Gabriel Macht - Biography

				Gabriel Macht Biography   Name : Gabriel Macht Birth Date : 22 January 1972 Birth Place : The Bronx, New York, USA Profession : Actor Height : 6' 0½ Nationality : American
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Born in the Bronx and raised in Westchester County, New York, Gabriel Macht settled in Los Angeles in the late 1970s when his dad Stephen Macht's career began an upswing. He made his film debut as a youngster in the Treat Williams' vehicle "Why Would I Lie?" (1980) but then "retired" from performing until he had graduated high school. Gabriel Macht renewed his career aspirations with a supporting role in the 1991 NBC movie "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" and then headed off to hone his craft at Pittsburgh's Carnegie-Mellon University. After graduating, the actor's career picked up steam when he was cast in the period Western "Follow the River" (ABC, 1995) and as "The Visitor" from the future in Steve Martin's acclaimed Off-Broadway play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" (also 1995). Gabriel Macht last appeared in Bad Company, opposite Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins for director Joel Schumacher and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and Behind Enemy Lines, with co-stars Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. Gabriel Macht's other film credits include American Outlaws, opposite Colin Farrell, for which he won rave reviews for his role as Frank James; The Object of My Affection, with Jennifer Aniston; and the critically acclaimed independent film, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. On television, Gabriel Macht was most recently seen starring on the sci-fi series The Others. He also starred opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in the ABC made-for-TV biopic Audrey Hepburn, playing William Holden. Gabriel Macht's other television credits include his comic turn as Barkley the Modelizer on Sex and the City, the Naked Guy on Spin City, and two movies of the week, Follow the River with Sheryl Lee and Guilty Until Proven Innocent with Brendan Fraser and Martin Sheen. On stage, Macht portrayed Elvis Presley (a.k.a. The Visitor) in Steve Martin's Off- Broadway smash hit Picasso at the Lapin Agile and starred in the Joanne Woodward-directed La Ronde at the Williamstown Theater Festival. Gabriel Macht remains active in theater through his association with the avant-garde Mad Dog Theater Company in New York, which performed the play To Whom it May Concern at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival.