Rodney Hicks

Rodney Hicks is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter whose Broadway debut came in 1996 with the original cast of Rent, in which he originated Paul and understudied Benjamin Coffin III. He rejoined Rent in 2007 as the principal Benjamin Coffin III, the last actor to play that role before the show closed, and the closing performance was filmed as Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008). He starred as Peter in a 2000 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar and appeared Off-Broadway in a 2006 revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. He played Clarence Norris in The Scottsboro Boys in 2010 and Haywood Patterson in a 2012 Philadelphia staging, winning a Barrymore Award. He originated Bob in Come from Away on Broadway in 2017, has written plays such as Ms. Pearl's Cabaret, and has acted on television, including as Delray Williams on NYPD Blue.