Malcolm Gets
Malcolm Gets | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1963 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Florida (BFA) Yale University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Malcolm Gets (born December 28, 1963) 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. His first solo album came out in 2009 from PS Classics.
Gets was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003 (Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical for Amour)[1] and was awarded the Obie Award in 1995.[2]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Gets was born in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Lispbeth, an educator, and Terence Gets, a college textbook salesman.[3] Both parents grew up in London, England. He moved with his family to New Jersey. He lived there until he was six, when his family moved to Gainesville, Florida. He has an older brother Erik, an older sister Alison and a younger sister Adrienne.
Gets started studying performing arts early in life. He began 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 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 at age 24 earned a BFA in Theatre (1988). Following that, he completed an MFA at the Yale Drama School.
Gets came out as gay in the late 1990s and lives with his partner.[4]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Law & Order | Lance Keys | |
| 1995–1999 | Caroline in the City | Richard Karinsky | |
| 1997 | Sparkle Lounge | Host | On VH-1 |
| Remember WENN | Carter Dunlap | ||
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Building Agent | |
| 2012 | The Good Wife | Dale Lamborn | |
| Blue Bloods | Prof. Brian Devlin | ||
| 2019 | Tales of the City | Dinner party guest |
Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | A Flash of Green | Jigger Loesser | |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| 2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | The Architect | |
| 2002 | Love in the Time of Money | Robert Walker | |
| 2005 | Adam & Steve | Steve[5] | |
| Little Boy Blues | Michael | ||
| 2008 | Grey Gardens | George "Gould" Strong |
Theater
[edit | edit source]| Year | Production | Role | Location | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Molière Comedies | Valère | Criterion Center Stage Right | Broadway |
| 2002 | Amour | Dusoleil | Music Box Theatre | Broadway |
| 2009 | The Story of My Life | Alvin Kelby | Booth Theatre | Broadway |
| 2013-2014 | Macbeth | Witch, Angus | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | Broadway |
Gets was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 2003 for his work in Amour.
Selected work
- Amadeus (1983)
- Cloud Nine (1984)
- Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour (1986)
- As Is (1987)
Special Events
[edit | edit source]- Dreamgirls as Film Executive (2001)
- Passion as Colonel Ricci (2004)
Off-Broadway
[edit | edit source]- Juno as Johnny Boyle (1992 at Vineyard Theatre)
- Hello Again as The Writer (1994 at Lincoln Center)
- Merrily We Roll Along as Franklin Shepard (1994 at the York Theatre)
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona as Proteus (1994 at Delacorte Theatre)
- A New Brain as Gordon Michael Schwinn (1998 at Lincoln Center)
- Boys and Girls as Jake (2002 at The Duke, 42nd Street)
- Polish Joke as Jasiu Sadlowski (2003 at Manhattan Theatre Club)
- Finian's Rainbow as Og (2004 at Irish Repertory Theatre)
- Vigil by [Morris Panych] as Kemp (2009 at the DR2 Theatre)[6][7]
- Banished Children of Eve as Stephen Collins Foster (2010 at the Irish Repertory Theatre)[8]
- Allegro as Joseph Taylor Sr. (2014 at Classic Stage Company)
- Steve as Stephen (2015 at Pershing Square Signature Center)
Gets was awarded the Obie Award for his work in Merrily We Roll Along and The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1995.[2]
Other appearances
[edit | edit source]- The Colorado Catechism by Vincent J. Cardinal as TY (1990 premiere at Yale School of Drama)
- The Boys from Syracuse Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. New Book by Nicky Silver. Based on the Original Book by George Abbott. as Antipholus of Ephesus (1997 at City Center)
- Edward II by Christopher Marlowe (2000 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California)
- Finian's Rainbow with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by EY Harburg as Og
- 1997 at Freud Playhouse on the campus of UCLA
- 2004 Irish Repertory Theatre
- 2005 at Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut
- Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl as Mordred (2005)
- Party Come Here at Williamstown Theatre Festival as Orlando (2007)[9]
- "Lisbon Traviata" at The Kennedy Center (2010) [10]
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Show | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Obie Award | Performance | The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Merrily We Roll Along | Won |
| 1995 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated |
| 2003 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Amour | Nominated |
| 2003 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Amour | Nominated |
Music
[edit | edit source]- Soundtracks
- "Tradition/To Life" (1999) - in celebrity concert to benefit A.I.D.S. research, recorded as The S.T.A.G.E. Series: Adler, Bock, Coleman.[11]
- Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (2001) - singles and duets recorded with Barbara Cook, such as "Into the Woods" and "Not While I'm Around".
- Grey Gardens (2009) - two duets recorded with Jessica Lange, such as "I Won't Dance" and "We Belong Together".
References
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- ^ Portantiere, Michael (February 18, 2009). "Blogging Broadway: Malcolm Gets lives the 'Life'". AfterElton.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
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- ^ Gans, Andrew and Hetrick, Adam. }Gets Will Join Stenborg in Off-Broadway's 'Vigil'" Playbill, August 10, 2009
- ^ Stasio, Marilyn. Review Vigil Variety, September 2009
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Malcolm Gets at IMDb
- Malcolm Gets at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Malcolm Gets at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Malcolm Gets - March 2008 Interview at maninchair.com
- Malcolm Gets - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
- Malcolm Gets Fanpage Archived 2019-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1964 births
- American male film actors
- American male musical theatre actors
- American male television actors
- American people of English descent
- American gay actors
- LGBTQ people from Illinois
- Living people
- Male actors from Lake County, Illinois
- People from Waukegan, Illinois
- Male actors from Gainesville, Florida
- Male actors from New Jersey
- Buchholz High School alumni
- University of Florida alumni
- David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
- Obie Award recipients