Victor Garber

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Victor Garber
OC
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Garber in 2017
Born
Victor Jay Garber

(1949-03-16) March 16, 1949 (age 75)
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1972–present
Spouse
Rainer Andreesen
(m. 2015)
Mother Bessie Hope Wolf

Victor Garber, OC [1] (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian stage and film actor and singer. [2] Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards, and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [3]

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Garber originated roles in the Broadway productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 1979 (as Anthony), Noises Off in 1983 (as Garry), Lend Me a Tenor in 1989 (as Max), Arcadia in 1995 (as Bernard), and Art in 1998 (as Serge). He's received four Tony Award nominations for his performances in the play Deathtrap in 1978 (as Clifford), the Neil Simon musical Little Me in 1982 (as The Men in Belle's Life), Lend Me a Tenor in 1989, and the musical comedy revival of Damn Yankees in 1994 (as Applegate). He created the role of John Wilkes Booth in the original cast of the 1990 Off-Broadway run of Assassins. In 2018, he returned to Broadway in the revival of Hello, Dolly! as Horace Vandergelder opposite Bernadette Peters and Gavin Creel.

He made his film debut as Jesus Christ in the musical Godspell (1973). He has also been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards along with the casts of the critically acclaimed films Titanic (1997), Milk (2008), and Argo (2012) winning for Argo. Other notable films include Sleepless in Seattle (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Annie (1999), Legally Blonde (2001), Sicario (2015), Dark Waters (2019), and Happiest Season (2020).

On television, Garber is best known as Jack Bristow in the ABC series Alias (2001 to 2006) for which he received three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series nominations. He received further Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Sidney Luft in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) and for his guest roles in the sitcoms Frasier in 2001 and Will & Grace in 2005. He has since joined the Arrowverse appearing as Martin Stein / Firestorm in the superhero series The Flash (2015–2017) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2017, 2021).

Early life

Garber was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and is of Russian-Jewish descent. His father was Joseph "Joe" Garber (died 1995), and his mother, Bessie Hope Wolf (died 2005), was an actress, singer, and the host of At Home with Hope Garber. [4] He has a brother, Nathan, and a sister, Alisa.

He attended Ryerson Elementary School and London Central Secondary School. Garber began acting at the age of nine in 1958. He enrolled in the children's program of the Grand Theatre, and, at age 16, he was accepted at a six-week summer theatre training program at the University of Toronto taught by Robert Gill. [5] In New York, he studied acting at HB Studio. [6]

Career

Music

In 1967, after a period working as a solo folk singer, Garber formed a folk group called The Sugar Shoppe with Peter Mann, Laurie Hood and Lee Harris. The group enjoyed moderate success, breaking into the Canadian Top 40 with a version of Bobby Gimby's song "Canada" (1967). [7] Three other Sugar Shoppe songs made the lower reaches of the Canadian Top 100 in 1967 and '68. The band had performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up. [8]

Theatre

Garber played Jesus in Toronto's 1972 production of Godspell, alongside Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Gilda Radner, Dave Thomas, Paul Shaffer and Martin Short. [9] [10] In 1985, he appeared in Noises Off at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. [11]

Garber in February 2010 Victor Garber 2010.jpg
Garber in February 2010

He appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Deathtrap , Sweeney Todd and Noises Off (1983), and in the original Off-Broadway cast of Assassins , as well as the 1990s revival of Damn Yankees . In 1986, Garber appeared at Circle in the Square opposite Uta Hagen in You Never Can Tell. [12] He has been nominated for four Tony Awards and opened the Tony Awards program in 1994 (the year he was nominated for the Tony Award for Damn Yankees). [13] In 1998, he co-starred on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning play Art with Alan Alda and Alfred Molina. In 2005, he played the role of Frederic in the Los Angeles Opera production of A Little Night Music . He played Ben in a critically praised Encores! staged concert production of Follies (2007) opposite Donna Murphy. [14] In mid-2007, he played Garry Essendine in a production of Noël Coward's Present Laughter at Boston's Huntington Theatre. [15] He reprised the role on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre production, which opened in January 2010. [16]

In January 2018, Garber replaced David Hyde Pierce as Horace Vandergelder in the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! at the Shubert Theatre opposite Bernadette Peters. Garber began performances on January 20 prior to the press opening on February 22. [17] [18]

Garber received the 2018 Theatre World John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement. [19]

Film

His earlier film work includes Godspell (1973) as Jesus (the part he played originally in the 1972 Canadian stage production) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). He starred opposite Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, and Bette Midler in The First Wives Club as film producer Bill Atchison, husband of Goldie Hawn's character, Elise Eliot, in 1996. In James Cameron's Titanic (1997), he essayed a Mid-Ulster accent to play the shipbuilder Thomas Andrews.

