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David Bedella (born September 25, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in , In The Heights, and & Juliet. He has won three Olivier Awards.
Having relocated to London in 2001, Bedalla won his most famous role in 2002, playing Jonathan Wierus in the first act and Satan in the second act of at the National Theatre. For this role, he received the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Later that year, he appeared in a recurring role as plastic surgeon Dr. Carlos Fashola in the British medical drama series Holby City. He then played the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and had a 16-month run playing as Frank-N-Furter in the UK tour of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show from 2006 to 2007. During that period, he also had minor roles in films such as Batman Begins and Alexander.
In 2008, Bedella played Alexander Molokov in a concert version of Chess at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 and 13 May 2008, and performed in the West End gala performance of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at the Soho Revue Bar. Since 2009, he has provided voices of characters such as Carlos (The Great Race only), Victor, the Mayor of Sodor, and a Cuban man in the British and American dubs of Thomas & Friends. In 2012, he replaced Matt Wilkinson as Victor in the British dub of Blue Mountain Mystery. In 2015, he replaced Keith Wickham as the Mayor of Sodor in the British dub.
From 2009 to 2010, Bedella reprised his role as Frank-N-Furter in the UK tour cast of The Rocky Horror Show. In October 2011, he appeared in a concert of the new musical Soho Cinders at the Sondheim Theatre in London. From 2011 to 2012, he made his pantomime debut as Blackheart in Robinson Crusoe at the New Theatre in Cardiff. In 2012, he played Arnold in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. In 2013, he appeared in the British drama series By Any Means. In 2014, he starred as popstar Frankie Parsons in the episode "Last Gasp" of the British dark comedy series Inside No. 9.
In 2014, Bedella appeared with Bradley Walsh in Peter Pan at the Milton Keynes Theatre and in the fall of that year, he portrayed Sweeney Todd in a production of at the Twickenham Theatre. On 16 January 2015, it was confirmed that he would be joining Mel Brooks' musical The Producers as Roger De Bris. He again reprised his role as Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show alongside the show's writer Richard O'Brien.
For several years, Bedella has hosted his own live chat show called David Bedella and Friends, which won the London Cabaret Society's Best Long Running Cabaret Award in 2015. The chat show began at the Alley Cat venue and moved to the St. James Theatre in London, hosting an array of artists from stage and screen. From 2015 to 2017, he starred as Kevin Rosario in the Tony Award-winning In the Heights at the Kings Cross Theatre in London, for which he won a WhatsOnStage Award and his second Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
In 2017, Bedella recorded two songs for the album Wit & Whimsy – Songs by Alexander S. Bermange, which reached No. 1 in the iTunes comedy album chart. In 2018, he returned to Chicago as part of the cast of the American premiere of Nell Gwynn at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. In 2019, he originated the role of Lance in the musical & Juliet. The musical made its world debut at the Manchester Opera House and then transferred to London's Shaftesbury Theatre. Bedella subsequently won the 2020 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance. This marked his second win in this category and third Olivier win overall. He left the production on 26 March 2022.
Bedella has also partnered with John Linehan in pantomime at the Belfast Grand Opera House in Northern Ireland. In 2023, he reprised his role as Frank-N-Furter in the Adelaide, Melbourne, and Gold Coast legs of the Australian 50th Anniversary Tour of The Rocky Horror Show. In March 2024, Bedella began a run reprising his role as Lance in the Broadway production of & Juliet, marking his return to the Broadway stage.
| 2009 | Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails | Victor (voice) | Direct-to-video |
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| 2012 | Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery | Victor / Cuban Man (voice) | |
| 2013 | Victor (voice) | ||
| Resting | Harry Boe | Short Film | |
| 2016 | Victor / Carlos (voice) | Direct-to-video | |
| Punk Strut: The Movie | Walter Wall Jr. | ||
| 2017 | Victor (voice) | Direct-to-video | |
| This Is Axiom | Sam | Short Film | |
| 2018 | A Reel Life | Precious Stone | |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives | Drew Favreau | |
| 2024 | Argylle | Leonard |
| 2003 | Days That Shook the World | Voiceover Artist (voice) | Credited as David Bedalla |
| 2004–05 | Holby City | Carlos Fashola | 19 episodes |
| 2005 | Warm-up Man / Satan | TV movie | |
| Blessed | Restaurant Owner-Quentin | Episode: "Just Looking (Stereophonics)" | |
| 2009 | Great Performances | Alexander Molokov | Episode: "Chess in Concert" |
| 2009–20 | Thomas & Friends | Victor (voice) | 54 episodes |
| 2013 | By Any Means | Luis Velasquez | Episode: "Episode #1.3" |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Frankie J. Parsons | Episode: "Last Gasp" |
| 2016 | Resting | Bernard | Episode: "Fucked" |
| 2018 | Deep State | Tilson | 2 episodes |
| 2022–23 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | President Charles Bachler | 5 episodes |
| 2024 | Jesus Crown of Thorns | King Herod | 3 episodes |
| 2025 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Hank Sawyer | Episode: "Biff! Pow! Zap!" |
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