Parent(s)
Macht in 2009
Born	January 22, 1972 (age 48)
Education	Carnegie Mellon University(BFA)
Occupation	Actor, producer, director
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	(m. 2004)
Children	2

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Gabriel Swann Macht (born January 22, 1972) is an American actor and film producer best known for playing the character Harvey Specter on the USA Network series Suits, as well as for his role as The Spirit in the eponymous 2008 film adaptation.

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Early life[edit]

Macht was born in The Bronx, New York, to Jewish parents.^[1] He is the son of Suzanne Victoria Pulier, a museum curator and archivist, and actor Stephen Macht. He has three siblings: Jesse, a musician (who appeared on The Next Great American Band), Ari Serbin, and Julie. Macht was raised in California from the age of five. After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, he attended Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1994.^[2] During his time at Carnegie Mellon, he became a member of Delta Upsilonfraternity.^[3]

Career[edit]

Macht was nominated for the Best Young Motion Picture Actor Award after playing his first role at age eight in the film Why Would I Lie? under the stage name Gabriel Swann.^[4]

He has appeared in many film and television roles including A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Good Shepherd, Because I Said So, The Recruit, and Archangel. For the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines, Macht spent a week at sea filming on the flight deck, corridors, and hangar bay #3 of the USS Carl Vinson. Macht played the title role in Frank Miller's 2008 adaptation of Will Eisner's comic creation The Spirit. Although the film was a failure upon theatrical release, the film and Macht himself both gained a cult following.^[5]^[6]

In July 2010, it was announced that Macht had signed on to star in the new USA Network drama Suits, which was originally known under the working title A Legal Mind.^[7] The show has been a success for Gabriel and USA Network and was renewed for a ninth season that started in July 2019.^[8] Although not listed in the credits on the official USA Network page, Macht's name along with co-star Patrick J. Adams' name appeared as 'co-producers' during the end credits of each episode during season 3.^[9]

Personal life[edit]

Macht married Australian-born actress Jacinda Barrett in 2004.^[10] The couple's first child, a girl, Satine Anais Geraldine Macht, was born August 20, 2007 in Los Angeles.^[11] They had a second child, a son named Luca, on February 26, 2014.^[12]

Macht has been the best friend of his Suits co-star Sarah Rafferty for over 27 years, ever since they met in 1993 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.^[13] He was one of the guests at (another Suits co-star) Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on 19 May 2018.

Macht is a vegetarian and practices green living.^[14]

Filmography[edit]

Macht in 2013

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1980	Why Would I Lie?	Jorge	Credited as Gabriel Swann Nominated—Young Artist Awards for Best Young Motion Picture Actor
1998	The Object of My Affection	Steve Casillo
1998	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Troy
1999	Simply Irresistible	Charlie
2000	The Bookie's Lament	Mickey
2000	101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo)	Dirk
2001	American Outlaws	Frank James
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	Naval Aviator Lt. Jeremy Stackhouse
2002	Bad Company	Officer Seale
2003	The Recruit	Zack
2003	Grand Theft Parsons	Gram Parsons
2004	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Lawson Pines
2006	The Good Shepherd	John Russell Jr.	Berlin International Film Festival for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
2007	Because I Said So	Johnny Dresden
2008	The Spirit	Denny Colt/The Spirit
2009	Middle Men	Buck Dolby
	Whiteout	Robert Pryce
	One Way to Valhalla	Bo Durant
2010	Love & Other Drugs	Trey Hannigan
2011	S.W.A.T.: Firefight	Paul Cutler	Direct-to-video
2011	A Bag of Hammers	Wyatt
2013	Breaking at the Edge	Detective Williams

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Beverly Hills, 90210	Tal Weaver	Episode: 'Leading from the Heart'
1995	Follow the River	Johnny Draper	TV movie
1997	Spin City	The Naked Guy	Episode: 'Snowbound'
1998	Sex and the City	Barkley	Episode: 'Models and Mortals'
1999	Wasteland	Luke	Episode: 'Best Laid Plans'
2000	The Audrey Hepburn Story	William Holden	TV movie
2000	The Others	Dr. Mark Gabriel	Main role, 13 episodes
2005	Numbers	Don Eppes	Episode: 'Unaired Pilot'
2005	Archangel	R.J. O'Brian	Miniseries
2011–2019	Suits	Harvey Specter	Lead role (9 seasons, 134 episodes), also producer
2019	Pearson	Harvey Specter	1 episode^[15]

References[edit]

^Bloom, Nate. 'Jews in the News: Dan Fogelman, Jason Segal & Stephen Macht'. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
^Brittany Frederick (December 1, 2011). 'Gabriel Macht: The Smartest Actor On Television'. starpulse.com.
^Delta Upsilon FraternityDelta Upsilon. 'Prominent Alumni'. deltau.org. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
^3rd Annual Awards
^'IFC'. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014.
^Woerner, Meredith. 'Gabriel M

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