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Michael Urie
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| Born | Michael Lorenzo Urie (1980-08-08) August 8, 1980 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Collin College Juilliard School (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an American actor, presenter, director, and producer. He is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC dramedy television series Ugly Betty.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film and television
4.2 Director and executive producer
5 Theater
6 References
7 External links
Early life and education
Urie was born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Plano. He is of Scottish and Italian descent.[1][2] He graduated from Plano Senior High School in 1998.[3]
Urie then studied at Collin County Community College before being accepted at the Juilliard School in New York City.[3] There he was a member of the Drama Division's Group 32 (1999–2003), which also included Jessica Chastain.[4] Urie graduated from Juilliard in 2003.[3]
Career
Urie, while still a student at Juilliard, performed in the world premiere of Love and Happiness (2001) at the Consolati Performing Arts Center, starring as a sixteen-year-old trying to get rid of his mother's boyfriend.[5] In addition to this, he appeared in student productions of Sylvia (1998) and Locked Away (1999) at Quad C Theatre.[citation needed]
He received the 2002 John Houseman Prize for Excellence in Classical Theatre from the Juilliard School. His classical credits include Shakespeare, Jacobean drama, and commedia dell'arte.[6]
Urie played the central character in the stage play WTC View as well as in the film adaptation. He is finishing a short documentary film, Two Down that centers on high school speech and debate tournaments, for Frontal Lobe Productions.[citation needed]
He is on the board of Plum Productions and serves as its casting director. With the same company he has produced and appeared in Prachtoberfest and lowbrow (and a little bit tacky). As a freelance producer, he has worked on Like The Mountains and The Fantasticks (Four Players Theatre). He also directed the latter production. His first time directing The Fantasticks was as a high school student at Plano Senior High.[citation needed]
Starting in 2006, Urie began appearing in ABC dramedy Ugly Betty, appearing as Marc St. James, the assistant of Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa L. Williams). The show began with the concept that Wilhelmina would have a different assistant in each episode, thus Urie was originally billed as a guest star in the credits,[7] However, Williams loved their chemistry, and Urie was signed on as a full-time regular midway through the first season. He and the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2007 and 2008.[8] The role earned Urie a Ewwy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009. He remained with Ugly Betty until the show's cancellation in 2010.
Patti LuPone appeared with Urie to play Marc's mother in one episode.[9]
During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, Urie hosted TLC's reality-based series Miss America Reality Check. The program followed the contestants participating in the 2008 Miss America Pageant.[10]
Urie has returned often to his theater roots, including his recent direction of a one-night celebrity performed staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical "Dreamstuff". The musical was re-imagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles's Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series. Eden Espinosa starred in the show along with Fred Willard, Vicki Lewis, David Blue and Luke Macfarlane. He has also been on "Live With Regis and Kelly" and has also starred in the 2008 Disney blockbuster production Beverly Hills Chihuahua as the voice of Sebastian.
On October 29, 2008, he appeared as a guest presenter on the British National Television Awards, awarding for the Best Performance in a Serial Drama.[citation needed]
Urie originated the role of Rudi Gernreich in the 2009 off-Broadway play The Temperamentals, about the foundation of the early LGBT rights organization the Mattachine Society. Urie received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.[11]
In January 2012, Urie made his Broadway debut, joining the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's second revival in the role of Bud Frump.[12]
Urie has also started his own website for videoblogging and live chats.[13] In 2012, Urie also starred as the mysterious limo driver James in the film adaptation of Wendy Mass's children's book Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, written and directed by Tamar Halpern.
Urie was one of the leads in CBS's short-lived series Partners. The multi-camera comedy, from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, centered on lifelong friends and business partners – one straight and one gay. The series also featured Sophia Bush as another lead.[14] The series premiered on September 24, 2012, but was cancelled after only six episodes had aired.
