2022
Search results
Javier Muñoz is an American actor and singer, best known for playing Usnavi in In the Heights and Hamilton on Broadway. He is also a gay man, a cancer survivor, and a MeToo activist.
- 1 min
- Dave Quinn
- He’s already played the role for some big names. Hamilton has been known to attract a celebrity crowd and Muñoz has been center stage for some of the biggest – including President Barack Obama, Beyoncé, and the late Prince, who Muñoz told PEOPLE was his favorite celebrity guest yet.
- He’s a cancer survivor. Although he’s healthy now, Muñoz quietly battled cancer last year, stepping away from Hamilton for three months to undergo treatment.
- He got his big break with a little help from George Michael. When Muñoz had the opportunity to audition for the role of Usnavi in the workshop production of In the Heights, he turned to an old friend for help: singer George Michael.
- He comes from a family of artists. Born and raised in the Linden Projects of Brooklyn’s East New York, Muéoz is the youngest of three boys – all who had artistic ambitions, like their father.
Sep 1, 2016 · Javier Muñoz took over for Lin-Manuel Miranda as star of the Broadway hit 'Hamilton,' which isn't easy. But he's also battled cancer and HIV. So this? Well, it's still not...
Javier Muñoz is known for In the Heights (2021), Hamilton (2020) and Odd Mom Out (2015). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
- Actor, Music Department, Additional Crew
- 23 sec
Nov 30, 2015 · But in all Sunday matinees, he is portrayed by Javier Muñoz, with a penetrating stare and a Don Juan smile, instead of by the man who originated the character on both the page and the...
- 1 min
- Ben Brantley
Jul 12, 2016 · Lin-Manuel Miranda ended his run as the title character on July 9, handing over the role to his long-time alternate and fellow Puerto Rican actor Javier Muñoz. “I think we all were just taking stock of how special the journey’s been,” Muñoz told The Huffington Post.
Jul 11, 2016 · On Monday, Javier Muñoz replaces Lin-Manuel Miranda, and steps into the title role of the biggest Broadway show in years, playing the nation’s first Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton.
