Malcolm Gets

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Malcolm Gets
Birth name	Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets
Born	December 28, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Notable roles	Richard in Caroline in the City

Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets (born December 28, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Richard in the American television sitcom Caroline in the City. Gets is also a dancer, singer, composer, classically trained pianist, vocal director, and choreographer. He is openly gay.

Contents 1 Early years 1.1 Family 1.2 Education 2 Theater 2.1 Hippodrome State Theatre (Gainesville, Florida) 2.2 Broadway 2.3 Off-Broadway 2.4 Other 3 Television 4 Film 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early years

Gets was born in Chicago, Illinois, but soon moved with his family to New Jersey. He lived there until he was five when his family moved to Gainesville, Florida.

Gets started studying performing arts early in life. He started studying piano at age nine. This skill helped him pay his way through college. He began singing lessons at 14. He also danced with a studio in Gainesville as a teenager.

[edit] Family

Gets is the son of Lisbeth Gets, a special education teacher and school administrator, and Terence Gets, a college textbook representative. Both parents grew up in London, UK. He has an older brother, Eric; an older sister, Allison; and a younger sister.

[edit] Education

Gets skipped two years of K-12 education and graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida, aged 16. He then attended the University of Florida, where he won Best Newcomer's Award in acting and earned a BFA in Theatre (1989). Following that he completed an MFA at the Yale Drama School.

[edit] Theater

Selected works.

[edit] Hippodrome State Theatre (Gainesville, Florida)

• Amadeus (1983)
• Cloud 9 (1984)
• Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour(1986)
• As Is (1987)

[edit] Broadway

• The Molière Comedies as Valère (1995)
• Dreamgirls as Film Executive (2001)
• Amour as Dusoleil (2002)
• Passion as Colonel Ricci (2004)

He was nominated for a Tony in 2003 for his work in Amour.

[edit] Off-Broadway

• Hello Again (musical) as The Writer (1994 at Lincoln Center)
• A New Brain as Gordon Michael Schwinn (1998 at Lincoln Center)
• Boys and Girls as Jake (2002 at The Duke, 42nd Street)

[edit] Other

• "The Colorado Catechism" by Vincent J. Cardinal as TY (1990 premiere at Yale School of Drama)
• The Boys from Syracuse Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. New Book by Nicky Silver. Based on the Original Book by George Abbot. as Antipholus of Ephesus (1997 at City Center)
• Edward II by Christopher Marlowe (2000 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California)
• Finian's Rainbow with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by EY Harburg as Og
  • 1997 at Freud Playhouse on the campus of UCLA
  • 2004 Irish Repertory Theatre
  • 2005 at Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut
• Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl as Mordred (2005)

[edit] Television

• Caroline in the City as Richard Karinsky (1995-1999 on NBC)
• Sparkle Lounge as host (1997 on VH-1)

[edit] Film

• A Flash of Green as Jigger Loesser (1984)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as F. Scott Fitzgerald (1994)
• "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing" as The Architect (2001)
• Love In the Time of Money as Robert Walker (2002)
• Adam & Steve as Steve (2005) [1]
• Little Boy Blues as Michael (2005)

[edit] References

• Malcolm Gets at the Internet Movie Database
• Malcolm Gets at the Internet Broadway Database
• Caroline in the City website bio

[edit] External links

• Malcolm Gets at TV.com
• Malcolm Gets on Yahoo movies
• Malcolm Gets Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing