Paul McGill (actor)

Paul McGill (born September 3, 1987) is an American choreographer and director for stage, film, and television.

Paul McGill was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. His mother, Shari (Lienert) McGill, was a school teacher and his father, Paul McGill II, was a sock salesman. He is the younger brother of Emily McGill. They both attended Northgate High School.

McGill attended Roseline Kenneth Professional School of Dance at the age of 3 under the training of Rachelle Rak. He then transferred to Pittsburgh Musical Theater, where he performed mainly at the Byham Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh. He studied at PMT's Young Performers' Institute until the age of 17.

McGill made his Broadway debut when he was just a junior in high school in the 2004 revival of "La Cage aux Folles" (which won 2 Tony Awards). He was cast on the spot and replanted in New York that week. There, he attended the Professional Performing Arts School.

He then went on to play Mark in the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line" for the entire run of the show at the Schoenfeld Theater. The cast performed on Good Morning America, the Tony Awards, and Dancing with the Stars, and most notibly, the documentary Every Little Step.

During this time, McGill made his film debut in the BAFTA and Academy Award winning documentary Man On Wire, where he played Philippe Petit in the reenactments.

Shortly after the "A Chorus Line" closed, McGill moved to Los Angeles to star in the MGM remake of Fame (2009 film). He played Kevin, opposite Bebe Neuwirth. Their conversation causes his character to attempt suicide by stepping in front of a subway car. Later, Kevin tells Joy (Anna Maria Perez de Tagle) that he is moving back to Iowa, and that he is going to be "the best god damn dance teacher there ever was."

McGill also landed a guest starring role on Nickelodeon's Victorious called "Tori the Zombie".

Shortly before moving back to New York, he starred as Jason in the film House Hunting.

McGill then performed in the 2010 Tony Award winning musical, "Memphis", which is available on DVD.

From there, he performed in the controversial Broadway spectacular, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", playing Spider-Man, as well as Electro, Swarm, and the Lizard.

During that time, he danced on NBC's Smash.

McGill then performed and was in the original cast recording of Woody Allen and Susan Stroman's, "Bullets Over Broadway".

His final performance was the "Bombshell" concert based on the fictitious musical on Smash produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron benefitting the Actors' Fund.

After an extensive decade of being in front of audiences, McGill decided to follow his true passion for choreographing and directing.

McGill was Associate Choreographer of the Broadway production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" starring Neil Patrick Harris, Andrew Rannells, Michael C Hall, John Cameron Mitchell, Darren Criss, and Taye Diggs. His job was to teach and tailor the original choreography to each incoming "Hedwig". Upon receiving an honorary Tony Award, the show's writer and original star, John Cameron Mitchell, publicly thanked Paul among other members of the creative team. Shortly thereafter, Paul choreographed 3 the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway plays in one season. "The Legend of Georgia McBride", written by Matthew Lopez, directed by Mike Donahue, and produced by MCC Theater, played at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Following its success, He choreographed "Steve", written by Marc Gerard, directed by Cynthia Nixon, and produced by the New Group at the Signature Theatre Company. The final play of the season, which he also associate directed, was "School for Scandal," written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Marc Vietor, and produced by the Red Bull Theater Company again at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Because of his flying experience in "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", McGill choreographed for the aerial dance company, Grounded Aerial. He has also choreographed the feature film called Diamond Soles, which has yet to be released.

Most recently, he trained Laverne Cox in Los Angeles for her role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" on FOX.

McGill is cited to be choreographing "Filament", a new circus work by Joseph Pinzon's company, Short-Round Productions.