Thomas Borchert Earl Carpenter played the role in the London West End and the 2011–2013 tour Ramin Karimloo played both Raoul and The Phantom in the London West End, as well as The Phantom in the West End production of Love Never Dies, and played the Phantom in 25th Anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall in 2011 Ben Lewis in Love Never Dies Australian production – May 2011, as well as Phantom of the Opera in London until September 2018 Peter Jöback – Previously played the Phantom in the West End and Broadway. Took over on Broadway in 2018 for the 30th anniversary Hugh Panaro – Previous Phantom had portrayed both Raoul and the Phantom and played the Phantom in the 25th-anniversary production on Broadway Norm Lewis played the Phantom until February 2015 becoming the first African American Phantom on Broadway James Barbour played the Phantom until December 2017 Ben Forster played The Phantom until December 2017 Jonathan Roxmouth – The Phantom of the Opera world tour 2012 as the youngest English-speaking phantom / 2019–2020 tour Killian Donnelly is playing the Phantom in London's West End in 2021 References Characters in The Phantom of the Opera Fictional architects Male literary villains Fictional hermits Fictional illeists Fictional murderers Fictional pianists Fictional violinists Fictional French people Literary characters introduced in 1909 Fictional characters with disfigurements Male horror film villains