Victor Garber
Milestones
- Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada
- Birthday: March 16, 1949
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2008
Cast in the short-lived ABC series "Eli Stone"
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2008
Portrayed former San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in Gus Van Sant's biographical film "Milk"
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2007
Played the male lead in a critically hailed Encores presentation of "Follies," with Donna Murphy
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2006
Starred in the short-lived FOX legal drama "Justice"
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2004
Earned an Emmy nomination for his guest-starring role on "Will & Grace"
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2002
Appeared in the feature film "Tuck Everlasting"
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2001
Cast as Sid Luft to Judy Davis' Judy Garland in in the ABC miniseries "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows"; earned Emmy nomination
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2001
Played one of the TV writers in "Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor" (Showtime)
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2001 to 2006
Portrayed Jack Bristow on the ABC spy series "Alias"; earned three consecutive Emmy nominations for Supporting Actor from 2002-2004
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2001
Was featured as a law school professor in the hit film comedy "Legally Blonde"
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2000
Guest-starred as the Crane's temporary butler on an episode of "Frasier"; received Emmy nomination
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1999
Played Daddy Warbucks in the ABC remake of the Broadway musical "Annie"
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1998
Returned to Broadway as co-star of "Art," alongside Alfred Molina and Alan Alda
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1997
Cast as the King in the ABC TV remake of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella"
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1997
Portrayed the ship's designer in James Cameron's Oscar-winning blockbuster "Titanic"
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1996
Played Goldie Hawn's ex-husband in "The First Wives Club"
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1995
Cast as Sarah Polley's father in "Exotica"
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1995
Re-teamed with Blair Brown in the Broadway staging of Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia"
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1994
Cast as the Devil in the Broadway revival of "Damn Yankees"; picked up fourth career Tony Award nomination
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1993
Co-starred in the CBS miniseries "Queen"
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1992
Returned to feature films after an 18-year absence to play a drug dealer in "Light Sleeper"
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1991
Appeared in the short film "Walking the Dog"
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1991 to 1993
Played recurring role on the Canadian TV series "E.N.G."
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1990
Appeared in the controversial Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman Off-Broadway musical "Assassins"; played John Wilkes Booth
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1989
Received third Tony Award nomination for leading role in the Broadway comedy "Lend Me a Tenor"
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1988
Cast in the title role in "Liberace: Behind the Music" (CBS)
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1987 to 1988
Played the boss and one-time romantic interest of the title character (Blair Brown) in "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" (NBC, Lifetime)
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1987
Won praise for his work in the Off-Broadway play "Wencenslas Square"
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1985
Starred in short-lived series "I Had Three Wives" (CBS) as a private detective aided by a trio of his ex-wives
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1983
Had featured role in the Broadway farce "Noises Off"
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1983
Made TV series debut in the ABC daytime drama "Ryan's Hope"
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1982
Starred in the revival of the musical "Little Me"; picked up second Tony Award nomination
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1979
Played the male juvenile lead, Anthony Hope, in the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical "Sweeney Todd"
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1978
Had featured role of playwright Clifford Anderson on Broadway in "Deathtrap"; received first Tony Award nomination
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1977
Returned to NYC in featured role of Moliere's "Tartuffe" at Circle in the Square; reprised role for the 1978 PBS adaptation
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1975
Made American TV debut in the NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Valley Forge"
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1974
Last film for 18 years, the Canadian-produced "Monkeys in the Attic"
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1974
Provided the voice of Christian in an animated version of "Cyrano de Bergerac" (ABC)
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1973
Feature film debut as Jesus in "Godspell"
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1973
Made Off-Broadway debut in revival of Ibsen's play "Ghosts"
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1972
Appeared in the Toronto production of "Godspell"
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1968
Formed a folk band called, The Sugar Shoppe; made US TV debut with the group on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (CBS)
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1964
Joined the University of Toronto's Hart House acting group at age 15
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1958
Started acting at age nine with a local children's theater troupe
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When The Sugar Shoppe disbanded, formed new band, The Shop