Gabriel Macht

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 Gabriel has three siblings and moved with his parents to California when he was young Gabriel had his first success on screen when he was 8yearsold He was nominated for a Best Young Motion Picture Actor Award for his performance in the movie Why Would I Lie 1980 Briefly withdrawing from the business as a child he returned as an adult with favorable roles that further developed his talents After high school Macht studied theatre at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh Macht remains active in the theater and is involved with the Mad Dog Theater Company in New York where he performed the play To Whom It May Concern for the company at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival in 1997 His other theater credits include Steve Martins Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Promenade Theater Off Broadway and Theater on the Square in San Francisco Roger Kumbles Turnaround at the Coast Playhouse in Los Angeles La Ronde directed by Joanne Woodward at Williamstown Theater Festival What the Butter Saw directed by Joe Dowling at Arena Stage in Washington DC On the big screen Macht was seen in Edward Zwicks highly acclaimed Love Other Drugs where he starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway who were both nominated for Golden Globes for their performances Macht also starred in the comic book inspired film The Spirit as the titular character opposite Samuel Jackson Scarlett Johannson and Eva Mendes directed by Frank Miller He was previously seen in Robert De Niros critically acclaimed film The Good Shepherd with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie Machts additional screen credits include the comic drama Middle Men with Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson the arctic thriller Whiteout with Kate Beckinsale the romantic comedy Because I Said So with Diane Keaton Joel Schumachers Bad Company opposite Anthony Hopkins The Recruit opposite Al Pacino and Colin Farrell Behind Enemy Lines with Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman and American Outlaws where he first starred opposite Colin Farrell His role in A Love Song for Bobby Long garnered Macht critical acclaim for his performance as the tormented writer Lawson Pines starring opposite John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson in the 2004 film On television Macht had guest starring roles on Sex and the City and Spin City and was a regular on Steven Spielbergs supernatural drama for NBC The Others and starred as William Holden in ABCs The Audrey Hepburn Story Macht is best known for his role as Harvey Specter in USA drama Suits 2011 He resides in New York Los Angeles and the Sunshine Coast Australia He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent on both sides of his family