Gabriel Ebert

Gabriel Ebert
Born	(1988-05-14) May 14, 1988 (age 36) Colorado, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Gabriel Ebert is an American stage actor and singer. In 2013, he received a Tony Award for his featured role as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.

Early life

Ebert was born and raised in Colorado. ^[1] He attended high school at the Denver School of the Arts and graduated from Juilliard. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Ebert made his Broadway debut as the understudy for the role of Ken in John Logan's play Red in 2010, followed by the Broadway production of Kneehigh Theatre's Brief Encounter in 2010 as Stanley.

Ebert is known for originating the role of Mr. Wormwood in the Broadway 2013 production of Matilda the Musical , for which he won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Ebert's performance in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater as the character "Leo", the grandson of Mary Louise Wilson's Vera, won him an Obie Award in 2012.

He starred as Robin Hood in The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr in Winnipeg and Toronto in October 2014 to March 2015. ^{[4] [5]}

He played the role of Max in the 2015 movie Ricki and the Flash . In the 2015 production of the Helen Edmundson stage adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Camille opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Matt Ryan. ^[6]

In 2016, Ebert was cast in the pilot for the Amazon Video television program The Interestings . ^{[7] [8]}

In 2020, he played the role of a gunnery officer in The Mandalorian. ^[9]

In 2025, he is set to act in the Broadway debut of John Proctor is the Villain . ^[10]

Personal life

Ebert's special skills include juggling, ukulele, and reciting all 50 states in one breath. However, he has said that his whistling is very bad. ^[11]

Work

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Restaurant	Stevie	Short
2012	Made in Jersey	Carter Gershan	TV series
2015	The Family Fang	Joseph	Film
2015	Ricki and the Flash	Max	Film
2016	Jane Wants a Boyfriend	Jack	Film
2016	The Blacklist	Theo	TV series
2016	The Interestings	Dennis	TV film
2017	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Christoph Lengauer	TV film
2018	Instinct	Richard Brophy	Episode: "Tribal"
2019	The Good Fight	Lance McAlvoy	Episode: "The One where a Nazi Gets Punched"
2019	Elementary	Sebastian Florenti	Episode: "The Price of Admission"
2019	Mr. Mercedes	Morris Bellamy	TV series
2020	The Mandalorian	Gunnery Officer	3 episodes
2020	News of the World	Benjamin Farley	Film
2021	Dickinson	Thomas Wentworth Higginson	TV series

Theatre (selected)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Red	Ken	Understudy
2010/2011	Brief Encounter	Stanley
2011	4000 Miles	Leo	Off-Broadway
2011	Prometheus Bound [12]	Hephaistos/Hermes	American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2013/2014	Matilda The Musical	Mr. Wormwood	Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
2014	The Heart of Robin Hood	Robin Hood	Winnipeg and Toronto, Canada
2014	Casa Valentina	Jonathon/Miranda
2015	Preludes	Rach	Claire Tow Theater (Off-Broadway)
2015/2016	Thérèse Raquin	Camille Raquin	Adaptation by Helen Edmundson [13]
2016	Peer Gynt [14]	Peer Gynt	Off-Broadway
2017	Gently Down the Stream	Rufus
2017	Time and the Conways	Alan Conway	Roundabout Theatre Company
2018	Pass Over	Ossifer/Master	LCT3 – Claire Tow Theater
2021	Pass Over	Ossifer/Master	August Wilson Theatre
2023	The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical	Hunter	La Jolla Playhouse
2025	John Proctor is the Villain [10]	Carter Smith	Booth Theatre

References

1. Wiener, Iris. "Gabriel Ebert Is the Real Deal in Broadway's Matilda". Theater Mania. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
2. "Gabriel Ebert Biography". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
3. "Gabriel Ebert Biography on". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
4. Ouzounian, Richard (23 Nov 2014). "The Heart of Robin Hood Hits Toronto Before Broadway Debut". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
5. Nestrucl, Kelly. "The Heart of Robin Hood: Broadway-bound show is rollicking fun, but who's it for?" The Globe and Mail, January 15, 2015
6. Terese Raquin Archived 2016-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Roundabout Theatre
7. Gans, Andrew. "Lauren Ambrose Will Join Gabriel Ebert in The Interestings Pilot" Playbill, February 18, 2016
8. Andreeva, Nellie. "Gabriel Ebert To Co-Star In Amazon Pilot The Interestings " deadline.com, January 29, 2016
9. "Gabriel Ebert | Actor". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
10. Hall, Margaret (February 6, 2025). "See Who's Joining Sadie Sink in Broadway's John Proctor Is the Villain". Playbill.
11. "PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Suicide, Incorporated Star Gabriel Ebert". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
12. Prometheus Bound americanrepertorytheater.org, accessed May 15, 2016
13. "Judith Light to Join Keira Knightley in Thérèse Raquin on Broadway | TheaterMania".
14. Peer Gynt classicstage.org, accessed May 12, 2016

External links

• Gabriel Ebert at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gabriel Ebert at IMDb