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Judas & Jesus

2008

Judas is the hero and Jesus is the villain in this lewd retelling of the classic Bible story. Depicted through anthropomorphic animals, we see a unique alternative perspective. Judas (an unscrupulous black goat) has been at odds with Jesus (a self-righteous white sheep) ever since childhood. However, when an opportunity arises to sell Jesus out for the 30 Euros he needs to get into Maria Magdalena's sex show, things finally seem to start going Judas' way. But what will Jesus' adoring fans have to say about it?

Ian Virgo

Cast · Known for LEGO Friends: Heartlake the Musical

Ian Virgo (born Ian Frederick Virgo, 5 May 1981 in Glendale, California) – British-American actor and singer who moved to Caldicot, Wales at age six, giving him dual nationality. The youngest person ever accepted onto the postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied acting and singing at 17. He is also an active musical theatre performer, having played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Freddie in My Fair Lady, and Danny Zuko in Grease. His most notable film roles include Specialist John Waddell in Black Hawk Down (2001, directed by Ridley Scott), a role in Band of Brothers (2001, directed by Steven Spielberg), Jimmy Gerenuk in the Rise of the Footsoldier trilogy (2007–2017), and Chris in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014). On television he has appeared in EastEnders, Casualty, Spooks (2008), Crash (2009–2010, 12 episodes), Doctors (2010), and The Bastard Executioner (2015). He was awarded an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2017.

Damon Evans

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Damon Evans (born November 24, 1949) is an American actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Evans attended the Interlochen Academy on a Reader's Digest Scholarship. After graduation, he attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. While in Boston he appeared in productions of Two If by Sea, Hair, and The Corner at the Theatre Company of Boston. His Off-Broadway credits include performances in A Day in the Life of Just About Everyone, Bury the Dead (for the Urban Arts Corp) and Love Me, Love My Children. He made his Broadway debut in The Me Nobody Knows. Other Broadway credits include Via Galactica and Lost in the Stars. He also toured as Judas and Jesus Christ in the authorized concert version of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. He appeared in the Tony-, Obie-, and Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. In the late 1980s, Evans appeared in Trevor Nunn's enormously successful, critically acclaimed, Glyndebourne Festival production of the George Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess, and again in the 1993 television adaptation of that production. In addition to Evans and other noted performers, this British production of Gershwin's 'American folk opera' featured the Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Philharmonic, both conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Evans played Sportin' Life, a role originated by John W. Bubbles and originally written for famed 1920s and 1930s jazz bandleader and singer Cab Calloway. CLR

Stephen Tate

Stephen Tate is a British actor and musical theatre artist who trained at the Royal Ballet School. In 1971, he portrayed Judas in the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and went on to star in many other musicals including Cats and Les Misérables. On television, he is possibly best known for his recurring role as Alan in the 1970s television drama Survivors and as Dick Meyer in the 1980s comedy drama Big Deal alongside Ray Brooks. His other credits include Z-Cars, The Onedin Line, Blake's 7, Yes Minister, The Black Adder, Dear John, Boon, The Bill, Minder, Cardiac Arrest, Silent Witness and Emmerdale. He played Monsieur Fauchlevant in the 2012 film version of Les Misérables. Tate is the director of Dramatic Change Theatre Company in Gloucestershire, an issue-based theatre company made up primarily of actors with learning disabilities.

Carl Anderson

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carl Anderson (February 27, 1945 – February 23, 2004) was an American singer, film and theatre actor best known for his portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of the rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Anderson (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Adrian Lewis Morgan

Cast · Known for Doctors

Adrian Lewis Morgan is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Dr Jimmi Clay in the long-running BBC daytime soap Doctors from 2005 to its cancellation in 2024, making him the show's longest-serving character. In 2020, his portrayal saw him win the RTS Midlands Award for Best Actor. Prior to starring in Doctors, Morgan had played nurse Liam Evans in Holby City from 2001 to 2002 and had starred in numerous West End shows including Sweeney Todd (as Tobias Ragg), Rent (as Roger), Les Miserables (as Marius), and Jesus Christ Superstar (as Judas/Annas).

