Victor Garber, "Alias" 


Where you may have seen him: As the doomed designer of "Titanic," Syd Luft in 
"Life with Judy Garland" and the star of numerous Broadway shows such as 
"Sweeney Todd" and "Damn Yankees." 




As the father and colleague of Jennifer Garner's slinky superspy, Garber 
represents a singular study in contrasts. He has a bruiser's big frame but 
soft features and an even softer, cultured delivery. Even when he's breaking 
someone's arm to get a confession out of them, he doesn't raise his voice or 
break a sweat; this could just be a detour on the way to the opera for him. 
He's impossible to read, which makes him a perfect double agent, and 
impossible to ignore whenever he's on-screen. 


As terrific as Garner looks kicking butt in all those wigs and designer 
gowns, she doesn't have half of Garber's screen presence, nor his 
unflappable demeanor. (She often looks too frightened or bewildered to 
be in this line of work.) And his character's backstory and conflicts would 
provide just as much dramatic meat, if not moreso, for an ongoing series 
focused on him. 

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