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Larry Saperstein
American actor (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laurence Benjamin Saperstein (born April 12, 1998[citation needed]) is an American actor and dancer. He stars as Big Red in the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
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Saperstein is from Islip, New York on the south shore of Long Island. He is Jewish.[1] He began dancing at age 6 and was a member of the Tap City Youth Ensemble. He spent several summers at the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. He attended Islip High School and was selected as a 2016 Long Island Scholar Artist.[2][3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Production and Design for Stage and Screen from Pace University in New York City in 2020.[4]
Saperstein has been acting since he was 3 years old at a community theater with his parents.[5] Larry landed his first role at the age of 6 as Winthrop Paroo in Star Playhouse's production of The Music Man.[6] He has had several theatre roles in Long Island and touring on the West Coast.
Saperstein played Lucius in the 2015 ABC Television film Fan Girl starring Kiernan Shipka.[7]
In February 2019, it was announced Saperstein would star in his breakout onscreen role in the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as Big Red, Ricky Bowen (Joshua Bassett)'s best friend who fills in as the school production's stage manager.[8][9] The series premiered that November. Saperstein was the final main to be cast.
In June 2021, Saperstein came out as bisexual via social media.[10]
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