In 2009, Garber voiced DC Comics supervillain Sinestro in the direct-to-video animated film Green Lantern: First Flight . That same year, Garber played a Klingon interrogator in J. J. Abrams' Star Trek film; however, his scenes were deleted from the finished film. [20]

In 2010, Garber had an uncredited cameo in The Town , directed by Ben Affleck, as a bank manager. Garber also appeared in the film Ice Quake . In late 2012, he appeared in Affleck's film Argo , [21] about the Iran hostage crisis; Garber portrayed Canadian Ambassador to Iran Kenneth D. Taylor. [22] He also co-starred in 2014 thriller Big Game. [23] [24]

He narrated the 2017 film They Shall Not Perish . [25]

Other film appearances include Annie (1999), Legally Blonde (2001), and Tuck Everlasting (2002). [5]

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Garber in March 2018

Television

On television, he has had roles on American and Canadian shows. Garber's first leading role on television show was in CBS's 1985 summer series I Had Three Wives . [26] He had a recurring guest role on CTV's E.N.G. (1991–93). He portrayed Jack Bristow, the father of main character Sydney Bristow on ABC's Alias , earning three Emmy nominations. [27] [28] He next starred on the television series Justice (2006) on Fox and ABC's Eli Stone . He appeared as Olivier Roth in four episodes of the Canadian science drama ReGenesis . He appeared in the Fox series Glee in the third episode titled "Acafellas", as Will's father. He played Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm on The Flash starting with the episode "Crazy for You", [29] before being spun off onto Legends of Tomorrow where he was a series regular for its first two seasons and half of the third. [30] Garber made his final appearance as a regular in the episode "Crisis on Earth-X" but reprised his role as in the 100th episode, "Wvrdr_error_100<oest-of-th3-gs.gid30n> not found". [31] Aside from the two crossovers, Garber made an independent return to The Flash in the season three episode "Duet" as the unnamed husband of gangster Diggsy Foss in the dreamworld. He once again reprised his role as Martin Stein for a final time in a vocal cameo in the season nine episode "A New World, Part One". [32] He also played the reoccurring character Admiral Halsey on The Orville . [33]

Personal life

Garber prefers to keep his personal life private and has largely stayed out of the tabloids. [4] In 2012, he referred publicly to being gay. [34] In 2013, he said "I don't really talk about it but everybody knows." [35] Garber has been in a relationship with Canadian artist and model Rainer Andreesen since 2000. [34] On October 10, 2015, Andreesen announced on his Instagram page that he and Garber were married in Canada. [36] Garber has Type 1 diabetes: he was diagnosed in 1962 at the age of 12. [37]

