Gavin Creel

Every time I see Gavin Creel's name I feel the loss of a light gone out on Broadway too soon. From Findlay, Ohio and the University of Michigan, he climbed to the very top of musical theater, gathering a Grammy, a Tony, two Drama Desk Awards and an Olivier along the way, the kind of haul that marks the genuine article. Stage work is a fragile, one-night-only magic that film can never quite capture, which is why I hold theater performers in such high regard. He died at 48 in 2024, far too early, but his voice lives on in recordings and memory, and that endures.

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Name (English)

Gavin Creel

Name (Japanese)

ギャビン・クリール

Reading

ぎゃびん・くりーる

Born

April 18, 1976 – September 30, 2024

Origin

Findlay, Ohio, United States

Occupation

songwriter / actor / singer / television actor / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

High school

Findlay High School

University

University of Michigan

Awards & achievements

• Laurence Olivier Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.gavincreel.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Creel
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3758985

Tags

• Ohio
• songwriter
• actor
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.