Ugly Betty (Thursdays, 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET)
MICHAEL URIE
Marc on in the ABC Television Network's "Ugly Betty"
Michael Urie is a New York-trained actor whose work has taken him from his native Texas to Seattle, San Diego, Washington DC, Austin and the Berkshires. He has worked off- and off-off-Broadway, and in commercials and independent film.
The recipient of the 2002 John Houseman Prize for Excellence in Classical Theatre from the Juilliard School, from which he holds an acting degree, Urie's classical credits include Shakespeare ("Hamlet" for the South Coast Rep; "Othello," "Titus Andronicus" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the Old Globe's Shakespeare Festival; "Romeo and Juliet" for DC's Folger Theatre; "Love's Labors Lost" for The Judith Shakespeare Company); Jacobean drama ("The Revenger's Tragedy" for The Red Bull Theatre and "The Roaring Girle" at The Foundry); and commedia del arte ("The King Stag" at Seattle Rep). He appeared in the world premiere of "Love and Happiness" at Barrington Stage in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts.
His film work includes the star turn as Eric in "WTC View," which premiered on LOGO in fall of 2006.
Urie was playing a bearded geologist and getting blown away nightly by Mt. St. Helens' volcanic explosion in the off-Broadway production of "Phenomenon" when he was cast as Marc St. James in "Ugly Betty," two characters who are worlds apart from each other in every sense.
During his spring 2007 hiatus, Urie starred as Horatio in "Hamlet," directed by Daniel Sullivan at the acclaimed South Coast Repertory Theatre.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Dallas, TX
BIRTHDATE August 8
