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Christopher Sieber
Christopher Sieber 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.
Other namesChris Sieber
Alma materAmerican Musical and Dramatic Academy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Kevin Burrows
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(m. 2011)​

Christopher Luverne Sieber (born February 18, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles Kevin Burke in Two of a Kind and Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical. He was twice nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical first at the 59th Tony Awards in 2005 for his portrayal of Sir Dennis Galahad in Spamalot, and then at the 63rd Tony Awards in 2009 for his portrayal of Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical. He has also played both male leads, Georges and Albin, in the musical La Cage aux Folles.

Early life

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Christopher Sieber was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Fred and Caron Sieber. He is the middle child of three. Mike, 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.[1]

Career

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Stage

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Sieber made his Off-Broadway debut in a production of the musical A Christmas Carol in 1994.[2] Sieber has appeared in several Broadway musicals, including Into the Woods, Monty Python's Spamalot, Shrek The Musical and Company. For his roles in Spamalot and Shrek The Musical, Sieber was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, first at the 59th Tony Awards in 2005 and then at the 63rd Tony Awards in 2009.

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 Agatha Trunchbull starting performances on March 18.[3] However, due to a hand injury sustained in rehearsals, he did not start performances until April 18.[4]

In 2016, Sieber joined the cast of The Prom as Trent Oliver in the out-of-town tryout at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, and continued in the role at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre from October 2018 to August 11, 2019.[5][6]

On March 4, 2024, it was announced that Sieber would join the cast of Death Becomes Her as Ernest Menville in its preview run at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre. Performances started on April 30, 2024 before the show transferred to Broadway later that year.[7]

Television

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In 1998, Sieber made his television debut playing Kevin Burke, father to Mary-Kate Burke (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Ashley Burke (Ashley Olsen) 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 Simon Banks and Philip Stoddard, same-sex parents to Liz Stoddard-Banks (Maggie Lawson); other co-stars in the series included 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.[8] In 2010, Sieber led the ABC comedy pilot It Takes a Village alongside Leah Remini and Cheyenne Jackson.[9] 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

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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.[10] They married on November 24, 2011, in New York City.[11] The couple live on an island on Lake Tamarack in the Stockholm area of Hardyston Township, New Jersey.[12][13]

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

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Film

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

Television

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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 2 episodes
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"
2021 Blue Bloods Mike Dougherty Episode: "The Common Good"

Theatre

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Year Title Role Theater Notes
1990 Anything Goes Billy Crocker Various Tour
1993 Bye Bye Birdie Albert Peterson
1994 A Christmas Carol Punch & Judy Man / Young Jacob Marley / Undertaker The Theater at Madison Square Garden Off-Broadway
1995 Faust Angel Rick La Jolla Playhouse Regional
1996 Jesus Christ Superstar Judas Iscariot The Muny
Guys and Dolls Benny Southstreet
The Boys in the Band Donald Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway
1997 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Simeon The Muny Regional
1997-1998 Triumph of Love Agis Royale Theatre Broadway
1998-1999 Beauty and the Beast Gaston Palace Theatre
1999-2001 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
2000 Avow Brian New York City Center Off-Broadway
2002 Into the Woods The Wolf / Rapunzel's Prince

u/s The Wolf / Cinderella’s Prince

Ahmanson Theatre Regional
Broadhurst Theatre Broadway
2003 Thoroughly Modern Millie Mr. Trevor Graydon III Marquis Theatre
2004 Chicago Billy Flynn Ambassador Theatre
Company Robert Freud Playhouse Regional
Cinderella Prince Topher David H. Koch Theater New York City Opera
2004-2005 Spamalot Sir Dennis Galahad / The Black Knight / Prince Herbert's Father Shubert Theatre Regional
2005-2008 Shubert Theatre and Palace Theatre Broadway and West End
2005 On the Twentieth Century Bruce Granit New Amsterdam Theatre Concert
2008 Camelot Sir Dinadan Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic
Shrek The Musical Lord Farquaad 5th Avenue Theatre Regional
2008-2010 Broadway Theatre Broadway
2010 The Kid Dan Savage Acorn Theatre Off-Broadway
Hairspray Edna Turnblad Paper Mill Playhouse Regional
2011 La Cage aux Folles Georges Longacre Theatre Broadway
Chicago Billy Flynn Ambassador Theatre
2011-2012 La Cage aux Folles Albin Various National Tour
2012-2013 Chicago Billy Flynn Ambassador Theatre Broadway
2013 Violet Preacher / Bus Driver 1 / Radio Singer / Bus Driver 4 New York City Center Encores!
2013 Pippin Charlemagne / Charles the Great Music Box Theatre Broadway
2014
2014-2016 Matilda the Musical Miss Agatha Trunchbull Shubert Theatre
2014 The Heart of Robin Hood Pierre American Repertory Theatre Regional
2016 The Prom Trent Oliver Alliance Theatre
2016-2017 Chicago Billy Flynn Ambassador Theatre Broadway
2017 Big River The Duke New York City Center Encores!
Jesus Christ Superstar King Herod The Muny Regional
Annie Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks Paper Mill Playhouse
2018 Candide Narrator / Pangloss Alliance Theatre
Annie Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks The Muny
The Prom Trent Oliver Longacre Theatre Broadway
2019 Cinderella Sebastian Paper Mill Playhouse Regional
2020 Company Harry Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Broadway
2021-2022
2023 The Goodbye Girl Character Actor Theatre Row Building Off-Broadway
Gutenberg! The Musical! The Producer
(One night only) 		James Earl Jones Theatre Broadway
2024 Death Becomes Her Ernest Menville Cadillac Palace Theatre Regional
The Little Mermaid Chef Louis The Muny
2024-2025 Death Becomes Her Ernest Menville Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Broadway

Discography

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  • "What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up" by Scott Alan, singing the track Nothing More (2010)[14]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2005 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical Spamalot Nominated
2009 Tony Award 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

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  1. ^ "Thank You to Alumnus Christopher Sieber for Speaking at AMDA NY's Spring 2019 Graduation Ceremony". AMDA News. May 14, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Christopher Sieber Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Gilbert, Ryan (January 31, 2014). "Get Naughty! Matt Harrington & Tony Nominee Christopher Sieber Join the Revolting Cast of Matilda". Broadway.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  4. ^ McPhee, Ryan (18 April 2014). "Maggots Beware! Christopher Sieber (Finally) Steps Into Matilda as Miss Trunchbull". Broadway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. ^ Keller, Ilana. "Broadway: Don't tell 'The Prom' star Christopher Sieber to break a leg". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  6. ^ "The Prom's Christopher Sieber on Casting the Netflix Movie, Cursing in Hip-Hop Class & More". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew (March 4, 2024). "Christopher Sieber, Michelle Williams, More Join Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard in Death Becomes Her Musical". Playbill. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Jensen, Michael (April 5, 2010). "Sneak Peek at ABC's "It Takes a Village" with Cheyenne Jackson and Christopher Sieber". LOGO News. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Two-Time Tony Nominee Christopher Sieber Marries Kevin Burrows at Thanksgiving Day Wedding". Broadway.com. November 25, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  12. ^ Green, Penelope (18 July 2004). "An Island in New Jersey: An Actor's Commute, and All that Jazz". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  13. ^ "Artist activists will come together to support county Democrats". New Jersey Herald. May 7, 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 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.
  14. ^ Keddy, Genevieve Rafter (4 December 2010). "Photo Coverage: The Songs of Scot Alan at Barnes & Noble". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
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