Michael Siberry

Michael Siberry
Born	1956 (age 68–69) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Education	National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Occupation	Actor

Michael Siberry (born 1956) is an Australian stage and screen actor.

Life and career

Siberry was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia and began his career in Adelaide at the State Theatre Company of South Australia before moving to England to perform for the Royal Shakespeare Company. ^[1]

On Broadway, Siberry has performed the likes of Nicholas Nickleby in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby , Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice , Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music and Shakespeare in The Frogs (Lincoln Center). ^[2]

Other theatre credits include Morrell in Candida and Astrov in Uncle Vanya at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey and Osbourne in Journey's End , Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Billy Flynn in Chicago at London's West end theatre. ^[3]

He portrayed King Arthur in the U.S. National Tour of Monty Python's Spamalot for two years before reprising it on Broadway in 2008. ^[4]

In 2017, he performed as Leo Tresler in the Tony-nominated Broadway drama Junk at the Lincoln Center. ^[5]

His notable television appearances include Sherlock Holmes ; Jeeves and Wooster ; Highlander ; The Grand ; Silent Witness ; Victoria & Albert ; House of Cards ; Boardwalk Empire ; The Blacklist ; Jessica Jones ; Madam Secretary ; The Last Tycoon ; Severance ; and The Society . He had supporting roles in the films Boundaries of the Heart , Teen Agent , and Birdman .

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Biggles	Algy
1988	Boundaries of the Heart	Arthur Pearson
1991	Teen Agent	Richardson
2014	Birdman	Larry
2015	Experimenter	George Bellak
	Coming Through the Rye	Mr. Dewitt
2023	The Cab	The Cabbie	Short
	The Featherweight	Bill Lee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Woodley	Episode: "The Solitary Cyclist"
1986	Strike It Rich!	Stafford	8 episodes
1988	Noble House	Linbar Struan	4 episodes
1989	After the War	David Lucas	4 episodes
1990–1991	Jeeves and Wooster	Bingo Little	3 episodes
1991	Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady	Franz Winterhauser	TV film
1992	The Witches of Eastwick	Darryl Van Horne	TV film
1994	Under the Hammer	Nick Roper	5 episodes
	Highlander: The Series	Martin Hyde	Episode: "Prodigal Son"
1997–1998	The Grand	John Bannerman	12 episodes
1998	Silent Witness	Dr. James Reynolds	4 episodes
1999	Highlander: The Raven	Frank Brennan	Episode: "The Rogue"
2001	Beast	Dr. Beecham	2 episodes
	Victoria & Albert	Lord Uxbridge	TV film
2003	Rosemary & Thyme	Hugo Dainty	Episode: "A Simple Plot"
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	David Watson	Episode: "Bully"
2013–2017	House of Cards	David Rasmussen	3 episodes
2014	Unforgettable	Sen. Thomas Carlyle	Episode: "D.O.A."
	Boardwalk Empire	Sen. Wendell Lloyd	2 episodes
	Person of Interest	Blackwood	Episode: "The Cold War"
2015	The Good Wife	Richard Dawkins	Episode: "Mind's Eye"
	The Blacklist	Agent Kilpatrick	Episode: "Karakurt (No. 55)"
	Madam Secretary	British Ambassador Graham Shenton	Episode: "The Long Shot"
	Jessica Jones	Albert Thompson	5 episodes
	Scream Queens	Butler	Episode: "Dorkus"
2016–2017	The Last Tycoon	Dr. George Gyssling	3 episodes
2019	The Society	Rogers Eliot	Episode: "What Happened?"
	Elementary	Carson Mayfield	Episode: "On the Scent"
2022-2025	Severance	Jame Eagan	5 episodes

References

1. "Michael Siberry Joins 'Spamalot' as New King Arthur 9/16". broadwayworld.com.
2. "Michael Siberry Theatre Credits". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. Monty Python's Spamalot Archived 5 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. Spamalot Will Welcome a New King in September Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. Suskin, Steven (2 November 2017). "Aisle View: America's Alchemist". HuffPost. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

External links

• Michael Siberry at IMDb
• Michael Siberry at the Internet Broadway Database

Preceded by Jonathan Hadary	Actor playing King Arthur on Spamalot 16 September 2008 - 11 January 2009 (close)	Succeeded by Incumbent