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First, through viral videos on the web, then through a number of hit songs,

then as an acting and singing sensation on Fox's Golden Globe winning Glee, for which he received a songwriting

Emmy nomination in 2015, and most recently as a star of the FX limited series,

The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story, which

is nominated for 18 Emmys, including his own nomination for Best Actor in a limited series

or a TV movie, an award he is favored to win, Darren Chris.

Over the course of our conversation, Chris and I discuss the wide range of topics,

including his Filipino-American bi-racial heritage, his early commitment to becoming an actor, the importance of his time as an undergrad

at the University of Michigan, his pre-Glee successes with his Chicago Musical Theater Company

Star Kit productions and struggles, eking out a living

as a piano player at Magiano's at The Grove.

How he landed his career defining parts on two Ryan Murphy shows, first as Preppy High School student Blaine Anderson on Glee and then a serial

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