John Waters

John Waters (born December 8, 1948) is one of Australia's most recognised and respected film and theatre actors. He was born in London England, the middle of five children of Scottish actor, Russell Waters. As a child John often hung around film studios while dad worked and even starred in a few young parts. He first faced a live audience as a singer and bass player with 60s R & R Band The Riots and appeared in Macbeth before travelling to Australia in 1968 with only a guitar and $90. He soon heard a US film called Adam's Woman, starring Beau Bridges, was being filmed in NSW so he managed to get himself cast in a small role. Fellow cast members recommended he try auditioning for a musical. He did, and landed the lead role of Claude in Sydney's 1969 production of the landmark rock musical, Hair. This was followed by the role of Judas in Godspell. This led to an acting career on stage, film and television that elevated him to his current status as Australia's most versatile leading man. From the brooding Sgt. McKellar Of ABC TV's Rush in 1974 which earned him a Logie Award for Best New Talent, through the Australian film boom that followed with films such as End Play, Summerfield, Breaker Morant, and on to the mini-series of the 80's, All The Rivers Run, Nancy Wake and Alice To Nowhere. Not to be forgotten was his ten year stint as host of childrens ABC program PlaySchool. John has always intrigued audiences with his diversity. Since collecting Australia's highest accolade as the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor Award in 1988 for the film Boulevard of Broken Dreams, John has re-embraced musical theatre as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady, and They're Playing Our Song, and in productions of The Hunting of the Snark for Mike Batt, and A Little Night Music for the Sydney Theatre Company. He has also appeared in Love Letters at the Sydney Opera House and Children of a Lesser God. In 1995 he appeared in ReUnion a rock musical written and financed by himself and Stewart D'Arrietta. He won unanimous acclaim in the role of Pontius Pilate in the 1992 concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar with John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens and Angry Anderson which successfully toured the nation. He has made guest appearances in various TV series, including Good Guys Bad Guys, The Man From Snowy River, All Together Now and Young Lions. John's self written one man show Looking Through a Glass Onion, based on the life of John Lennon, toured nationally and regularly since 1992 and also played six months in London's West End in 1995.

Murray Head

Murray Seafield St George Head (born 5 March 1946) is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday. As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album Say It Ain't So. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts, and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor. Head was born in London to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (20 August 1919 – 22 March 2009) and Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 − 8 October 2019). Head's father was a documentary filmmaker for Verity Films. Head's mother played Mme Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon. Head's younger brother Anthony Head is also an actor, best known for playing Rupert Giles in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington, London and Hampton School in Hampton, Middlesex. He attended Chiswick Polytechnic (A level college) in the early 1960s. Head began writing songs as a child, and by the mid-1960s he had a London-based recording contract. He briefly appeared as one of the hosts of the Bristol-based television pop show Now! alongside Michael Palin. He had limited success, until asked by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber to play Judas Iscariot on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar; at the time, he had been appearing in the West End production of the musical Hair. With the Trinidad Singers, the song "Superstar" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971. He made his film debut in The Family Way (1966), which featured Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and John Mills in the leading roles. Head won a leading role in the Oscar-nominated film Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), alongside Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson. Despite these successes, he received little public attention in the next ten years (except for his single release, "Say It Ain't So, Joe" in 1975, which has been covered by The Who's lead vocalist, Roger Daltrey, among others, including The Hollies). "Never Even Thought" has been covered by both Colin Blunstone and Cliff Richard. In 1973, he appeared in a radio drama, The Fourth Tower of Inverness. In 1979, Head appeared in the miniseries Prince Regent and the final episode of the ITV program Return of the Saint. ... Source: Article "Murray Head" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Brandon Victor Dixon (born September 23, 1981) is an American actor, singer and theatrical producer. As an actor, he is known for Tony-nominated Broadway performances as Harpo in the 2005 musical The Color Purple and Eubie Blake in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (2016). He originated both roles, as well as the leading role of Berry Gordy Jr. in Motown: The Musical (2013) on Broadway, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. In 2016, Dixon assumed the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway company of Hamilton. Off-Broadway as well as in London's West End, Dixon played the role of Hayward Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys. As a producer, Dixon's credits include Broadway revivals Of Mice and Men (2014) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch; the latter won the 2014 Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for best revival of a musical. In 2018, Dixon portrayed Judas Iscariot in NBC's live concert version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jesse Plemons

Cast · Known for Black Mirror, Kinds of Kindness, Killers of the Flower Moon

Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a breakthrough with his role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2012–2013) and its sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). He received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series Fargo (2015). He won a Critics' Choice Television Award. He received a second Emmy nomination for his performance in "USS Callister", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror (2017). Plemons has acted in supporting roles in films such as The Master (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), Game Night (2018), The Irishman (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He starred in Other People (2016) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). For playing a rancher in The Power of the Dog (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for playing three roles in the anthology film Kinds of Kindness (2024), he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.

