It’s no coincidence that Tituss Burgess shares the same first name (albeit with a double “s”) with the character he’s best known for. He’s spent four seasons chewing up every bit of scenery in sight as the fabulously self-centred and gay Titus Andromedon in Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a role written by comedy legend Tina Fey with the 39-year-old New Yorker firmly in mind.
The pair had previously worked together on Fey’s sitcom 30 Rock, when Tituss spun an initial one-line part into a four-episode role.
But despite the similarities between the off - screen actor’s past and on-screen character’s present (basement apartments in Harlem, aspirations for Broadway stardom, “you know, talented but maybe a little delusional”), Tituss assures us he’s not much like Titus.