Santino Fontana

**Santino Fontana** (born 1982) is an American stage actor, composer, and director. He voiced Hans in Disney's *Frozen*. He has been on Broadway and a web series. *Frozen* is his first time working in a movie and his first voice acting role.

Also in 2013, Fontana played the lead role of the Broadway adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. He plays Prince Topher.

## Career

Fontana's earliest stage credits (not including Broadway) include *Six Degrees of Separation*, *Hamlet*, *The Fantasticks*, and Noel Coward's *Hay Fever*.

### Broadway

Fontana made his Broadway debut in 2007 in the musical, *Sunday in the Park with George*. He played multiple roles: Alex, Bather, and a soldier. He understudied the part of George for the first two acts. He also played the following Broadway roles: Tony Elliot, from *Billy Elliot the Musical;* Stanley Jerome, from *Brighton Beach Memoirs* and *Broadway Bound*revival; Rodolfo, in *A View From The Bridge*; and Algernon Montcrieff in the revival of *The Importance of Being Earnest.*

In Broadway, Fontana is probably best known for his role in the 2013

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Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. He plays Prince Topher in the production. On December 16, 2014, he will go on tour with the production.

### Other Credits

Besides the stage, Fontana has been in a web series and Disney's Animated Feature, *Frozen*.

From 2011 through 2012, Fontana played Aaron Miller in the comedy web series *Submissions Only*. The series is about the casting and the audition process of Broadway, and revolves around the character Penny Reilly and her friend, family, colleagues, and a casting director and his circle of friends. He plays Aaron Miller, a talented but blasé actor. His character is often Penny's love interest.

In 2013, Disney released their new new animated feature, *Frozen*. Fontana plays the villain, Hans in the movie. For his audition for the role, he sang *I Feel Pretty* from *West Side Story*, but he tweaked the lyrics in a boastful, yet comical way.

## Trivia

* Fontana had an unusual audition for *Frozen*. He sang "I Feel Pretty" from the musical *West Side Story* for his audition, though he altered the lyrics. Of this, he quotes, "So basically, all that they told me about the character was he's super confident, perhaps overly confident, he needs to be able to sing with a 'Broadway sound' and he's really good with women, but he may have a dark side. I came into the sound studio and I was very nervous and I sang this."*[citation needed]*
* Fontana sang live with his co-star, Kristen Bell at a private event. They sang "Love Is an Open Door".

## References

* http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Kristen-Bell-Santino-Fontana-Sound-Amazing-Singing-Frozen-Love-An-Open-Door-Live-41944.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santino\_Fontana
* http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=472073
* https://www.eventbrite.com/e/santino-fontana-frozen-star-and-tony-nominee-teaches-audition-technique-master-class-registration-10908302025
* http://www.broadway.com/buzz/awards/tony-awards/nominees/452/santino-fontana/
* http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/CINDERELLA-to-Launch-National-Tour-in-2014-Chicago-Run-Begins-December-16-20140109#.UzW4ZfldWSo