Victor Joseph Garber, born March 16, 1949, is an American actor. He is known for his role on Alias, in Titanic, in Argo and he guest starred on Glee as Mr. Schuester (Will Schuester's father).
Personal life[]
Garber was born to Joseph and Hope Garber in London, Ontario, Canada. He has a brother, Nathan, and a sister, Alisa.[1]
Garber is in a relationship with Rainer Andreesen and they reside in New York.[2] He and Andreesen got married in October 2015, after sixteen years together.[3]
Career[]
Garber had recurring roles on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd for ten episodes for four years till 1991, E.N.G for ten episodes for three years till 1993, and Liberty! The American Revolution for six episodes in 1997. He had a five year recurring role on Alias for one hundred and five episodes till 2006, thirteen episodes on Justice for a year till 2007, and twenty-six episodes on Eli Stone for year till 2009.
He voiced the role of Charles in the cancelled ABC reboot, Charles Angels, in 2011, on the cancelled Deception for thirteen episodes in 2013, and was on the web/television series, Web Therapy, for twenty-two episodes between 2009 and 2013.
Garber appeared in Godspell in 1973, Sleepless in Seattle in 1993, Titanic in 1997, and Argo in 2012. He was also in Legally Blonde in 2001, Milk in 2008, was the narrator for the NBC mini-series The Slap in 2015 and has a recurring role on The Flash in 2015.
In June 2015, Garber was announced that he would star in CW’s new DC Comics show Legends of Tomorrow as Dr. Martin Stein, reprising his Flash role.[4] Legends of Tomorrow is a spinoff of The Flash and Arrow that will debut in 2016 for the mid-season lineup.[5] It premiered in January.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Godspell | Jesus | |
1974 | Monkeys in the Attic | Eric | |
ABC Afterschool Specials | Christian de Neuvillette | voice (Cyrano) | |
Jack: A Flash Fantasy | Jack of Hearts | TV Movie | |
1975 | Valley Forge' ' | Marquis de Lafayette | TV Movie |
1976 | Great Performances | Arthur | (Ah, Wilderness!) |
1977 | The Best of Families | Teddy Wheeler | mini-series |
1978 | Tartuffe | Valere | TV Movie |
1985 | I Had Three Wives | Jackson Beaudine | (5 episodes) |
Private Sessions | Jerry Sharma | TV Movie | |
Tales from the Darkside | Ambrose Cavender | (The Tear Collector) | |
1986 | American Playhouse | John White/Jack Chesney | 1986 - 87 (Roanoak: Part I and Charley's Aunt) |
The Twilight Zone | Dr. Kevin Carlson | (segment "A Day in Beaumont") | |
Guiding Light | Det. Frank Minnelli | ||
1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Dennis Widmer | 1987 - 91 (10 episodes) |
1988 | The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | |
Liberace: Behind the Music | Liberace | TV Movie | |
1991 | Grand Larceny | Judge Keeler | TV Movie |
Walking the Dog | short | ||
E.N.G. | Adam Hirsch | 1991 - 93 (10 episodes) | |
1992 | I'll Never Get to Heaven | Eric Hoskins | |
The Powers That Be | Mack Novitz | (Oh, Mack) | |
I'll Fly Away | Warren | (Fragile Truths) | |
Singles | Kid's Dad | uncredited | |
The First Circle | Lew Rubin | TV Movie | |
Light Sleeper | Tis Brooke | ||
1993 | Dieppe | Lord Louis Mountbatten | TV Movie |
Sleepless in Seattle | Greg | ||
Life with Mikey | Brian Spiro | ||
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | Frank Marrocco | TV Movie | |
Queen | Digby | ||
1994 | Mixed Nuts | Irate Neighbor | voice |
Exotica | Harold | ||
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Blackwell | (The Innocent) | |
1995 | Almost Perfect | Howard Guthrie | (You Like Me, You Really Like Me) |
Law & Order | Paul Sandig | (Savages) | |
Jeffrey | Tim | ||
Kleptomania | Morgan Allen | ||
1996 | Marvin's Room | uncredited | |
F/X: The Series | Andrew Price | (The Brotherhood) | |
The First Wives Club | Bill Atchison | ||
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story | Jack Gilcrest | TV Movie | |
The Outer Limits | Dr. Ben McCormick/Dr. Edward Normandy | 1996 - 00 (Out of Body and Glitch) | |
1997 | Liberty! The American Revolution | John Dickinson | (6 episodes) |
Cinderella | King Maximillian | TV Movie | |
