Victor Garber

 ( 1949 Births ) 

Victor Garber, (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian stage and film actor and singer. Garber references his dual citizenship, parade.com. Retrieved October 26, 2022. 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.

Garber originated roles in the Broadway theatre productions of in 1979 (as Anthony Hope), Noises Off in 1983 (as Garry LeJuene), Lend Me a Tenor in 1989 (as Max), Arcadia in 1995 (as Bernard Nightingale), and Art in 1998 (as Serge). He's received four Tony Award nominations for his performances in the play Deathtrap in 1978 (as Clifford Anderson), 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 (2001) and for his guest roles in the sitcoms Frasier in 2001 and Will & Grace in 2005. Garber portrayed Martin Stein in the superhero series The Flash (2015–2017) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2017, 2021), which are part of the Arrowverse.

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

Garber attended Ryerson Elementary School and London Central Secondary School. He began acting at the age of nine in 1958. Garber 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. Profile of Victor Garber, Toronto Star. Retrieved April 24, 2014. In New York, he studied acting at HB Studio. Profile, HBStudio.org. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

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Career

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Music In 1967, after a period working as a solo folk singer, Garber formed a folk music 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). Three other Sugar Shoppe songs made the lower reaches of the Canadian Top 100 in 1967 and 1968. The band had performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up., jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved April 24, 2014.

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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. In 1985, he appeared in Noises Off at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.Sullivan, Dan. "Stage Review : Laughter Is Loudest Part Of 'Noises Off'" Los Angeles Times, February 12, 1985 He appeared on Broadway theatre 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. He was nominated for four and opened the 48th Tony Awards program in 1994 (the year he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Damn Yankees). "Tony Award 1994" tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017 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 Fredrik Egerman in the Los Angeles Opera production of A Little Night Music. He played Ben Stone in a critically praised Encores! staged concert production of Follies (2007) opposite Donna Murphy.Rooney, David. "Review: 'Follies'" Variety, February 9, 2007 In mid-2007, he played Garry Essendine in a production of Noël Coward's Present Laughter at Boston's Huntington Theatre. Present Laughter huntingtontheatre.org, May 18, 2007. He reprised the role on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre production, which opened in January 2010.Jones, Kenneth. "I'll See You Again": 'Present Laughter' Concludes Broadway Run" Playbill, March 21, 2010

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.McPhee, Ryan. "Bernadette Peters Is Broadway's New 'Hello, Dolly!' Headliner Beginning January 20" Playbill, January 20, 2018Stasio, Marilyn. "Broadway Review: Bernadette Peters in 'Hello, Dolly!'" Variety, February 22, 2018

Garber received the 2018 Theatre World John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement.Gans, Andrew. "Bernadette Peters and Glenda Jackson Among Presenters for 2018 Theatre World Awards" Playbill, May 30, 2018

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Film His earlier film work includes Godspell (1973) as Jesus Christ (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 Ulster English accent to play the shipbuilder Thomas Andrews.

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

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

Garber narrated the 2017 film They Shall Not Perish. Other film appearances include Annie (1999), Legally Blonde (2001), and Tuck Everlasting (2002).

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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. 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. 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 Schuester (Matthew Morrison)'s father Mr. Schuester. He played Martin Stein on The Flash starting with the episode "Crazy for You" (2015), before being spun off onto Legends of Tomorrow, where he was a series regular for its first and second seasons (2016–2017) and half of the third season (2017). Garber made his final appearance as a regular in the crossover event "Crisis on Earth-X" (2017), where Stein was killed off. However, he reprised his role in the series' 100th episode, "Wvrdr_error_100 not found" (2021), where Stein appears as part of Gideon's memories. Additionally, Garber made an independent return to The Flash in the season three episode "Duet" (2017) as the unnamed husband of gangster Digsy Foss (Jesse L. Martin) in a dream world. Garber reprised his role as Stein for a final time in a vocal cameo in "A New World" (2023), the series finale of The Flash. He also played the reoccurring character Admiral Halsey on The Orville.

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Personal life

Garber prefers to keep his personal life private and has largely stayed out of the tabloids. In 2012, he Coming out to being gay. In 2013, he said "I don't really talk about it but everybody knows." Garber has been in a relationship with Canadian artist and model Rainer Andreesen since 2000. On October 10, 2015, Andreesen announced on his Instagram page that he and Garber had married in Canada.

