Grande at VMA red carpet in 2018

Frank James Michael Grande Marchione (born January 24, 1983)[1][2] is an American dancer, actor, singer, producer, television host and YouTuber.

He performed on Broadway as Franz in the musical Rock of Ages (2014–2015) and in Mamma Mia! (2007–2010) and has played roles Off-Broadway, in regional theatre productions and on tour. Grande has produced Broadway shows and both produced and appeared in cabaret acts, including his own one-man show. In 2012, he established a YouTube channel and has also been building a following on Twitter and Instagram. In 2014, he was a contestant on the U.S. reality television series Big Brother 16, and in 2023, he was a contestant on Big Brother Reindeer Games.

Grande was a judge on the 2015 season of America's Best Dance Crew. From 2016 to 2017, he co-hosted Style Code Live, a live Amazon fashion and shopping show that streamed on weeknights, from which he took off time to compete on the UK reality show Celebrity Big Brother 18 in mid-2016. His philanthropic work includes co-founding the non-profit arts organization "Broadway in South Africa" and work for buildOn.

Life and career

Early life

Frankie Grande was born in New York City, the son of Victor Marchione, a physician,[3] and Joan Grande, chief executive officer of telephone and alarm system company Hose-McCann Communications.[4][5] He grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, and moved with his mother to Boca Raton, Florida, at age 10, where he later attended Pine Crest School.[6][7][8] He began performing in musicals in the fifth grade.[9] His half-sister is singer and actress Ariana Grande,[10] and he has a half-brother, James Marchione.[11] Grande is openly gay.[5][12] He graduated from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania in 2005, having triple-majored in biology, theatre and dance.[7] He considered medical school but decided to take a year off to pursue theatre.[9]

He began his professional performing career by 2007, when he appeared as Boots the Monkey in a national tour of Dora the Explorer Live! (Dora's Pirate Adventure) and in regional theatre productions, including the title role in George M!, Mike Costa in A Chorus Line and Lewis in Pippin, among others.[13][14] Later in 2007, he joined the Broadway cast of the musical Mamma Mia!, in the ensemble and as understudy for Eddie,[15] in which he performed for three years.[6][16]

Grande produced shows on and off Broadway, including Broadway productions of Hamlet (2009) starring Jude Law and revivals of La Bête (2010–2011) starring David Hyde Pierce and Born Yesterday (2011) starring Jim Belushi.[1][15][17] He also produced Brooke Shields' one-woman cabaret show in 2011.[16][18] Grande has performed in cabaret acts in New York City, including at Birdland Jazz Club[19] and 54 Below.[20] Grande was named "Mr. Broadway" in the "Mr. Broadway 2007" charity benefit.[13] In 2013, he starred as Bobby in a summer theatre production of the musical Crazy for You.[16][21] He also presented his own show in New York, Livin' la Vida Grande, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.[1][22][23]

2014–2016

In February 2014, Grande played Consuela Off-Broadway in a revival of the musical Pageant.[24] In June of that year, he performed at DigiFest NYC.[25][26] In mid-2014, Grande appeared on the US reality television series Big Brother 16. MTV called his 12 weeks on the show "controversial ... peppered with some powerful, outrageous, and downright impressive moments".[27] Grande placed 5th out of 16 contestants.[28]

Grande returned to Broadway in November 2014 as Franz in the musical Rock of Ages for a two-month engagement.[29] He appeared on Good Day New York and performed "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".[30] The same month, he co-hosted the red carpet pre-show of the American Music Awards.[31] In 2014, TV Guide called Grande one of "Our Favorite YouTube Stars".[32][33] He was featured in a 2014 ABC Nightline segment about entertainers who use social media to boost their success.[34] Writing in The New York Times in 2014, Michael Musto termed Grande "friskily ambitious".[7] Another reporter called him "unabashedly enthusiastic about life."[35]

