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Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born December 2, 1971) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the Broadway musical ''Rent'', for which he won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical. Heredia also originated the role at London's Shaftesbury Theatre in the West End theatre district and in the 2005 film adaptation. ==Life and career== Heredia was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic - a seamstress mother and a building superintendent father. He has appeared in several films, including his portrayal of Cha-Cha, the drag queen, in 1999's ''Flawless'', where he worked opposite former ''Rent'' cast mate Daphne Rubin-Vega. The film also stars Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Heredia also appeared in the ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' episode "Nocturne". Along with five other principal members of the original Broadway cast, Heredia appeared in the film release of ''Rent'', directed by Chris Columbus. Heredia stated that he enjoys the transformational process involved in assuming the persona of the cross-dressing Angel, but dislikes having makeup on his face and found the high heels he had to wear as part of his costume extremely painful. Heredia says he enjoyed the blackly comedic parody of ''Rent'' in the film ''Team America: World Police'', which features a fictional Broadway musical called ''Lease''. He enjoys filming because the close up shots allow him to "cut loose" and go wild a lot more than the stage allows. On January 9, 2006, he presented an award at the Critics' Choice Awards with Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, and Tracie Thoms, his costars from the ''Rent'' motion picture. He appeared along with Dawson and Thoms on the 2007 film ''Descent'', playing the character of Diego. Heredia has also guest starred on ''Medium'' and ''Without a Trace'', as of late 2009 he has filmed a pilot called ''Three Chris's'' and is currently working on several films. He made his return to Broadway in ''La Cage aux Folles'' on February 15, 2011 in the role of Jacob (replacing Robin de Jesus). He starred alongside Harvey Fierstein (who won a Tony Award for writing the Book of the musical) as Albin/Zaza and Broadway veteran Christopher Sieber as Georges. Heredia recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and starred in The San Francisco Playhouse's production of ''Camelot'', as Sir Lancelot, and Berkeley Playhouse's production of ''A Little Princess'' as Pasko. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilson Jermaine Heredia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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