Noah Galvin

Noah Egidi Galvin (born May 6, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Dr. Asher Wolke in the TV series The Good Doctor, Kenny O'Neal in the ABC sitcom The Real O'Neals and later taking over the title role in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen. Early life Galvin was born and raised in Katonah, New York. He has two siblings, including the multi-instrumentalist Yoke Lore. His father is Catholic, of Irish and Italian descent, and his mother, Abbie (née Fink), is Jewish. He was raised "both Jewish and Catholic going to CCD, Hebrew School and church", and has described himself as Jewish. Acting career Before starring in The Real O'Neals, he appeared Off-Broadway for companies such as Signature, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, The Public, The Culture Project, The Flea, The Wild Project, New York Theatre Workshop, the Barrow Street Theater, Rattlestick and Ensemble Studio Theater. His audiobook work includes Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Matthew Quick's Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. In August 2017, Galvin was named as a temporary replacement for the title role in Dear Evan Hansen, after the departure of Ben Platt. Galvin assumed the role on November 21, 2017, and played his final performance on February 4, 2018. He also took part of the Broadway production Waitress, playing Ogie from April 29, 2019, to August 18, 2019, after which Todrick Hall took over the role. In addition to his stage roles, Galvin also narrated the character part of Arthur in What If It's Us, a novel by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli. He subsequently voiced the role of the character of Prince Rupert in the Gimlet podcast, The Two Princes, which was released on June 4, 2019.