Kevin Del Aguila

Kevin Del Aguila (born November 12, 1969) is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Osgood Fielding III in the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot. He also originated the roles of Oaken in the Broadway version of Disney's Frozen and Smee in Peter and the Starcatcher. Del Aguila also voices Baxter in the adult animated black comedy musical series Hazbin Hotel.

In addition to acting, Del Aguila writes for television and the stage. He wrote the book of the musical comedy Altar Boyz, which ran off-Broadway from 2005 to 2010 and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. Del Aguila has won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program on the animated children's television series Peg+Cat. He has written multiple theatrical adaptations of children's literature, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, Cat Kid Comic Club and The Velveteen Rabbit for the nonprofit arts organization TheatreWorks USA.

Personal life Del Aguila was born in Bakersfield, California to a British mother and Peruvian father. His introduction to music was through his mother, a church organist who accompanied his father, a minister. 6 Story Building won Best Production at the New York Fringe Festival in 2002. Altar Boyz closed on January 10, 2010, after 2032 performances. At the time of its closing, Altar Boyz was the ninth-longest running show in off-Broadway history. Dog Man: The Musical opened off-Broadway in 2019 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and has since had a US tour and played at the Southbank Centre in London.

In 2012, Del Aguila made his Broadway debut reprising his role as Smee in the Broadway transfer of Peter and the Starcatcher, which played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre from April 15, 2012 to January 20, 2013. He continued to play Mr. Smee when Peter and the Starcatcher transferred off-Broadway to the New World Stages in 2013.

He performed multiple roles in the Encores! staged concert rendition of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, the first collaboration between composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman. Del Aguila also recorded the cast album, which was the first official recording of the 1979 musical. Some Like it Hot opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on December 11, 2022. The character of Osgood was expanded upon in the stage version, where he is revealed to be half Mexican, baptized Pedro Francisco Alvarez. For his performance as Osgood/Pedro, Del Aguila was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.

Del Aguila voiced the character Baxter in the second season of the adult animated black comedy series Hazbin Hotel, which was released in 2025.

In 2026, it was announced that Del Aguila was to star in a new musical, Basura, under a creative team led by Michael Greif, Karen Zacarías, and Alex Lacamoire. Basura made its out-of-town debut on May 30, 2026 at the Alliance Theatre's Coca-Cola Stage in Atlanta.

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