Victor Garber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 March 1949 · London, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known for
Acting 101
- 2026Eloise
- 2026Trust the Man
- 2026Let It Kill You as Pastor John
- 2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as Self / Jesus
- 2026Kill the Poet
- 2025The Gettysburg Address as William Saunders (voice)
- 2025John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2025Relay as McVie
- 2025Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin as Bora Laskin
- 2024Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2024Fly Me to the Moon as Senator Hedges (uncredited)
- 2023Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Wish as Sabino (voice)
- 2022Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2021Beebo Saves Christmas as Narrator
- 2021Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin as Narrator (voice)
- 2021Funny Face as Developer's Father
- 2020Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page as Narrator
- 2020Happiest Season as Ted
- 2019Dark Waters as Phil Donnelly
- 2018The Woman Who Loves Giraffes as Alex Matthew (voice)
- 2017They Shall Not Perish as Narrator
- 2017Rebel in the Rye as Sol Salinger
- 2017Vixen: The Movie as Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm (voice)
- 2016Tom Hanks: A League of His Own as Self
- 2015Bob's Broken Sleigh as Fluffy (voice)
- 2015Sicario as Dave Jennings
- 2015Self/less as Martin
- 2015Consumed as Dan Conway
- 2014Big Game as Vice President
- 2013The Hunters as Mason Fuller
- 2013I'll Follow You Down as Sal
- 2012Argo as Ken Taylor
- 2012Reflections on Titanic as Self
- 2012Moving Day as Wilf
- 2012William & Catherine: A Royal Romance as HRH Prince Charles
- 2011The Entitled as Bob Vincent
- 2011Rebuilding Titanic as Narrator (voice)
- 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 as Master Thundering Rhino (voice)
- 2011Take Me Home as Arnold Colvin
- 2010Ice Quake as Colonel Bill Hughes
- 2010You Again as Mark
- 2010The Town as Assistant Bank Manager (uncredited)
- 2009Green Lantern: First Flight as Sinestro (voice)
- 2009Waking the Baby Mammoth as Narrator
- 2009Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture as Narrator
- 2008Milk as Mayor Moscone
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
- 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self - Jack Bristow
- 2003The Music Man as Mayor Shinn
- 2002Tuck Everlasting as Robert Foster
- 2002Home Room as Det. martin Van Zandt
- 2002Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story as J.J. Robinette
- 2001Call Me Claus as Taylor
- 2001Legally Blonde as Professor Callahan
- 2001Laughter on the 23rd Floor as Kenny
- 2001The Wandering Soul Murders as Insp. Philip Millard
- 2001A Colder Kind of Death as Insp. Philip Millard
- 2000Deadly Appearances as Inspector Philip Millard
- 2000Love and Murder as Inspector Philip Millard
- 1999Boys Briefs as Father Carson (segment "The Absolution of Anthony")
- 1999Annie as Oliver Warbucks
- 1999Invisible Child as Tim Beeman
- 1999Summer's End as Narrator (voice)
- 1998Beyond Titanic as Narrator
- 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Isaac (uncredited)
- 1997Titanic as Thomas Andrews
- 1997Cinderella as King Maximillian
- 1997Let Me Call You Sweetheart as Geoff Dorso
- 1997The Absolution of Anthony as Father Carson
- 1996The First Wives Club as Bill Atchison
- 1996Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story as Jack Gilcrest
- 1995Jeffrey as Tim
- 1995Kleptomania as Morgan Allen
- 1994Mixed Nuts as Irate Neighbor (voice)
- 1994Exotica as Harold
- 1993Dieppe as Lord Louis Mountbatten
- 1993Friends of Gilda as Self
- 1993Sleepless in Seattle as Greg
- 1993Life with Mikey as Brian Spiro
- 1993Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story as Frank Marrocco
- 1993I'll Never Get to Heaven as Eric Hoskins
- 1992Singles as Kid's Dad
- 1992Light Sleeper as Tis Brooke
- 1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall as Self
- 1992Walking the Dog
- 1992The First Circle as Lew Rubin
- 1991Grand Larceny as Judge Keeler
- 1990Assassins as John Wilkes Booth
- 1988Liberace: Behind the Music as Liberace
- 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway as Ernest Hemingway
- 1986Roanoak as John White
- 1985Private Sessions as Jerry Sharma
- 1983Charley's Aunt as Jack Chesney
- 1979Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Anthony Hope
- 1978Tartuffe as Valere
- 1976Ah, Wilderness! as Arthur
- 1975Valley Forge as Gen. Fafayette
- 1974Monkeys in the Attic as Eric
- 1974Cyrano as Christian de Neuvillette (voice)
- 1973Godspell as Jesus