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Garber, Victor (b. 1949), actor. The baby‐face leading man graduated from good‐looking juvenile roles to sinister or stuffy characters, appearing in many hits along the way. He was born in London, Canada, and acted in various regional theatres before making an impressive New York debut as the cursed son Osvald in Ghosts (1973). Appearing in both musicals and plays, Garber has been lauded for such performances as the mystery writer's doomed lover Clifford in Deathtrap (1978), the innocent sailor Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (1979), a variety of wacky caricatures in Little Me (1982), the obtuse leading man Garry Lejune in a provincial theatre company in Noises Off (1983), the would‐be opera singer Max in Lend Me a Tenor (1989), a mesmerizing John Wilkes Booth in Assassins (1991), the rugged American actor Edwin Forrest in Two Shakespearean Actors (1992), the gleeful devil Applegate in Damn Yankees (1994), the snob literary critic Benedict Nightingale in Arcadia (1995), and the Parisian art collector Serge in Art (1998).

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  • Born: Mar 16, 1949 in London, Ontario, Canada
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Exotica, Sleepless in Seattle, Annie
  • First Major Screen Credit: Godspell (1973)

Biography

Broadway actor Victor Garber was born in London, Ontario, Canada. Through years of working on-stage, he has earned several Tony and Drama Desk nominations. He earned his first Obie award for his performance in Wenceslas Square at the 1988 New York Shakespeare Festival. Some of his other stage credits include Macbeth, Sweeney Todd, Damn Yankees, and Yasmina Reza's Art. After playing Jesus on-stage in Toronto, Garber reprised his role in David Greene's 1973 film musical Godspell. He joined Greene again to play the lead in Liberace: Behind the Music (1988).

Staying busy with theater, Garber occasionally acts in supporting roles on the big screen. He appeared in two of Nora Ephron's feature comedies: Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and Mixed Nuts (1994). He also appeared in the tense drama Exotica in 1994, directed by fellow Canadian Atom Egoyan. Throughout the '90s and beyond, he appeared in countless TV movies, from Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993) to Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002). Some of his mainstream feature appearances include small parts in The First Wives Club, Titanic, and Legally Blonde. Meanwhile, he regularly appeared in a Canadian television mystery series, Criminal Instincts, based on the novels by Gail Bowen, starting with the first installment Love and Murder in 2000. He played Inspector Phillip Menard to head police detective Joanne Kilborne (Wendy Crewson). He also had a very comfortable home in Disney movies during this time, as he played the dad in Tuck Everlasting, the king in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, and Daddy Warbucks in Rob Marshall's 1999 TV feature Annie.

In 2001, Garber was cast as another dad in the dramatic spy series Alias. He played Jack Bristow, the CIA agent dad of Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner). He earned an Emmy nomination for his work on the show. Characters for 2003 included a mayor in the ABC musical The Music Man and a detective in the independent drama Home Room. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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Victor Garber

Victor Garber, April 2006
Born Victor Joseph Garber
March 16, 1949 (1949-03-16) (age 60)
London, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actor/Singer
Years active 1958–present

Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is perhaps best known for playing Jack Bristow in the television series Alias and Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic.

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Personal life

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Garber was born in London, Ontario, Canada and is of Russian descent. His mother, Hope Garber (née Wolf), was an actress and singer. Victor was also her caregiver until her death from Alzheimer's disease. When Garber was 12 he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

Career

Garber began acting at the age of nine, joining the University of Toronto's Hart House at age 15. In 1967, he formed a folk band called The Sugar Shoppe with Peter Mann, Laurie Hood and Lee Harris. The group enjoyed moderate success, even performing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up.[1] He has worked in various American and Canadian movies and television, including James Cameron's Titanic (1997), in which he used a Northern Irish accent to play the shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, and CTV's E.N.G. (1991–1993), on which he had a recurring guest role.

Other well-known appearances include Godspell (1973) as Jesus, Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Legally Blonde (2001), Annie (1999), and Tuck Everlasting (2002). In the late 1980s, he received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Liberace in the made-for-TV movie, Liberace: Behind the Music.

He is most well known for his portrayal of Jack Bristow on ABC's show, Alias, for which he earned three Emmy nominations. He recently appeared on the now-cancelled television series Justice on FOX and ABC's Eli Stone. His most recent TV appearance is as a mysterious character named "Olivier Roth" in 4 episodes of the Canadian science drama ReGenesis. He will have a recurring role in the upcoming FOX series Glee.

He appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Deathtrap, Sweeney Todd, and Noises Off and in the original off-Broadway cast of Assassins, as well as in the 1990s revival of Damn Yankees. He continues to be a sought-after theatrical performer in musicals, comedies and dramatic productions. In 2005 he played the role of Frederic in the LA Opera's production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music. He played the male lead in a critically hailed Encores presentation of Follies in 2007, with Donna Murphy. He has been nominated for four Tony awards. In mid-2007, he played the role of Garry Essendine in a production of Noel Coward's Present Laughter at Boston's Huntington Theatre.[2] He is slated to reprise the role in the Roundabout Theatre's New York production of "Present Laughter" in winter 2009-2010. In 2009, Victor Garber takes on the role of he DC Comics super villain Sinestro in the direct-to-video animated film film,Green Lantern: First Flight. Also in 2009, Garber played a Klingon interrogator in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie; however, his scenes were deleted from the finished film. [3]

Filmography

Television

Broadway

Off-Broadway

References

  1. ^ CANOE - JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Sugar Shoppe
  2. ^ Present Laughter May 18, 2007
  3. ^ "Star Trek Movie Deleted Klingon Scene Available Online + DVD/Blu-ray Debuts In Some Countries". TrekMovie.com. 2009-10-27. http://trekmovie.com/2009/10/27/star-trek-movie-deleted-klingon-scene-available-online/. 
  4. ^ http://www.tonyawards.com

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