Constantine James Maroulis (pronounced "Mah-'roo-lis", born September 17, 1975), is an
American rock singer,
actor, and
writer from
Wyckoff, New Jersey. He was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band
Pray for the Soul of Betty and the sixth-place finalist on the
fourth season of the
reality television series
American Idol. He received a nomination for the
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in
Rock of Ages.
Early years
Maroulis was born in
Brooklyn, New York to
Greek American parents, James Constantine and Constance P. Maroulis (born 1938). Both his maternal and his paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from
Greece in the 1920s.
He was brought up in the
Greek Orthodox religion
and he can speak
Greek. His older brother,
Athan Maroulis (born 1964), is a
record producer and his sister, Anastacia P. Maroulis (born 1968), is a school principal.
