Laird Mackintosh

Laird Mackintosh (born 3 September 1968 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian actor based in New York City. He notably played the title role for the final performance of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

Career He studied at École supérieure de ballet du Québec (Montreal), American Ballet Theatre's School of Classical Ballet in New York City, and The National Ballet School in Toronto. Mackintosh began his career as a dancer in the National Ballet of Canada (1990–1992). In 1993, he joined the Toronto (LivEnt) production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera in the role of Porter/Marksman and subsequently went on to play the leading role of Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny for three years and also understudy the role of the Phantom.

He performed with Toronto's Opera Atelier between 1997 and 2002. In 2002, Mackintosh joined the company of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, appearing as Freddy Eynesford-Hill in My Fair Lady. He remained with the company for eight seasons, playing many leading roles. He has also played Robert in The Drowsy Chaperone (Vancouver), Phil Davis in White Christmas (Halifax), Prince Charming in Ross Petty's Cinderella (Toronto), Gustl in The Land of Smiles, Rapunzel's Prince in Into the Woods (Avon Theatre), and Algernon Moncrieff in Earnest, the Importance of Being (Toronto Operetta Theatre).

He played Nicky Goldberg in the independent film Songbird directed by Alex Boothby, Don Giovanni in Avenging Angelo (Sylvester Stallone/Warner Bros.), Young Anwyn Noble in Prince Charming (Martin Short/Hallmark) and Bob Kachler in Rad (Lori Loughlin/Taliafilm).

He made his Broadway debut in 2011 in the role of George Banks in Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. He played Gabriel John Utterson in the 2013 Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde and James Wilson in the 2016 Encores! production of 1776.

On 26 August 2013, Mackintosh joined the Broadway cast of The Phantom of the Opera as Monsieur André and an understudy for The Phantom. On 5 May 2014, he started a one-week limited engagement as the Phantom between Hugh Panaro's departure and Norm Lewis' arrival. He concluded his limited run as the Phantom on 12 May. He also had limited runs as the Phantom from 25 December 2017 – 13 January 2018 (in between James Barbour's departure and Peter Joback's arrival) and from 2 – 14 April 2018 (in between Joback's departure and Ben Crawford's arrival). He continued to play Monsieur André until September 2019, when he left the production.

In December 2019, he joined the U.S. tour of My Fair Lady in the role of Henry Higgins. He temporarily returned to the production in October 2022 as a Phantom cover, then again from January to March in 2023, covering the roles of Monsieur Lefèvre/Firechief and understudying the role of the Phantom. He returned to the role for a charity performance on 14 April 2023, and he also played the role for the final two performances on 15 and 16 April 2023 while Ben Crawford was sick. This meant he became the final person to play the Phantom in the original Broadway production.

Acting credits Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 Rad Bob Kachler 2001 Prince Charming Young Anwyn Noble TV film 2002 Avenging Angelo Don Giovanni

Television Year Title Role Notes 2025 Law & Order Logan Andrews Episode: "Folk Hero"

Theatre Year(s) Production Role(s) Notes 1993–1994 The Phantom of the Opera Porter / Marksman Canada 1995–1999 Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny u/s The Phantom of the Opera 2002 My Fair Lady Freddy Eynesford-Hill Stratford Festival The Threepenny Opera Reverend Kimball 2003 Gigi Manuel Love's Labour's Lost Lord 2004 Anything Goes Lord Evelyn Oakleigh 2005 Into the Woods Rapunzel's Prince Hello, Dolly! Cornelius Hackl 2007 To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur "Boo" Radley 2008 The Music Man Ewart Dunlop / Travelling Salesman 2009–2010 Mary Poppins Policeman / Ensemble u/s Bertu/s George Banksu/s Northbrooku/s Park Keeper North American tour 2010–2011 George Banks 2011 Broadway 2011–2012 North American tour 2012–2013 Jekyll & Hyde Gabriel John Utterson US National Tour 2013 Broadway 2013–2014 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Gilles André u/s The Phantom of the Opera 2014 The Phantom of the Opera 2014–2016 Monsieur Gilles André u/s The Phantom of the Opera 2016 1776 James Wilson Off-BroadwayEncores! 2016–2017 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Gilles André u/s The Phantom of the Opera Broadway 2017–2018 The Phantom of the Opera 2018 Monsieur Gilles André u/s The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Gilles André u/s The Phantom of the Opera Titanic J. Bruce Ismay Regional 2018–2019 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Gilles André u/s The Phantom of the Opera Broadway 2019–2020 My Fair Lady Professor Henry Higgins US National Tour 2021–2022 2023 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Lefèvre / Firechief u/s The Phantom of the Opera Broadway The Phantom of the Opera

Personal life Mackintosh is married to actress Polly Baird.