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Christopher Sieber
Christopher Sieber, left, and Cheyenne Jackson at the Drama League Benefit Gala Honoring Angela Lansbury, February 8, 2010.
Born
Christopher Luverne Sieber

(1969-02-18) February 18, 1969 (age 55)
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Other namesChris Sieber
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1996–present

Christopher Luverne Sieber (born February 18, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known on the screen as Kevin Burke in Two of a Kind and on the stage as Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Early life

Sieber was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Fred and Caron Sieber. He is the middle child of three. Mike Sieber his older brother was a swimmer and his younger brother Marc was in drama alongside him. He is a 1988 graduate of Forest Lake Area High School in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and was inducted into the Forest Lake Schools Hall of Fame in June, 2011. After graduating, Sieber went to New York City to study at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

Stage

Sieber made his off-Broadway debut in a stage production of A Christmas Carol in 1994.[1] Sieber has appeared in several Broadway musicals, including Into the Woods, Monty Python's Spamalot, and Shrek The Musical. For his roles in Spamalot and Shrek The Musical, Sieber was nominated for a Tony Award.

On June 1, 2007, Sieber sang tenor in the world premiere of Eric Idle's Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) in Toronto.

On January 31, 2014, it was announced that Sieber would be joining the company of Matilda the Musical on Broadway as Miss Trunchbull starting performances on March 18.[2] However, due to a hand injury sustained in rehearsals, he did not start performances until April 18.[3]

Television

In 1998, Sieber made his television debut playing Kevin Burke, father to the Olsen twins on the ABC sitcom Two of a Kind. The series lasted for one season before its cancellation. From 2003 to 2004, Sieber returned to ABC for It's All Relative, in which he and John Benjamin Hickey played same-sex parents to Maggie Lawson; other co-stars in the series include Reid Scott, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Lenny Clarke. In 2007, Sieber portrayed an eccentric zoologist for NBC comedy pilot Wildlife, which was not ordered by the network.[4] In 2010, Sieber led the ABC comedy pilot It Takes a Village alongside Leah Remini and Cheyenne Jackson.[5] In addition to these roles, Sieber has also had guest starring roles in series such as Sex and the City, Pushing Daisies, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and several episodes of The Good Wife.

Personal life

While It's All Relative was being produced, Sieber came out as gay and said that he was happily partnered to actor and chef Kevin Burrows.[6] They married on November 24, 2011, in New York City.[7] The couple live on an island on Lake Tamarack in the Stockholm section of Hardyston Township, New Jersey.[8][9]

Sieber is involved with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and has appeared in several of its Broadway Cares revues, among other events the charity produces. He teaches classes on drama and performance.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 See You in September Steven
Morning Glory Groundhog Reporter
2014 Are You Joking? Allen Brown

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998-99 Two of a Kind Kevin Burke Main cast; 22 episodes
2000 Sex and the City Kevin Episode: "Attack of the 5'10" Woman"
Ed Bob Crickmore Episode: "Pretty Girls and Waffles"
2003-04 It's All Relative Simon Banks Main cast; 22 episodes
2007 Pushing Daisies Napoleon LeNez Episode: "Smell of Success"
2011-16 The Good Wife Neil Howard Sloan-Jacob Episode: "Real Deal"
Episode: "Iowa"
2013 Elementary Carter Lydon Episode: "Possibility Two"
2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Frank Baker Episode: "Patrimonial Burden"
2018 The Good Fight Neil Howard Sloan-Jacob Episode: "Day 492"

Theatre

Year Title Role Theater Notes
1996 The Boys in the Band Donald Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway
1997 Triumph of Love Agis Royale Theatre Broadway Debut
1998 Beauty and the Beast Gaston Palace Theatre
2000 Avow City Center Off-Broadway
2002 Into the Woods Rapunzel's Prince/Wolf Broadhurst Theatre
2003 Thoroughly Modern Millie Trevor Graydon Marquis Theatre
2004 Chicago Billy Flynn Ambassador Theatre Sieber has returned to Chicago four times since 2004
2005 Spamalot Sir Dennis Galahad Shubert Theatre Sieber also played the role in London on the West End
2008 Shrek The Musical Lord Farquaad Broadway Theatre Before in off-Broadway version in Seattle
2010 La Cage aux Folles Georges Longacre Theatre
2010 The Kid Dan Acorn Theatre Off-Broadway
2011 La Cage aux Folles Albin Various National Tour
2013 Pippin Charles Music Box Theatre
2014 Matilda the Musical Miss Trunchbull Shubert Theatre
2014 The Heart of Robin Hood Pierre American Repertory Theatre Regional
2018 The Prom Trent Oliver Longacre Theatre
2020 Company Harry Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Discography

  • "What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up" by Scott Alan, singing the track Nothing More (2010)[10]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2005 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical Spamalot Nominated
2009 Shrek: The Musical Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated
2012 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical The Kid Nominated

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Christopher Sieber Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Get Naughty! Matt Harrington & Tony Nominee Christopher Sieber Join the Revolting Cast of Matilda". Broadway.com. Broadway.com. January 31, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  3. ^ McPhee, Ryan (18 April 2014). "Maggots Beware! Christopher Sieber (Finally) Steps Into Matilda as Miss Trunchbull". Broadway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. ^ Franklin, Garth (2007-05-14). "NBC's Fall 2007 TV Schedule". DarkHorizons.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  5. ^ Jensen 4/5/2010, Michael. "Sneak Peek at ABC's "It Takes a Village" with Cheyenne Jackson and Christopher Sieber". LOGO News. Retrieved May 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Stockwell, Anne (2003-10-14). "New stage for an out actor". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  7. ^ "Two-Time Tony Nominee Christopher Sieber Marries Kevin Burrows at Thanksgiving Day Wedding". Broadway.com. November 25, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  8. ^ Green, Penelope (18 July 2004). "An Island in New Jersey: An Actor's Commute, and All that Jazz". New York Times. NYtimes.com. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  9. ^ Staff. "Artist activists will come together to support county Democrats", New Jersey Herald, May 7, 2017. Accessed January 13, 2018. "Billeisen, who will emcee the evening, will be joined by Seth Danner and Christopher Sieber, Stockholm resident and two-time Tony nominee for Monty Python's Spamalot and Shrek The Musical, along with other contributing performers."
  10. ^ Genevieve Rafter Keddy (4 December 2010). "Photo Coverage: The Songs of Scot Alan at Barnes & Noble". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
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