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.

Filmography

• Not Suitable for Work — Wes Dryden
• 2025Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin — Bora Laskin
• 2025Relay — McVie
• 2025The Gettysburg Address — William Saunders (voice)
• 2024Fly Me to the Moon — Senator Hedges (uncredited)
• The Last Thing He Told Me — Professor Tobias Cookman
• 2023Wish — Sabino (voice)
• American Horror Stories — David Woodrow Randolph
• And Just Like That… — Mark Kasabian
• 2021Beebo Saves Christmas — Narrator
• Family Law — Harry Svensson
• 2021Funny Face — Developer's Father
• 2021Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin — Narrator (voice)
• 2020Happiest Season — Ted
• 2020Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page — Narrator
• Power Book II: Ghost — Simon Stern
• 2019Dark Waters — Phil Donnelly
• Tales of the City — Samuel Garland
• 2018The Woman Who Loves Giraffes — Alex Matthew (voice)
• 2017Rebel in the Rye — Sol Salinger
• The Orville — Admiral Halsey
• 2017They Shall Not Perish — Narrator
• 2017Vixen: The Movie — Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm (voice)
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow — Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm
• 2015Bob's Broken Sleigh — Fluffy (voice)
• 2015Consumed — Dan Conway
• Difficult People — John Passias
• Schitt's Creek — Clifton Sparks
• 2015Self/less — Martin
• 2015Sicario — Dave Jennings
• Supergirl — Dr. Martin Stein
• The Slap — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Big Game — Vice President
• Power — Simon Stern
• The Flash — Digsy's Husband, Prof. Martin Stein (voice), Dr. Martin Stein
• Deception — Robert Bowers
• 2013I'll Follow You Down — Sal
• Motive — Neville Montgomery
• Sleepy Hollow — Mr. Crane
• 2013The Hunters — Mason Fuller
• 2012Argo — Ken Taylor
• Arrow — Martin Stein
• 2012Moving Day — Wilf
• The Firm — Judge Dominic
• 2012William & Catherine: A Royal Romance — HRH Prince Charles
• Charlie's Angels — Charles Townsend (voice)
• 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 — Master Rhino (voice)
• 2011Rebuilding Titanic — Narrator (voice)
• Suits — Philip
• 2011Take Me Home — Arnold Colvin
• 2011The Entitled — Bob Vincent
• Web Therapy — Kip Wallice
• 2010Ice Quake — Colonel Bill Hughes
• Law & Order: LA — Walter Calvin
• Republic of Doyle — Garrison Steele
• 2010The Town — Assistant Bank Manager (uncredited)
• 2010You Again — Mark
• 2009Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture — Narrator
• Everything She Ever Wanted — Walter Allanson
• Glee — Mr. Schuester
• 2009Green Lantern: First Flight — Sinestro (voice)
• Modern Family — Chef Dumont
• Nurse Jackie — Neil Nutterman
• Stargate Universe — Ambassador Ovirda
• The Good Wife — Judge Loudon Spencer
• The Last Templar — Monsignor De Angelis
• 2009Waking the Baby Mammoth — Narrator
• Eli Stone — Jordan Wethersby
• 2008Milk — Mayor Moscone
• Murdoch Mysteries — Retired Detective Malcolm Lamb
• Web Therapy — Kip Wallice
• Damages — Bennett Herreshoff
• 30 Rock — Eugene Gremby
• Justice — Ron Trott
• 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays — Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
• Ugly Betty — Professor Barrett
• ReGenesis — Olivier Roth
• 2003The Music Man — Mayor Shinn
• Working Shakespeare
• 2002Home Room — Det. martin Van Zandt
• 2002Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story — J.J. Robinette
• 2002Tuck Everlasting — Robert Foster
• 2001A Colder Kind of Death — Insp. Philip Millard
• Alias — Jack Bristow
• 2001Call Me Claus — Taylor
• 2001Laughter on the 23rd Floor — Kenny
• 2001Legally Blonde — Professor Callahan
• Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows — Sid Luft
• 2001The Wandering Soul Murders — Insp. Philip Millard
• 2000Deadly Appearances — Inspector Philip Millard
• 2000Love and Murder — Inspector Philip Millard
• 1999Annie — Oliver Warbucks
• 1999Boys Briefs — Father Carson (segment "The Absolution of Anthony")
• 1999Invisible Child — Tim Beeman
• 1999Summer's End — Narrator (voice)
• 1998Beyond Titanic — Narrator
• 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back — Isaac (uncredited)
• Will & Grace — Peter Bovington
• 1997Cinderella — King Maximillian
• 1997Let Me Call You Sweetheart — Geoff Dorso
• Liberty! — John Dickinson
• 1997The Absolution of Anthony — Father Carson
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• 1997Titanic — Thomas Andrews
• FX: The Series — Andrew Price
• 1996Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story — Jack Gilcrest
• 1996The First Wives Club — Bill Atchison
• Almost Perfect
• 1995Jeffrey — Tim
• 1995Kleptomania — Morgan Allen
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Ben McCormick, Dr. Edward Normandy
• 1994Exotica — Harold
• 1994Mixed Nuts — Irate Neighbor (voice)
• 1993Dieppe — Lord Louis Mountbatten
• Frasier — Ferguson
• 1993I'll Never Get to Heaven — Eric Hoskins
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues — Blackwell
• 1993Life with Mikey — Brian Spiro
• 1993Sleepless in Seattle — Greg
• 1993Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story — Frank Marrocco
• 1992Light Sleeper — Tis Brooke
• 1992Singles — Kid's Dad
• 1992The First Circle — Lew Rubin
• 1992Walking the Dog
• 1991Grand Larceny — Judge Keeler
• Heritage Minutes — Bora Laskin
• 1990Assassins — John Wilkes Booth
• Law & Order — Paul Sandig
• The Simpsons — Michael de Graaf (voice)
• 1988Liberace: Behind the Music — Liberace
• 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway — Ernest Hemingway
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd — Dennis Widmer
• Roanoak — John White
• I Had Three Wives — Jackson Beaudine
• 1985Private Sessions — Jerry Sharma
• The Twilight Zone — Dr. Kevin Carlson (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
• Tales from the Darkside — Ambrose Cavender
• 1983Charley's Aunt — Jack Chesney
• American Playhouse — John White, Jack Chesney
• 1978Tartuffe — Valere
• 1976Ah, Wilderness! — Arthur
• 1975Valley Forge — Gen. Fafayette
• 1974Cyrano — Christian de Neuvillette (voice)
• 1974Monkeys in the Attic — Eric
• 1973Godspell — Jesus
• Great Performances — Arthur
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — General Lafayette
• Eloise
• Kill the Poet
• Let It Kill You — Pastor John
• Trust the Man

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Self / Jesus
• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2024Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration — Self
• 2023Titanic: Stories from the Heart — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• Titanic: Stories from the Deep — Himself
• 2016Tom Hanks: A League of His Own — Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• 2012Reflections on Titanic — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self - Jack Bristow
• The View — Self
• 1993Friends of Gilda — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Audience Member
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)