Victor Garber

Victor Joseph Garber
Biographical Information
Gender:	Male
Birthplace:	March 16, 1949
Birthdate:	London, Ontario, Canada
Appearances
Portrays:	Thomas Crane
Status:	Guest Starring
First appeared:	"Bad Blood"

Victor Joseph Garber is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is known for playing Jesus in Godspell, John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic, and as Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, in Argo. And a Bank Manager in the Town with Ben Affleck.

History

Garber was born in London, Ontario, and is of Russian-Jewish descent. His parents were father Joseph "Joe" Garber (died 1995), and mother, Hope Garber (née Bessie Hope Wolf; died 2005), an actress, singer, and the host of At Home with Hope Garber. He has a brother, Nathan, and a sister, Alisa. Garber began acting at the age of nine, and studied at the University of Toronto's Hart House at age 16. When Garber was twelve, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He attended Ryerson Elementary School. He also was enrolled in the children's program of the Grand Theatre; and, at age 16, he was accepted at a six-week summer theatre training program at the University of Toronto taught by Robert Gill. Garber prefers to keep his personal life private and has largely stayed out of the tabloids. He referred publicly to his homosexuality in 2012. In 2013, he said "I don't really talk about it, but everybody knows." Garber has been in a relationship with Canadian artist and model Rainer Andreesen since 2000. On October 10, 2015, Andreesen announced on his Instagram page that he and Garber were just married in Canada.

Appearances

Season One

"Pilot"

"Blood Moon"

"For the Triumph of Evil..."

"The Lesser Key of Solomon"

"John Doe"

"The Sin Eater"

"The Midnight Ride"

"Necromancer"

"Sanctuary"

"The Golem"

"The Vessel"

"The Indispensable Man"

"Bad Blood"