Michael Urie

Apple TV's Shrinking, upcoming in Goodrich, co-founder & festival producer of Pride Plays in NYC, best known for ABC's Ugly Betty

  • Currently stars in hit Apple TV series SHRINKING (opposite Harrison Ford and Jason Segel), and is on Broadway in SPAMALOT reprising his role from the popular Kennedy Center production. He is upcoming in comedy film GOODRICH with Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis. He recently filmed JERSEY BOYS LIVE! opposite Nick Jonas. He is the co-founder and festival producer of the annual Pride Plays in New York 
  • He is known for his role as ‘Marc St. James’ on ABC’s UGLY BETTY and has appeared in a multitude of other roles on series such as MODERN FAMILY, THE GOOD WIFE, YOUNGER, and WORKAHOLICS. He has hosted 4 seasons of Logo’s COCKTAILS AND CLASSICS
  • On the stage, he starred on Broadway in the Tony-nominated revival of Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG. He originated the role of ‘Alex More’ in Jonathan Tolins’ BUYER & CELLAR, for which he received the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and LA Drama Critics Award. He live-streamed it from his living room at the pandemic's beginning, raising over $200,000 for Broadway Cares. Other Broadway credits include Douglas Lyons’ CHICKEN AND BISCUITS, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
  • He recently starred in SINGLE ALL THE WAY (2022), a romantically themed holiday comedy for Netflix where it remained the #1 film of their holiday season. He also starred in Bradley Cooper’s drama MAESTRO for Netflix
  • He trained at the esteemed Juilliard School in New York
  • A strong advocate for queer representation, he has made his mark in Hollywood for staying true to who he is
  • Currently stars in hit Apple TV series SHRINKING (opposite Harrison Ford and Jason Segel), and is on Broadway in SPAMALOT reprising his role from the popular Kennedy Center production. He is upcoming in comedy film GOODRICH with Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis. He recently filmed JERSEY BOYS LIVE! opposite Nick Jonas. He is the co-founder and festival producer of the annual Pride Plays in New York 
  • He is known for his role as ‘Marc St. James’ on ABC’s UGLY BETTY and has appeared in a multitude of other roles on series such as MODERN FAMILY, THE GOOD WIFE, YOUNGER, and WORKAHOLICS. He has hosted 4 seasons of Logo’s COCKTAILS AND CLASSICS
  • On the stage, he starred on Broadway in the Tony-nominated revival of Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG. He originated the role of ‘Alex More’ in Jonathan Tolins’ BUYER & CELLAR, for which he received the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and LA Drama Critics Award. He live-streamed it from his living room at the pandemic's beginning, raising over $200,000 for Broadway Cares. Other Broadway credits include Douglas Lyons’ CHICKEN AND BISCUITS, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
  • He recently starred in SINGLE ALL THE WAY (2022), a romantically themed holiday comedy for Netflix where it remained the #1 film of their holiday season. He also starred in Bradley Cooper’s drama MAESTRO for Netflix
  • He trained at the esteemed Juilliard School in New York
  • A strong advocate for queer representation, he has made his mark in Hollywood for staying true to who he is
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Michael Urie can currently be seen in the hit Apple TV series SHRINKING opposite Harison Ford and Jason Segel. On the features side, Michael will next be seen in Bradley Cooper’s MAESTRO for Netflix. He has also just finished shooting a great supporting role opposite Michael Keaton in the dramedy GOODRICH for Paramount. Last winter, Michael was the lead of SINGLE ALL THE WAY, a romantically themed holiday comedy for Netflix where it remained the #1 film of their holiday season. 

He is of course also known for his role as “Marc St. James” on ABC’s UGLY BETTY and has appeared in a multitude of other roles on series such as MODERN FAMILY, THE GOOD WIFE, YOUNGER, and WORKAHOLICS, among many others

On the stage, Michael recently filmed THE JERSEY BOYS LIVE! opposite Nick Jonas. Michael also starred on Broadway in the Tony-nominated revival of Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG. He originated the role of Alex More in Jonathan Tolins’ BUYER & CELLAR, for which he received the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, LA Drama Critics Award, and nominations for the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards. At the pandemic's beginning, he live-streamed it from his living room, raising over $200,000 for Broadway Cares. He was recently seen on Broadway in Douglas Lyons’ CHICKEN AND BISCUITS and in 2012 again on  Broadway in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS, playing “Bud Frump” alongside Nick Jonas.

Michael is the co-founder and festival producer of the annual Pride Plays in New York and has hosted four seasons of Logo’s COCKTAILS AND CLASSICS.

Michael trained at the esteemed Juilliard School in New York.

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