Christopher Sieber

Christopher Luverne Sieber (born February 18, 1969) is an American actor. Known primarily for his extensive roles on stage in musicals, he has received nominations for two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards.

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 recently starred in Broadway productions of The Prom (2018), Company (2021), and Death Becomes Her (2024).

Early life and education

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Stage

Sieber made his Off-Broadway debut in a production of the musical A Christmas Carol in 1994.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="Naughty">Template:Cite web</ref> However, due to a hand injury sustained in rehearsals, he did not start performances until April 18.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Television

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.<ref name="darkhorizons">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2010, Sieber led the ABC comedy pilot It Takes a Village alongside Leah Remini and Cheyenne Jackson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="advocate">Template:Cite news</ref> They married on November 24, 2011, in New York City.<ref name="marriage">Template:Cite web</ref> The couple live on an island on Lake Tamarack in the Stockholm area of Hardyston Township, New Jersey.<ref name="cabin">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.

Acting credits

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	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

Year	Title	Role	Theater	Ref.
1990	Anything Goes	Billy Crocker	National Tour
1993	Bye Bye Birdie	Albert Peterson
1994	A Christmas Carol	Punch & Judy Man Young Jacob Marley / Undertaker	Hulu Theater, Off-Broadway
1995	Faust	Angel Rick	La Jolla Playhouse
1996	Jesus Christ Superstar	Judas Iscariot	The Muny
	Guys and Dolls	Benny Southstreet
	The Boys in the Band	Donald	Lucille Lortel Theatre, Off-Broadway
1997-98	Triumph of Love	Agis	Royale Theatre, Broadway
1998-99	Beauty and the Beast	Gaston	Palace Theatre, Broadway
1999-2001			Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway
2000	Avow	Brian	New York City Center, Off-Broadway
2002	Into the Woods	The Wolf / Rapunzel's Prince u/s Cinderella’s Prince	Ahmanson Theatre
			Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway
2003	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Mr. Trevor Graydon III	Marquis Theatre, Broadway
2004	Chicago	Billy Flynn	Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
	Company	Robert	Freud Playhouse
	Cinderella	Prince Topher	Koch Theater, New York City Opera
2004-05	Spamalot	Sir Dennis Galahad / The Black Knight / Prince Herbert's Father	Shubert Theatre
2005-08			Shubert Theatre, Broadway
			Palace Theatre, 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
2008-10			Broadway Theatre, Broadway
2010	The Kid	Dan Savage	Acorn Theatre, Off-Broadway
	Hairspray	Edna Turnblad	Paper Mill Playhouse
2011	La Cage aux Folles	Georges	Longacre Theatre, Broadway
	Chicago	Billy Flynn	Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
2011-2012	La Cage aux Folles	Albin	National Tour
2012-2013	Chicago	Billy Flynn	Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
2013	Violet	Preacher / Bus Driver / Radio Singer	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, Broadway
2014	The Heart of Robin Hood	Pierre	American Repertory Theatre
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
	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	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	Cinderella	Sebastian	Paper Mill Playhouse
2020-2022	Company	Harry	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023	The Goodbye Girl	Character Actor	Theatre Row Building, Off-Broadway
	Gutenberg! The Musical!	The Producer (One night cameo)	James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway
2024	Death Becomes Her	Ernest Menville	Cadillac Palace Theatre
	The Little Mermaid	Chef Louis	The Muny
2024-2025	Death Becomes Her	Ernest Menville	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025	Hello, Dolly!	Horace Vandergelder	Carnegie Hall
	Bat Boy: The Musical	Dr. Thomas Parker	New York City Center, Off-Broadway

Discography

• "What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up" by Scott Alan, singing the track Nothing More (2010)<ref name="alan">Template:Cite news</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2005	Tony Award	Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Spamalot	Template:Nom
2009	Tony Award		Shrek the Musical	Template:Nom
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Template:Nom
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Template:Nom
2012	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical	The Kid	Template:Nom
2025	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical	Death Becomes Her	Template:Nom

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