Victor Garber
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Garber in April 2015
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| Born |
March 16, 1949 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Spouse(s) | Rainer Andreesen (m. 2015) |
Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. He 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 Ken Taylor, Canadian Ambassador to Iran, in Argo. He is currently a series regular on Legends of Tomorrow as Dr. Martin Stein, playing the same role as a guest star on The Flash and the web series Vixen.
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.
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