Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets (born December 28, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Richard in the American television sitcom Caroline in the City. Gets is also a dancer, singer, composer, classically trained pianist, vocal director, and choreographer. He has a small part in the film adaptation of Sex and the City.
Gets was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lispbeth, an educator, and Terrence Gets, a college textbook salesman. He moved with his family to New Jersey. He lived there until he was five when his family moved to Gainesville, Florida.
Gets started studying performing arts early in life. He started studying piano at age nine. This skill helped him pay his way through college. He began singing lessons at 14. He also danced with a studio in Gainesville as a teenager.
Gets is the son of Lisbeth Gets, a special education teacher and school administrator, and Terence Gets, a college textbook representative. Both parents grew up in London, UK. He has an older brother, Eric; an older sister, Allison; and a younger sister.
Gets skipped two years of K-12 education and graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida, aged 16. He then attended the University of Florida, where he won Best Newcomer's Award in acting and earned a BFA in Theatre (1989). Following that he completed an MFA at the Yale Drama School.
Selected work
He was nominated for a Tony in 2003 for his work in Amour. He also performed at Williamstown Theatre Festival as the role of Orlando in Party Come Here.
