Josh Segarra

Segarra was born on June 3, 1986 in Longwood, Florida.[1][2] He is of Puerto Rican descent,[3][4] and is fluent in Spanish.[5] He learned to sing in his Pentecostal church but aspired to be a professional wrestler.[6] Segarra is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.[7][8]

From 2009–2011, Segarra portrayed a main role on the PBS television series The Electric Company.[9] He then originated the role of Mick in the musical Lysistrata Jones.[3] In May 2012, Segarra was announced as a cast member for the Off-Broadway world premiere of Dogfight, a musical adaptation of the film of the same name, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Peter Duchan.[10] The musical opened at the Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage Theater on July 16, 2012.[11]

Two years later, he recurred during the first season of the comedy television series Sirens,[4] after which he was promoted to a series regular during its second season.[12] Segarra then began a recurring role on the NBC police procedural drama Chicago P.D.[13] He also appeared in the 2015 comedy film Trainwreck.[14] Segarra originated the role of Emilio Estefan in the musical On Your Feet!, which opened at the Marquis Theater on Broadway on November 5, 2015.[15] His final performance took place on July 10, 2016.[16][17] Following his final appearance on Chicago P.D. in May 2016, Segarra was cast as a series regular on the CW superhero television series Arrow for its fifth season.[18] He portrayed the series' adaptation of the comic book character Adrian Chase.[8] He then returned in a guest starring capacity during the series' sixth and eighth seasons.[19]

Since January 2019, Segarra has been a recurring cast member on The Other Two, a comedy television series on Comedy Central.[20][21] In December, he recurred on The Moodys as Marco, a "commodities broker with exquisite phone skills."[22] He also starred in the Netflix comedy series AJ and the Queen,[23] which premiered on January 10, 2020.[24] That same year, Segarra appeared as a special agent during the third season of the crime drama series FBI and starred as a pastor in the musical film Christmas on the Square.[25][26] He is set to portray Teddy Walker in the upcoming NBC comedy pilot Night School, which is based on the 2018 film of the same name.[27]

Segarra married longtime girlfriend Brace Rice on October 17, 2014.[28] The couple welcomed their first child, a son, on September 30, 2016,[29] which was followed by the birth of their second son, on January 8, 2020.[30] He and his wife are both sports fans.[6]

• Josh Segarra at IMDb
• Josh Segarra at the Internet Broadway Database
• Josh Segarra at the Internet Off-Broadway Database