Darren Criss Net Worth

Darren Criss's Quotes

• There's not a damn thing that I do on my own that's not for my fans or for people that have supported me. So, I don't really care about my agenda, I wanna be on yours.
• That which makes you different is what makes you strong. Whether you're gay, straight, purple, orange, dinosaur, I don't care.
• No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live. As long as it's live, it's the best because there's sort of an immediacy to connection between an audience and a performer, whereas where you do film or television, you're at the whim of so many different forces.
• Pink. Because it would be really funny. 'Cause then really mean people wouldn't look so mean.
• There's nothing more badass than being yourself.

Interesting Facts about Darren Criss

1. Part of StarKid Productions. Played Harry Potter in A Very Potter Musical (2009) and had a principal role in a mini series they did while in University called "Little White Lie".
2. Darren's brother, Chuck Criss, is a member of the Freelance Whales.
3. Wrote every single song for Team Starkid's A Very Potter Sequel (2010) and their fourth Production Starship.
4. Graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009, a month after the premier of A Very Potter Musical (2009).
5. Made his professional stage debut at age 10 in the 42nd Street Moon production of Harold Rome's Fanny 1997.
6. Darren's mother is from Cebu in the Philippines, and has Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish ancestry. Darren's father is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has English, and some German and Northern Irish, ancestry. Darren's patrilineal line can be traced back to Johanne Jorge Nicholas Crist, who was born, c. 1690, in Germany.
7. Before the show Glee (2009), he sang his own rendition of some Disney songs at a Maggiano's restaurant every Thursday.
8. His signature pink glasses were a replacement for a pair of red sunglasses he lost.
9. Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, who wrote the scores for The Little Mermaid (1989), Belle en het Beest (1991), Aladdin (1992) and many more, once handed a hundred dollar tip to Darren Criss doing an acappella medley of his songs at a coffee shop.
10. Lived in Arezzo, Italy for 6 months.
11. Lives in Los Angeles with fellow Team StarKid member, Joey Richter.
12. Los Angeles, CA: Filming "Glee" [September 2011]
13. New York, NY: Playing J. Pierpont Finch in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on Broadway. [January 2012]
14. Appears in the music video for Katy Perry's single, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", alongside Rebecca Black, Corey Feldman, Kenny G, Debbie Gibson, Kevin McHale, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson.
15. Became engaged to his long term girlfriend Mia Swier in January 2018.
16. No relation to KISS drummer Peter Criss, despite a popular misconception.
17. In the TV show Glee (2009) he plays Blaine Anderson an out-of-the-closet jock who falls in love with a new student Kurt Hummel portrayed by Chris Colfer. In real life Darren is straight.