Jarrod Emick
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Biography
Biography
Buffed and handsome, Jarrod Emick's performance as Joe Hardy, the old man who almost sells his soul to the devil for eternal youth and baseball stardom, in the 1994 Broadway revival of "Damn Yankees" was possibly the most famous thing to happen to male underwear since those Marky Mark billboards. In 1994, Emick paraded around stage in locker room drawers to packed houses, but it was his voice that won him the Tony Award and stardom. Born in Virginia and raised in South Dakota (where his rather owned a sheep ranch), Emick found work in New York soon after hitting town, first in the ensemble of "Les Miserables" on Broadway, then as the male lead in the road company of "Miss Saigon," later taking the role on Broadway as well. Six feet tall, with strapping muscles on a lean 175 lb. frame, Emick found himself a cover boy on magazines and earned attention as a sex symbol. Yet, it was not until 1995 that he was seen on screen, first in a small role in the feature film "Jeffrey." In 1996, he made his TV debut as Josiah Day, the Union prisoner of war taken to "Andersonville," the horrid Confederate prison in the TNT Civil War drama. Later that same year, he made his series debut as the dedicated captain of a firehouse in the short-lived Fox drama series "L.A. Firefighters." Within a year, he had returned to series TV in the short-lived Fox primetime soap "Pacific Palisades."
Filmography
Cast (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1994
Starred as Joe Hardy in "Damn Yankees" revival on Broadway; won Tony Award
1995
Made feature film debut with small role in "Jeffrey"
1996
Series debut as a regular, the Fox drama "L.A. Firefighters"; show was pulled off the schedule for retooling and renamed "Fire Co. 132"; never aired
1996
TV debut co-starring in "Andersonville" for TNT
1997
Cast in the Aaron Spelling-produced primetime Fox soap "Pacific Palisades"
2000
Returned to Broadway in "The Rocky Horror Show" playing Brad
2001
Participated in the workshop production of a musical version of "A Face in the Crowd"
2002
Had lead role in the London staging of the musical "The Full Monty"
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