Joshua Robert Colley (born January 20, 2002) is an American actor and singer.
Background Joshua Robert Colley was born on January 20, 2002 in New Port Richey, Florida, to Brad and Robbie Lynn Colley. He grew up in Trinity, Florida. He has a twin brother named Cameron.
Career Colley played the role of Les in the musical Newsies between March 11, 2013, and February 2, 2014. In January 2014, it was announced that he would play the role of Gavroche in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, alternating in the role with a friend, Gaten Matarazzo. Colley began performing with the show when it began previews on March 1, 2014 and left on March 1, 2015. The Huffington Post felt his performance was "'grounded and believable and anything but an outtake from Oliver!" In 2014, Colley was cast as the voice of Pig Robinson in Peter Rabbit, an animated television show on Nick Jr. He voiced the role from 2014 to 2015.
He played the lead role in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the York Theater Company from May 24, 2016, to June 26, 2016. The cast album was released on November 18, 2016, by Broadway Records. He took a week off during the run to perform in The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl. Colley played the role of Flounder in the first week of June 2016; Sara Bareilles was one of the stars in the show. In 2021, he joined the cast of Hulu's Sex Appeal as well as a comedy movie, Senior Year. In the final season of a Hulu series Love, Victor, he portrayed Liam, Victor's sharp-tongued classmate. In 2024, he played Monty, a crow who turns into a teenaged boy, in the first season of Dead Boy Detectives, a Netflix series. He plays Captain Hook as a teen in a 2024 Disney+ film, Descendants: The Rise of Red. Colley starred as Orpheus in Hadestown on Broadway, from March 3, 2026 to May 31, 2026.Gans, Andrew J. Harrison Ghee, Joshua Colley, Jordan Tyson, Gary Dourdan, Gaby Moreno to Join Hadestown on Broadway Playbill, January 14, 2026
Personal life In a 2022 ABC News primetime documentary special about the LGBTQ+ experience, Colley spoke for the first time about his sexuality, "I am still learning who I am and what I like... I don't really feel like I'm wanting to put a label on myself... It's ever-changing and ever-evolving," He said he is "definitely not straight."
Filmography + Year Title Role Notes2022 Sex Appeal Tristan Senior Year Yaz Love, Victor Liam 2 episodes2024 Dead Boy Detectives Monty Recurring role Descendants: The Rise of Red Young Hook 2026 Brian TBA
Theater credits YearTitleRoleVenueNotes2012-13Les MisérablesGavrocheUS National Tour25th Anniversary2013–14NewsiesLesNederlander TheatreBroadway2014–15Les MisérablesGavrocheImperial TheatreBroadway2015Elf The MusicalMichael HobbsUS National Tour2016A Bronx TaleYoung CalogeroPaper Mill PlayhouseWorld PremiereYou're a Good Man, Charlie BrownCharlie BrownYork Theatre Off-BroadwayThe Little MermaidFlounderHollywood BowlConcert2026HadestownOrpheusWalter Kerr Theatre Broadway
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