Ted Neeley

What fascinates me about Ted Neeley is how completely one role can define a life, and how gracefully he embraced that. From Ranger, Texas, to two Golden Globe nominations as Jesus in the 1973 Superstar film is a remarkable arc, but the part I admire most is his refusal to let it be a single moment. Returning to the same role on stage across decades takes a rare devotion that borders on the spiritual. He is a singer, actor and composer at heart, but to me he reads as a true believer in his own craft, carrying one defining performance like a lifelong vocation.

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Name (English)

Ted Neeley

Name (Japanese)

テッド・ニーリー

Reading

てっど・にーりー

Born

September 20, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

Ranger, Texas, United States

Occupation

singer / actor / composer / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

• Official sitehttps://www.tedneeley.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tedneeley/
• Xhttps://x.com/TedNeeley
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Neeley
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357081

Tags

• Texas
• singer
• actor
• composer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.