Jessica Blank

Jessica Blank is an American actress, writer, and director who works in film, television, and theater. She is also a consultant and public speaker on story and social change. As an actress, Blank appeared regularly in CBS' "Made in Jersey". She has also appeared on "Blue Bloods", "Elementary", "The Following", "The Mentalist", HBO's "High Maintenance", "Bored to Death", "Rescue Me", "Law and Order: Criminal Intent", "The Bronx Is Burning", and several other shows. In film, she has appeared in The Namesake, Slender Man, The Exonerated, and You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You, and over a dozen indies including "Creative Control" (Grand Jury Prize, SXSW 2015) and "On the Road With Judas" (Sundance). She has acted in theaters throughout New York City. In 2015 she played the role of Heather Drake in the 16th episode of the fifth season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods on the episode "In The Box"

Jayd Deroché

Jayd is an accomplished 12 year old singer, tap dancer, young filmmaker, musician and an award-winning actor. This rising star has performed in several films, television shows such as Amazon's The Boys, Jayd is a series regular on new Netflix series - I Woke up a Vampire' and has voiced multiple characters for animated series such as PBS' Cyberchase and CBC/Sky's Mittens & Pants, PBS's Xavier Riddle, Jayd is voicing Jon Cassidy, the Lead Role of Dinsey Junior's Dino Ranch, the Lead of PBS's Super Why, he is a new character on Paw Patrol, and he is leading another Mattel Production which will be announced soon, and he is also the lead of another popular Nickelodeon Production! Jayd's radiating energy and optimism make him an invigorating and dynamic presence on stage. He has performed on stages around the world, He has danced with The Jacksons, and he just finished his musical theatre debut in the London Palladium Production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Lawrence Connor. Jayd played the role of Judah, with his own solo. Jayd is represented by Jessica Martins of Hero Artists.

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Rob Halford

Robert John Arthur Halford is an English singer-songwriter, and is the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning English heavy metal band Judas Priest. He is considered one of the most consistently powerful singers in rock, possessing a wide vocal range, and is particularly known for his trademark high-pitched, operatic, soaring screams. His vocal range currently spans nearly four octaves. In addition to his work with Judas Priest, he has been involved with several side projects, including Fight, 2wo and Halford. AllMusic said of Halford, "There have been few vocalists in the history of heavy metal whose singing style has been as influential and instantly recognizable... able to effortlessly alternate between a throaty growl and an ear-splitting falsetto." He has also been nicknamed "Metal God" by fans. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Judas Priest in 2022, via the Award for Musical Excellence.

James Udom

James is a classically trained actor known for his roles in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Sandman, Judas and the Black Messiah. On stage, he was most recently seen in The Taming of the Shrew, opposite Deborah Ann Wolf, directed by Shana Cooper (2010 Princess Grace Award). He received his Princess Grace Award in 2017 while he was at the Yale School of Drama (now David Geffen School of Drama).

Jon David Casey

Jon David Casey is an actor, known for Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Judas Kiss (1998) and The Punisher (2017).

Dominique Fishback

Cast · Known for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Blue Bloods

Dominique Fishback (born March 22, 1991) is an American actress and playwright who is best known for having played Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero, Darlene on The Deuce, and Deborah Johnson in Judas and the Black Messiah, the latter of which earned her a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Wallace Smith

Wallace Smith got his Broadway break playing the lead role of Simba in “Disney’s Lion King”, almost immediately afterward landing roles in “Ragtime” and “American Idiot”. From there he jumped to the role of Judas in the Broadway revival of “Godspell”. Before landing the role of Apollo Creed’s manager in Broadway’s “Rocky: The Musical”, Wallace debuted in “White Noise” (Chicago), “The Last Goodbye” (San Diego’s Old Globe), and “Pippin” (Kansas City Rep) and more. Smith is (currently) playing “Hercules Mulligan/James Madison” in the Broadway company of HAMILTON after performing the role in the original Chicago Company (2016). A triple threat, Wallace is also a singer/songwriter/recording artist, with two albums on iTunes ‘Intersections’ & ‘smithsoniAM’.

