Biography
Throughout his career, Willie Garson played many supporting parts, but his undeniable screen presence shined beyond the size of the role given him. The talented actor was rarely at a loss for work, appearing in over 200 TV episodes of a wide variety of programming. His unorthodox bald and bespectacled look won over fans most famously on the award-winning and provocative series, "Sex and the City" (HBO, 1998-2004). For six very successful …
Career Milestones
2010 | Reprised his role of Stanford Blatch in "Sex and the City 2" | |
2008 | Reprised role of Stanford Blatch, Carrie's gay confidante in "Sex and the City: The Movie" | |
2007 | Cast as Meyer Dickstein, an attorney and a zealous surfing fan in the short-lived HBO series "John From Cincinnati" | |
2005 | Once again teamed with the Farrelly brothers, playing one of Jimmy Fallon's baseball-addicted best friends in the comedy "Fever Pitch" | |
2002 | Appeared in the highly acclaimed Steven Spielberg miniseries, "Taken" (Sci-Fi) | |
1998 | Cast as Stanford Blatch, the flamboyantly gay confidante to Carrie Bradshaw (Parker) in HBO's hit series, "Sex and the City" | |
1998 | Appeared as one of Ben Stiller's High School pals in the Farrelly brothers comedy, "There's Something about Mary" | |
1998 | Cast as Ronnie Rendall, Jack's co-worker and best friend on the short-lived FOX sitcom, "Ask Harriet" | |
1996 | Played Henry Coffield, Detective Simone's (Jimmy Smits) apartment owner/tenant and friend in ABC's "NYPD Blue" | |
1996 | First film with the Farrelly brothers, acting alongside Woody Harrelson in the comedy "Kingpin" | |
1993 | Played several roles on the ABC sitcom, "Boy Meets World" | |
1993 | Cast as Phil's (Bill Murray) assistant Kenny in the comedy "Groundhog Day" | |
1992 | Offered a controversial turn as JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in an episode of "Quantum Leap" (NBC) | |
1986 | First recurring role in a series, playing Kevin's (Rob Stone) best friend in ABC's "Mr. Belvedere" | |
| Moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s | ||