Chuck Wagner

Chuck Wagner, an American actor and director who is also a musical theater historian and teacher, has worked extensively in theater and is known to television viewers for the science fiction series Automan. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and was raised in Hartsville, and he first reached Broadway in 1984 as Athos in The Three Musketeers. He originated Rapunzel's Prince for the first Broadway staging of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, and the cast recording earned a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album. He played the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince on the musical's first U.S. tour. Other stage work included Inspector Javert in Les Misérables, the Beast in Disney's musical Beauty and the Beast for four years, and the title parts in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde, which he originated in 1990 at The Alley Theatre in Houston. His screen credits include The Sisterhood (1988) and the televised Into the Woods (1991).