Brian Lane Green (born March 9, 1962) is an American stage and television actor. He is known for his stage roles throughout the country like as the title character in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the 1989 Broadway production of Starmites. He also appeared as JoJo in The Life on Broadway.

Biography

Green was born in Columbus, Indiana and grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee, where he began singing in church. He won the Church of God national Teen Talent competition. After starring in a local production of Pippin, he began working as an actor, guest starring on television shows including Highway to Heaven, Hotel, Matlock, and Murder, She Wrote; and apppearing as a regular on the soap operas Days of Our Lives, Another World, and All My Children. In 1986, he made his Broadway debut in the role of Huck Finn in Big River. He appears in the 2001 gay-related film Circuit. Green collaborated with Billy Stritch and Johnny Rodgers to write, I Would Never Leave You for Liza Minne. li. The song appeared in Liza's at The Palace.... on Broadway and is on the album of the recording of the show which was produced by Phil Ramone. Most recently, Green appeared in The Broadway Tenors concerts. He serves on the Artistic Advisory Board of Gulfshore Playhouse, Southwest Florida's premier professional theater.

Filmography

Personal life

In 2003, Green came out as gay in Out magazine.