Garber is good friends with his Alias co-star Jennifer Garner and officiated her 2005 wedding to Ben Affleck. Garber and his husband were the only guests at the private wedding. [38]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Godspell Jesus Christ
1974 Monkeys in the Attic Eric
1981In the Research of Path of LifeBenjamin Lonergan
1988The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway
1992 Singles Child's FatherUncredited cameo
I'll Never Get to HeavenEric Hoskins
Light Sleeper Tis Brooke
1993 Sleepless in Seattle Greg
Life with Mikey Brian Spiro
1994 Exotica Harold Brown
Mixed Nuts Irate NeighbourVoice
1995 Jeffrey Tim
KleptomaniaMorgan Allen
1996 The First Wives Club Bill Atchison
1997 Titanic Thomas Andrews
The Absolution of AnthonyFather CarsonShort
1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back IsaacUncredited cameo
2001 Legally Blonde Professor Callahan
Call Me Claus Taylor
2002 Tuck Everlasting Robert Foster
Home Room Det. Martin Van Zandt
2008 Milk Mayor George Moscone
2009 Green Lantern: First Flight Sinestro Voice [39]
Star Trek Klingon InterrogatorDeleted scene
2010 You Again Mark
The Town David Assistant Bank ManagerUncredited cameo
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Master Thundering RhinoVoice [39]
The Entitled Bob Vincent
Take Me Home Arnold
2012 Argo Ken Taylor
Moving Day Wilf Redmond
2013 I'll Follow You Down Sal
2014 Big Game Vice President
2015 Self/less Martin O'Neill
Consumed Dan
Sicario Dave Jennings
Bob's Broken SleighFluffyVoice [39]
2017 Rebel in the Rye Sol Salinger
2019 Dark Waters Phil Donnelly
2020 Funny Face Developer's Father
Happiest Season Ted Caldwell
2023 Wish SabinoVoice [40]
2024 Fly Me to the Moon Senator Hedges [41]
Relay
TBAThe Gettysburg Address William L. Saunders Voice; post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Jack: A Flash FantasyJack of HeartsTelevision film
ABC Afterschool Special Christian de NeuvilletteVoice, episode: "Cyrano"
1975 Hallmark Hall of Fame Marquis de Lafayette Episode: "Valley Forge"
1976 Great Performances ArthurEpisode: Ah, Wilderness
1977The Best of FamiliesTeddy WheelerMiniseries
1978TartuffeValereTelevision
1983Charley's AuntJack Chesney
1985 I Had Three Wives Jackson BeaudineLead role, 5 episodes
Tales from the Darkside Ambrose CavenderEpisode: "The Tear Collector"
Private Sessions Jerry SharmaTelevision film
1986 The Twilight Zone Dr. Kevin CarlsonEpisode: "A Day in Beaumont"
Roanoak John White Television film
Guiding Light Det. Frank MinnelliUnknown episodes
1987–1991 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Dennis Widmer10 episodes
1988 Liberace: Behind the Music Liberace Television film
1991Grand LarcenyJudge Keeler
1991–1993 E.N.G. Adam Hirsch10 episodes
1992 The First Circle Lew RubinTelevision film
I'll Fly Away WarrenEpisode: "Fragile Truths"
The Powers That Be Mack NovitzEpisode: "Oh, Mack"
1993 Alex Haley's Queen DigbyMiniseries
Dieppe Lord Louis Mountbatten Television film
Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story Frank Marrocco
Sesame Street CharlesEpisode 3130: "Barkley wants to play"
1994 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues BlackwellEpisode: "The Innocent"
1995 Law & Order Paul SandigEpisode: "Savages"
Almost Perfect Howard GuthrieEpisode: "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
1996Hostile AdvancesJack GilcrestTelevision film
F/X: The Series Andrew PriceEpisode: "The Brotherhood"
The Outer Limits Dr. Ben McCormickEpisode: "Out of Body"
1997 Cinderella King MaximilianTelevision film
Let Me Call You SweetheartGeoff Dorso
Liberty! The American Revolution John Dickinson 6 episodes
1999 Summer's End NarratorVoice, television film
Invisible Child Tim BeemanTelevision film
Annie Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
External Affairs Harry Raymond
2000Love and MurderInspector Philip Millard
Frasier FergusonEpisode: "Taking Liberties"
The Outer Limits Dr. Edward NormandyEpisode: "Glitch"
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Sidney Luft Television film
The Wandering Soul MurdersInspector Philip Millard
A Colder Kind of DeathInspector Philip Millard
Laughter on the 23rd Floor Kenny Franks
Call Me Claus Taylor
2001–2006 Alias Jack Bristow Main cast (Season 1–5): 105 episodes
2002 Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story J.J. RobinetteTelevision film
2003 The Music Man Mayor Shinn
It's All Relative Jerry / JoffreyEpisode: "The Doctor Is Out"
2004 Will & Grace Peter BovingtonEpisode: "Saving Grace, Again: Part 2"
2006 Justice Ron Trott13 episodes
2007 American Masters NarratorEpisode: "Novel Reflections: The American Dream"
Ugly Betty Professor BarrettEpisode: "Grin and Bear It"
2007–2008 ReGenesis Oliver Roth5 episodes
2008–2009 Eli Stone Jordan Wethersby26 episodes
2009 The Last Templar Monsignor De AngelisMiniseries
Everything She Ever WantedWalter Allanson
Glee Mr. SchuesterEpisode: "Acafellas"
Nurse Jackie Neil Nutterman2 episodes
RexPaulTelevision film
America Before ColumbusNarratorDocumentary
2009–2014 Web Therapy Kip WalliceWeb series, 8 episodes
2010 Ice Quake Colonel Bill HughesTelevision film
2010–2013 Republic of Doyle Garrison Steel4 episodes
2011 Stargate Universe Ambassador OvirdaEpisode: "Seizure"
Suits Phillip HardmanPilot (scenes cut in US release)
Murdoch Mysteries Detective Malcolm LambEpisode: "Tattered and Torn"
Flashpoint Dr. Larry Toth3 episodes
30 Rock Eugene GrembyEpisode: "Respawn"
Law & Order: LA Walter CalvinEpisode: "Angel's Knoll"
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance Charles, Prince of Wales Television film
Charlie's Angels Charles "Charlie" TownsendVoice, 8 episodes
2011–2015 Web Therapy Kip WalliceMain role (19 episodes)
2012 The Big C Willie WankerEpisode: "Family Matters"
Damages Bennett Herreshoff3 episodes
The Firm Judge Walter A. DominicEpisode: "Chapter 6"
2013 Deception Robert BowersMain role (11 episodes)
The Hunters Mason FullerTelevision film
2014 The Good Wife Judge Loudon SpencerEpisode: "We, the Juries"
Sleepy Hollow Mr. CraneEpisode: "Bad Blood"
Louie Louie's LawyerEpisode: "Model"
Working the Engels Dr. Colin ShandyEpisode: "Family Therapy"
Blue Bloods Donald SteinEpisode: "Under the Gun"
2014–2020 Power Simon Stern16 episodes
2015 Motive Neville Montgomery4 episodes
The Slap NarratorMiniseries
2015–2017,
2023
The Flash Martin Stein / Firestorm 12 episodes
Digsy Foss's husbandEpisode: "Duet" [42]
2016–2017,
2021
Legends of Tomorrow Martin Stein / FirestormMain role (seasons 1–3), guest role (season 7) [43]
Eobard Thawne Episode: "The Chicago Way"
Sir Henry SteinEpisode: "Return of the Mack" [44]
2016 Vixen Martin Stein / FirestormVoice, episode: "Episode #2.1" [45]
2017–2022 The Orville Admiral Halsey13 episodes; recurring
2017 Modern Family Charles DumontEpisode: "Do It Yourself"
Difficult People John PassiasEpisode: "Cindarestylox"
Supergirl Martin Stein / Firestorm [46] [47] Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1"
Arrow Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2"
2018–2020 Spirit Riding Free James Sr.Voice, 2 episodes [39]
2019 Tales of the City Sam Garland7 episodes [48]
2020 Schitt's Creek Clifton SparksEpisode: "Sunrise, Sunset"
2020–2021 Power Book II: Ghost Simon Stern4 episodes
2021–present Family Law Harry SvenssonMain role [49]
2021 The Simpsons Michael de GraffVoice, episode: "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" [50]
Beebo Saves Christmas NarratorTV special [51]
2023 The Last Thing He Told Me Professor Tobias CookmanEpisode: "Witness to Your Life"
And Just Like That... Mark Kasabian2 episodes
2024 American Horror Stories David Woodrow RandolphEpisode: "Clone"

