Gabriel Macht
Biography
Gabriel Macht is an American actor whose screen career began at age eight with a role in Why Would I Lie?, which brought him a Best Young Motion Picture Actor Award nomination. Born in the Bronx and raised in California from age five, he later studied at Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, finishing in 1994. He went on to appear in films such as Behind Enemy Lines (2001), The Recruit (2003), and The Good Shepherd (2006). In the 2008 film The Spirit, Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's comic, he played the title role; the film flopped in theaters but later attracted a cult following. He is best known as Harvey Specter on the USA Network legal drama Suits, which ran nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, and he also gained a co-producer credit during season three. He had a recurring role in the 2025 spin-off Suits LA.
54years old
Turns 55 on January 22in 102 days
- Born The Bronx
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Gabriel Simon Macht (birth name)Also credited as Gabriel S. Macht, Gabriel Swann and Gabriel Swann Macht
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 14 years1999 to 2013
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First role
At age 8, Macht took his first role in the film Why Would I Lie?, using the stage name Gabriel Swann. That performance earned him a nomination for the Best Young Motion Picture Actor Award.
Early training
Macht trained at Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, graduating in 1994, and joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity while he was a student there.
Getting ready for a role
Macht filmed for a week at sea for the 2001 movie Behind Enemy Lines. His scenes were shot in hangar bay #3, the corridors and on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson.
Big break
In July 2010, Macht was announced as the star of the USA Network legal drama Suits, known during production as A Legal Mind. He appeared in all nine seasons and 134 episodes, and got co-producer credit starting in season 3.
Gabriel Macht movies on Netflix
Breaking at the Edgeas Detective Williams
A Bag of Hammersas Wyatt
S.W.A.T.: Firefightas Paul Cutler
Love & Other Drugsas Trey Hannigan
Middle Menas Buck Dolby
Whiteoutas Robert Pryce
The Spiritas Spirit
Because I Said Soas Johnny
The Good Shepherdas John Russell, Jr.
Archangelas R.J. O'Brian
A Love Song for Bobby Longas Lawson Pines
Grand Theft Parsonsas Gram Parsons
The Recruitas Zack
Bad Companyas Officer Seale
American Outlawsas Frank James
Behind Enemy Linesas Stackhouse
The Audrey Hepburn Storyas William Holden
Simply Irresistibleas Charlie
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Robert Forster2 films together, 2003 to 2009
Robert Forster's page Middle Men2009IMDb rating 6.8Macht as Buck DolbyForster as Louie LA LA
Grand Theft Parsons2003IMDb rating 6.0Macht as Gram ParsonsForster as Stanley Parsons
Scarlett Johansson2 films together, 2004 to 2008
Scarlett Johansson's page The Spirit2008IMDb rating 4.8Macht as SpiritJohansson as Silken Floss
A Love Song for Bobby Long2004IMDb rating 7.1Macht as Lawson PinesJohansson as Pursy Will
Colin Farrell2 films together, 2001 to 2003
Colin Farrell's page The Recruit2003IMDb rating 6.6Macht as ZackFarrell as James Douglas Clayton
American Outlaws2001IMDb rating 5.9Macht as Frank JamesFarrell as Jesse James
Olek Krupa2 films together, 1999 to 2001
Olek Krupa's page Behind Enemy Lines2001IMDb rating 6.4Macht as StackhouseKrupa as Miroslav Lokar
Simply Irresistible1999IMDb rating 5.3Macht as CharlieKrupa as Valderon
Johnny Simmons2 films together, 2008 to 2011
Johnny Simmons's page A Bag of Hammers2011IMDb rating 6.5Macht as WyattSimmons as Kelsey - Age 18
The Spirit2008IMDb rating 4.8Macht as SpiritSimmons as Young Spirit
Keir Dullea2 films together, 2000 to 2006
Keir Dullea's page The Good Shepherd2006IMDb rating 6.7Macht as John Russell, Jr.Dullea as Senator John Russell, Sr.
The Audrey Hepburn Story2000IMDb rating 6.0Macht as William HoldenDullea as Joseph Hepburn
Also two films together2 more actors
- Micah HauptmanA Bag of Hammers (2011) and S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011)
- Steve LucescuWhiteout (2009) and The Recruit (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Gabriel Macht's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$609 million
12 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 12 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$103M16.9% of the total
- 2$101M16.6% of the total
- 3$100M16.5% of the total
- 4$92M15.1% of the total
- 5$69M11.4% of the total
- 6$66M10.8% of the total
- 7$39M6.4% of the total
- 8$18M3.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.









