Alias Character: Jack Bristow (2001- ) Birth Date: March 16, 1949 Birth Place: London, Ontario, Canada Height: 6' 2" Weight: 190 Pds. Race: Caucasian The Right Hand?: Victor is Left handed. Nominations: Received Tony Award nominations for Deathtrap (Featured Actor), Little Me (Actor - Musical), Lend Me a Tenor (Actor), and Damn Yankees (Actor - Musical). Flimography: Click here! to read about his other roles
About Victor: One of Garber’s most notable film roles is his charismatic performance as the architect of the ill-fated ship in “Titanic,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. In other features he performed opposite Goldie Hawn in “The First Wives Club,” Tom Hanks in “Sleepless in Seattle” and Reese Witherspoon in “Legally Blonde.” Garber’s numerous television credits include Richard Benjamin’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor”; the ABC miniseries “Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows,” in which he was nominated for an Emmy Award; “Meredith Willson’s The Music Man”; the role of Daddy Warbucks in ABC’s musical version of “Annie,” with Kathy Bates; “Invisible Child,” opposite Rita Wilson; “External Affairs”; and the role of Inspector Philip Millard in the Criminal Instinct Mysteries “Love and Murder,” “Deadly Appearance,” “The Wandering Soul Murders” and “A Colder Kind of Death,” based on the novels by Gail Bowen. He also performed in ABC’s “The Wonderful World of Disney” film “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” and “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” opposite Meredith Baxter. Garber received Gemini nominations for his performances in the miniseries “Dieppe” and the TV movie “First Circle.” He received an Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance on “Frasier.” Garber’s stage performances are legendary. He has earned four Tony nominations for his work in “Damn Yankees,” “Lend Me a Tenor,” “Deathtrap” and “Little Me.” He performed in the workshop of Sondheim’s “Wiseguys,” with Nathan Lane, which was directed by Sam Mendes, and with Alan Alda and Alfred Molina in the Tony Award-winning play “Art,” which moved to Los Angeles following its successful run at Broadway’s Royale Theatre. His numerous stage credits also include the original Broadway casts of “Arcadia,” “The Devil’s Disciple,” “Noises Off” and “Sweeney Todd.” He recently starred in “A Little Night Music” at the Music Center in Los Angeles. Garber began acting at the age of 10 in children’s productions at the Grand Theatre in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada. At 16 he moved to Toronto, where he joined the singing group The Sugar Shoppe, which were featured on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows. One of his first film roles was for director George Bloomfield in CBC’s “Paradise Lost.” Soon after, he landed the role of the hippie-Messiah in the Toronto production of “Godspell,” a role he would later reprise in the musical film version. Garber now makes his home in New York and in Los Angeles while filming “Alias.” |