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Encyclopedia > Victor Garber
Victor Garber

Garber in Titanic
Birth name Victor Joseph Garber
Born March 16, 1949 (1949-03-16) (age 58)
Flag of Canada London, Ontario, Canada

Victor Joseph Garber (born on March 16, 1949 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a six-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Image File history File links Titanic_Andrews. ... Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other places with the same name, see London (disambiguation). ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other places with the same name, see London (disambiguation). ... An Emmy Award. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ...


Garber began acting at the age of nine, joining the University of Toronto's Hart House at age 15. In 1967 he formed a folk band called The Sugar Shoppe with Peter Mann, Laurie Hood and Lee Harris. The group enjoyed moderate success, even performing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up. [1] The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Hart House Hart House is a student centre at the University of Toronto. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Garber has worked in various American and Canadian movies and television, such as James Cameron's Titanic (1997), where he played the RMS Titanic's shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, and CTV's E.N.G. (1991–1993), on which he had a recurring guest role. Other well-known appearances include Godspell (1973) as Jesus, Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Legally Blonde (2001), Annie (1999), and Tuck Everlasting (2002). In the late 1980s, he played the role of Liberace for a made-for-TV movie, Liberace: Behind the Music. For other persons named James Cameron, see James Cameron (disambiguation). ... Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ... Thomas Andrews, Jr. ... This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ... E.N.G. (Electronic news gathering) was a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a television news station. ... Godspell is a 1970 play by John-Michael Tebelak. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron. ... Legally Blonde is a 2001 comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon, produced by Marc E. Platt for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and directed by Robert Luketic. ... This is about the 1982 film. ... Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 film based on the childrens book of the same title by Natalie Babbitt published in 1975. ... Wladziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), better known by only his last name Liberace (LIB-ber-RAH-chee), was an American entertainer. ...


He appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Deathtrap, Sweeney Todd, and Noises Off and in the original off-Broadway cast of Assassins, as well as in the 1990s revival of Damn Yankees, and he continues to be a sought-after theatrical performer in musicals, comedies and dramatic productions. Most recently, he played the male lead in a critically hailed Encores presentation of Follies, with Donna Murphy. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ... Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Noises Off is a 1982 British play by Michael Frayn. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman and was based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. ... Damn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s (when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball), in Washington, D.C., with a script by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. ... Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


His mother, Hope Garber, was an actress and singer. Victor was also her caregiver until her death from Alzheimer's Disease. B. Hope Garber (1924? - September 7, 2005) was a Canadian actress and singer. ...


From 2001-2006, Garber played the role of Jack Bristow in J.J. Abrams's television series Alias alongside Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Garner (who played his daughter), and Lena Olin (as his wife). Jonathan Jack Donahue Bristow, played by Victor Garber, is Sydney Bristows father on the television series, Alias. ... Jeffrey Abrams (also credited as J.J. Abrams) (born in 1966) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television producer, writer, actor, composer and director. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... Alias is an American SpyFi television series, created by J. J. Abrams, and starring Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent. ... Ron Rifkin, born October 31, 1939, in New York City, New York, USA, is a film, stage, and television actor and director. ... Jennifer Anne Garner [1] (born April 17, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award- and SAG Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actress, and producer. ... Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born March 22, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an internationally acclaimed Academy Award-nominated Swedish actress. ...


He very recently appeared on the now-cancelled television series Justice on Fox. Garber has been cast in a new show for ABC called Eli Stone, which is a midseason replacement for the 2007-2008 season. His most recent TV appearance is as a mysterious character named "Oliver Roth" in the final 3rd season episode of the Canadian science drama ReGenesis. Justice was a legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on FOX in the USA, on CTV in Canada, on NET 5 in The Netherlands, on Warner Channel in Latin America, and on the Nine Network in Australia. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Eli Stone is a one-hour ABC television pilot from Touchstone TV. If greenlighted by the network, Eli Stone will be broadcast in the 2007-2008 season. ... ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. ...


In mid-2007, he played the role of Garry Essendine in a production of Noel Coward's Present Laughter at Boston's Huntington Theatre.[1] Present Laughter is a comedic play written by Noel Coward and first staged in 1939 as part of a double bill with his lower middle-class domestic drama This Happy Breed; in 1941 the double bill was expanded to include Cowards new play Blithe Spirit. ...

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Selected filmography

Godspell, released in 1973, is the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Godspell. ... Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron. ... The First Wives Club is a 1996 movie directed by Hugh Wilson based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith. ... Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... Legally Blonde is a 2001 comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon, produced by Marc E. Platt for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and directed by Robert Luketic. ... Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 film based on the childrens book of the same title by Natalie Babbitt published in 1975. ... Home Room is a 2002 independent film produced by Myriad Productions. ...

Television

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd was an NBC/Lifetime dramedy that debuted in 1987. ... E.N.G. (Electronic news gathering) was a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a television news station. ... Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella is the name of a musical written for television by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II based upon the fairy tale, Cinderella. ... This is about the 1982 film. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Alias is an American SpyFi television series, created by J. J. Abrams, and starring Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent. ... Contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and 1962 film, updated to reflect a few early twenty-first-century sensibilities. ... Will & Grace is an American television situation comedy focusing on Will Truman, a gay attorney and his best friend Grace Adler, a straight Jewish woman who runs her own interior design firm. ... Justice was a legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on FOX in the USA, on CTV in Canada, on NET 5 in The Netherlands, on Warner Channel in Latin America, and on the Nine Network in Australia. ... Ugly Betty is an Emmy-winning[1] American television comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Rebecca Romijn and Vanessa Williams. ...

Broadway

The Shadow Box is a Tony-winning play written by actor Michael Cristofer. ... For the film of the same name, see Tartuffe (film) Tartuffe is a comedy by Molière, and arguably his most famous play. ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ... Original cast recording Theyre Playing Our Song was an original Broadway musical comedy with a book by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. ... Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Little Me was the parody confessional self-indulgent autobiography of Belle Poitrine (French for Pretty Bosom, aka Gorgeous Tits), subtitled The Intimate Memoirs of the Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, by Patrick Dennis, who had achieved a great success with Auntie Mame. ... Noises Off is a 1982 British play by Michael Frayn. ... You Never Can Tell is an 1899 play by George Bernard Shaw. ... The Devils Disciple is the only full-length play by G. Bernard Shaw set in America. ... Lend Me a Tenor is a play by Ken Ludwig. ... Damn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s (when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball), in Washington, D.C., with a script by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. ... Arcadia is a play by Tom Stoppard which first opened at the Royal National Theatre in London on 13 April 1993 and has played at many theatres since. ... The Faber edition of the English translation [1] Art (the quotation marks are part of the title) is a comedic play by Yasmina Reza, which raises questions about art and friendship. ...

Off-Broadway

Ghosts (original Norwegian title: Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Wenceslas Square Wenceslas Square (Czech: Václavské náměstí) is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic. ... Love Letters is a play written by A. R. Gurney. ... Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman and was based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. ...

Notes

  1. ^ Present Laughter May 18, 2007

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Victor Garber Bio (275 words)
One of Garber's most notable film roles is his charismatic performance as the architect of the ill-fated ship in Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Garber received Gemini nominations for his performances in the miniseries Dieppe and the TV movie First Circle.
Garber began acting at the age of 10 in children's productions at the Grand Theatre in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada.
Victor Garber Information (284 words)
Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian film, stage, and television actor and singer of Jewish origin.
Garber began acting at the age of nine, joining the University of Toronto's Hart House at age fifteen.
After moving her to Los Angeles, California, Victor was also her caregiver until her death from Alzheimer's Disease.
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