Victor Garber

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Image:Victor Garber.jpg Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a film, stage, and television actor and singer of Russian descent and Jewish religion.

Garber began acting at the age of nine, joining the University of Toronto's Hart House at age fifteen. In 1967 he formed a folk band called The Sugar Shoppe. The group found mild success, even performing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up. [1]

He has worked in various American and Canadian movies and television, such as James Cameron's Titanic (1997), where he played the RMS Titanic's shipbuilder Thomas Andrews. Other well-known appearances include Godspell (1973) as Jesus, Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Legally Blonde (2001), and Tuck Everlasting (2002).

He appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Deathtrap, Sweeney Todd, and Noises Off and in the original off-Broadway cast of Assassins, and he continues to be a sought-after theatrical performer in musicals, comedies and dramatic productions.

His mother, Hope Garber, was an actress and singer. After moving her to Los Angeles, California, Victor was also her caregiver until her death from Alzheimer's Disease.

Since 2001, Garber has played the role of Jack Bristow in J.J. Abrams's television series Alias alongside Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Garner (who plays his daughter), and Lena Olin (as his wife).