Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Known for
Acting
Born
March 16, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
London, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Victor Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian stage and film actor, and a singer. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Garber originated roles in the Broadway productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Noises Off, Lend Me a Tenor, Arcadia, and Art. He has received four Tony Award nominations for his performances in Deathtrap, Little Me, Lend Me a Tenor, and Damn Yankees. He made his film debut as Jesus Christ in the musical Godspell. He won a Screen Actors Guild Awards for Argo and was nominated for Titanic and Milk. Other notable films include Sleepless in Seattle, The First Wives Club, Cinderella, Annie, Legally Blonde, Sicario, Dark Waters, and Happiest Season. On television, Garber is best known for playing Jack Bristow on Alias, for which he received three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He received further Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Sidney Luft in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows and for his guest roles on Frasier and Will & Grace. Garber portrayed Martin Stein / Firestorm on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.

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Filmography

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Let It Kill You poster

Let It Kill You

Movie · as Pastor John

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Kill the Poet

Kill the Poet

Movie

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Eloise

Eloise

Movie

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Trust the Man

Trust the Man

Movie

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Return to You

Return to You

Movie · as Frank Kessler

2026
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... poster

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

Movie · as Self / Jesus

2026
Not Suitable for Work poster

Not Suitable for Work

TV · as Wes Dryden · 5 eps

2025
The Gettysburg Address poster

The Gettysburg Address

Movie · as William Saunders (voice)

2025
Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin poster

Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin

Movie · as Bora Laskin

2025
Relay poster

Relay

Movie · as McVie

2025
John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2024
Fly Me to the Moon poster

Fly Me to the Moon

Movie · as Senator Hedges (uncredited)

2024
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration poster

Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration

Movie · as Self

2023
Wish poster

Wish

Movie · as Sabino (voice)

2023
Titanic: Stories from the Heart poster

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Last Thing He Told Me poster

The Last Thing He Told Me

TV · as Professor Tobias Cookman · 1 ep

2022
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 poster

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

Movie · as Self

2021
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin poster

Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2021
Beebo Saves Christmas poster

Beebo Saves Christmas

Movie · as Narrator

2021
Funny Face poster

Funny Face

Movie · as Developer's Father

2021
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Harry Svensson · 40 eps

2021
And Just Like That… poster

And Just Like That…

TV · as Mark Kasabian · 5 eps

2021
American Horror Stories poster

American Horror Stories

TV · as David Woodrow Randolph · 1 ep

2020
Happiest Season poster

Happiest Season

Movie · as Ted

2020
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page poster

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

Movie · as Narrator

2020
Power Book II: Ghost poster

Power Book II: Ghost

TV · as Simon Stern · 4 eps

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Dark Waters poster

Dark Waters

Movie · as Phil Donnelly

2019
Tales of the City poster

Tales of the City

TV · as Samuel Garland · 7 eps

2019
Titanic: Stories from the Deep poster

Titanic: Stories from the Deep

TV · as Himself · 4 eps

2018
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes poster

The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Movie · as Alex Matthew (voice)

2017
Rebel in the Rye poster

Rebel in the Rye

Movie · as Sol Salinger

2017
Vixen: The Movie poster

Vixen: The Movie

Movie · as Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm (voice)

2017
They Shall Not Perish poster

They Shall Not Perish

Movie · as Narrator

2017
The Orville poster

The Orville

TV · as Admiral Halsey · 13 eps

2016
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

Movie · as Self

2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow poster

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

TV · as Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm · 42 eps

2015
Self/less poster

Self/less

Movie · as Martin

2015
Consumed poster

Consumed

Movie · as Dan Conway

2015
Sicario poster

Sicario

Movie · as Dave Jennings

2015
Bob's Broken Sleigh poster

Bob's Broken Sleigh

Movie · as Fluffy (voice)

