The highly-anticipated film version of LES MISERABLES is now in theaters! To celebrate the release, BroadwayWorld brings you an in-depth look at the characters and the actors who portray them.

What kind of character is Jean Valjean? As Jean Valjean, you're going to have to raise your voice quite a bit. An unwillingness to accept positive change in men. Keeping to the mantra of "once a thief ...

The origin story of Jean Valjean, the iconic protagonist of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Misérables,” is being brought to the bigscreen by Éric Besnard, the French director of 18th ...

Actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste, who made history earlier this summer as the first black actor — and youngest person — to play the lead character in Les Miserables on Broadway, died Saturday.He was 21.

Since the original publication of Victor Hugo’s novel “Les Miserables” more than 150 years ago, the brutal conflict between the convict-turned-savior Jean Valjean and ruthless pursuer ...

For actor Nick Cartell, playing Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” is the role of a lifetime, one that’s been on his bucket list for a long time.

The origin story of Jean Valjean, the iconic protagonist of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Misérables,” is being brought to the bigscreen by Éric Besnard, the French director of 18th ...

No man can relate to Jean Valjean, the main character in Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables," more than Rene Lima-Marin, a convict who was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released.

Nick Cartell, an Arizona native, plays the lead role Jean Valjean in the U.S. tour of Les Miz. Cartell is a seasoned actor who has previously performed in Broadway’s Paramour, the 2012 Jesus ...

"The characters have been kidnapped," said Pierre Hugo, the author's great-great- grandson, who is seeking a halt to publication and asking for $594,000 in damages from the book's publishing house ...