Malcolm Gets | |
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Born | Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. | December 28, 1963
Education | University of Florida (BFA) Yale University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1993–present |
Malcolm Gets (born December 28, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Richard in the American television sitcom Caroline in the City . Gets is also a dancer, singer, composer, classically trained pianist, vocal director, and choreographer. His first solo album came out in 2009 from PS Classics.
Gets was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003 (Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical for Amour ) [1] and was awarded the Obie Award in 1995. [2]
Gets was born in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Lispbeth, an educator, and Terence Gets, a college textbook salesman. [3] Both parents grew up in London, England. He moved with his family to New Jersey. He lived there until he was six, when his family moved to Gainesville, Florida. He has an older brother Erik, an older sister Alison and a younger sister Adrienne.
Gets started studying performing arts early in life. He began studying piano at age nine. This skill helped him pay his way through college. He began singing lessons at 14. He also danced with a studio in Gainesville as a teenager.
Gets skipped two years of K-12 education and graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida, aged 16. He then attended the University of Florida, where he won Best Newcomer's Award in acting and at age 24 earned a BFA in Theatre (1988). Following that, he completed an MFA at the Yale Drama School.
Gets came out as gay in the late 1990s and lives with his partner. [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Law & Order | Lance Keys | |
1995–1999 | Caroline in the City | Richard Karinsky | |
1997 | Sparkle Lounge | Host | On VH-1 |
Remember WENN | Carter Dunlap | ||
2008 | Sex and the City | Building Agent | |
2012 | The Good Wife | Dale Lamborn | |
Blue Bloods | Prof. Brian Devlin | ||
2019 | Tales of the City | Dinner party guest |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | A Flash of Green | Jigger Loesser | |
1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | The Architect | |
2002 | Love in the Time of Money | Robert Walker | |
2005 | Adam & Steve | Steve [5] | |
Little Boy Blues | Michael | ||
2008 | Grey Gardens | George "Gould" Strong |
Year | Production | Role | Location | Category |
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1995 | The Molière Comedies | Valère | Criterion Center Stage Right | Broadway |
2002 | Amour | Dusoleil | Music Box Theatre | Broadway |
2009 | The Story of My Life | Alvin Kelby | Booth Theatre | Broadway |
2013-2014 | Macbeth | Witch, Angus | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | Broadway |
Gets was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 2003 for his work in Amour.
Selected work
Gets was awarded the Obie Award for his work in Merrily We Roll Along and The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1995. [2]
Year | Award ceremony | Category | Show | Result |
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1995 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated |
2003 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Amour | Nominated |
2003 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Amour | Nominated |
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