An actor from the Broadway musical Ragtime...

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Dubbed "The Last Leading Man" by The New York Times, Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a rich career on Broadway, television, and in the great American concert halls. On Broadway, he earned a Tony Award for his work in Kiss Me, Kate, and Tony nominations for Man of La Mancha, Ragtime, and August Wilson's King Hedley II.

Mr. Mitchell made his cabaret debut in 2005 as both singer and musical arranger in his one-man show Love/Life, which later moved on to Lincoln Center. In 2006, he won the New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Male Vocalist in a Major Engagement, and his long-awaited solo CD debuted on Playbill Records. This summer Mr. Mitchell headlined in the Carnegie Hall presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, which also aired on PBS. He is president of The Actors' Fund of America, which is also his charity of choice.

Why do you think you will win today?
Why will I be the winner today? Oh, because I just get lucky, that I had the right categories, the right frame of mind, and I didn't have any brain, brain fritzes.

"His Broadway credits include Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate, for which he won a Tony. He recently released his first solo album. Please welcome..."