Victor Garber
Film, stage and television actor
Victor Garber stars as Jack Bristow in the engaging spy drama, Alias, a role
that earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Series.
One of Victor Garber's most notable film roles to date is his charismatic
performance as the architect of the ill-fated ship in Titanic, starring Leonardo
DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Also on the big screen he performed opposite Goldie
Hawn in The First Wives Club, Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle and Reese
Witherspoon in Legally Blonde.
Garber's numerous television credits include Richard Benjamin's Laughter on the
23rd Floor; the ABC miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, in
which he was nominated for an Emmy Award; the role of Daddy Warbucks in ABCs
musical version of Annie, with Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming and Alicia Morton;
Invisible Child, opposite Rita Wilson; External Affairs; and the role of
Inspector Philip Millard in the Criminal Instinct Mysteries Love And Murder,
Deadly Appearance, The Wandering Soul Murders and A Colder Kind Of Death, based
on the novels by Gail Bowen. He also performed in ABCs The Wonderful World of
Disney film Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella, and Let Me Call You Sweetheart,
opposite Meredith Baxter. Garber received Gemini nominations for his
performances in the miniseries Dieppe and the TV movie First Circle. He will
also be seen in the upcoming ABC musical, The Music Man.
His episodic work includes guest starring roles on the popular series The Outer
Limits and Law & Order, and a recurring role on the long running series E.N.G.
Garber received an Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance on Frasier.
Garber's stage performances are legendary. He has earned four Tony nominations
for his work in Damn Yankees, Lend Me A Tenor, Deathtrap and Little Me. He
performed in the workshop of Sondheim's Wiseguys, with Nathan Lane, which was
directed by Sam Mendes, and with Alan Alda and Alfred Molina in the Tony
Award-winning play, Art, which moved to Los Angeles following its successful
six-month run at Broadways Royale Theatre. His numerous stage credits also
include Arcadia, The Devil's Disciple, Noises Off and Sweeney Todd.
Garber began acting at the age of 10 in childrens productions at the Grand
Theatre in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada. At 16 he moved to Toronto,
where he joined the singing group The Sugar Shoppe which were featured on the Ed
Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows. One of his first film roles was for director
George Bloomfield in CBCs Paradise Lost. Soon after, he landed the role of the
hippie-Messiah in the Toronto production of Godspell, a role he would later
reprise in the musical film version.
Garber now makes his home in New York and in Los Angeles while filming Alias.