Sean Grandillo

Sean Grandillo (born December 9, 1992) is an American actor, singer and musician, known for his roles as the Voice of Otto in the 2015 Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, Eli Hudson in MTV's horror series Scream, Brett Young in ABC's comedy series The Real O'Neals, and Curly McLain in the 2021-2022 national tour of Oklahoma!.^[1]

Sean Grandillo
Born	(1992-12-09) December 9, 1992 (age 31) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Ithaca College
Occupations	Actor singer musician
Years active	2012–present

Early life

Grandillo was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Aurora, Ohio. He was educated at Leighton Elementary School and graduated from Aurora High School.^[2] He went on to attend Ithaca College for musical theatre, before dropping out to join the cast of Spring Awakening in Los Angeles.^[3]

Career

Acting

In 2014, Grandillo auditioned for Deaf West Theatre's production of Spring Awakening while on a break from college, and moved to Los Angeles two weeks later to star in the musical. He stayed with the company as the show transferred to Broadway, playing the double bass in the band and providing the Voice of Otto, while deaf actor Miles Barbee portrays the role of Otto Lämmermeier in sign language.^[4] In 2015, he guest appeared as Cooper in two episodes of ABC's crime drama series Secrets and Lies.

In January 2016, Grandillo guest-starred in a Mariska Hargitay-directed episode of NBC's legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Chris Roberts, a high school senior accused of sexually assaulting a freshman.^[5] He then appeared in Justin Kelly's gay porn drama film King Cobra, alongside James Franco.^[6] In March 2016, he was cast in the recurring role of Eli Hudson in the second season of MTV's horror series Scream.^[7] In the same year, Grandillo appeared as Miles Brekov in the Netflix mystery series, The OA.^[8] He recurred as Kenny's boyfriend, Brett Young, in the ABC comedy series The Real O'Neals.^[9] In 2018, Grandillo starred in the role of Colin Cowher on the comedy-drama series Youth & Consequences.^[10]

Grandillo began playing the role of Curly in the national tour of Oklahoma! on November 6, 2021.^[11]

Music

Grandillo's music career began with what started as a My Chemical Romance cover band called Rumored Alone.^{[12][non-primary source needed]}

On October 15, 2015, Grandillo released his first single, "New."^[13] In August 2016, he released his second single, "Why Is It so Hard to Change."^[14] On September 2, 2016, Grandillo released his first EP, also titled Why Is It so Hard to Change.^[15][16]

On August 25, 2017, Grandillo released his debut album titled Necessarily Trouble on iTunes and Spotify.^[17]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Why Is It so Hard to Change[15]	Released: September 2, 2016 Formats: Digital download Label: Self-released

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Break Free / Problem"[18] (David Levitz and Sean Grandillo)	2014	Non-album singles
"Latch / All of Me"[19] (David Levitz and Sean Grandillo)
"New"[13]	2015
"Why Is It so Hard to Change"[14]	2016	Why Is It so Hard to Change

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Die from a Broken Heart	Rick	Short
2016	Madtown	Young Aaron Lewis
	King Cobra	Caleb, Cobra Performer
2018	In Reality	Scott
2023	Summoning Sylvia	P.B.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Secrets and Lies	Cooper	2 episodes
2016	Law and Order: Special Victims Unit	Chris Roberts	Episode: "A Misunderstanding"
	Scream	Eli Hudson	9 episodes
	The OA	Miles Brekov	Episode: "Homecoming"
2016–2017	The Real O'Neals	Brett Young	6 episodes
2018	Youth & Consequences	Colin Cowher	8 episodes
	Rise	Jeremy Travers	Recurring role
	NCIS: New Orleans	Charlie Landry	Episode: "Risk Assessment"
2019	Indoor Boys	Blaine	7 episodes
2020	Blue Bloods	Charles Morrow	Episode: "The First 100 Days"
	Condor	Anders Crane	5 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Location
2014	Spring Awakening	Voice of Otto	Deaf West Theatre
2015			Wallis Annenberg Center
2015–2016			Brooks Atkinson Theatre
2021-2022	Oklahoma!	Curly	—

References

1. "Full Casting Announced for Oklahoma! National Tour | Broadway Direct". Retrieved March 23, 2024.
2. "Lights up! Aurora High grad heads for Broadway". Aurora Advocate. August 19, 2015.
3. Simakis, Andrea (December 19, 2015). "Suburban Aurora, Ohio, launches another Broadway career: Sean Grandillo in the hit revival of 'Spring Awakening'". The Plain Dealer.
4. Tricarico, Angela (November 18, 2015). "Interview with Sean Grandillo: A Broadway Triple Threat". The Charger Bulletin.
5. Slezak, Michael (January 20, 2016). "Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay on Directing Sexual Consent Ep: 'Lines Aren't Yet Drawn in Our Culture'". TVLine.
6. "King Cobra Details & Credits". Metacritic. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
7. Petski, Denise (March 10, 2016). "'Scream' Sets Season 2 Cast, Spring Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
8. Motes, Jax (December 14, 2016). "Netflix Announces A Mysterious New Series 'The OA', Coming Friday!". ScienceFiction. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
9. Wagmeister, Elizabeth (September 29, 2016). "'The Real O'Neals' Casts Kenny's First Boyfriend (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved September 30, 2016.
10. Anna Akana (February 15, 2018), Youth & Consequences Trailer, retrieved March 16, 2018
11. McPhee, Ryan (October 7, 2021). "Sasha Hutchings, Sean Grandillo, Sis, More to Star in Oklahoma! National Tour". Playbill. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
12. "Rumored Alone". myspace.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
13. "New – Single by Sean Grandillo". iTunes Store. October 15, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
14. "Why Is It so Hard to Change – Single by Sean Grandillo". iTunes Store. August 13, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
15. "Why Is It so Hard to Change – EP by Sean Grandillo". iTunes Store. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
16. Sean Grandillo [@seangrandillo] (September 1, 2016). "My first EP 'Why Is It so Hard to Change' is now available. I'm very proud of it..." (Tweet). Retrieved September 5, 2016 – via Twitter.
17. "Necessarily Trouble by Sean Grandillo". iTunes Store. August 25, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
18. "Break Free / Problem – Single by David Levitz & Sean Grandillo". iTunes Store. October 7, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
19. "Latch / All of Me – Single by David Levitz & Sean Grandillo". iTunes Store. October 7, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2016.

External links

• Sean Grandillo at IMDb