Sebastian Arcelus

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Sebastian Arcelus
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Arcelus in May 2014
Born Sebastian Carlos Arcelus
(1976-11-05) November 5, 1976 (age 47)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor, singer, voice actor
Spouse(s) Stephanie J. Block (m. 2007)
Children 1
Website http://www.sebastianarcelus.com

Sebastian Carlos Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor.

Early life

Arcelus was born in New York City, New York, the son of Nobile Fiammetta Farace (b. Budapest, Hungary, 19 February 1940) and Victor Carlos Arcelus.[1] He is of Italian, Russian, Serbian and German descent on his mother's side and Uruguayan on his father's.[2] His maternal grandparents were Ruggero Farace, Marchese di Villaforesta and Princess Catherine Ivanovna,[3] who was the daughter of Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia and Princess Helen of Serbia, and the last member of the Romanov family born before the Russian Revolution.

He attended Williams College and is bilingual in Spanish and English.[2]

Through his maternal grandmother, he is a distant cousin of American actress Catherine Oxenberg, with whom he shares the same Serbian ancestry.

As a descendant of Sophia of Hanover, he is distantly in the line of succession to the British throne.

Career

He has made a career in theater on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He made his Broadway debut in Rent, first as a swing, covering the male ensemble roles as well as Mark and Roger, and then as Roger. He starred as Jan in the original cast of the Beach Boys musical, Good Vibrations. He played Fiyero on the first national tour of Wicked from January 3 until October 3, 2006. He then reprised the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production from January 9 to December 16, 2007.

In 2004, Arcelus appeared in the movie musical Temptation, with Broadway stars Alice Ripley, Adam Pascal, Anika Noni Rose, and film actress Zoe Saldana, among many others.[4]

Arcelus was featured on iChannel, an interactive web-series about "a self-conscious young man who finds his life taken over by a video blog." He played I's brother, who frequently called or visited. Over 40 episodes were produced, each of 3–9 minutes in length.[5]

During summer 2011, Arcelus filmed and helped produce the independent feature film The Last Day of August, which was scheduled for release on August 31, 2012.[6]

He starred as Bob Gaudio in the Broadway production of Jersey Boys from January 10, 2008 to January 11, 2009.[7] before starring in Happiness, a musical which ran Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater for 14 weeks beginning on February 27, 2009.[8] He resumed the role of Bob Gaudio in the Broadway production of Jersey Boys on July 14, 2009 and finished the role on October 10, 2010.[9][10] He originated the role of Buddy in Elf the Musical for a limited engagement run from November 10, 2010, through January 2, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theater.[11] He assumed the role of Jack Chesney in Where's Charley? in a semi-staged production as part of New York City Center's Encores! series from March 17–20, 2011.[12]

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Arcelus in 2008

Arcelus originated the role of Jake Brigance in the stage production of A Time To Kill, premiering at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. The play, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name, ran May 6 through June 19, 2011.[13]

In November 2011, Arcelus starred in an off-Broadway limited engagement musical production of The Blue Flower at Second Stage, along with Marc Kudisch and Teal Wicks.[14]

Arcelus played Jake Brigance in the Broadway production of A Time To Kill at the Golden Theatre in New York City, which premiered on October 20, 2013.[15]

Arcelus played journalist Lucas Goodwin in the Netflix TV series House of Cards in 2013 and reprised this role for its fourth season. He currently portrays Jay Whitman on the CBS drama Madam Secretary.[16]

Personal life

He married his Wicked co-star Stephanie J. Block on October 16, 2007, with a religious ceremony following on October 25, 2007 in Tuscany. Block played Elphaba in Wicked, both on the national tour and on Broadway.[17][18] Their daughter Vivienne Helena Arcelus was born on January 19, 2015.[19]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Person of Interest Matthews Episode 1x05
2012 The Last Day of August Mark
2013-14, 2016 House of Cards Lucas Goodwin 17 episodes
2014 It Could Be Worse Howard TV Mini-Series
2014 The Leftovers Doug Durst 2 episodes
2014 The Best of Me Frank
2014- Madam Secretary Jay Whitman Recurring role
2015 Ted 2 Dr. Ed Danzer
2016 Codes of Conduct Simon Upcoming TV limited series

Voice roles

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p6397.htm#i63963
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/33155/38/romanovs-in-the-21st-century
  4. ↑ Arcelus IMDb profile
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Facebook profile
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Gleason, Arcelus, Powers and Sapp Cast in Lincoln Center Theater's Happiness
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Sebastian Arcelus Plays Final Performance in Broadway's Jersey Boys Oct. 10
  11. ↑ [1]
  12. ↑ Where's Charley? at New York City Center "Encores!" Nycitycenter.org
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Sebastian Arcelus, Marc Kudisch, Graham Rowat, Teal Wicks Will Help Blue Flower Grow at Second Stage, Playbill, September 8, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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