Victor Garber

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), Cinderella (1997), 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. Garber portrayed Martin Stein / Firestorm in the superhero series The Flash (2015–2017) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2017, 2021), which are part of the Arrowverse.

Victor Garber was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and is of Russian-Jewish descent. Diagnosed at age 12 in 1962, he has managed his condition throughout his prolific stage and screen career while becoming a prominent advocate for diabetes awareness. During early stage performances like Godspell, he kept honey, orange juice, or sugar packets on or near the stage to manage the unexpected blood sugar drops of diabetes.

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 1968. The band had performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up.[8]

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 2005, he played the role of Fredrik Egerman in the Los Angeles Opera production of A Little Night Music. 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]

On television, he has had roles on American and Canadian shows. 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 Schuester (Matthew Morrison)'s father Mr.

Victor Garber was recorded at birth as Victor Joseph Garber. The authorities additionally record the headings Victor Joseph Garber, Victor Jay Garber and Victor Garber.

Victor Garber is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded as having studied at University of Toronto, London Central Secondary School and HB Studio.