Whatever Happened To ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Star Michael Crawford?

Though British actor Michael Crawford, 83, has had a long career, to many, he’ll always be the mask-wearing Phantom from Phantom of the Opera, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that earned Crawford a Best Actor Tony and made him an international star. But Crawford’s full 50-year-plus career was celebrated when he became a 2025 Kennedy Center honoree. Viewers can catch all the action on December 23, 2025, on CBS at 8pm ET, when the Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast.