Age: 24
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Joshua Robert Colley is a rising American actor, singer and musical theatre performer from Florida. He plays Monty the Crow in the Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives (20204-). In 2021, he joined the cast of Hulu's Appeal as well as American comedy film Senior Year, In the third and final season of the coming-of-age series Love, Victor Colley portrayed Liam, Victor's sharp-tongued classmate. He will also play a teen version of Captain Hook in the Disney+ film Descendants: The Rise of Red. And now on the new upcoming film Brian. Outside of film and television, Colley is most known for his musical theatre work, starting his career in 2012 he was first in Newsies as Les when he was 11 since then he played Gavroche in Les miserables from 2014-2015 then he 2016 he played 9 year old Calogero in a Bronx tale the musical despite being 14 at the time.
Next to Normal follows the Goodman family as they navigate the devastating impact of mental illness on their suburban household. Diana, the mother, struggles with bipolar disorder and a fractured sense of reality, while her husband Dan attempts to hold the family together through her increasingly severe episodes. Their teenage son Gabe and daughter Natalie watch helplessly as their mother's condition deteriorates, forcing them to confront uncomfortable truths about family, love, and the limits of support. As Diana's grip on reality loosens and her medication fails to provide relief, the family must decide how far they're willing to go to save her—and whether some wounds can ever truly heal. The story unfolds through a blend of naturalistic family drama and surreal, dreamlike sequences that mirror Diana's fractured perception. It's an unflinching examination of how mental illness doesn't just affect the patient, but ripples through every relationship, every conversation, and every moment of normalcy a family desperately tries to maintain. The Goodmans' journey is raw, heartbreaking, and ultimately a testament to the complicated ways we love those who are suffering.
