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Actor

Thomas Kail

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Acting credits

9

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 15Series: 6Crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1485823

IMDb ID: nm2371802

Known for: Production

Born: January 20, 1978

Age: 48

Place of birth: Alexandria, Virginia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1956 - 2026

Years active: 71

Average TMDB rating: 6.94

Wikidata: Q7791435

Also known as

Tommy Kail

Other jobs

Director (9)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Co-Executive Producer (1)Songs (1)Thanks (1)

Biography

Thomas Kail (born January 20, 1977) is an American theatre and television director known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, garnering the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the latter. Kail was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018. He has also directed the television series Fosse/Verdon (2019), for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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