David Bedella

David Bedella (born September 25, 1962) is an American television and musical stage actor, best known for his Olivier award-winning role in the controversial Jerry Springer - The Opera.

Biography & Career
Bedella was born in Chicago, Illinois. After graduation from Merrillville High School in Merrillville, Indiana he got first roles in Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley from 1992 to 1995, where he played Caiaphas, in 2000 HMS Pinafore and Brutus in a 2002 productions of A Night With Luke B.

In 2002, Bedella won his most famous role in Jerry Springer - The Opera, where he played both the Warm Up Man "Jonathan Wierus"(in the First Act) named after the 15th century occultist Johann Weyer and Satan in the Second Act. For this role, Bedella received the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

After that Bedella appeared in a recurring role as the plastic surgeon Dr. Carlos Fashola in 2004 in the British hospital drama Holby City. He then went on to play the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and had a 16-month run playing Frank N Furter in the 2006/2007 UK tour of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. During that period he also had minor roles in a number of movies, including Batman Begins, Red Light Runners and Alexander.

In 2008 he played the role of Alexander Molokov in a concert version of Chess at the Royal Albert Hall on May 12–13, 2008, and performed in the West End gala performance of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at Soho Revue Bar.

Since 2009, Bedella has provided voices of various characters in the UK and US narrations of Thomas & Friends such as Victor, and The Mayor of Sodor.

David made his panto debut as Blackheart, in Robinson Crusoe and The Caribbean Pirates at the New Theatre, Cardiff with Christopher Biggins, Paul Zerdin, Lucy Sinclair, Alexander Delemere, Stephanie Siadatan & Gary Jerry in the season of 2011 - 2012.

On 16 January 2015, it was confirmed that Bedella would be joining Mel Brooks' The Producers as Roger De Bris. In 2017 he recorded two songs for the album Wit & Whimsy - Songs by Alexander S. Bermange (one solo and one featuring all of the album's 23 artists), which reached No. 1 in the iTunes comedy album chart.

He is currently playing the role of Kevin Rosario in the Tony Award-winning In The Heights at the Kings Cross Theatre in London, for which he won an Olivier Award for best supporting actor.

Animated Series

 * Thomas & Friends (1984-present) - Victor, The Mayor of Sodor (US Dub)
 * Victor (Seasons 17-on), The Mayor of Sodor (Seasons 19-on) (UK Dub)

Animated Films

 * Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009) - Victor (US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010) - Victor (US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011) - Victor (US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012) - Victor (UK/US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013) - Victor (UK/US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015) - Victor (UK/US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016) - Victor, Carlos (UK/US Dub)
 * Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) - Victor (UK/US Dub)