Actor · Acting

Victor Garber

Born 1949-03-16

📍 London, Ontario, Canada

Victor Jay Garber, OC (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian actor. 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 is perhaps best known for playing Jesus in Godspell, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias and Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic. Born in 1949 to Joseph and Hope Garber, Victor discovered his passion for acting early on. Beginning at nine, he honed his craft at the University of Toronto's Hart House, starting a career that spans over four decades. From notable TV roles in "The Slap," "The Flash," and "Motive" to acclaimed performances in "Alias," earning three Emmy nods, Victor’s talent extends to the stage, earning four Tony nominations. He’s celebrated for his on-screen presence, sharing in SAG Award nominations for "Milk" and "Titanic" and winning for "Argo." Beyond acting, he learned officiating to marry Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck and was the lead singer of the pop group Sugar Shoppe.

Filmography 163

The Gettysburg Address

as William Saunders (voice)

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

as Self / Jesus

John Candy: I Like Me

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin

Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration

Fly Me to the Moon

as Senator Hedges (uncredited)

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

as Self (archive footage)

as Sabino (voice)

The Last Thing He Told Me

as Professor Tobias Cookman

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

And Just Like That…

as Mark Kasabian

Beebo Saves Christmas

as Harry Svensson

American Horror Stories

as David Woodrow Randolph

Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin

as Narrator (voice)

as Developer's Father

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

Happiest Season

Power Book II: Ghost

Stars in the House

as Phil Donnelly

Titanic: Stories from the Deep

Tales of the City

as Samuel Garland

The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

as Alex Matthew (voice)

They Shall Not Perish

Rebel in the Rye

as Sol Salinger

as Admiral Halsey

Vixen: The Movie

as Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm (voice)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

as Dr. Martin Stein / Firestorm

Bob's Broken Sleigh

as Fluffy (voice)

as Dr. Martin Stein

as Dave Jennings

Difficult People

as John Passias

as Narrator (voice)

as Clifton Sparks

as Digsy's Husband

as Prof. Martin Stein (voice)

as Dr. Martin Stein

as Vice President

as Mason Fuller

I'll Follow You Down

as Neville Montgomery

as Robert Bowers

as Martin Stein

Reflections on Titanic

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

as HRH Prince Charles

as Judge Dominic

Charlie's Angels

as Charles Townsend (voice)

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Master Thundering Rhino (voice)

as Arnold Colvin

as Colonel Bill Hughes

Law & Order: LA

as Walter Calvin

as Assistant Bank Manager (uncredited)

Republic of Doyle

as Garrison Steele

Everything She Ever Wanted

as Walter Allanson

Stargate Universe

as Ambassador Ovirda

as Judge Loudon Spencer

Green Lantern: First Flight

as Sinestro (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

as Neil Nutterman

as Mr. Schuester

Waking the Baby Mammoth

The Last Templar

as Monsignor De Angelis

Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture

as Mayor Moscone

as Jordan Wethersby

as Bennett Herreshoff

as Eugene Gremby

as Professor Barrett

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

The Reichen Show

as Olivier Roth

Working Shakespeare

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

as Self - Jack Bristow

Tuck Everlasting

as Robert Foster

as Det. martin Van Zandt

Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

as J.J. Robinette

as Jack Bristow

as Professor Callahan

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

The Wandering Soul Murders

as Insp. Philip Millard

A Colder Kind of Death

as Insp. Philip Millard

Deadly Appearances

as Inspector Philip Millard

Love and Murder

as Inspector Philip Millard

as Father Carson (segment "The Absolution of Anthony")

as Oliver Warbucks

Invisible Child

as Narrator (voice)

as Peter Bovington

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

as Isaac (uncredited)

as Thomas Andrews

as John Dickinson

as King Maximillian

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Absolution of Anthony

as Father Carson

The First Wives Club

as Bill Atchison

as Andrew Price

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

as Jack Gilcrest

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Ben McCormick

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Edward Normandy

as Morgan Allen

as Irate Neighbor (voice)

as Lord Louis Mountbatten

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Sleepless in Seattle

Life with Mikey

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story

as Frank Marrocco

I'll Never Get to Heaven

as Eric Hoskins

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

The First Circle

as Judge Keeler

as Michael de Graaf (voice)

Liberace: Behind the Music

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

as Ernest Hemingway

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Dennis Widmer

The Twilight Zone

as Dr. Kevin Carlson (segment "A Day in Beaumont")

Private Sessions

as Jerry Sharma

Tales from the Darkside

as Ambrose Cavender

as Jack Chesney

Entertainment Tonight

Ah, Wilderness!

Monkeys in the Attic

as Christian de Neuvillette (voice)

Great Performances

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Nominee / Performer

as Self - Audience Member

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as General Lafayette

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

Let It Kill You