Gabriel Macht

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Biography

Gabriel Macht is an American actor. He was born in the Bronx, New York, to Suzanne, a museum curator and archivist, and actor 'Stephen Macht' . He resides in New York, Los Angeles, and the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent on both sides of his family.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 22 January 1972
  • Place of birth
  • New York City
  • Residence
  • Los Angeles
  • Spouses
  • Jacinda Barrett
  • Education
  • Carnegie Mellon University

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Son of Stephen Macht.

Was considered for the role of Chase on "24" which eventually went to James Badge Dale.

He remains active in theater via his association with the Mad Dog Theater Company in New York, which produced the play To Whom It May Concern at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, September 1997.

He is a huge New York Yankees fan.

He has acted since he was 8.

Credits John Travolta as an "invaluable" teacher about how to act and how to be on a film set.

He appeared off-Broadway as Elvis Presley (aka "The Visitor") in comedian Steve Martin s 1995 production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Graduated Beverly Hills High School in 1990, where he was active in the schools performing arts department.

Appeared in the cast of the 1989 production of "The Music Man" at Beverly Hills High School. Other cast members included Monica Lewinsky.

Trained at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

He and his wife, Jacinda Barrett , became the parents of a girl, Satine Anais Geraldine Macht, on August 27, 2007 in Los Angeles. On February 26, 2014, They had a second child, a son named Luca.

He is entirely of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His fathers family emigrated from Russia, Lithuania, Germany, and Poland. His maternal grandfather was born in Letichev, in the Ukraine, and his maternal grandmother was born in Russia.

Quotes

I believe that shows should be shot where they take place.

I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.

My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or,lawyer. .

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