Ramin Karimloo (/rəˈmiːn ˈkærɪmluː/;[1] Persian: رامین کریملو; born (1978-09-19)September 19, 1978[2][3]) is a Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter recognized for his work in London's West End and New York's Broadway theatre.
During this year Karimloo joined the national tour of Sunset Boulevard, playing Artie Green and covering the role of Joe Gillis.
Karimloo made his West End debut in Les Miserables where he played Feuilly and understudied the roles of Marius Pontmercy and Enjolras.
That December, he appeared in a concert of Les Misérables at Windsor Castle in honor of the French president Jacques Chirac.
In June 2005, Karimloo joined the UK national tour of Miss Saigon, playing the role of Christopher Scott.
Karimloo released an EP, Within the Six Square Inch, on which he duets with Hadley Fraser and Sophia Ragavelas, both of whom he had already appeared in Les Misérables, as Marius Pontmercy and Éponine Thenardier.
In July 2008, Karimloo participated in the Sydmonton Festival and was the first actor to play the Phantom in the workshop presentation of Love Never Dies.
In 2011, he sang Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera at the Miss World Competition, which took place in London.
Performing alongside Pussycat Dolls' lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, he was joined by three other former Phantoms (Simon Bowman, Earl Carpenter and John Owen-Jones).
Karimloo then played Jean Valjean in the Canadian production of the newly staged Les Misérables, which opened in September 2013.
On 16 February 2015, he played Tom Watson in Parade at Lincoln Center opposite Jeremy Jordan, Joshua Henry, Laura Benanti, and Davis Gaines.
[citation needed] On September 25, 2015, he played the role of Barry Hamidi in the sixth-season premiere episode of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods.
[12] In April of the same year, he played Ché in the Vancouver Opera's production of Evita, with John Cudia as Juan Peron.
On September 22, 2016, it was announced that Karimloo would return to Broadway in the stage musical adaptation of the film Anastasia as General Gleb Vaganov.
[15] He was in the Broadway Classics in Concert at Carnegie Hall alongside Sierra Boggess, Laura Osnes, Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga, Ryan Silverman, Tony Yazbeck, Michael Arden, Carolee Carmello, Allan Corduner, Nikki Renêe Daniels and Quentin Earl Darrington.
[18] On September 13, 2019, the BBC cast him as consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Kian Madani, the rival of Jac Naylor in Holby City.
[27] In December 2022, he reprised his role of Anatoly Sergievsky in a Broadway benefit concert of Chess opposite Darren Criss, Lena Hall, and Solea Pfeiffer at the Broadhurst Theatre.
[31] In March 2024, Karimloo made his operatic debut in Songbird, playing the title role at the Kennedy Center as part of the Washington National Opera.
[33] On 4 June 2024, it was announced that Dirty Rotten Scoundrels would return to the West End for a concert run at the London Palladium on 24 November 2024, marking 20 years since the show premiered.
[37] Karimloo co-wrote the song "Why Am I Falling" with composers Daniel and Laura Curtis for the BBC Children in Need 2013 appeal.
In 2022, Ramin released his third EP, "The Road to Find Out: North", including the tracks "Driftwood, Music of the Night, I Vow thee to my Country, When Does it Go Away, Once Upon A December and Androgynous."