In 2015, Billboard included Grande in its list of "32 of the top social media stars on the Internet today."[36] In January 2015, Grande again performed his one-man cabaret show at 54 Below.[37] In February, he appeared in a music video for Lance Bass[38] and modeled for Malan Breton at New York Fashion Week.[39] In March, Grande was an Entertainment Tonight interviewer at the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards.[40] He also appeared in the documentary short film, "Malan Breton: A Journey to Taiwan", which won the 2015 New York City International Film Festival award for "Best Short Documentary".[41] In June he appeared at DigiFest NYC,[42] and the following month he served as a judge for the #JoeyShine Video Contest.[43] Grande was a judge on the 2015 reality TV series America's Best Dance Crew All-Stars: Road to the VMAs, on MTV in 2015.[44][45] He hosted a TV special on the Oxygen channel in August 2015 called Worst.Post.Ever: With Frankie Grande about social media faux pas.[46][47] The following month, he made a guest appearance on Big Brother 17.[48] He co-hosted the red carpet pre-show of the American Music Awards again in 2015.[49] Throughout the year, he also regularly performed a number in his sister's The Honeymoon Tour.[9] Grande was nominated for a 2016 People's Choice Award.[50]

Grande revived his autobiographical one-man show, Livin' La Vida Grande, in Los Angeles in January 2016.[9][51] The same month, he and his sister launched a unisex fragrance named "Frankie by Ariana Grande".[52] Beginning March 2016, Grande co-hosted Amazon.com's live show, Style Code Live (SCL), which covers celebrity trends as well as fashion and beauty news and tips. The show allows viewers to shop for the items discussed and to ask questions interactively. It streams live each weeknight.[53][54] A review in The Washington Post called the show "something of a mash-up between QVC and E! News".[55] Grande performed his cabaret act, Livin' la Vida Grande, at The Box in New York City over a weekend in June 2016.[56] He was also a guest panelist on Logo TV's Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul in a 2016 episode.[57] In July and August, Grande appeared on the UK reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother 18, finishing in 6th place.[58] He recorded a segment on fashions in the Celebrity Big Brother house for SCL,[59] and returned to co-hosting SCL full-time in September 2016.[60][61] Grande continued to host SCL until May 2017.[62][63]

2017–present

Together with Olivia Culpo, he critiqued the 2017 Golden Globes fashions on The Today Show.[64] Grande modeled for Propaganda by Richie Rich, and again for Breton, at Madison Square Garden during New York Fashion Week in February 2017.[65] In May 2017, he released a music single, "Queen", and an accompanying music video, about his inspiration by '70s glam rock icons.[63] He launched an app partnership, YouCam Make-up, in June, which ties in to the single.[66] "Queen" ranked number 35 on the Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart for the week dated July 15, 2017.[67] In July, Grande competed on the CBS TV game show Candy Crush.[68] The following month, he appeared on the Vimeo web series Indoor Boys;[69] for this he was nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2018 Indie Series Awards.[70] He guest-starred in September 2017 in a two-part episode of Nickelodeon's sitcom Henry Danger, Season 3, "Live & Dangerous", in the role of Frankini.[71] In October 2017 Grande appeared in the season 2 finale of the Netflix television series Haters Back Off as a fictionalized version of himself.[72] In December, he appeared on Trivial Takedown on Fuse TV.[73]

In January 2018, Grande starred in The Unauthorized Musical Parody of: Rocky at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles.[74] The following month, he hosted the red carpet and performed at the Make-Up Artists and Hairstylists Guild Awards in Los Angeles.[75] Grande played Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show in Los Angeles and then joined the cast of the off-Broadway show Cruel Intentions: The Musical at (Le) Poisson Rouge as Blaine in March 2018.[76] In May 2018, Grande reprised the role of Frankini in a fourth season episode of Henry Danger titled "Captain Man-kini",[77] and also guest-starred on RuPaul's Drag Race.[78] In July he returned for another guest appearance on Indoor Boys.[79] He starred as Finch in a July 2018 Muhlenberg production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.[80] A reviewer wrote: "His Finch is utterly charming and has an adorable innocence that belies the manipulative techniques he employs to get ahead."[81] In August, he played Captain Victor Garber in New York City in a parody jukebox musical, based on the music of Céline Dion, called Titanique: In Conceret.[82] He also appeared in the show's return engagement later in the year.[83] He continued to performed in Titanique in pop-up concert engagements in Los Angeles and New York during the COVID-19 pandemic and in a live version of the show carried on the streaming platform Stellar on May 2, 2021.[84]

