William Youmans

William Youmans is an American actor and singer whose Broadway career began in 1981 with The Little Foxes, where he played Leo Hubbard. Born into a performing family, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama at the State University of New York at Purchase. He took many parts in the original Big River and sang Alcindoro in Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème revival. He first played Albert and Ben when The Secret Garden had its world premiere and later played John Jacob Astor in Titanic and Doctor Dillamond in Wicked, a role he returned to in 2023. Other stage work includes The Pirate Queen, The Farnsworth Invention, Coraline, The Widow Claire, Weird Romance, Carousel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Being Seen. His films include Mrs. Soffel (1984), Nadine (1987), Fresh Horses (1988), Compromising Positions, and Last Supper. On television he appeared in NYPD Blue and Law & Order.