Theatre

Source: Playbill [52]

YearProductionRoleVenue
1972–1975 Godspell Jesus Royal Alexandra Theatre
Westbury Music Fair
Paper Mill Playhouse
1973 Ghosts Performer Roundabout Theatre Company
1975Joe's Opera
1976Cracks
1977 The Shadow Box Mark Morosco Theatre
Tartuffe Valère Circle in the Square Theatre
1978 Deathtrap Cliff Anderson Biltmore Theatre
1979 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Anthony Hope Uris Theatre
1979–1981 They're Playing Our Song Vernon Gersch Imperial Theatre
1982 Little Me Various roles Eugene O'Neill Theatre
1983 Noises Off Gary LeJuene Brooks Atkinson Theatre
1986–1987 You Never Can Tell Valentine Circle in the Square Theatre
1988 The Devil's Disciple Richard Dudgeon
Wenceslas Square Performer
1989 Love Letters AndrewPromenade Theatre
Lend Me a Tenor Max Royale Theatre
1990 Merrily We Roll Along Franklin Shepard Arena Stage
1990–1991 Assassins John Wilkes Booth Playwrights Horizons
1992Two Shakespearean ActorsEdwin Forrest Cort Theatre
1994–1995 Damn Yankees Applegate Marquis Theatre
1995 Arcadia Bernard Nightingale Vivian Beaumont Theatre
1998 'Art' Serge Royale Theatre
2004 A Little Night Music Fredrik Egerman Los Angeles Opera
2007 Follies Benjamin Stone New York City Center
2009 A Little Night Music Fredrik Egerman Studio 54
2010 Present Laughter Garry Essendine American Airlines Theatre
2011 She Loves Me Zoltan Maraczek Stephen Sondheim Theatre
2018 Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder Shubert Theatre
2023 Love Letters Andrew Makepeace Ladd III Irish Repertory Theatre
Gutenberg! The Musical! The Producer
(One night only)
James Earl Jones Theatre

Awards and nominations

In addition to industry awards, Garber was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022, with the rank of Officer. [53]

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
2001 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Nominated [54]
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier
2002 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Alias
2003
2004
2005 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Will & Grace
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Titanic [55]
2008 Milk [56]
2012 Argo Won [57]
1978 Tony Awards Best Featured Actor in a Play Deathtrap Nominated [58]
1982 Best Actor in a Musical Little Me
1989 Best Actor in a Play Lend Me a Tenor
1994 Best Actor in a Musical Damn Yankees
1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Ensemble Noises Off Won
1987 Outstanding Actor in a Play You Never Can Tell Nominated

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