2015
The Slap poster

The Slap

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

2015
Supergirl poster

Supergirl

TV · as Dr. Martin Stein · 1 ep

2015
Schitt's Creek poster

Schitt's Creek

TV · as Clifton Sparks · 1 ep

2015
Difficult People poster

Difficult People

TV · as John Passias · 1 ep

2014
Big Game poster

Big Game

Movie · as Vice President

2014
The Flash poster

The Flash

TV · as Digsy's Husband, Prof. Martin Stein (voice), Dr. Martin Stein · 1 ep

2014
Power poster

Power

TV · as Simon Stern · 16 eps

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Hunters poster

The Hunters

Movie · as Mason Fuller

2013
I'll Follow You Down poster

I'll Follow You Down

Movie · as Sal

2013
Deception poster

Deception

TV · as Robert Bowers · 11 eps

2013
Motive poster

Motive

TV · as Neville Montgomery · 4 eps

2013
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

TV · as Mr. Crane · 1 ep

2012
Moving Day poster

Moving Day

Movie · as Wilf

2012
Argo poster

Argo

Movie · as Ken Taylor

2012
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance poster

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

Movie · as HRH Prince Charles

2012
Reflections on Titanic poster

Reflections on Titanic

Movie · as Self

2012
The Firm poster

The Firm

TV · as Judge Dominic · 1 ep

2012
Arrow poster

Arrow

TV · as Martin Stein · 1 ep

2011
The Entitled poster

The Entitled

Movie · as Bob Vincent

2011
Take Me Home poster

Take Me Home

Movie · as Arnold Colvin

2011
Rebuilding Titanic

Rebuilding Titanic

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 poster

Kung Fu Panda 2

Movie · as Master Rhino (voice)

2011
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Charles Townsend (voice) · 7 eps

2011
Suits poster

Suits

TV · as Philip · 1 ep

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Kip Wallice · 21 eps

2010
The Town poster

The Town

Movie · as Assistant Bank Manager (uncredited)

2010
You Again poster

You Again

Movie · as Mark

2010
Ice Quake poster

Ice Quake

Movie · as Colonel Bill Hughes

2010
Law & Order: LA poster

Law & Order: LA

TV · as Walter Calvin · 1 ep

2010
Republic of Doyle poster

Republic of Doyle

TV · as Garrison Steele · 4 eps

2009
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture poster

Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Green Lantern: First Flight poster

Green Lantern: First Flight

Movie · as Sinestro (voice)

2009
Waking the Baby Mammoth poster

Waking the Baby Mammoth

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Mr. Schuester · 1 ep

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Chef Dumont · 1 ep

2009
The Last Templar poster

The Last Templar

TV · as Monsignor De Angelis · 2 eps

2009
Stargate Universe poster

Stargate Universe

TV · as Ambassador Ovirda · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2009
Everything She Ever Wanted poster

Everything She Ever Wanted

TV · as Walter Allanson · 4 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Judge Loudon Spencer · 1 ep

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Neil Nutterman · 2 eps

2008
Milk poster

Milk

Movie · as Mayor Moscone

2008
Eli Stone poster

Eli Stone

TV · as Jordan Wethersby · 26 eps

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Kip Wallice · 8 eps

2008
Murdoch Mysteries poster

Murdoch Mysteries

TV · as Retired Detective Malcolm Lamb · 1 ep

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Bennett Herreshoff · 3 eps

2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays poster

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Movie · as Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

2006
Justice poster

Justice

TV · as Ron Trott · 13 eps

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Eugene Gremby · 1 ep

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Professor Barrett · 1 ep

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
ReGenesis poster

ReGenesis

TV · as Olivier Roth · 5 eps

2003
The Music Man poster

The Music Man

Movie · as Mayor Shinn

2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Self - Jack Bristow

2003
Working Shakespeare poster

Working Shakespeare

TV · 5 eps

2002
Tuck Everlasting poster

Tuck Everlasting

Movie · as Robert Foster

2002
Home Room poster

Home Room

Movie · as Det. martin Van Zandt

2002
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story poster

Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

Movie · as J.J. Robinette

2001
Legally Blonde poster

Legally Blonde

Movie · as Professor Callahan

2001
Call Me Claus poster

Call Me Claus

Movie · as Taylor

2001
The Wandering Soul Murders poster

The Wandering Soul Murders

Movie · as Insp. Philip Millard

2001
A Colder Kind of Death poster

A Colder Kind of Death

Movie · as Insp. Philip Millard

2001
Laughter on the 23rd Floor poster

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

Movie · as Kenny

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Jack Bristow · 105 eps

2001
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows poster

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

TV · as Sid Luft · 2 eps

2000
Deadly Appearances poster

Deadly Appearances

Movie · as Inspector Philip Millard

2000
Love and Murder poster

Love and Murder

Movie · as Inspector Philip Millard

1999
Annie poster

Annie

Movie · as Oliver Warbucks

1999
Boys Briefs poster

Boys Briefs

Movie · as Father Carson (segment "The Absolution of Anthony")

