# Gabriel Ebert

Gabriel Ebert is an American stage actor and singer. In 2013, he received a Tony Award for his featured role as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.

## Early life

Ebert was born and raised in Colorado. He attended high school at the Denver School of the Arts and graduated from Juilliard.

## Career

Ebert made his Broadway debut as the understudy for the role of Ken in John Logan's play Red in 2010, followed by the Broadway production of Kneehigh Theatre's Brief Encounter in 2010 as Stanley.
Ebert is known for originating the role of Mr. Wormwood in the Broadway 2013 production of Matilda the Musical, for which he won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Ebert's performance in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater as the character "Leo", the grandson of Mary Louise Wilson's Vera, won him an Obie Award in 2012.
He starred as Robin Hood in The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr in Winnipeg and Toronto in October 2014 to March 2015.
He played the role of Max in the 2015 movie Ricki and the Flash. In the 2015 production of the Helen Edmundson stage adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Camille opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Matt Ryan.
In 2016, Ebert was cast in the pilot for the Amazon Video television program The Interestings.
In 2020, he played the role of a gunnery officer in The Mandalorian.
In 2025, he is set to act in the Broadway debut of John Proctor is the Villain.

## Personal life

Ebert's special skills include juggling, ukulele, and reciting all 50 states in one breath. However, he has said that his whistling is very bad.

## Work
### Film and television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | The Restaurant | Stevie | Short |
| 2012 | Made in Jersey | Carter Gershan | TV series |
| 2015 | The Family Fang | Joseph | Film |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Max | Film |
| 2016 | Jane Wants a Boyfriend | Jack | Film |
| 2016 | The Blacklist | Theo | TV series |
| 2016 | The Interestings | Dennis | TV film |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Christoph Lengauer | TV film |
| 2018 | Instinct | Richard Brophy | Episode: "Tribal" |
| 2019 | The Good Fight | Lance McAlvoy | Episode: "The One where a Nazi Gets Punched" |
| 2019 | Elementary | Sebastian Florenti | Episode: "The Price of Admission" |
| 2019 | Mr. Mercedes | Morris Bellamy | TV series |
| 2020 | The Mandalorian | Gunnery Officer | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | News of the World | Benjamin Farley | Film |
| 2021 | Dickinson | Thomas Wentworth Higginson | TV series |

### Theatre (selected)

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Red | Ken | Understudy |
| 2010/2011 | Brief Encounter | Stanley | |
| 2011 | 4000 Miles | Leo | Off-Broadway |
| 2011 | Prometheus Bound | Hephaistos/Hermes | American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 2013/2014 | Matilda The Musical | Mr. Wormwood | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
| 2014 | The Heart of Robin Hood | Robin Hood | Winnipeg and Toronto, Canada |
| 2014 | Casa Valentina | Jonathon/Miranda | |
| 2015 | Preludes | Rach | Claire Tow Theater (Off-Broadway) |
| 2015/2016 | Thérèse Raquin | Camille Raquin | Adaptation by Helen Edmundson |
| 2016 | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Gently Down the Stream | Rufus | |
| 2017 | Time and the Conways | Alan Conway | Roundabout Theatre Company |
| 2018 | Pass Over | Ossifer/Master | LCT3 – Claire Tow Theater |
| 2021 | Pass Over | Ossifer/Master | August Wilson Theatre |
| 2023 | The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical | Hunter | La Jolla Playhouse |
| 2025 | John Proctor is the Villain | Carter Smith | Booth Theatre |