Hale Isaac Appleman is an American actor. He is known for playing Tobey Cobb in the 2007 film Teeth and Eliot in the television fantasy series The Magicians.

Hale Appleman
Appleman at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2022
EducationCarnegie Mellon University
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Early life

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Appleman was raised in Manhattan, New York.[1] He spent four summers at the performing arts summer camp French Woods and attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.[2] After attending Carnegie Mellon for "a year and a month or two",[3] he dropped out to film a role in a movie.

Career

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Appleman's credits on stage include the revival of Streamers at the Roundabout Theater Company, Clifford Odets' Paradise Lost at the American Repertory Theater, and the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play as Jesus. In 2011, he played Bob in Moonchildren at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and can be heard on the L.A. Theatre Works recording of Sam Shepard's Buried Child. Appleman was seen at The Old Globe Theater as Mercutio in The Last Goodbye.

Appleman played Zach on the NBC musical drama series Smash.[4] He made his film debut in Beautiful Ohio and portrayed cartoonist Judd Winick in Pedro. His other credits include Josh Neff in Private Romeo, the short film Oysters Rockefeller, and The Magicians, a TV series based on the novel of the same name by Lev Grossman, in which he played the magician Eliot from 2015 to 2020.

Personal life

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Appleman has said that he is "definitely not straight"[5] and described himself as queer.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Beautiful Ohio Elliot
2007 Teeth Tobey
2008 Pedro Judd
2011 Private Romeo Josh Neff
2015 White Orchid Handsome

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Smash Zach 2 episodes
2015–2020 The Magicians Eliot Waugh Main role
2021 Truth Be Told Lachlan 4 episodes
2022 American Horror Story: NYC Daniel Kanowicz 5 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "2018's Icons, Innovators, and Disruptors". www.advocate.com. March 8, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hale Appleman of 'The Magicians' Talks Acting, Sex, and Other Interests". The New York Observer. March 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Hale Appleman of 'The Magicians' Talks Acting, Sex, and Other Interests". Observer. March 22, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Jones, Kenneth (March 13, 2012). "The Smash Report: Episode 6, Or, The Pajama Top Game". Playbill. p. 2. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "2018's Icons, Innovators, and Disruptors". www.advocate.com. March 8, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. ^ Dommu, Rose (February 21, 2019). "The Magicians Hale Appleman Ships Queliot as Hard as You Do". Out. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
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