Meet Billy Elliot: Alphabetical Profile Index

Last Updated: 4-Sep-2020

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In 2010, I began writing a profile (bio) for all the Billys in Billy Elliot the Musical (BETM) who were currently in the role at that time (London and Broadway) and then subsequently for each new Billy who debuted after that to the present day — in all professional, North American regional and community theatre productions of the show world-wide. In August of 2014, I added profiles of the early Billys in London who debuted from 2005 to 2010. In August of 2016, theskykid.com’s BETM editor, Emily, researched and wrote profiles for the six Australian Billys who had brought the role to life in Sydney and Melbourne prior to the time I began to write these profiles. For seven years, these six talented young men had been without a profile here. That was rectified due to Emily’s splendid efforts.

Since the Fall of 2019, beginning with some of the older Billy Profiles on the site, we’re gradually adding a section to them called “Life After Billy” – updated information on those former Billys who have gone on to pursue performing careers in their days after portraying Billy. The hope is that going forward we can gradually add that section to the other past Billys’ profiles. Rebecca Batchelor, mother of a former Broadway & US Tour Billy herself, does the research and writing of this new feature.

Of course no article about the boys who have played Billy would be complete without singling out the three young men who originated the role in the very first production of this wonderful show. It has been said that it’s the most difficult role ever created for a boy in musical theatre, described by Director Stephen Daldry  as “playing Hamlet while running a marathon”.  We can only imagine what that process had been like with no prior examples to draw from. So kudos to the boys who started it all:

And they set the standard for excellence for all who would follow them.

This page is under continual construction, always being updated as time and new information becomes available and, of course, as new Billys debut.  In total, on this site there are currently profiles for the 293 boys who have starred in one production or another of the musical to date.

-porschesrule

So how do I find the profile of a particular Billy on the site?

There are a couple of ways you can access the profiles of each Billy…

Profiles By Location

If you’d like to just see the Billys who appeared in a particular production of BETM, go here and then click on the production for the group of Billys you’d like to see.

Profiles By Last Name

The second way to access Billy profiles on the site is via the table, below, which lists the Billys alphabetically by last name.

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Profile Index

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This is a listing of all Billy profiles on TheSkykid.com site.  They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. By clicking on the proper letter tab (below) and then on the name of the Billy below his picture, you’ll be taken to his profile.