Christopher Sieber

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 names	Chris Sieber
Alma mater	American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Kevin Burrows ​ (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 nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Sir Dennis Galahad in Spamalot, and Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical. He has also played both male leads in the musical La Cage aux Folles.

Early life

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

Stage

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 received Tony Award nominations.

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.^[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 Theater, and continued in the role at Broadway’s Longacre Theater 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, Starting performances on April 30, 2024.^[7]

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 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

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

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

Theatre

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 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		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	David H. Koch Theater	New York City Opera
2004-05	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	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 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
	Death Becomes Her	Ernest Menville	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre	Broadway

Discography

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

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

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.

External links

• Christopher Sieber at the Internet Broadway Database
• Christopher Sieber at IMDb