very good reason to feel excited: Hamilton arrives on Disney+ July 3.Born in Detroit, Harcourt moved to New York City to pursue life upon the wicked stage.
Success didn’t elude him for long, as he landed the role of Simba in The Lion King and a major role in the Bob Dylan musical Girl From the North Country amid occasion television roles on TV series including Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife and Elementary.
His greatest success, however, came in 2015 when he created the role of James Reynolds in the original cast of Hamilton. The show became a full-blown cultural phenomenon, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize.Hamilton reimagines the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and his arch-nemesis Aaron.