Victor Garber
Biography
Victor Garber is a Canadian actor and singer with a long stage and screen career and four Tony Award nominations, six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Gemini Award nominations. Born in London, Ontario, he began acting at nine and created Broadway roles in Sweeney Todd, Noises Off, Lend Me a Tenor, Arcadia and Art. He made his film debut playing Jesus Christ in Godspell (1973), and his other films include Sleepless in Seattle (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Titanic (1997), Annie (1999), Legally Blonde (2001), Milk (2008), Argo (2012), Sicario (2015) and Dark Waters (2019). He shared three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations with the casts of Titanic, Milk and Argo, winning for Argo. On television he played Jack Bristow in Alias, which earned him three Emmy nominations, and Martin Stein, also known as Firestorm, in The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. In 2022 he received the rank of Officer in the Order of Canada.
77years old
Turns 78 on March 16in 125 days
- Born London
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Victor Jay Garber (birth name)Also credited as Victor Joseph Garber
Movie Career
- Films
- 35
- Career span
- 52 years1973 to 2025
First and latest
Photos
Share
Did you know?!
A change of course
Garber worked as a solo folk singer before starting the folk group The Sugar Shoppe in 1967. The group had some success and reached the Canadian Top 40 with its version of Bobby Gimby's song "Canada."
Early training
At 16, Garber was accepted into a six-week summer theater program at the University of Toronto, where Robert Gill taught. He later studied acting at HB Studio in New York.
A role that slipped away
In J. J. Abrams' Star Trek film from 2009, Garber took the part of a Klingon interrogator, yet the finished movie did not include his scenes.
Getting ready for a role
Garber played the shipbuilder Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, and he essayed a Mid-Ulster accent for the part.
First role
Garber took his first leading role on television in I Had Three Wives, a summer series that CBS aired in 1985.
Victor Garber movies on Netflix
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
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Ben Kingsley's page
Bill Pullman's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Rob ReinerThe First Wives Club (1996) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Bernadette PetersCinderella (1997) and Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Victor Garber's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$4.2 billion
19 of the 35 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 35 films: 19 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 19Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.3B54.3% of the total
- 2$666M16.0% of the total
- 3$255M6.1% of the total
- 4$232M5.6% of the total
- 5$228M5.5% of the total
- 6$142M3.4% of the total
- 7$116M2.8% of the total
- 8$85M2.0% of the total
$179 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 1973 to 2013.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2013 | Canada's Walk of Fame | Honored | |
| 1973 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.