# Christopher Sieber

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 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 has also played both male leads, Georges and Albin, in the musical La Cage aux Folles.

## Early life

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.

## Career
### Stage

Sieber made his Off-Broadway debut in a production of the musical A Christmas Carol in 1994. 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. However, due to a hand injury sustained in rehearsals, he did not start performances until April 18.
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.
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.

### 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. In 2010, Sieber led the ABC comedy pilot It Takes a Village alongside Leah Remini and Cheyenne Jackson. 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. They married on November 24, 2011, in New York City. The couple live on an island on Lake Tamarack in the Stockholm area of Hardyston Township, New Jersey.
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 |
| 2010 | See You in September | Steven |
| 2010 | 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" |
| 2000 | 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 | Notes |
| 1990 | Anything Goes | Billy Crocker | Various | Tour |
| 1993 | Bye Bye Birdie | Albert Peterson | Various | Tour |
| 1994 | A Christmas Carol | Punch & Judy Man / Young Jacob 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 | Regional |
| 1996 | Guys and Dolls | Benny Southstreet | The Muny | Regional |
| 1996 | 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 | Broadway |
| 1999-2001 | Beauty and the Beast | Gaston | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Broadway |
| 2000 | Avow | Brian | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2002 | Into the Woods | The Wolf / Rapunzel's Prince u/s The Wolf / Cinderella’s Prince | Ahmanson Theatre | Regional |
| 2002 | Into the Woods | The Wolf / Rapunzel's Prince u/s The Wolf / Cinderella’s Prince | Broadhurst Theatre | Broadway |
| 2003 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Mr. Trevor Graydon III | Marquis Theatre | Broadway |
| 2004 | Chicago | Billy Flynn | Ambassador Theatre | Broadway |
| 2004 | Company | Robert | Freud Playhouse | Regional |
| 2004 | Cinderella | Prince Topher | David H. Koch Theater | New York City Opera |
| 2004-2005 | Spamalot | Sir Dennis Galahad / The Black Knight / Prince Herbert's Father | Shubert Theatre | Regional |
| 2005-2008 | Spamalot | Sir Dennis Galahad / The Black Knight / Prince Herbert's Father | Shubert Theatre and Palace Theatre | Broadway and West End |
| 2005 | On the Twentieth Century | Bruce Granit | New Amsterdam Theatre | Concert |
| 2008 | Camelot | Sir Dinadan | Lincoln Center | New York Philharmonic |
| 2008 | Shrek The Musical | Lord Farquaad | 5th Avenue Theatre | Regional |
| 2008-2010 | Shrek The Musical | Lord Farquaad | Broadway Theatre | Broadway |
| 2010 | The Kid | Dan Savage | Acorn Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 2010 | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 2011 | La Cage aux Folles | Georges | Longacre Theatre | Broadway |
| 2011 | Chicago | Billy Flynn | Ambassador Theatre | Broadway |
| 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 | Pippin | Charlemagne / Charles the Great | Music Box Theatre | Broadway |
| 2014-2016 | Matilda the Musical | Miss Agatha Trunchbull | Shubert Theatre | Broadway |
| 2014 | The Heart of Robin Hood | Pierre | American Repertory Theatre | Regional |
| 2016 | The Prom | Trent Oliver | Alliance Theatre | Regional |
| 2016-2017 | Chicago | Billy Flynn | Ambassador Theatre | Broadway |
| 2017 | Big River | The Duke | New York City Center | Encores! |
| 2017 | Jesus Christ Superstar | King Herod | The Muny | Regional |
| 2017 | Annie | Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 2018 | Candide | Narrator / Pangloss | Alliance Theatre | Regional |
| 2018 | Annie | Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks | The Muny | Regional |
| 2018 | The Prom | Trent Oliver | Longacre Theatre | Broadway |
| 2019 | Cinderella | Sebastian | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| 2020 | Company | Harry | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | Broadway |
| 2021-2022 | Company | Harry | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | Broadway |
| 2023 | The Goodbye Girl | Character Actor | Theatre Row Building | Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | Gutenberg! The Musical! | The Producer (One night only) | James Earl Jones Theatre | Broadway |
| 2024 | Death Becomes Her | Ernest Menville | Cadillac Palace Theatre | Regional |
| 2024 | The Little Mermaid | Chef Louis | The Muny | Regional |
| 2024-2025 | 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)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2005 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Spamalot | Nominated |
| 2009 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Shrek: The Musical | Nominated |
| 2009 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Shrek: The Musical | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Shrek: The Musical | Nominated |
| 2012 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | The Kid | Nominated |