Michel Gill

Michel Gill
Gill in 2014
Born (1960-04-16) April 16, 1960 (age 64)
Other namesMichael Gill
EducationTufts University
Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children1

Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960),[1] also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series House of Cards and Gideon Goddard on Mr. Robot.

Early life

Gill is a first generation American born to Jewish parents who escaped the Holocaust.[2] Gill's first language was French. He studied at Aiglon College, a prestigious boarding school in Switzerland. After Aiglon, he attended Tufts University before transferring and graduating from the Juilliard School in 1985 (Group 14).[3][4]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Spencer Anderson Episode: "Gemini"
2013 The Good Wife Frederick Plunkett Episode: "Je Ne Sais What?"
2013–2017 House of Cards President Garrett Walker 25 episodes
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2014)
2014 Person of Interest Rene Lapointe Episode: "Allegiance"
2015 Forever Dmitry Malakoff Episode: Best Foot Forward
2015–2016 Mr. Robot Gideon Goddard 11 episodes
2016–2017 The Get Down Herbert Gunns 8 episodes
2017 Ray Donovan Doug Landry 6 episodes
2018 Chicago Med Robert Haywood 9 episodes
2019 God Friended Me Wilson Hedges 3 episodes
2021 Nova Vita Anthony Nixon 10 episodes
2022 The Gilded Age Patrick Morris
The Dropout Chris Holmes 6 episodes

Film

Personal life

Gill is married to fellow House of Cards actor Jayne Atkinson (Secretary of State Catherine Durant), whom he met when they were both in a production of The Heiress at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.[5]

They began dating in 1992 and were married in 1998. Gill and Atkinson reside with their son in the Berkshires.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. April 16, 2022. p. 2A. Actor Michel Gill is 62.
  2. ^ Burns, Theo (January 20, 2015). "Michel Gill: Father, Actor, Violin Prodigy? The "House of Cards" actor talks about acting, his family, and human kindness". The Maroon Tribune. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Tennessee Williams: The Thin Ice of Human Dignity". The Juilliard Journal. Juilliard School. February 2013. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "6/02 NY - Masterclass with Jayne Atkinson and Michel Gill". Eventbrite. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
  5. ^ Rorke, Robert (March 22, 2014). "The Real Life White House Affair of House of Cards". New York Post.
  6. ^ Dupont, Nichole (February 10, 2014). "Stacking the Cards: Michel Gill and Jayne Atkinson Talk Rural Life and Conspiracy Theory". Rural Intelligence.