Grande also continued to perform his one-man show at nightclubs.[85] He returned as Frankini for a musical episode of Henry Danger in July 2019 titled "Henry Danger: The Musical", in which he places a curse on Swellview that forces everyone to sing instead of speak.[86][87] He reprised his role of Franz in a Los Angeles production of Rock of Ages in late 2019.[88] Grande played the role of Richard in the 2020 film Spree[89] He starred in the 2021 Macy Gray video of "Undone".[90] and played Frankini in several episodes of Danger Force from 2020 to 2022. Since 2021, together with Hector Navarro, he has been hosting the Nickelodeon podcast SpongeBob BingePants.[91] In April 2022, Grande reprised the role of Frankini in a crossover episode of Side Hustle,[92] and from June to September, he reprised the role of Victor Garber in an off-Broadway engagement of Titanique at The Asylum Theatre.[93] In 2023, Grande returned to Big Brother to compete in the holiday spin-off season Big Brother Reindeer Games.[94] He reached the finale and finished in 3rd place.[95]

As of 2023, Grande's social media presence included more than 400,000 YouTube subscribers and 30 million views on YouTube,[96] and more than 2 million followers on Instagram[97]

Philanthropy

In 2007, Grande co-founded the non-profit arts organization "Broadway in South Africa", traveling to South Africa to teach performance arts to disadvantaged youth for seven years, before the charity merged with buildOn.[98] In 2013, Grande helped buildOn to build a school in a rural village in Malawi, in southeastern Africa, and in 2014 buildOn honored him for his efforts with its Global Impact Award.[99][100] Grande is an anti-smoking advocate.[101] Grande donated the money that he won on Big Brother 16 (from the "Team America" twist he was a part of) to buildOn, to build another school in Africa.[102][103] In January 2015, he returned to Malawi to help begin construction of the school, named in memory of his grandfather.[100] Grande raised additional money for buildOn, to fund the school,[104] eventually surpassing his goal of $70,000.[105] Grande participated in a 2016 fire prevention public service announcement called 2steps2minutes[106] and the annual Broadway Bares show to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.[107]

In June 2018, Grande headlined the annual "Broadway Sings for Pride" benefit concert at The Cutting Room in New York.[108] He is also an active participant in AIDS/LifeCycle, an annual event that raises money to fight HIV/AIDS. He raised over $38,000 in 2018.[109] Grande also rode in the event in June 2019.[110]

Personal life

On May 4, 2022, Grande married Hale Leon, whom he had been dating since 2019.[111][112] In 2023, he obtained Italian citizenship.[113]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Malan Breton a Journey to Taiwan Himself Documentary[41]
2020 Spree Richard

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Real Housewives of Miami Himself – Guest Season 3, Episode 12[114]
2014 Big Brother 16 Himself – Houseguest Finished 5th out of 16.[115]
2014 American Music Awards Himself [31]
2015 2015 Kids' Choice Awards Himself – Interviewer for ET [40]
2015 Good Morning America Himself – Guest Episode: August 17, 2015[116]
2015 Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew Himself – Judge [45]
2015 Worst.Post.Ever: With Frankie Grande (Oxygen) Host [46]
2015 American Music Awards of 2015 Himself [49]
2016–2017 Style Code Live Himself – Co-host Daily episodes[117]
2016 Celebrity Big Brother 18 (UK) Himself – Housemate Finished 6th out of 15.[58]
2016–2017 Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul Himself – Panelist Guest star[118]
2017 Candy Crush Himself – Competitor Guest star[118]
2017–2019 Henry Danger Frankini Guest star – 4 episodes[77][118][86]
2017 Haters Back Off Himself – Guest star Season 2, episode 8[72]
2018-23 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself – Guest star Season 10, episode 10[78] & Season 15, episode 10
2018 The Adventures of Kid Danger Frankini (voice) Episode: "Magical Beefery Tour"[119]
2019 E! True Hollywood Story Himself Episode: "Is Fame an Addiction?"[120]
2020–2022 Danger Force Frankini 6 episodes[121]
2020 Unfiltered Himself Episode: "Burgers in Your Laundry!"[122]
2022 Side Hustle Frankini Episode: "When Worlds Collide"[123]
2023 Big Brother 25 Himself Guest appearances – 3 episodes
2023 Big Brother Reindeer Games Himself – Houseguest Finished 3rd out of 9.[94]

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