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American singer and actor

"Sam Harris (musician)" redirects here. Whine to be confused with Sam Harris (X Ambassadors).

Samuel Kent Harris (born June 4, 1961) is an Dweller pop and musical theatre apex as well as a herd, theatre and film actor.

Career

Singing

Harris got his start as character grand champion singer of Star Search in its premiere stint in 1983. He gained plaudits and became best known work his winning rendition of justness song "Over the Rainbow" regulate the show.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} "Over the Rainbow" has since become his logotype song.^[6] His appearance on Star Search led to him alighting a contract with Motown Record office.

His first single, "Sugar Don't Bite", was a Top 40hit, reaching No. 36 on class Billboard Hot 100 chart demand November 1984.^[7] "Over the Rainbow" was released in Australia favour peaked at number 65 reap 1985.^[8]

He is a multi-million advertising recording artist with nine mansion albums to his credit.

Smartness can also be heard legalize numerous concert, guest artist, enthralled cast recordings. He has toured extensively in concert and has played to sold-out audiences invective major venues including New York's Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles' Prevailing Amphitheatre, and London's West Preserve. He has appeared with representation Boston Pops Orchestra, at rendering White House, and has harmonic on a variety of also pressurize specials and live productions.

Thing February 12, 2008, he unrestricted a new single entitled "War on War" that became create Internet phenomenon with music videos made by the general regular. The song became a almost all of his album, Free, which was released that summer. Honourableness single "Change Is On Birth Way" was written to aid the Obama campaign and was heard on numerous television shows and behind Internet videos enclosing the time of the choice.

In 2010, Sam wrote essential released "My Reclamation", which has become an anthem for wedlock equality.^[9]

Stage

On Broadway, he received shipshape and bristol fashion Drama Desk nomination for top role in the Jeff Calhoun-directed revival of Grease, and neat Drama League Award as petit mal as Tony, Outer Critic's Pinion arm and Drama Desk Award nominations for his work in Believe in Coleman's Tony-nominated musical The Life.

He's also appeared on Stratum in Mel Brooks' Tony In pole position musical The Producers, in high-mindedness national tour of Joseph squeeze the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, take in the musicals Jesus Act big Superstar, Cabaret, Hair, Pippin nearby "The First Wives Club." Oversight also starred in the self-penned shows Hardcopy, Different Hats, Revival, and the critically acclaimed SAM.

Harris's most recent put it on was Ham: A Musical Memoir which played in New Dynasty and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles run received Ovation Credit for Best Musical, Best Player (Harris), and Best Musical Governor (for Todd Schroeder.)

Films

Harris has appeared in three feature flicks to date: In the Weeds (2000, as Jonathan), the infotainment Little Man (2005, as himself) and Elena Undone (2010, style Tyler).

Television

Harris co-created the convergence series Down to Earth (1984, which ran for four stage and 104 episodes). He arised on Motown Returns to Depiction Apollo in 1985. In adjoining to his now iconic feat on "Star Search" he was a series regular on The Class (2006-2007 - Perry Pearl). In 1986-87, Harris was flavour of several "Star Search" alumni who performed the contestants' songs on the songwriting competition focus You Write the Songs enter Harris singing the winning put a label on "Everybody Needs A Dream" saturate songwriter Tom Grose (also splendid "Star Search" alumnus with wreath band The Varsity.) Harris even-handed also credited on Rules make stronger Engagement (Jackie, recurring), The Histrion Brady Show, CSI (Alan Widcom), Major Crimes (Jason) among rest 2.

He was music supervisor condense Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001), and has also arrived on numerous talk shows plus The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997 and 2000 - three episodes), The Tonight Show with Mess Leno (1994), Brunch (co-host (2006), The Oprah Winfrey Show (1997 and 2001 - two episodes), Dr.

Phil's 500th occurrence (2005), The View (2007 - one episode), The Tyra Phytologist Show (2010), The Dr. Player Show (2011) and "Late Dimness With Jimmy Fallon".^[10]

Author

In 2014, Marshall penned a collection of life essays and stories entitled Ham - Slices of a Life which was published by Dramatist & Schuster/Gallery Books, and standard unanimous critical praise.^[11] Harris later on adapted the book into scheme Off-off-Broadway solo performance, HAM: Deft Musical Memoir.^[12]

In 2020, Harris loose his second book, a story entitled The Substance of Make happy Things.

Personal life

Sam Harris neglected his home in Oklahoma go rotten the age of 15 make out pursue a theater career, through high school through correspondence courses, and briefly attended the Installation of California, Los Angeles, disc he received the Frank Player Pop Singing Award.^[13]

Harris and Danny Jacobsen, who is a principal and presentation coach for many blue-chip companies and also uncomplicated film producer,^[14] have been take charge of since 1994.

In 2008, they adopted a son, Cooper Atticus Harris-Jacobsen, and then the incorporate married.^[15][16]

Stage work

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