Seth Gabel (born October 3, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for his roles of agent
Lincoln Lee on
Fox
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Twelv ...
's television series ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'',
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a New England Puritan clergyman and a prolific writer. Educated at Harvard College, in 1685 he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meetin ...
on
WGN America
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's series ''
Salem'', and
Adrian Moore on the
FX series ''
Nip/Tuck
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''. He is a grand-nephew of actor
Martin Gabel
Martin Gabel (June 19, 1911 – May 22, 1986) was an American actor, film director and film producer.
Life and career
Gabel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rebecca and Isaac Gabel, a jeweler, both Jewish immigrants. He married Arlen ...
.
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anthemmagazine.com; accessed May 6, 2015.
Early life and education
Gabel was born to a
Jewish
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family in
Hollywood, Florida
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. He was raised under the surname of his stepfather, who adopted him, Cosentino.
He finished his high school from
University School of Nova Southeastern University in
Davie, Florida
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, in 1999 and from
New York University
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In 1832, ...
's Tisch School of the Arts.
It was during his youth, where he met his best friend
Josh Gad.
Career
Gabel starred in the Universal Pictures coming-of-age drama, ''
Take Me Home Tonight'' and appeared in the 2006 film version of
Dan Brown
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’s novel, ''
The Da Vinci Code
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'', directed by his father-in-law,
Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He ...
. Television credits include recurring and guest starring roles on ''
United States of Tara
''United States of Tara'' is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which aired on Showtime from 2009 to 2011. The series follows the life of Tara ( Toni Collette), a suburban artist and mother coping with dissociative ident ...
'', ''
The Closer
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'', ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''
Sex and the City
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'', and ''
100 Centre Street
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Premise
The show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York ...
'', directed by
Sidney Lumet
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. He starred in ''
Dirty Sexy Money
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'' as Jeremy Darling, the charming, rebellious, and exceedingly idiosyncratic son of the privileged and powerful Darling family, and the fraternal twin of socialite Juliet Darling, played by
Samaire Armstrong.
[
Gabel won praise for his portrayal of Adrian Moore, the sexually confused adopted son of Ava Moore (portrayed by ]Famke Janssen
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) on the FX series ''Nip/Tuck
''Nip/Tuck'' is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that aired on FX in the United States from July 22, 2003, to March 3, 2010. The series, which also incorporates elements of crime drama, black comedy, family dra ...
''. The story arc depicting their incestuous and emotionally abusive relationship garnered much attention.
Gabel first appeared on the FOX series ''Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'' during the 2010–11 TV season. He was promoted to the main cast for the fourth season. The character was written off at the end of that season before returning briefly for the series finale.
On January 30, 2013, Gabel was cast in the episode "Vertigo" of the series ''Arrow
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'' as a character based on Count Vertigo
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, known as the Count. He played Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a New England Puritan clergyman and a prolific writer. Educated at Harvard College, in 1685 he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meetin ...
in '' Salem''. In 2015, Gabel was cast as Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 an ...
in '' American Horror Story: Hotel''. In 2019 he appeared in an episode of Showtime’s '' Billions'' opposite Damian Lewis.
Personal life
Gabel met actress Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American actress and director. Howard was born in Los Angeles and attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, initially leaving in 2002 to take roles on Broadway but officially graduat ...
at New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, ...
, and they dated for five years before marrying on June 17, 2006, in Greenwich, Connecticut
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. They have two children: son Theodore Norman Howard-Gabel (born February 16, 2007), and daughter Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel (born January 19, 2012).
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1981 births
Male actors from Florida
American male film actors
American male television actors
Jewish American male actors
Living people
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
People from Hollywood, Florida
21st-century American male actors
Howard acting family