Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Moss-Bachrach at the 2019 WonderCon
Born (1977-03-19) March 19, 1977 (age 47)
New York City, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
SpouseYelena Yemchuk
Children2

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (/ˈɛbɪn mɑːs ˈbækəræk/) (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he was twice awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in addition to a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Moss-Bachrach has had major television roles on Girls (2014–2017) and NOS4A2 (2019–2020), and appeared in the first season of Andor (2022). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has played David "Micro" Lieberman in the first season of The Punisher (2017).

Early life and education

Ebon Moss-Bachrach was born on March 19, 1977[1] in New York City,[2] the son of Renee Moss and Eric Bachrach, who run a music school in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was born in Germany to Jewish-American parents.[3]

Moss-Bachrach attended high school at Amherst Regional High School in Massachusetts, and graduated from Columbia University in 1999 with a B.A. in English Literature. He initially was an American history major and a music studies major.[4] During his third year of college, he studied abroad in Alicante, Spain for a semester.[5]

As a child, Moss-Bachrach had a passion for theater and movies, and also loved to read. Some of his favorite authors were Isaac Asimov and Piers Anthony. He spent much of his childhood indoors,[6] and described his younger self as an "escapist".[4] In high school, Moss-Bachrach joined the school band, and became fond of performing. One of his favorite musical artists was Ornette Coleman.[6]

During his first year of college, Moss-Bachrach took an acting class out of curiosity, and quickly became inspired to pursue theater.[7] After the class, he became an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to gain some experience in theater.[4] Moss-Bachrach went on to study acting and the Meisner technique at the William Esper Studio in New York City.[8][9][10][11]

Career

Moss-Bachrach had his television breakout playing Desi in the HBO series Girls, which began as a recurring role before he became a series regular in the series' final three seasons. He has subsequently appeared in The Punisher and Andor. For his role in the FX on Hulu series The Bear, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards.

As of July 2024, Moss-Bachrach is set to portray Ben Grimm / The Thing in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).[12]

Personal life

Moss-Bachrach is married to Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk, with whom he has two daughters.[13]

Filmography

Film

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Believer First Waiter
Never Again Andy
The Royal Tenenbaums Frederick the Bellboy
2003 American Splendor MTV Director
Death of a Dynasty Dave Katz
Mona Lisa Smile Charlie Stewart
2004 Winter Solstice Steve
Poster Boy Charlie
Point & Shoot Chad Rhodes
2005 The Dying Gaul Olaf
Stealth Tim
Road Jay
2006 Out There Stan
Live Free or Die Alex Gazaniga
The Lake House Henry Wyler
Wedding Daze Matador
2007 Chicago 10 Paul Krassner Voice
High Falls Jackson Short film
Suburban Girl Ethan Eisenberg
Evening Luc
2009 Breaking Upwards Dylan
The Marc Pease Experience Gavin
2011 Higher Ground Luke
2012 Lola Versus Nick
Come Out and Play Francis
2013 The Volunteer Ethan
Gods Behaving Badly Neil
2014 We'll Never Have Paris Guillaume
The Grey Matter Simon Peterson Short film
2017 Tokyo Project Sebastian Short film
2018 The Big Take Max O'Leary
2019 Good Posture Don Price
Blow the Man Down Gorski
Lying and Stealing Ray Warding
2020 Tesla Anitai Szigeti
2022 Sharp Stick Yuli
2023 No Hard Feelings Gary
2024 Hold Your Breath Wallace Grady
2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps † Ben Grimm / The Thing Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Murder in a Small Town Billy Television film
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent College Boy Episode: "One"
2002 Porn 'n Chicken Hutch Television film
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Danny Wallace Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Justin Episode: "Informed"
Kidnapped Tucker Episode: "Sorry, Wrong Number"
2008 John Adams John Quincy Adams Miniseries; 3 episodes
Fringe Joseph Meegar Episode: "Power Hungry"
2009 Medium Simon Burwell Episode: "The First Bite Is the Deepest"
A NY Thing Arthur Television film
2010 Damages Nick Salenger 8 episodes
Rubicon Craig Young 3 episodes
2013–16 Person of Interest Michael Cole 2 episodes
2014 Believe Ben Wooten Episode: "White Noise"
2014–15 The Last Ship Niels Sørensen 10 episodes
2014–17 Girls Desi Harperin 25 episodes
2017 The Punisher David Lieberman / Micro Series regular
2019–20 NOS4A2 Chris McQueen Series regular
2020 Interrogation Trey Carano 6 episodes
2022 The Dropout John Carreyrou Miniseries, 3 episodes
Andor Arvel Skeen 3 episodes
2022–present The Bear Richard "Richie" Jerimovich Series regular
2024 Bob's Burgers Vincent Bartos (voice) Episode: "To Catch a Beef"
2024 Krapopolis Opie (voice) Episode: "Ice Week"

Theater

Year Title Role Venue Notes
1997 Dead End T.B. Williamstown Theatre Festival
Princess Turandot Altoum's Men
2000 When They Speak of Rita Jimmy Primary Stages Off-Broadway[14]
Side Man Clifford San Jose Repertory Theatre
2001 36 Views John Bell Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2002 The Public Theater Off-Broadway
2003 Fifth of July Weston Hurley Signature Theatre Company
2005 On the Mountain Carrick Playwrights Horizons
2011 Three Sisters Nicolai Lvovich Tuzenbach Classic Stage Company
2015 Verité Winston Lincoln Center Theater
Lost Girls Lou Lucille Lortel Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2005 Online Film & Television Association Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Law & Order: Trial by Jury Nominated [15]
Los Angeles Film Festival Jury Prize: Outstanding Performance (shared with Catherine Kellner) Road Won [16]
2023 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Bear Nominated [17]
Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series Nominated [18]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Won [19]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated [20]
2024 Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Won [21]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated [22]
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Won [23]

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