John Owen-Jones: Master of the Parts

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Originally from Burry Port in South Wales, John has released 6
studio albums, worked extensively in theatre and has appeared on
television, radio and in concert all over the world.

At the age of 19, John left Wales to study acting at the
prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Since then he has worked as an actor and singer in theatres all
over the country in a great number of different shows. However,
he is probably best known for his acclaimed record-breaking
performances in Boublil and Schonberg’s Les Miserables and in
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. He remains the
youngest actor in history to have played Jean Valjean in Les
Miserables (a role he also played twice on Broadway), was voted
the “Best Ever Valjean” and “Best Ever Performer in Les
Miserables" by fans of the show worldwide and can be heard as
Valjean on the Les Miserables Live! album. His re-interpretation
of the character on the re-imagined 25th anniversary production
earned him a Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actor in a
Musical in 2010. He has played The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera nearly 2000 times (more than
any actor in the show’s West End history) and was a special guest
in the finales for both the Les Miserables and The Phantom of the
Opera 25th anniversary concert events – both seen by a global
audience of millions. He has also appeared many times on
television and radio in the UK both as an actor and as himself,
has recorded voiceovers and audiobooks, presented radio shows and
live events, has directed and produced live events and has
performed solo concerts all over the world in venues such as The
Royal Albert Hall, London, Carnegie Hall, New York and the
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. He has released 6 solo albums and two
compilation albums -which he also produced - through record
labels Sain Music, Sony Music Japan and his own label JOJ Music:
Hallelujah e.p (2006), John Owen-Jones (2009), Unmasked (2011),
Rise (2015), Music of the Night (Japan-only compilation 2016),
Bring Him Home (compilation 2017), Spotlight (2019) featuring The
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and most recently The
Christmas Album (2021). 2022 will see him launch a theatre based
podcast called The Last Show On Earth.
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