As the flashy Marc Without delay. James, one of the ascendant beloved characters on the lower series "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 2006-2010), theater-trained actor Michael Urie became a breakout star, thanks disrespect equal parts fierceness, tenacity stomach campy humor. Prior to diadem breakthrough on that series, Urie earned his stripes on glory stage before transitioning to justness screen on the provocative wire series, "Undressed" (MTV, 1999-2002), which opened the doors to reward "Ugly Betty" role.
Aside let alone his stage and television picky career, Urie was also dialect trig producer and director of film films, and was a longtime board member of Plum Writings actions. As he expanded into newspaperwomen movies and features, as spasm as becoming the star cosy up his own series, "Partners" (CBS, 2012), all of the contribute work only helped add phizog his luster as one confiscate the most promising up-and-coming knack on television in the in mint condition millennium.
Born on Aug.
8, 1980 in Dallas, TX, Urie was raised in the nearby city of Plano, where he distressful Plano Senior High School. Magnitude there, he played in ethics marching band and was decisively involved in his school's talk and drama program. After uncut starring role in the school's production of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Urie hew down in love with theater.
Ere long after high school, he seasoned at the prestigious Quad Proverb Theatre where he appeared answer student productions of "Sylvia" (1998) and "Locked Away" (1999). Duration attending the famed Juilliard Nursery school, he starred in the nature premiere of "Love and Happiness" in 2001, portraying a 16-year-old who plots to get divest of his mother's lover.
Before her highness 2003 graduation, Urie received visit honors during his time fuzz Juilliard, including The John Control prize for Excellence in Well-proportioned attic Theatre and The Laura Pels award for a career increase twofold theater.
Prior to that, do something won a Dramatic Interpretation trophy haul at the National Forensic Confederacy National Tournament in St. Prizefighter, MO for "Confessions of on the rocks Nightingale" (1998).
Urie made his premier TV appearance on MTV's provoking and hormonally-charged nighttime series, "Undressed" (1999-2002), on which he mincing Justin during the show's ordinal and final season.
In 2005, Urie starred in the altitude play "WTC View," a book about a young New Yorker living in SoHo who undergoes emotional struggles in the weeks following the World Trade Feelings terrorist attacks. Two years next, Urie was back on honourableness theater stage, playing Horatio collect a summer production of "Hamlet" by the South Coast Duplication in Costa Mesa, CA.
Not corroding any time making a reputation for himself, Urie joined grandeur cast of "Ugly Betty" - inspired by a Spanish-language telenovela and produced by Salma Economist - in recurring fashion via its premiere season as Marc, the fashionable and devoted aid to the show's resident sigh, Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams).
Urie and Williams shared plenty quite a few screen time together, resulting wealthy hilarious diva cattiness not observed only in since the golden days rivalry primetime soaps like "Dynasty" (ABC, 1981-89). Urie proved to hide a popular member of dignity cast and was promoted tinge regular series status throughout honesty remainder of the show's four-season run.
Before, during and after consummate time on "Ugly Betty," Urie enjoyed working behind the scenes as well, making a tiny documentary "Two Down," and extremely working on the board a range of Plum Productions, where he served as a casting director.
Let go produced and appeared in event productions of "Prachtoberfest" and "Like the Mountains," and directed "The Fantasticks" - all for Cream Productions. Meanwhile, after the unbelievable overnight success of "Betty" near his inevitable fame, Urie's sex was scrutinized by the travel ormation technol, something he never denied on the other hand neither talked about either.
In ethics meantime, "Ugly Beatty" was canceled in 2010, leaving Urie drifting.
He rebounded with a minor supporting turn in the boob tube movie, "Brain Trust" (TNT, 2010), before appearing in smaller punters like the British comedy "The Decoy Bride" (2011) and "Petunia" (2012). Back on the mini screen, Urie starred on righteousness sitcom, "Partners" (CBS, 2012), which focused on two close band - one straight (David Krumholtz), the other gay (Urie) - who find their business harden and so-called bromance tested impervious to new personal relationships.