Malcolm Gets (born December 28, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Richard in the American television

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'' Caroline in the City''. Gets is also a dancer, singer, composer, classically trained pianist, vocal director, and choreographer. His first solo album came out in 2009 from PS Classics. Gets was nominated for a

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual c ...

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( Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical for '' Amour'') and was awarded the

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the ...

in 1995.

Life and career

Gets was born in

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, the son of Lispbeth, an educator, and Terence Gets, a college textbook salesman. Both parents grew up in

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, England. He moved with his family to

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. He lived there until he was six, when his family moved to

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. He has an older brother Erik, an older sister Alison and a younger sister Adrienne. Gets started studying performing arts early in life. He began 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. Gets skipped two years of K-12 education and graduated from

Buchholz High School F. W. Buchholz High School (commonly referred to as Buchholz (pronounced ) or BHS) is a high school in Gainesville, Florida, United States. Buchholz is one of seven high schools in Alachua County. Opened in January 1971, it is the largest public ...

, aged 16. He then attended the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

, where he won Best Newcomer's Award in acting and at age 24 earned a BFA in Theatre (1988). Following that, he completed an MFA at the

Yale Drama School The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

. Gets

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as gay in the late 1990s and lives with his partner.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theater

Gets was nominated for a

for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 2003 for his work in ''Amour''. Selected work * '' Amadeus'' (1983) * '' Cloud Nine'' (1984) * ''

Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors may refer to: * ''The Little Shop of Horrors'', a 1960 film directed by Roger Corman ** ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (musical), a 1982 musical based on the 1960 film ** ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (film), a 1986 film adaptati ...

'' as '' Seymour'' (1986) * ''As Is'' (1987)

Special Events

* '' Dreamgirls'' as ''Film Executive'' (2001) * '' Passion'' as ''Colonel Ricci '' (2004)

Off-Broadway

* '' Merrily We Roll Along'' as Franklin Shepard (1994 at the York Theatre) * '' Hello Again'' as The Writer (1994 at

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 milli ...

) * ''

A New Brain ''A New Brain'' is a musical with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine. Though many of Finn's previous musicals were to some extent autobiographical, ''A New Brain'' dealt directly with his own harrowing experience ...

'' as Gordon Michael Schwinn (1998 at

) * ''Boys and Girls'' as Jake (2002 at The Duke, 42nd Street) * ''Vigil'' by

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as Kemp (2009 at the DR2 Theatre) * ''Banished Children of Eve'' as Stephen Collins Foster (2010 at the

Irish Repertory Theatre The Irish Repertory Theatre is an Off Broadway theatre founded in 1988. History The Irish Repertory Theatre was founded by Ciarán O'Reilly and Charlotte Moore, which opened its doors in September 1988,http://www.nyc-arts.org/organizations/ ...

) Gets was awarded the

for his work in ''Merrily We Roll Along'' and ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' in 1995.

Other appearances

* ''The Colorado Catechism'' by Vincent J. Cardinal as TY (1990 premiere at Yale School of Drama) * ''

The Boys from Syracuse ''The Boys from Syracuse'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play ''The Comedy of Errors'', as adapted by librettist George Abbott. The score includes swing and other contemporar ...

'' Music by

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. Lyrics by

Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", " Bewitched, B ...

. New Book by Nicky Silver. Based on the Original Book by

George Abbott George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. Early years Abbott was born in Forestville, New Y ...

. as Antipholus of Ephesus (1997 at City Center) * ''

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'' by

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(2000 at

American Conservatory Theater The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a nonprofit theater company in San Francisco, California, United States, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. It also has an attached acting school. History The Americ ...

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) * ''

Finian's Rainbow ''Finian's Rainbow'' is a musical with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane, produced by Lee Sabinson. The original 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances, while a film version was r ...

'' with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by EY Harburg as Og **1997 at Freud Playhouse on the campus of

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**2004 Irish Repertory Theatre **2005 at

Westport Country Playhouse Westport Country Playhouse, is a not-for-profit regional theater in Westport, Connecticut, Westport, Connecticut. It was founded in 1931 by Lawrence Langner, a New York theater producer. Langner remodeled an 1830s tannery with a Broadway-quality ...

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* ''

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'' at the

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(2005) * ''Party Come Here'' at Williamstown Theatre Festival as Orlando (2007) * "Lisbon Traviata" at The Kennedy Center (2010)

Awards and nominations

Music

;Soundtracks * "Tradition/To Life" (1999) - in celebrity concert to benefit A.I.D.S. research, recorded as ''The S.T.A.G.E. Series: Adler, Bock, Coleman''.''The S.T.A.G.E. Series: Adler, Bock, Coleman'' * '' Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim'' (2001) - singles and duets recorded with

Barbara Cook Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals '' Plain and Fancy'' (1955), ''Candide'' (1956) and ''The Music Man'' ( ...

, such as "

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

" and " Not While I'm Around". * ''

Grey Gardens ''Grey Gardens'' is a 1975 American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive, upper-class women, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens, a ...

'' (2009) - two duets recorded with Jessica Lange, such as "

I Won't Dance "I Won't Dance" is a song with music by Jerome Kern that has become a jazz standard. The song has two different sets of lyrics: the first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach in 1934, and second written by Dorothy Fields (though Jimmy ...

" and "

We Belong Together "We Belong Together" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her 10th studio album, ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' (2005). The song was released on March 15, 2005, through Island Records, as the second single from the album. "W ...

References

External links

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Malcolm Gets
- March 2008 Interview a
maninchair.com

Malcolm Gets
- ''Downstage Center'' interview at American Theatre Wing.org
Malcolm Gets Fanpage
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