Glenn Carter

[http://www.glenncarter.com/fanclub.html Glenn Carter] (b. 27th March 1964) is an English stage actor and singer-songwriter known particularly for his leading roles in musicals staged in London's West End, the pinnacle of the commercial theatre profession in the United Kingdom. He is a longtime leader of the British branch of the international UFO cult called the Raëlian Movement. The Raelian Movement earned worldwide fame in December 2002 for claiming to have produced the first human clone without offering any documentary or photographic evidence, a controversy in which Carter took part.

Early life

Carter was born in Staffordshire, England and grew up in Liverpool.fact|date=August 2008

Performing career

West End productions

Carter has appeared on London's West End stages in musical productions such as "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Grease", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Chess", "Whistle Down the Wind", and "Les Misérables".Internet Movie Database, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141642/ Glenn Carter page] ] In 2008, Carter performed the role of "Tommy DeVito" in the London premiere of the musical, "Jersey Boys".

Acting award claim

According to Glenn Carter's official personal website (as of August 2008), he won a "Drama League Most Outstanding Performance in a Musical Award" for his performance as Jesus in the Broadway production, [Carter's official personal website, [http://www.glenncarter.com/home.shtml home page] ] but according to , the Drama League neither gave any awards to the 2000 Broadway production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" (in which Carter indeed was cast as Jesus) nor had an award entitled "Most Outstanding Performance in a Musical". [Infoplease online, [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0886140.html 67th Annual Drama League Awards announced May 2001] ] Carter has been cast as Jesus in at least two productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar". [Tim Rice Website, [http://www.timrice.co.uk/jcst.html "Jesus Christ Superstar" page] ] In 1996, 23 years after the close of the original production of "Jesus Christ Superstar", the Really Useful Theatre Company revived the work in the West End, during which production Carter replaced the actor portraying Jesus. In 1998, Really Useful mounted a touring production in the UK which did not include Carter in any of the leading roles. In 1999, Really Useful announced plans to tour North America with the production but eventually curtailed the tour to just Broadway, and Carter was cast as Jesus in this production.

Other

Carter has also worked in repertory theatre at the Derby Playhouse, his most recent role being Buzz Aldrin in "Moonlanding". He has played roles in the TV shows "The Bill" and "Doctors".

He has released two albums: Three Miles High and 2wice Around The Sun.fact|date=August 2008

Involvement with the Raelian Movement

Carter has been a leading member of the UK branch of the Raelian Movement since 2002, being variously described in 2008 as its UK president, [Official Glenn Carter Website, [http://www.glenncarter.com/zzz/cult.htm unlinked page] ] [Rael.org, cite web |url=http://uk.rael.org/e107_plugins/raelmeetfriends/meetfriends.php |title=Meet Raelians |accessdate=2008-08-21 |work= |publisher= |date= ] UK leader, [Rael Press, [http://www.raelpress.org/news.php?item.98.1 item.98.1] (21 June 2008)] and UK spokesperson.Rael Press, [http://www.raelpress.org/news.php?item.90.1 item.90.1] (13 May 2008)] In 2002, in the week following the Raelian claim to have cloned a human, Carter told the press the evidence would be supplied in the next few days, [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2610827.stm |title=Calls for UK review of cloning |accessdate=2008-08-21 |work= |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-12-28 ] and in February 2003 it was announced he would shortly participate in a panel debate on the ethics of human cloning before an audience of Oxford University students. ["The Oxford Student", 2003-02-06] ["The Oxford Student", 2003-02-13] According to Raelian doctrine, humans were created by four foot tall aliens and the organization's head, Rael (former auto racer Claude Vorilhon) founded the Movement in 1973 at the instigation of one of the aliens. Rael has declared that the world should be governed in the form of a "money-less society governed by a World College of Geniuses".

Notes

References

*Caplan, Arthur. 2003. [http://www.bioethics.net/articles.php?viewCat=2&articleId=24 Media bungled clone claim coverage.] "MSNBC", 3 January 2003.
*Infoplease.com. [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193431.html Drama League Awards.]
*International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. [http://www.iemmys.tv International Emmies Website.]
* [http://www.imdb.com Internet Movie Database.]
* [http://www.oxfordstudent.com "The Oxford Student"]
* [http://uk.rael.org/ Rael.org.]
* [http://www.raelpress.org/news.php?all Raelpress.org] (online press release center of the Raelian Church).
*Schwitzer, Gary. 2003. [http://www.tc.umn.edu/~schwitz/Copy%20of%20Ethical%20questions%20unanswered%20in%20Raelian%20cloning%20story.htm Cloning announcement spawns ethical debate.] "Bulletin of University of Minnesota Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law", Winter 2003.
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2003/01/03/ecnclone229.xml]
* [http://emmarubach.com/id12.html]