Garber has type 1 diabetes: he was diagnosed in 1962 at the age of 12.

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

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Filmography

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Film

Uncredited cameo

Voice

Short

Uncredited cameo

Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

Deleted scene

Uncredited cameo

Voice

Voice

Voice; post-production

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Television

Television film
Voice, episode: "Cyrano"
Episode: " Valley Forge"
Episode: " Ah, Wilderness"
Miniseries
Television film
	Jack Chesney
Main role (5 episodes)
Episode: "The Tear Collector"
Television film
Episode: "A Day in Beaumont"
Television film
Unknown episodes
10 episodes
Television film
	Judge Keeler
10 episodes
Television film
Episode: "Fragile Truths"
Episode: "Oh, Mack"
Miniseries
Television film
	Frank Marrocco
Episode: "Barkley Wants to Play"
Episode: "The Innocent"
Episode: "Savages"
Episode: "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
Television film
Episode: "The Brotherhood"
Episode: "Out of Body"
Television film
	Geoff Dorso
6 episodes
Voice, television film
Television film
	Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
	Harry Raymond
	Inspector Philip Millard
Episode: "Taking Liberties"
Episode: "Glitch"
Miniseries
Inspector Philip Millard	Television film
		A Colder Kind of Death
Kenny Franks
Taylor
Main cast (105 episodes)
Television film
	Mayor George Shinn
Episode: "The Doctor Is Out"
Episode: "Saving Grace, Again: Part 2"
13 episodes
Episode: "Novel Reflections: The American Dream"
Episode: "Grin and Bear It"
5 episodes
26 episodes
Miniseries
	Walter Allanson
Episode: "Acafellas"
2 episodes
Television film
Documentary
Web series, 8 episodes
Television film
4 episodes
Episode: "Seizure"
Pilot (scenes cut in US release)
Episode: "Tattered and Torn"
3 episodes
Episode: "Respawn"
Episode: "Angel's Knoll"
Television film
Voice, 8 episodes
Main role (19 episodes)
Episode: "Family Matters"
3 episodes
Episode: "Chapter 6"
Main role (11 episodes)
Television film
Episode: "We, the Juries"
Episode: "Bad Blood"
Episode: "Model"
Episode: "Family Therapy"
Episode: "Under the Gun"
16 episodes
4 episodes
Miniseries
Bob's Broken Sleigh	Fluffy	Voice; TV special
12 episodes
Episode: "Duet"
Main role (42 episodes)
Episode: "The Chicago Way"
Episode: "Return of the Mack"
Voice, episode: "Episode #2.1"
13 episodes
Episode: "Do It Yourself"
Episode: "Cindarestylox"
Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1"
Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2"
Voice, 2 episodes
7 episodes
Episode: "Sunrise, Sunset"
4 episodes
Main role (30 episodes)
Voice, episode: "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"
TV special
Episode: "Witness to Your Life"
4 episodes
2024	American Horror Stories	David Woodrow Randolph	Episode: "Clone"

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Theatre

Source: Playbill "Victor Garber Broadway" Playbill. Retrieved September 5, 2017

Royal Alexandra Theatre Westbury Music Fair Paper Mill Playhouse
Roundabout Theatre Company
Morosco Theatre, Broadway theatre
Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
Biltmore Theatre, Broadway
Uris Theatre, Broadway
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
	Richard Dudgeon
Promenade Theatre
Royale Theatre, Broadway
Arena Stage
Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway
Cort Theatre, Broadway
Marquis Theatre, Broadway
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway
Royale Theatre, Broadway
Los Angeles Opera
New York City Center, Off-Broadway
Studio 54, Broadway
American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Broadway
Shubert Theatre, Broadway
Irish Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway
James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway

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Awards and nominations

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

1987	Outstanding Actor in a Play	You Never Can Tell
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Frasier (episode: "Taking Liberties")
2002	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Alias (episode: "Color Blind" + "Almost Thirty Years")
2003		Alias (episode: "Passage Part 2" + "Endgame")
2004		Alias (episode: "Breaking Point" + "Hourglass")
2005	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Will & Grace (episode: "Saving Grace, Again")
2008	Milk
2012	Argo
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

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