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Will Branner is a Broadway actor, director, and filmmaker based in New York City. He played Biff Tannen in Back to the Future: The Musical and is currently touring as Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby: A New Musical. His film SCHMIK screened at the Holly Shorts Film Festival and Williamsburg Film Festival.

Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Will Branner is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theatre in 2016. On Broadway, he played Biff Tannen in Back to the Future: The Musical at the Winter Garden Theatre. His national tour credits include The Great Gatsby (Tom Buchanan), Mean Girls (Mr. Heron/Ensemble), and Bat Out of Hell (Dr. Maxwell/Ledoux). Regional credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Orin, Denver Center) and West Side Story (Barrington Stage Co.). He is a key member of Team StarKid, starring in Nerdy Prudes Must Die and The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals: Reprised! As a filmmaker, his work has screened at the Holly Shorts Film Festival and Williamsburg Film Festival.