Gabriel Macht is an American actor, born in the Bronx, New York, to Suzanne, a museum curator and archivist, and Stephen Macht, an actor. He is one of four siblings and moved to California with his parents at a young age.
Macht's first on-screen success came at the age of eight, when he was nominated for a Best Young Motion Picture Actor Award for his performance in the film "Why Would I Lie?" (1980). He briefly withdrew from the business as a child, but later returned as an adult with favorable roles that further developed his talents.
After high school, Macht studied theater at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh. He remains active in the theater and is involved with the Mad Dog Theater Company in New York, where he performed the play "To Whom It May Concern" for the company at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival in 1997. His other theater credits include "Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at Promenade Theater Off Broadway and Theater on the Square in San Francisco; "Turnaround" at the Coast Playhouse in Los Angeles; "La Ronde" directed by Joanne Woodward at the Williamstown Theater Festival; and "What the Butter Saw" directed by Joe Dowling at Arena Stage in Washington D.C.
On the big screen, Macht was seen in Edward Zwick's highly-acclaimed film "Love & Other Drugs," opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, who were both nominated for Golden Globes for their performances. He also starred in the comic-book-inspired film "The Spirit" as the titular character opposite Samuel Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and Eva Mendes, and directed by Frank Miller. Macht was previously seen in Robert De Niro's critically-acclaimed film "The Good Shepherd" with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie. His additional screen credits include the comic drama "Middle Men" with Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson; the Arctic thriller "Whiteout" with Kate Beckinsale; the romantic comedy "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton; Joel Schumacher's "Bad Company" opposite Anthony Hopkins; "The Recruit" opposite Al Pacino and Colin Farrell; "Behind Enemy Lines" with Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman; and "American Outlaws" where he first starred opposite Colin Farrell. His role in "A Love Song for Bobby Long" (2004) garnered him critical acclaim for his performance as tormented writer Lawson Pines, starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson.
On television, Macht had guest-starring roles on "Sex and the City" and "Spin City" and was a regular on Steven Spielberg's supernatural drama for NBC, "The Others," and starred as William Holden in ABC's "The Audrey Hepburn Story."
Macht is best known for his role as Harvey Specter in the USA drama "Suits" (2011). He resides in New York, Los Angeles, and the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent on both sides of his family.