Susanne Wuest

Susanne Elisabeth Wuest (born September 26, 1979) is an Austrian actress. Initially a piano enthusiast as a child, Wuest has since carved out a career in film. She appeared as the vampire Lisa in the web-series, Judas Goat for the Edinburgh film company, Seventh Crow. It was a 5 part mini-series that then went on to win several Scottish film awards. Her leading roles in films include Antares and Goodnight Mommy.

LaKeith Stanfield

Cast · Known for Roofman, I Love Boosters, Get Out

LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Get Out (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Uncut Gems (2019), Knives Out (2019), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Stanfield has also appeared in the films Selma (2014), Dope (2015), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Crown Heights (2017), The Photograph (2020), The Harder They Fall (2021), Haunted Mansion (2023), and The Book of Clarence (2023). On television, he starred in the series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he won a Black Reel Award for Television, and in the horror series The Changeling (2023–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article LaKeith Stanfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Deborah Rush

Cast · Known for American Wedding, You've Got Mail

Deborah Rush (born April 10, 1954) is an American actress. She has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom. In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.

Yul Vazquez

Cast · Known for War of the Worlds, Bad Boys II, American Gangster

Yul Vázquez was born in Cuba. He is an actor and he is married to Linda Larkin. He has appeared as “Bob” in the Seinfeld episodes “The Soup Nazi”, “The Sponge” and “The Puerto Rican Day”. YUL VÁZQUEZ has appeared in over thirty films including “The A-Team” (2010) with Liam Neeson, John Sayles' Amigo, Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic “Che” (2008), “The Take” (2008), “American Gangster” (2007- SAG Award nomination, Outstanding Cast), “Music Within” (2007), "War of the Worlds" (2005), “Bad Boys 2” (2003), "Traffic" (2000- Winner, SAG Award, Outstanding Cast), and "Runaway Bride" (1999). An original member of LAByrinth Theater Company, Vazquez has appeared in countless LAB productions, including Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Other theater includes Terrence McNally’s “The Stendhal Syndrome” at Primary Stages With Isabella Rossellini, and Eduardo Machado’s “The Floating Island Plays” at Mark Taper Forum. Upcoming feature films include “Fugly!” with John Leguizamo, “Salvation Boulevard” with Pierce Brosnan and "The Missing Person", which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Vazquez will be returning to the stage in the Broadway premiere of "Motherf**ker With The Hat" which also boasts the talents of Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra and comic Chris Rock (previews March 22, 2011). Yul Vázquez currently serves as co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company with Stephen Adly Guirgis & Mimi O'Donnell in New York City. In 2010 Yul Vazquez founded mechanizedmules. A film production company with Ed Vassallo, Rick Rodgers and Robert Leaver. Their first short film F--K premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in spring of 2010. They are currently in production for their first feature film which is shot in Sugar Hill section of New York City - surrounding the last active graveyard in Manhattan. Trinity Cemetery between 152nd and 155th street on the west side of Manhattan.

Tahar Rahim

Cast · Known for The Eagle

Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor. His breakthrough performance was in the 2009 French film A Prophet, for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and Most Promising Actor. He has since starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower and Judas in the film Mary Magdalene (both 2018). garnered critical acclaim and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021).

Terayle Hill

Terayle is an American Entertainer and Entrepreneur. He was born in Pomona, California in 1994 and raised in Moreno Valley, California - before venturing over to Atlanta, Georgia where he and graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts - for Television and Film. He's most known for his work on Step Up on Starz, Judas and the Black Messiah, Cobra Kai, Block Party, and various television shows and movies over the span on the last 7 years. Outside of acting, Terayle engages his time and energy in other areas of the entertainment industry. Since 2014, he's been directing and producing films that have garnered much attention and recognition in yearly film-festival circuits. Terayle has also brought his first love, rapping, to the main stage of television and film. He's landed a few musical placements in the film industry. He most notably wrote and performed a levy of music Step Up on Starz Network. Terayle recently released a new EP called Wesside Luv Storie which is now available everywhere! Terayle also has crossed over to the stage! During the Summer of 2022, Terayle made his theater debut as the role of "Emmett" in the World Premiere of "Lambs to Slaughter" at Cherry Lane Theater (The Negro Ensemble) in New York City! Terayle has come a long way and has no intention on stopping any time soon. He is on a daily pursuit of mastering his on-camera abilities, as well as making an early transition into entrepreneurship as the co-founder of the multi-media enterprise, "Everybodies Inc."