Victor Garber

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B: March 16, 1949 in London, Ontario

Victor Garber was interested in acting from a very early age and was involved with children`s theatre at the age of 9. At 15 he became the youngest member of the University of Toronto’s Hart House troupe. At 18 he formed a folk band, The Sugar Shoppe which signed a recording contract with Capital Records, and enjoyed appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show. A chance visit by the band to the rock opera, Godspell in Los Angeles re-ignited his love of the stage. After the band broke up he returned to Toronto and joined Toronto Workshop Productions. Shortly after he landed the lead for the Toronto production of Godspell, film director, David Greene happened to attend the opening night and when he was hired to direct the film version he hired Garber to reprise his role of Jesus for the screen. He was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-series or a Movie for his role in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for an appearance on an episode of Frasier. Garber played Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor in the Academy Award-winning film, Argo. He plays the role of Harry Svensson in the TV series Family Law.

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

Godspell (1973)

Private Sessions (TV-1985)
Roanoak (TV-1986)
Liberace: The Man Behind the Music (1988)

Light Sleeper (1991)
Grand Larceny (TV-1991)
The First Circle (TV-1991)
I’ll Never Get to Heaven (1992)
Life with Mickey (1993)
Dieppe (TV-1993)
Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (TV-1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Mixed Nuts (voice, 1994)
Exotica (1994)
Kleptomania (1995)
Jeffrey (1995)
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (TV-1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Titanic (1997)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (TV-1997)
Cinderella (TV-1997)
Summer’s End (narrator, 1998)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
External Affair (TV-1999)
Invisible Child (TV-1999)
Annie (TV-1999)

Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV-2001)
Legally Blonde (2001)
Call Me Claus (TV-2001)
The Wander Soul Murders (TV-2001)
The Impressionists (voice, TV-2001)
A Colder Kind of Death (TV-2001)
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (TV-2002)
Home Room (2002)
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
The Music Man (TV-2003)
Novel Reflections: The American Dream (Narrator, TV-2007, American Masters series)
Milk (2008)
Rex (TV-2009)
Green Lantern: First Flight (VR-2009)

The Town (2010)
You Again (2010)
Ice Quake (TV-2010)
Take Me Home (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (voice, 2011)
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance (TV-2011)
The Entitled (2011)
Titanic 3D (2012)
The Guys Who Move Furniture (2012)
Argo (2012)
The Hunters (TV-2013)
I’ll Follow You Down (2013)
Big Game (2014)
Sicario (2015)
Consumed (2015)
Self/less (2015)
They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief (narrator, 2016, documentary)
Rebel in the Rye (2017)
Vixen: The Movie (voice, TV-2017)
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (voice, 2018, documentary)
Dark Waters (2019)

Funny Face (2020)
Happiest Season (2020)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page (Narrator, TV-2020, American Masters series)
The Gettysburg Address (voice, 2021, documentary)

TV Series – Cast:
I Had Three Wives (1985)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)

Queen (1993, mini-series)
Liberty! The American Revolution (1997, mini-series)

Alias (2001-2006)
Justice (2006)
Eli Stone (2008-2009)
The Last Templar (2008, mini-series)
Everything She Ever Wanted (2009, mini-series)

Charlie’s Angels (2011)
Deception (2013)
The Slap (narrator, 2015)
The Flash (2015-2017)
Legends of Tomorrow (2016-2021)

Family Law (2021-)

TV Series – Guest appearances:
ABC Afterschool Specials (1974)

Tales from the Darkside (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1986)

I’ll Fly Away (1992)
The Powers That Be (1992)
E.N.G. (1991, 1992, 1993)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1994)
Law & Order (1995)
Almost Perfect (1995)
F/X: The Series (1996)
The Outer Limits (1996, 2000)

Frasier (2000)
It`s All Relative (2003)
Will & Grace (2004)
ReGenesis (2007, 2008)
Ugly Betty (2007)
Web Therapy (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Nurse Jackie (2009)
Glee (2009)

Murdoch Mysteries (2011)
SGU Stargate Universe (2011)
30 Rock (2011)
Law & Order: Los Angeles (2011)
Flashpoint (2011)
Republic of Doyle (2011, 2012, 2013)
The Firm (2012)
The Big C (2012)
Damages (2012)
The Good Wife (2014)
Sleepy Hollow (2014)
Louie (2014)
Working the Engels (2014)
Blue Bloods (2014)
Power (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Motive (2015)
Vixen (2015)
Difficult People (2017)
Supergirl (2017)
Arrow (2017)
The Orville (2017, 2019, 2022)
Spirit Riding Free (2018)
Tales of the City (2019)