Photo: The Tony Awards / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Joshua Henry is exactly the kind of stage talent I admire most. A Canadian-American out of Winnipeg, trained at the University of Miami, he has collected both a Grammy and a Tony, with his Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the Ragtime revival standing as a defining performance. The Drama Desk recognition in both 2007 and 2020 shows this isn't a one-off but a sustained, decades-long excellence. I imagine that voice fills a theatre and reorders the room. Performers who truly come alive in front of a live audience, rather than behind editing and retakes, earn my deepest respect, and Henry clearly belongs in that company.
Overview
Joshua Anthony Charlton Henry (born September 2, 1984) is a Canadian-American, Grammy and Tony Award winning actor and singer of stage and screen, known for his performances in Broadway musicals. He is best known for starring as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the second Broadway revival of Ragtime, which earned him a Tony Award.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joshua Henry
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョシュア・ヘンリー
- Reading
- じょしゅあ・へんりー
- Born
- September 2, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / actor / stage actor / television actor / lyricist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Miami
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Drama Desk Awards
- 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Composer — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.