Sean Grandillo (born December 9, 1992) is an American actor, singer and musician, known for his roles as the Voice of Otto in the 2015 Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, Eli Hudson in MTV's horror series Scream, Brett Young in ABC's comedy series The Real O'Neals, and Curly McLain in the 2021-2022 national tour of Oklahoma!.
Early life Grandillo was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Aurora, Ohio. He was educated at Leighton Elementary School and graduated from Aurora High School. He went on to attend Ithaca College for musical theatre, before dropping out to join the cast of Spring Awakening in Los Angeles.
Career Acting In 2014, Grandillo auditioned for Deaf West Theatre's production of Spring Awakening while on a break from college, and moved to Los Angeles two weeks later to star in the musical. He stayed with the company as the show transferred to Broadway, playing the double bass in the band and providing the Voice of Otto, while deaf actor Miles Barbee portrays the role of Otto Lämmermeier in sign language. In 2015, he guest appeared as Cooper in two episodes of ABC's crime drama series Secrets and Lies.
In January 2016, Grandillo guest-starred in a Mariska Hargitay-directed episode of NBC's legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Chris Roberts, a high school senior accused of sexually assaulting a freshman. He then appeared in Justin Kelly's gay porn drama film King Cobra, alongside James Franco. In March 2016, he was cast in the recurring role of Eli Hudson in the second season of MTV's horror series Scream. In the same year, Grandillo appeared as Miles Brekov in the Netflix mystery series, The OA. He recurred as Kenny's boyfriend, Brett Young, in the ABC comedy series The Real O'Neals. In 2018, Grandillo starred in the role of Colin Cowher on the comedy-drama series Youth & Consequences.
Grandillo began playing the role of Curly in the national tour of Oklahoma! on November 6, 2021.
In 2026, Grandillo returned to Broadway, originating the role of Dwayne in a musical adaptation of The Lost Boys.
Music Grandillo's music career began with what started as a My Chemical Romance cover band called Rumored Alone.
On October 15, 2015, Grandillo released his first single, "New." In August 2016, he released his second single, "Why Is It so Hard to Change." On September 2, 2016, Grandillo released his first EP, also titled Why Is It so Hard to Change.
On August 25, 2017, Grandillo released his debut album titled Necessary Trouble on iTunes and Spotify.
Personal life He was previously dating Kimiko Glenn.https://broadwaywiz.com/round-two-with-sean-grandillo/
Discography Extended plays Title Details Why Is It so Hard to Change Released: September 2, 2016 Formats: Digital download Label: Self-released
Singles Title Year Album "Break Free / Problem"(David Levitz and Sean Grandillo) 2014 rowspan="3" "Latch / All of Me"(David Levitz and Sean Grandillo) "New" 2015 "Why Is It so Hard to Change" 2016 Why Is It so Hard to Change
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2012Die from a Broken HeartRickShort 2016 Madtown Young Aaron Lewis King Cobra Caleb, Cobra Performer2018In RealityScott2023Summoning SylviaP.B.
Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Secrets and Lies Cooper 2 episodes 2016 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Chris Roberts Episode: "A Misunderstanding" Scream Eli Hudson 9 episodes The OA Miles Brekov Episode: "Homecoming" 2016–2017 The Real O'Neals Brett Young 6 episodes 2018 Youth & Consequences Colin Cowher 8 episodes Rise Jeremy Travers 10 episodes NCIS: New Orleans Charlie Landry Episode: "Risk Assessment"2019Indoor BoysBlaine7 episodes2020Blue BloodsCharles MorrowEpisode: "The First 100 Days"CondorAnders Crane5 episodes
Stage Year Title Role Location 2014 Spring Awakening Voice of Otto Deaf West Theatre 2015 Wallis Annenberg Center 2015–2016 Brooks Atkinson Theatre2021-2022Oklahoma!Curly2026The Lost BoysDwaynePalace Theatre
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