Ben Platt is an American actor and singer. He originated the role of Evan Hansen in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen and later appeared in the 2021 film adaptation of the same name. Platt has also starred in Pitch Perfect, Drunk Parents alongside Salma Hayek, and The People We Hate at the Wedding. He produced the film Theater Camp. On the music front, Platt released his debut album, Sing to Me Instead, in 2019 and released the singles Found / Tonight with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Everything I Did to Get to You (from Songland), and RAIN. He also starred in the Netflix sitcom The Politician, which ran from 2019 onwards.