Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Birthday: 1949-03-16

Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada

Biography: 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.

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Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up ...

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Milk
Milk

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...

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The Town
The Town

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance t...

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The First Wives Club
The First Wives Club

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have ...

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Exotica
Exotica

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Fran...

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Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin

Scientists Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod at the University of Toronto as they race for a treatme...

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Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness!

On the Fourth of July holiday in 1906, the Miller family prepares to celebrate in their New England ...

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The Music Man
The Music Man

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing...

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Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner...

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture

The documentary traces Saint-Gaudens' life, both personally and professionally, from his birth in Du...

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Annie
Annie

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the ...

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Moving Day
Moving Day

Clyde was in a rut. Overworked and underpaid, he was struggling to make ends meet and starting to fe...

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Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting

Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotectiv...

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Light Sleeper
Light Sleeper

John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York cl...

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Beebo Saves Christmas
Beebo Saves Christmas

When Sprinkles, an efficiency-obsessed elf, decides that Christmas would run better without Santa Cl...

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Godspell
Godspell

In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn f...

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You Again
You Again

History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl f...

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Private Sessions
Private Sessions

A therapist goes outside his office and into his patients' personal lives to help them. He is treati...

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Green Lantern: First Flight
Green Lantern: First Flight

Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force...

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Jeffrey
Jeffrey

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes ...

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Call Me Claus
Call Me Claus

When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named ...

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The Absolution of Anthony
The Absolution of Anthony

A 16-year-old gay boy lives with his Catholic grandfather in the Bronx....

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Argo
Argo

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky ...

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Waking the Baby Mammoth
Waking the Baby Mammoth

A unique story on the discovery of a 40-thousand-year-old, perfectly preserved baby woolly mammoth. ...

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The Entitled
The Entitled

Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect c...

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I'll Never Get to Heaven
I'll Never Get to Heaven

When a father leaves his family, his religious daughter faces a new school and added responsibilitie...

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Home Room
Home Room

A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students....

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Take Me Home
Take Me Home

In New York City, Thom is broke and jobless, illegally working as a taxi driver. Claire is a success...

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The Wandering Soul Murders
The Wandering Soul Murders

Haunted by the murder of her politician husband 6 years ago, former police detective Joanne Kilbourn...

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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carne...

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Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

The 1946/1947 murder trial of young and beautiful Evelyn Dick remains the most lurid murder case in ...

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Rebuilding Titanic
Rebuilding Titanic

Experts rebuild iconic sections of the Titanic, using shipbuilding industry methods of a hundred yea...

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William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

The film is based on the story of William of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton. Shown in the same li...

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Liberace: Behind the Music
Liberace: Behind the Music

A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with ...

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Big Game
Big Game

Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the...

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The Hunters
The Hunters

Imagine if all mythical artifacts, from Jason's Golden Fleece to Cinderella's glass slippers, were r...

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Self/less
Self/less

An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transf...

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Wish
Wish

Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a li...

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Life with Mikey
Life with Mikey

Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. ...

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I'll Follow You Down
I'll Follow You Down

After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, ...

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Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story

The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife....

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Kleptomania
Kleptomania

Diana is a troubled, bulimic socialite who lives with her loving husband and shoplifts to get hersel...

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

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of ABC airing Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” (1997), a revolut...

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Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 2

Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, b...

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Boys Briefs
Boys Briefs

Reunion of six short films having homosexuality as theme: "The Absolution of Anthony", by Dean Slota...

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Ice Quake
Ice Quake

As the permafrost melts in Alaska, underground rivers of volatile liquid methane form which sets off...

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Charley's Aunt
Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancour...

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The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the ...

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Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Titanic: Stories from the Heart

James Cameron, Jon Landau, and Kate Winslet reflect on the making of Titanic, sharing unseen footage...

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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy bui...

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Consumed
Consumed

When Sophie's son, Garrett, develops a mysterious illness, she embarks on a search for answers. This...

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Sicario
Sicario

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against ...

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Roanoak
Roanoak

The story chronicles the first recorded meeting in the late 16th Century between British explorers-s...

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Bob's Broken Sleigh
Bob's Broken Sleigh

This Christmas movie a young magic-less elf named Bob, who finds himself on a wild sleigh ride after...

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Rebel in the Rye
Rebel in the Rye

The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the public...

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Monkeys in the Attic
Monkeys in the Attic

Two artsy/hippie couples sharing a townhouse play head-games with each other and with a pizza-delive...

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Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon

Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones, brought in to fix NASA's public image, ...

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Invisible Child
Invisible Child

A nanny is hired by a troubled mother and finds herself fighting to hold together the entire family ...

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Vixen: The Movie
Vixen: The Movie

Originally from Africa, Mari McCabe grew up an orphan after her parents were killed by local greed, ...

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Deadly Appearances
Deadly Appearances

Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of...

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Singles
Singles

A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on ...

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Tartuffe
Tartuffe

Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the ...

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Beyond Titanic
Beyond Titanic

A survey of 86 years of Titanicana in popular culture, with the emphasis on movies about (or inspire...

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Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilc...

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They Shall Not Perish
They Shall Not Perish

The Near East Foundation, known initially as Near East Relief, spearheaded this first great mobiliza...

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Love and Murder
Love and Murder

While keeping her family together in the wake of her husband's murder, Joanne gets drawn into anothe...

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Cinderella
Cinderella

Cinderella chafes under the cruelty of her wicked stepmother and her evil stepsisters, until her Fai...

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Let It Kill You
Let It Kill You

LET IT KILL YOU is an elevated horror genre film, about a lonely small-town outcast whose relentless...

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The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Dr. Anne Innis Dagg re-traces the steps of her groundbreaking 1956 journey to South Africa to study ...

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Dark Waters
Dark Waters

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to ...

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broa...

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Cyrano
Cyrano

Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated ...

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Valley Forge
Valley Forge

George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary W...

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The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" invest...

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Funny Face
Funny Face

In a Brooklyn threatened by disfigurement from greedy urban developers, two young people meet in a l...

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Happiest Season
Happiest Season

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are up...

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Dieppe
Dieppe

A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian for...

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Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts

The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays....

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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Let Me Call You Sweetheart

A female prosecutor notices a woman in a plastic surgeon's waiting room who looks strikingly like a ...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose auto...

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Reflections on Titanic
Reflections on Titanic

An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the las...

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Kill the Poet
Kill the Poet

Set during WWII when artists were being blacklisted in Communist witch-hunts, follows the star-cross...

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Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration

Join the American Pops Orchestra and Music Director Luke Frazier to pay tribute to the unforgettable...

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Titanic
Titanic

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y...

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A Colder Kind of Death
A Colder Kind of Death

A former detective is back at work after her husband's murder case is re-opened with a riveting new ...

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Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin
Heritage Minutes: Bora Laskin

One of Canada’s greatest legal scholars, Bora Laskin overcame antisemitism to become the first Jewis...

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Relay
Relay

A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them bre...

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

A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, wh...

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The First Circle
The First Circle

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The ...

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Grand Larceny
Grand Larceny

Con-artist Betsy Bigley, ruined and imprisoned by a corrupt judge, fakes her own death to escape fro...

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Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

As the Kalos league finally begins, Ash realises he will be taking on some familiar faces...

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Friends of Gilda
Friends of Gilda

Friends of Gilda was a 1993 ninety-minute television special made by CBC Television to benefit the G...

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John Candy: I Like Me
John Candy: I Like Me

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-be...

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