Joshua Anthony Charlton Henry (born September 2, 1984) is an American actor and singer of stage and screen. He is best known for portraying Haywood Patterson in Kander and Ebb's 2010 musical The Scottsboro Boys, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. Through his career, he has worked with such performers as Jennifer Hudson, Corbin Bleu, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Zadoc Henry and raised in Miami, Florida, Henry currently resides in Harlem, New York City. He had originally wanted to be an accountant, like his mother, but changed his mind after he was cast as Harold Hill in his high school production of The Music Man. Henry studied theatre at the University of Miami, graduating in 2006. He recently married his college sweetheart, Cathryn Stringer.