Edward Hibbert

Edward Hibbert (born 9 September 1955) is an American-born British actor and literary agent. He played Gil Chesterton in the TV series Frasier. He also voiced Zazu in both The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion King 1½, replacing Rowan Atkinson.
== Early life ==
Hibbert was born on Long Island, New York, the son of actor Geoffrey Hibbert. He has one sister.[1] He was brought up in Britain, where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He returned to the US in the mid-1980s.
== Career ==
=== Acting career ===
Hibbert had a starring role as Faulconbridge in the BBC's production of The Life and Death of King John, published in 1984. He has appeared on Broadway and in major regional theatre productions,[2] worked in television as a series regular and guest star and also had roles in major films.[2] In 1993 he won an Obie Award for his co-starring role of "Sterling" in Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey.[3] His "Frederick Fellows/Philip Brent" in the National Theatre revival of Noises Off(presented at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) was called "delightfully discombobulated" by one reviewer.[4] Hibbert was in the Broadway musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and the 2007 premiere of Curtains (which reunited him with his Frasier co-star David Hyde Pierce). He appeared on Broadway as "Mr. Praed" (the architect) in Roundabout Theatre's 2010 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession starring Cherry Jones.[5] He appeared on Broadway in the new musical It Shoulda Been You in 2015, again working with David Hyde Pierce, this time with Pierce as the director.
He guest-starred on TV shows including Cosby, Murder She Wrote and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[6] but is probably best known for his recurring role on Frasier as Gil Chesterton, KACL's haughty, effeminate restaurant critic.
As a voice actor, Hibbert has been the voice of Evil the Cat on the Earthworm Jim TV series, and the voice of Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and in The Lion King 1½. His appearances in films include The Prestige, Taking Woodstock, and The First Wives Club.[2]
=== Literary work ===
He is also a literary agent and a partner in the literary agency Donadio & Olson, Inc. He has authors Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Bram, Steven DeRosa, and Ed Sikov among his clients[5] and has also represented film rights for Fight Club and Gods and Monsters plus others.[7]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1982	Britannia Hospital 	Theatre Surgeon 	
1994	The Paper 	Jerry 	
1996	Loch Ness 	Scientist 	Uncredited[citation needed]
1996	The First Wives Club 	Maurice 	
1996	Everyone Says I Love You 	Harry Winston Salesman 	
1997	Hudson River Blues 	Yago 	
1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Zazu (voice) 	Direct-to-video
2000	It Had to Be You 	Stanley 	Uncredited[citation needed]
2001	Friends and Family 	Richard Grayson 	
2002	Dummy 	Unemployed Actor 	
2003	Uptown Girls 	Christies' Rep 	
2004	The Lion King 1½ 	Zazu (voice) 	Direct-to-video
2004	Fakers 	Gordon Fisher 	
2004	A Different Loyalty 	Sir Michael Strickland 	
2006	The Prestige 	Ackerman 	
2007	The School Fanfarre 	Robert / Wellington / Ryan / Joe Pedro (voice)	Direct-to-video
2008	Fall Down a School 	Raphael (voice) 	
2009	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell 	Professor 	
2013	Seven Psychopaths 	Raphael (voice) 	
2018	Mary Poppins Returns 	Mary Poppins' Parrot Umbrella (voice) 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1994 	Columbo 	Bramley Kahn 	Episode: "Undercover"
1994–2004	Frasier 	Gil Chesterton 	Recurring role, 29 episodes
1995 	The Nanny 	Claude 	Episode: "The Chatterbox"
1995–1996	Earthworm Jim 	Evil the Cat (voice)	Main role, 15 episodes
1998–1999	Fantasy Island 	Harry 	Main role, 13 episodes
2006 	Gilmore Girls 	Randall 	Episode: "Merry Fisticuffs"
2010 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nigel Prestwick 	Episode: "Shadow"
2013 	Ambassadors 	Equerry 	Episode: "The Prince's Trousers"
2016 	2 Broke Girls 	Bernard 	Episode: "And the Coming Out Party"