the lead role of Harry Potter in StarKid's musical production of A Very Potter Musical. The theater troupe made Billboard history when their original album, Me and My Dick, became the first charting student-produced musical recording, debuting at number eleven on the Top Cast Albums chart in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth5 February 1987
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and I'll fuse it with top 40.
I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for more time two days before it's due.
I always make time for the things that are important to me.
Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.
When I'm in the U.K. I find myself using a lot of Britishisms.
People fall in love with a person, not a gender
My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.
There's nothing more badass than being who you are.
As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.
Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality.
I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.
Sometimes I pretend to be an octopus. But then people are like ‘Darren what’re you doing?’ And I just sit there and laugh because they’re not cool enough to be an octopus and I’m just like ‘Hah you’re just jealous because you’re not an octopus.’
Be nice people, cause nobody likes an asshole.
No one's tried to stab me. That's cool. I enjoy not being stabbed.