His performance in 2013's one-man show Buyer & Cellar won him a Clarence Derwent Award.[15]
In April 2015, Urie became the host of Cocktails & Classics on Logo TV, in which he and panels of celebrity friends watch and comment on classic movies while imbibing cocktails named or made for the films. Films profiled on the series have included All About Eve, Steel Magnolias, Valley of the Dolls, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Mommie Dearest.[16]
In November 2018, Urie will be starring as Arnold Beckoff in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song revival on Broadway.[17][18]
Personal life
In 2009, Urie referred to himself as "a member of the LGBT community" on his website.[19] In a 2010 interview with The Advocate, he said that he was in a relationship with a man and identifies as "queer". He said it never felt wrong when he was with women previously.[20]
Filmography
Film and television
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | After Forever | Daniel | Episodes: "Commitment", "Accidents" |
| 2016 | Younger | Redmond | Episodes: "The Jade Crusade", "Jersey, Sure" |
| Almost Royal | Himself | Episode: "Romance" |
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| 2015 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Himself | Guest Judge |
| 2014 | Modern Family | Gavin Sinclair | Episodes: "Queer Eyes, Full Hearts", "Integrity" |
| 2014–2016 | The Good Wife | Stephen Dinovera | |
| 2014 | Such Good People | Richard Nearly | |
| 2013 | The Hyperglot | Director | |
| 2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Jeffery | Episode: "Cleveland Indians" |
| 2013 | He's Way More Famous Than You | Himself | |
| 2012 | Partners | Louis | |
| Petunia | George McDougal | ||
| 2011 | The Decoy Bride | Steve Korbitz | |
| Brain Trust | Prof. Franklin Gordon | Television film |
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| Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | James | ||
| 2010 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | |
| Under the Pink Carpet | Himself | "Michael Musto, Gay Marriage and Rugby" (Season 5, Episode 4) |
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| 2008–2009 | Mode After Hours | Marc St. James | |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Sebastian | |
| Tangled Web | Husband | ||
| 2006–2010 | Ugly Betty | Marc St. James | Series regular Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated–Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor - Comedy |
| 2005 | WTC View | Eric | |
| 2004 | Kat Plus One | Roger | Television film |
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | Pig Walker | Uncredited |
| 2002 | Undressed | Justin | "Tangled Beards" (Season 6, Episode 20) |
Director and executive producer
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | He's Way More Famous Than You | Director | |
| 2012 | Thank You for Judging | Co-director; Executive producer | documentary |
| 2009 | House of Kai Milla | Executive producer | television film |
Theater
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Venue |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Temperamentals | Rudi Gernreich | New World Stages[21] |
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| 2010 | Angels in America | Prior Walter | Signature Theatre Company | |
| 2011 | The Cherry Orchard | Yepikhodov | Classic Stage Company | |
| 2012 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Bud Frump | Al Hirschfeld Theatre | Replacement |
| 2013 | Buyer & Cellar | Alex More | Barrow Street Theatre | |
| 2015 | Buyer & Cellar | Alex More | Menier Chocolate Factory | March-May 2015 |
| 2015 | Show for Days | Car | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater | |
| 2015 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Hysterium | Two River Theater | |
| 2016 | Homos, Or Everyone in America | The Writer | Labryinth Theatre Company | Winner of the Obie Award for Performance |
| 2017 | The Government Inspector | Ivan Alexandreyevich Hlestakov | The Duke on 42nd Street | |
| 2017 | Torch Song | Arnold Beckoff | Second Stage | |
| 2018 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Shakespeare Theatre Company | |
| 2018 | Torch Song | Arnold Beckoff | Hayes Theater |
References
^ Copstick, Kate (August 3, 2010). "Interview: Michael Urie, Comedian". The Scotsman. Retrieved September 21, 2010.He is, he reveals, part Scots by descent.
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^ [dead link]"Michael Urie: Biography". NetGlimse.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
^ abc Jones, Arnold Wayne (February 22, 2007). "It's an 'Ugly' Job, But Somebody Has to Do It". Dallas Voice.
^ "Alumni News". The Juilliard School. February 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012.
^ Sommer, Elyse. "Love and Happiness". CurtainUp. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
^ "Ugly Betty - Bios". ABC. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
^ Jacqueline Cutler, "Celebrity Scoop: Michael Urie". Winston-Salem Journal. November 7, 2009.
^ Michael Urie - Awards
^ "3 New Series Regulars". TV.com. January 24, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
^ Regina Schaffer. "Miss America gets real (or just about as real as a beauty pageant can get)". The Press of Atlantic City (NJ). January 4, 2008. page B1.
^ Healy, Patrick (May 20, 2010). "Honors and the End for 'Temperamentals'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
^ 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' at the Internet Broadway Database (2011 revival)
^ "Michael Urie". MichaelUrie.net. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'Ugly Bettys Michael Urie Gets Lead in 'Partners', Pooch Hall Joins 'Ray Donovan'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
^ "Annaleigh Ashford, Michael Urie Receive Equity's Clarence Derwent Award". ActorsEquity.org. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
^ Cocktails & Classics at the Internet Movie Database.
^ "Acclaimed Torch Song Revival, with Michael Urie, Extends Again | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
^ Hipes, Patrick (2018-02-20). "'Torch Song' To Re-Alight On Broadway In November In Former Home". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
^ "Michael Urie on Playing an Activist and Assistant on The Temperamentals and Ugly Betty". New York. June 28, 2009.
^ "The Not So Ugly Truth". The Advocate. January 12, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014.
^ BWW News Desk (November 16, 2009). "Out Magazine 'Out 100' Includes Four Temperamentals, Gavin Creel, Neil Patrick Harris & More". Broadway World. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
External links
MichaelUrie.net, his official website
Michael Urie at the Internet Broadway Database
Michael Urie at Internet Off-Broadway Database
Michael Urie on IMDb
Entertainment Weekly interview with Michael Urie and the actors who portray TV assistants Lloyd (Entourage) and Kenneth (30 Rock).- Interview from Broadway World (August 21, 2007)
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