Michael Urie is known for his portrayal of Marc St James on the ABC dramedy television series Ugly Betty.
26 Facts About Michael Urie
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Michael Urie can be heard as Bobby Kerns in As the Curtain Rises, an original podcast soap opera from the Broadway Podcast Network.
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Michael Urie graduated from Plano Senior High School in 1998.
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Michael Urie then studied at Collin County Community College before being accepted at the Juilliard School in New York City.
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Michael Urie received the 2002 John Houseman Prize for Excellence in Classical Theatre from the Juilliard School.
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Michael Urie played the central character in the stage play WTC View as well as in the film adaptation.
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Michael Urie is on the board of Plum Productions and serves as its casting director.
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In 2006, Michael Urie began appearing in the ABC dramedy Ugly Betty as Marc St James, the assistant of Wilhelmina Slater, played by Vanessa Williams.
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However, Williams loved their chemistry, and Michael Urie was signed on as a full-time regular midway through the first season.
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Michael Urie remained with Ugly Betty until the show's cancellation in 2010.
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Michael Urie has returned often to his theater roots, including directing a one-night celebrity-performed staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical Dreamstuff.
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Michael Urie has been on Live with Regis and Kelly and has starred in the 2008 Disney blockbuster production Beverly Hills Chihuahua as the voice of Sebastian.
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Michael Urie originated the role of Rudi Gernreich in the 2009 off-Broadway play The Temperamentals, about the foundation of the early LGBT rights organization the Mattachine Society.
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Michael Urie received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
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In January 2012, Michael Urie made his Broadway debut, joining the cast of the second revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in the role of Bud Frump.
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Michael Urie has started his own website for videoblogging and live chats.
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In 2012, Michael Urie starred as the mysterious limo driver James in the film adaptation of Wendy Mass's children's book Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, written and directed by Tamar Halpern.
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Michael Urie was one of the leads in CBS's short-lived series Partners.
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In November 2018, Michael Urie starred as Arnold Beckoff in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song revival on Broadway.
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Michael Urie had a recurring role as Redmond, the gossipy book agent, in the popular TVLand drama-comedy series Younger, produced by Darren Star.
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In 2018, Michael Urie played Prince Hamlet in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Hamlet in Washington, DC.
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Michael Urie reprised the role in mid-2019 for the company's "Free for All" production run.
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In 2021, Michael Urie starred in the Netflix Christmas romantic comedy Single All the Way.
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In 2023, Michael Urie starred in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking.
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In 2009, Michael Urie referred to himself as "a member of the LGBT community" on his website.
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Michael Urie said it never felt wrong when he was with women previously.