James Monroe Iglehart
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James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974) is an American actor, singer and comic book writer. He is perhaps best known for his Tony Award-winning performance as the Genie in the original Broadway production of Aladdin. Iglehart assumed the roles of the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway cast of Hamilton in April 2017. He recreated the role of King Arthur in the 2023 Broadway revival of Spamalot, created the role of Louis Armstrong in the Broadway company of A Wonderful World and played Billy Flynn in Chicago. He can be heard as super producer Steve Jones in As The Curtain Rises, Broadway's first original podcast soap opera. More recently, Iglehart joined the casts of animated webseries Helluva Boss (as both the Demon Lord of Lust Asmodeus/Ozzie and hellhound bodyguard Vortex) and Hazbin Hotel (as Zestial), as well having written for Marvel Comics, primarily one-shots featuring Spider-Man.
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