Tituss Burgess

Biography

Tituss Burgess is an American actor and singer who started on the Broadway stage. Born in Athens, he made his Broadway debut in Good Vibrations as Eddie in 2005, followed by Jersey Boys, where he played Hal Miller. He went on to originate Sebastian the Crab in The Little Mermaid and took the part of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in a 2009 revival of Guys and Dolls. He is best known for playing Titus Andromedon on the Netflix comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a role that earned him five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. His screen credits include a voice part in The Angry Birds Movie (2016), the series Central Park, and Remy in Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical (2021). He played Rooster Hannigan in the NBC special Annie Live! and the Narrator in Schmigadoon! in 2023. On Broadway he later took over as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! and appeared as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! in 2025.

47years old

Turns 48 on February 21in 131 days

Born February 21, 1979Athens
Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20

Movie Career

Films: 14
Career span: 9 years2016 to 2025

Genres

Comedy79%, 11 films
Family43%, 6 films
Adventure29%, 4 films
Animation29%, 4 films
Drama29%, 4 films

First and latest

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First role
In 2007, Burgess was the first to play Sebastian the Crab in the Broadway musical The Little Mermaid, appearing alongside Sierra Boggess, Sean Palmer and Norm Lewis.
A role that slipped away
Burgess was cast as The Caterpillar in the 2011 Broadway musical Wonderland in October 2010, but dropped out of the project a month later.

Tituss Burgess movies on Netflix

Snow White2025IMDb rating 2.2as Bashful (voice)
Spellbound2024IMDb rating 5.5as Sunny - Oracle of the Sun (voice)
The Slumber Party2023IMDb rating 5.4as Mesmer
Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical2021IMDb rating 6.1as Remy
Respect2021IMDb rating 6.6as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend2020IMDb rating 6.9as Titus Andromedon
Dolemite Is My Name2019IMDb rating 7.2as Theodore Toney
I Hate Kids2019IMDb rating 5.1as The Amazing Fabular
The Addams Family2019IMDb rating 5.9as Glenn (voice)
Set It Up2018IMDb rating 6.5as Creepy Tim
Then Came You2018IMDb rating 6.9as Julian
Smurfs: The Lost Village2017IMDb rating 6.0as Vanity (voice)
Catfight2016IMDb rating 5.9as John The Physical Therapist
The Angry Birds Movie2016IMDb rating 6.3as Photog (voice)

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Snow White2025 Family, Fantasyas Bashfulvoice
IMDb rating 2.2398K votes
Dolemite Is My Name2019 Comedy, Drama, Historyas Theodore Toney
IMDb rating 7.269K votes
Set It Up2018as Creepy Tim
IMDb rating 6.578K votes
The Angry Birds Movie2016as Photogvoice
IMDb rating 6.3121K votes
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend2020as Titus Andromedon
IMDb rating 6.96.7K votes
Respect2021as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
IMDb rating 6.620K votes
The Addams Family2019as Glennvoice
IMDb rating 5.950K votes
Then Came You2018as Julian
IMDb rating 6.915K votes

Most often with

Claire Scanlon directed two of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Dee Bradley Baker

Snoop Dogg

Keegan-Michael Key

Jenifer Lewis

Jack McBrayer

Ellie KemperClaire ScanlonDirector, 2 films

Films together

Dee Bradley Baker2 films together, 2017 to 2024
Dee Bradley Baker's page
- Spellbound2024IMDb rating 5.5Burgess as Sunny - Oracle of the SunvoiceBaker as Flinkvoice
- Smurfs: The Lost Village2017IMDb rating 6.0Burgess as VanityvoiceBaker as Montyvoice
Snoop Dogg2 films together, 2019
Snoop Dogg's page
- Dolemite Is My Name2019IMDb rating 7.2Burgess as Theodore ToneyDogg as Roj
- The Addams Family2019IMDb rating 5.9Burgess as GlennvoiceDogg as Cousin Ittvoice
Keegan-Michael Key2 films together, 2016 to 2019
Keegan-Michael Key's page
- Dolemite Is My Name2019IMDb rating 7.2Burgess as Theodore ToneyKey as Jerry Jones
- The Angry Birds Movie2016IMDb rating 6.3Burgess as PhotogvoiceKey as Judge Peckinpahvoice
Jenifer Lewis2 films together, 2019 to 2024
Jenifer Lewis's page
- Spellbound2024IMDb rating 5.5Burgess as Sunny - Oracle of the SunvoiceLewis as Nazaravoice
- The Addams Family2019IMDb rating 5.9Burgess as GlennvoiceLewis as Great Auntie Sloomvoice
Jack McBrayer2 films together, 2017 to 2020
Jack McBrayer's page
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend2020IMDb rating 6.9Burgess as Titus AndromedonMcBrayer as Sandy Parcell
- Smurfs: The Lost Village2017IMDb rating 6.0Burgess as VanityvoiceMcBrayer as Clumsy Smurfvoice
Ellie Kemper2 films together, 2017 to 2020
Ellie Kemper's page
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend2020IMDb rating 6.9Burgess as Titus AndromedonKemper as Kimmy Schmidt
- Smurfs: The Lost Village2017IMDb rating 6.0Burgess as VanityvoiceKemper as SmurfBlossomvoice
Claire ScanlonDirector, 2 films, 2018 to 2020
All films by Claire Scanlon
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend2020IMDb rating 6.9Burgess as Titus Andromedon
- Set It Up2018IMDb rating 6.5Burgess as Creepy Tim
Also two films together2 more actors
- Andrew Barth FeldmanSnow White (2025) and Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical (2021)
- Rachel ZeglerSnow White (2025) and Spellbound (2024)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Online

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