Sebastian Arcelus
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Arcelus in May 2014
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Sebastian Carlos Arcelus November 5, 1976 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, voice actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie J. Block (m. 2007) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | http://www.sebastianarcelus.com |
Sebastian Carlos Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his role as Lucas Goodwin in the Netflix TV series House of Cards from 2013 to 2016.
Arcelus was born in New York City, New York, the son of Fiammetta Farace (b. Budapest, Hungary, 19 February 1940) and Victor Carlos Arcelus. He is of Italian, Russian, Serbian and German descent on his mother's side and Uruguayan on his father's. His maternal grandparents were Ruggero Farace, Marchese di Villaforesta, and Princess Catherine Ivanovna, who was the daughter of Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia and Princess Helen of Serbia, and the last member of the Romanov family born before the Russian Revolution.
He attended Williams College and is bilingual in Spanish and English.
Through his maternal grandmother, he is a distant cousin of American actress Catherine Oxenberg, with whom he shares the same Serbian ancestry.
As a descendant of Sophia of Hanover, he is distantly in the line of succession to the British throne.
He has made a career in theater on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He made his Broadway debut in Rent, first as a swing, covering the male ensemble roles as well as Mark and Roger, and then as Roger. He starred as Jan in the original cast of the Beach Boys musical, Good Vibrations. He played Fiyero on the first national tour of Wicked from January 3 until October 3, 2006. He then reprised the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production from January 9 to December 16, 2007.
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