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ABCMediaNet
January 9, 2003
"The Music Man" Biography
VICTOR GARBER
Mayor Shinn on the ABC Television Network's "Meredith Willson's The
Music Man"
Film, stage and television actor Victor Garber stars as Jack Bristow
in the ABC 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. On the big
screen he has also 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," for which he was nominated for
an Emmy Award; the role of Daddy Warbucks in ABC's musical version
of "Annie," with Kathy Bates; "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 of Gail Bowen. He also performed in
ABC's "The Wonderful World of Disney" film, "Rodgers and
Hammerstein's 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," and received an Emmy Award nomination for a 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
Stephen 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 run at Broadway's Royale Theatre. Other stage credits
include the original Broadway casts of "Arcadia," "The Devil's
Disciple," "Noises Off" and "Sweeney Todd."
Garber began acting at the age of 10 in children's 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,
who were featured on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows. One of
his first film roles was for director George Bloomfield in
CBC's "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 Los Angeles while
filming "Alias."
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