What is Isaac Powell known for? Biography
Isaac Cole Powell is an singer and actor from the United States who was chosen to play Tony in the 2020 Broadway production of West Side Story after playing the part of Daniel in the Broadway revival of the musical Once on This Island.
How old is Cole Powell? – Age
He is 29 years old as of 30 December 2023. He was born in 1994 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
Cole Powell Family
Powell, the youngest of Terry and Will Powell’s three children and a three-time world CrossFit champion, grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. His mother is Caucasian, while his father is a mixed Native American and African American. His sister, Jessica Powell, works as Whitney’s personal trainer on TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life and is a Certified Personal Trainer at their father’s training center.
Where did Cole Powell go to College? – Education
Powell started performing with the Greensboro Community Theatre while still in middle school. During his final year of high school, he transferred to a boarding program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), having previously attended the performing arts high school Philip J. Weaver Academy. In May 2017, he received his acting degree from UNCSA.
Cole Powell Partner
Powell came out as gay when he was sixteen years old. Wesley Taylor, a Broadway actor, paid Powell a visit in 2016 while Taylor was attending the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where Powell was a junior enrolled in the theater department. After that, the two started dating in 2017, and in May 2019, they became engaged. In 2021, their partnership came to an end.
Cole Powell American Horror Stories
Isaac Powell debuted in the ninth episode of American Horror Story, Double Feature, as Troy Lord, a college student involved in extraterrestrial research during the second half of the season, “Death Valley”. One of the first names on the list of possible actors returning for the eleventh season was Powell. Later on, it was reported that Powell would be playing Theo Graves in the AHS: NYC installment.Photographer Theo Graves looks for beauty in the commonplace and deterioration in excess. Isaac Powell plays a character named him in New York City. Theo is a self-described psychic of Haitian heritage who has a deep emotional connection to Adam Carpenter.
At some point in his life, Theo relocated to New York City, where he started his profession with Sam’s assistance. Theo explained to Adam that he exposes the perversion in what other people find attractive in his work. At first, he took pictures of objects that other people considered hideous, such a scrotum bound in chains. It was lovely to him, akin to a bouquet. But as soon as other people began to appreciate its beauty, Theo became disinterested and trivialized his work; these days, he enjoys taking pictures of flowers and water droplets.
Theo claims to have psychic abilities that he acquired from his grandmother, a witch from Haiti who was thought to be able to see things that others were not. Theo is a highly sought-after photographer and hedonist who used to photograph risqué subjects until he started to get plagued by people trying to sell him his work. Theo attributes his haughty and conceited demeanor on Sam’s detrimental influence. But unlike his ex-lover, Theo is able to show selflessness and blends in well with Adam and his group in a happier setting.
Cole Powell Once on This Island
Cole portrayed Daniel Beauxhomme in the Once on This Island Broadway production that took place in 2017.The male lead in Once on This Island and the love interest of Ti Moune is Daniel Beauxhomme.Grand homme Daniel Beauxhomme falls in love with Ti Moune after she helps him get well after a vehicle accident. Papa Ge tries to take him away, but Ti Moune gives her life in exchange. After telling her parents she would marry him, they finally give their approval. Ti Moune discovers Daniel’s room, and they exchange a loving gift. Ti Moune dances for Andrea Devereaux at a ball and wins the affluent society’s affection. But since Daniel and Andrea are engaged, the planned union must proceed.
Ti Moune is reminded by Papa Ge of her pledge to swap her life for Daniel’s, although she can back out of the agreement if she kills him. Ti Moune makes an effort to murder Daniel, but the hotel kicks him out. The gods are struck by her devotion and selflessness as she waits for Daniel at the gate for two weeks. She is taken to the ocean by Erzulie, where she drowns quietly. After Papa Ge returns her to the coast, Asaka turns her into a tree.
Cole Powell Movies and TV Credits
Powell has appeared in various films including:
Movies
♦ 2023 – Cat Person
♦ 2023 – Past Lives
♦ 2023 – Our Son
♦ 2021 – Dear Evan Hansen
♦ 2019 – XaveMePlease
♦ 2015 – Just a Body
TV Shows
♦ 2022 – American Horror Story: NYC
♦ 2021 – Modern Love
♦ 2021 – American Horror Story: Double Feature
♦ 2018–2019 – Indoor Boys
♦ 2018 – Broadway.com #LiveatFive
♦ 2018 – Murphy Brown