Ramin Karimloo
Ramin Karimloo (; Persian: رامین کریملو; born (1978-09-19)September 19, 1978) is a Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter known for his work on the West End and Broadway theatre.
He has played the leading roles in both of the West End's longest running musicals: The Phantom and Raoul de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera, as Jean Valjean, Enjolras, and Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables. He also originated the roles of Gleb Vaganov in Anastasia, a stage adaptation of the 1997 film, Nick Arnstein in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, which continues the story of Phantom. He is also known for his many portrayals of Anatoly Sergievsky in the musical Chess. He first played the role at the Kennedy Center in 2018, followed by a 2020 Japan tour and a Broadway concert in 2022. He returned to Broadway in 2025 as the Pirate King in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of The Pirates of Penzance titled Pirates! The Penzance Musical.
He is also known to many Phantom fans for playing the role of the Phantom during The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Performance at the Royal Albert Hall, which was shown live in movie theaters around the world in October 2011, appearing opposite Sierra Boggess and Hadley Fraser as Christine Daaé and Raoul de Chagny, respectively. He also appeared in Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary reprising the role of Enjolras in October 2010. In early 2011 it was streamed on PBS and released on DVD and Blu-ray.
He made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Misérables, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He can also be heard as Stavros in As The Curtain Rises, Broadway's first original podcast soap opera.
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Good Morning, My Brothers / Pour, Oh Pour! - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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When Fred'ric was a little lad - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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I Am the Pirate King - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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We're Sashayin' Through the Old French Quarter - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Stop, ladies, pray! - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Oh, is there not one maiden breast - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Poor Wand'ring One - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Here's a first-rate opportunity - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Hold, monsters! - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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I am the very model of a modern Major-General - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Major-General Encore - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Act One Finale - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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The 'Sail the Ocean' Blues - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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The Nightmare Song - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Oh, dry the glistening tear - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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When the foeman bares his steel - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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A Paradox - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Away, away! - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Alone, and yet alive - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Ah, leave me not to pine / Oh, here is love - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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A Policeman's Lot - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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With catlike tread! - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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With catlike tread! Encore - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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Act Two Finale - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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We're All From Some Place Else - Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -
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I Love Me More
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