Gabriel Ebert

Gabriel Ebert
Born (1988-05-14) May 14, 1988 (age 36)
Colorado, U.S.
EducationJuilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Gabriel Ebert is an American stage actor and singer. In 2013, he received a Tony Award for his featured role as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.

Early life

Ebert was born and raised in Colorado.[1] He attended high school at the Denver School of the Arts and graduated from Juilliard.[2][3]

Career

Ebert made his Broadway debut as the understudy for the role of Ken in John Logan's play Red in 2010, followed by the Broadway production of Kneehigh Theatre's Brief Encounter in 2010 as Stanley.

Ebert is known for originating the role of Mr. Wormwood in the Broadway 2013 production of Matilda the Musical, for which he won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Ebert's performance in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater as the character "Leo", the grandson of Mary Louise Wilson's Vera, won him an Obie Award in 2012.

He starred as Robin Hood in The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr in Winnipeg and Toronto in October 2014 to March 2015.[4][5]

He played the role of Max in the 2015 movie Ricki and the Flash. In the 2015 production of the Helen Edmundson stage adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Camille opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Matt Ryan.[6]

In 2016, Ebert was cast in the pilot for the Amazon Video television program The Interestings.[7][8]

Work

Film and television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Restaurant Stevie Short
2012 Made in Jersey Carter Gershan TV series
2015 The Family Fang Joseph Film
2015 Ricki and the Flash Max Film
2016 Jane Wants a Boyfriend Jack Film
2016 The Blacklist Theo TV series
2016 The Interestings Dennis TV film
2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Christoph Lengauer TV film
2018 Instinct Richard Brophy Episode: "Tribal"
2019 The Good Fight Lance McAlvoy Episode: "The One where a Nazi Gets Punched"
2019 Elementary Sebastian Florenti Episode: "The Price of Admission"
2019 Mr. Mercedes Morris Bellamy TV series
2020 The Mandalorian Gunnery Officer 3 episodes
2020 News of the World Benjamin Farley Film
2021 Dickinson Thomas Wentworth Higginson TV series

Theatre (selected)

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Red Ken Understudy
2010/2011 Brief Encounter Stanley
2011 4000 Miles Leo Off-Broadway
2011 Prometheus Bound[9] Hephaistos/Hermes American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2013/2014 Matilda The Musical Mr. Wormwood Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
2014 The Heart of Robin Hood Robin Hood Winnipeg and Toronto, Canada
2014 Casa Valentina Jonathon/Miranda
2015 Preludes Rach Claire Tow Theater (Off-Broadway)
2015/2016 Thérèse Raquin Camille Raquin Adaptation by Helen Edmundson[10]
2016 Peer Gynt[11] Peer Gynt Off-Broadway
2017 Gently Down the Stream Rufus
2017 Time and the Conways Alan Conway Roundabout Theatre Company
2018 Pass Over Ossifer/Master LCT3 – Claire Tow Theater
2021 Pass Over Ossifer/Master August Wilson Theatre
2023 The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical Hunter La Jolla Playhouse

References

  1. ^ Wiener, Iris. "Gabriel Ebert Is the Real Deal in Broadway's Matilda". Theater Mania. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Gabriel Ebert Biography". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. ^ "Gabriel Ebert Biography on". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  4. ^ Ouzounian, Richard (23 Nov 2014). "The Heart of Robin Hood Hits Toronto Before Broadway Debut". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ^ Nestrucl, Kelly. "The Heart of Robin Hood: Broadway-bound show is rollicking fun, but who's it for?" The Globe and Mail, January 15, 2015
  6. ^ Terese Raquin Archived 2016-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Roundabout Theatre
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Lauren Ambrose Will Join Gabriel Ebert in The Interestings Pilot" Playbill, February 18, 2016
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Gabriel Ebert To Co-Star In Amazon Pilot The Interestings " deadline.com, January 29, 2016
  9. ^ Prometheus Bound americanrepertorytheater.org, accessed May 15, 2016
  10. ^ "Judith Light to Join Keira Knightley in Thérèse Raquin on Broadway | TheaterMania".
  11. ^ Peer Gynt classicstage.org, accessed May 12, 2016