David Bedella

David Bedella (born September 25, 1962) is an American actor. He is currently based in London and is best known for his Olivier award-winning roles in Jerry Springer: The Opera, In The Heights and & Juliet. Early life and career Bedella was born in Gary, Indiana and graduated from Merrillville High School in 1980. After performing in Showboat '81 at Opryland U.S.A. he began eight years of theatre in Chicago from 1982 to 1990 during which, in 1985, he won his first professional acting award, the Joseph Jefferson Award (Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical) for his performance in A Chorus Line. After several National Tours including Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar and 42nd Street, he relocated to New York City in the autumn of 1990 and began what would be 11 years of regional and Broadway work which included Goodspeed Opera House in 1991 and a tour of La Cage aux Folles starring Gene Barry and Lee Roy Reams. From 1992 to 1995, he played Caiaphas in the 20th anniversary national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Dennis DeYoung, Irene Cara and Syreeta Wright. In 1995, he joined the original company of Smokey Joe's Cafe on Broadway which he played, on and off, for five years before leaving to tour the United States with Diahann Carroll in Lerner and Loewe's Almost Like Being in Love. In 2001, he and his boyfriend at the time, Pressley Sutherland, relocated to the United Kingdom where Bedella began his London career.