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Ken Jennings

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Actor b. 1974 On stage 19752001

Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host and author who has hosted the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! since 2021. He is best known for his success and streak as a contestant on the program: in 2004, he won 74 consecutive games, the longest streak in the show's history, and became the highest-earning American game show contestant. Before appearing on Jeopardy!, Jennings worked as a software engineer. Afterward, Jennings pursued a career as an author, writing about his experience and exploring American trivia history and culture in a series of best-selling books. He also appeared on other game shows, including The Chase (where he was nicknamed "The Professor…

On stage 8 productions, 26 years

1975 All God's Chillun Got Wings Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by George C. Scott 53 perf.
1979 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Uris Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 557 perf.
1982 Present Laughter Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by George C. Scott 179 perf.
1985 Mayor Latin Quarter · Original · directed by Jeffrey B. Moss 185 perf.
1989 Grand Hotel Martin Beck Theatre · Revival · directed by Tommy Tune 1,077 perf.
1997 London Assurance Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Joe Dowling 72 perf.
1997 Side Show Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Robert Longbottom 91 perf.
2001 Urinetown Henry Miller Theatre · Original · directed by John Rando 965 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Jeff McCarthy 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking.

Also credited on1 work

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: David Beach, Rachel Coloff, Rick Crom, John Cullum, John Deyle, Hunter Foster, Victor W. Hawks, Erin Hill, Ken Jennings, Spencer Kayden, Daniel Marcus, Jeff McCarthy, Nancy Opel, Peter Reardon, Don Richard, Lawrence E. Street, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Kay Walbyeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • But we all loved it! We saw Dorothy Loudon, George Hearn, and Ken Jennings. We sat in the mezzanine, and I remember feeling so overwhelmed. I said to my family, “Someday I want to play Tobias. Someday someday someday.” I thought Ken Jennings was incredible.ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • In the Final Sequence, Sweeney (Len Cariou) cradles the body of the dead Beggar Woman (Merle Louise) as a now demented Tobias (Ken Jennings) avenges Sweeney’s victimsebooks/Unknown/Four by Sondheim (Applause Musical Library) - Unknown.txt
  • _ starring Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou with Victor Garber, Ken Jennings, Merle Louise, Edniund Lyndeck, Sarah Rice Joaquin Romaguera, and Jack Eric Williams opened March 1, 1 979theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • performers in a musical. It also had impressive performances by Victor Garber, Sarah Rice, and Ken Jennings. Outstanding Featured Performer “Tonys” went to Carlin Glynn and Hendersontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury Above: Jack Eric Williams, Len Cariou, Angela Lansburytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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