1999
Invisible Child poster

Invisible Child

Movie · as Tim Beeman

1999
Summer's End poster

Summer's End

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back poster

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Movie · as Isaac (uncredited)

1998
Beyond Titanic poster

Beyond Titanic

Movie · as Narrator

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Peter Bovington · 1 ep

1997
The Absolution of Anthony poster

The Absolution of Anthony

Movie · as Father Carson

1997
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · as King Maximillian

1997
Let Me Call You Sweetheart poster

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Movie · as Geoff Dorso

1997
Titanic poster

Titanic

Movie · as Thomas Andrews

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Liberty! poster

Liberty!

TV · as John Dickinson · 6 eps

1997
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · 1 ep

1996
The First Wives Club poster

The First Wives Club

Movie · as Bill Atchison

1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story poster

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Movie · as Jack Gilcrest

1996
FX: The Series poster

FX: The Series

TV · as Andrew Price · 1 ep

1995
Jeffrey poster

Jeffrey

Movie · as Tim

1995
Kleptomania poster

Kleptomania

Movie · as Morgan Allen

1995
Almost Perfect poster

Almost Perfect

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Dr. Ben McCormick, Dr. Edward Normandy · 1 ep

1994
Exotica poster

Exotica

Movie · as Harold

1994
Mixed Nuts poster

Mixed Nuts

Movie · as Irate Neighbor (voice)

1993
Sleepless in Seattle poster

Sleepless in Seattle

Movie · as Greg

1993
I'll Never Get to Heaven poster

I'll Never Get to Heaven

Movie · as Eric Hoskins

1993
Life with Mikey poster

Life with Mikey

Movie · as Brian Spiro

1993
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story poster

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story

Movie · as Frank Marrocco

1993
Dieppe poster

Dieppe

Movie · as Lord Louis Mountbatten

1993
Friends of Gilda

Friends of Gilda

Movie · as Self

1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

TV · as Blackwell · 1 ep

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Ferguson · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Light Sleeper poster

Light Sleeper

Movie · as Tis Brooke

1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall poster

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Movie · as Self

1992
Singles poster

Singles

Movie · as Kid's Dad

1992
The First Circle poster

The First Circle

Movie · as Lew Rubin

1992
Walking the Dog poster

Walking the Dog

Movie

1991
Grand Larceny poster

Grand Larceny

Movie · as Judge Keeler

1991
Heritage Minutes poster

Heritage Minutes

TV · as Bora Laskin · 1 ep

1990
Assassins poster

Assassins

Movie · as John Wilkes Booth

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Paul Sandig · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Michael de Graaf (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Liberace: Behind the Music poster

Liberace: Behind the Music

Movie · as Liberace

1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway poster

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

Movie · as Ernest Hemingway

1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

TV · as Dennis Widmer · 10 eps

1986
Roanoak poster

Roanoak

TV · as John White · 3 eps

1985
Private Sessions poster

Private Sessions

Movie · as Jerry Sharma

1985
I Had Three Wives

I Had Three Wives

TV · as Jackson Beaudine · 5 eps

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Dr. Kevin Carlson (segment "A Day in Beaumont") · 1 ep

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Ambrose Cavender · 1 ep

1983
Charley's Aunt poster

Charley's Aunt

Movie · as Jack Chesney

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as John White, Jack Chesney · 3 eps

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
Tartuffe poster

Tartuffe

Movie · as Valere

1976
Ah, Wilderness! poster

Ah, Wilderness!

Movie · as Arthur

1975
Valley Forge poster

Valley Forge

Movie · as Gen. Fafayette

1974
Monkeys in the Attic poster

Monkeys in the Attic

Movie · as Eric

1974
Cyrano poster

Cyrano

Movie · as Christian de Neuvillette (voice)

1973
Godspell poster

Godspell

Movie · as Jesus

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Arthur · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Audience Member · 2 eps

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as General Lafayette · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited) · 1 ep