Titanic | Thomas Andrews | ||
Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Geoff Dorso | TV Movie | |
The Absolution of Anthony | Father Carson | short | |
1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Isaac | uncredited |
1999 | Boys Briefs | Father Carson | (segment "The Absolution of Anthony") |
External Affairs | Harry Raymond | ||
Annie | Oliver Warbucks | TV Movie | |
Invisible Child | Tim Beeman | TV Movie | |
Summer's End | Narrator (voice) | voice and TV Movie | |
2000 | Frasier | Ferguson | (Taking Liberties) |
Deadly Appearances | Inspector Philip Millard | TV Movie | |
Love and Murder | Inspector Philip Millard | TV Movie | |
2001 | Call Me Claus | Taylor | TV Movie |
Legally Blonde | Professor Callahan | ||
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Sid Luft | TV Movie | |
Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Kenny Franks | TV Movie | |
A Colder Kind of Death | Insp. Philip Millard | TV Movie | |
The Wandering Soul Murders | Inspector Philip Millard | TV Movie | |
Alias | Jack Bristow | 2001 - 06 (105 episodes) | |
2002 | Tuck Everlasting | Robert Foster | |
Home Room | Det. Martin Van Zandt | ||
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story | J.J. Robinette | TV Movie | |
2003 | It's All Relative | Jerry/Joffrey | (The Doctor Is Out) |
The Music Man | Mayor Shinn | TV Movie | |
2004 | Will & Grace | Peter Bovington | (Saving Grace, Again: Part 2) |
2006 | Justice | Ron Trott | 2006 - 07 (13 episodes) |
2007 | ReGenesis | Olivier Roth | 2007 - 08 (5 episodes) |
Ugly Betty | Professor Barrett | (Grin and Bear It) | |
American Masters | Narrator | (Novel Reflections: The American Dream) | |
2008 | Eli Stone | Jordan Wethersby | 2008 - 09 (26 episodes) |
Milk | Mayor Moscone | ||
2009 | Everything She Ever Wanted | Walter Allanson | (Episodes #1.1 and #1.2) |
Glee | Will's Father | (Acafellas) | |
Nurse Jackie | Neil Nutterman | (Pill-O-Matix and Health Care and Cinema) | |
Green Lantern: First Flight | Sinestro | voice | |
Rex | Paul | TV Movie | |
Star Trek | Klingon Interrogator | scenes deleted and uncredited | |
Web Therapy | Kip Wallice | 2009 - 13 (22 episodes) | |
The Last Templar | Monsignor De Angelis | ||
2010 | Ice Quake | Colonel Bill Hughes | TV Movie |
You Again | Mark | ||
The Town | Assistant Bank Manager | uncredited | |
Republic of Doyle | Garrison Steele | 2010 - 13 (4 episodes) | |
2011 | Charlie's Angels | Charles Townsend | (8 episodes) |
Flashpoint | Dr. Larry Toth | (Fault Lines, Personal Effects, and Priority of Life) | |
The Entitled | Bob Vincent | ||
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | HRH Prince Charles | TV Movie | |
Suits | Philip | (Pilot) | |
Law & Order: LA | Walter Calvin | (Angel's Knoll) | |
Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Thundering Rhino | voice | |
30 Rock | Eugene Gremby | (Respawn) | |
Take Me Home | Arnold | ||
SGU Stargate Universe | Ambassador Ovirda | (Seizure) | |
Murdoch Mysteries | Detective Malcolm Lamb | (Tattered and Torn) | |
2012 | Damages | Bennett Herreshoff | (3 episodes) |
Argo | Ken Taylor | ||
Moving Day | Wilf | ||
The Big C | Willy | (Family Matters) | |
The Firm | Judge Dominic | (Chapter Six) | |
2013 | The Hunters | Mason Fuller | TV Movie |
I'll Follow You Down | Sal | ||
Deception | Robert Bowers | (11 episodes) | |
2014 | Working the Engels | Dr. Colin Shandy | (Family Therapy) |
Big Game | Vice President | ||
Power | Simon Stern | 2014 - 2015 (6 episodes) | |
Louie | Louie's Lawyer | (Model) | |
Sleepy Hollow | Ichabod's Father | (The Indispensable Man and Bad Blood) | |
The Good Wife | Judge Loudon Spencer | (We, the Juries) | |
2015 | Consumed | Dan Conway | post-production |
Self/less | Martin | completed | |
Sicario | Jennings | completed | |
The Gettysburg Address | William Saunders | voice, documentary and post-production | |
The Flash | Dr. Martin Stein | (5 episodes) | |
Superhero Fight Club | Dr. Martin Stein | TV movie | |
The Slap | Narrator | voice, mini-series | |
Motive | Neville Montgomery | (6 Months Later) | |
2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Dr. Martin Stein | 2016-2018(Main Role 1-3) |