Gabriel Olds

Infobox actor
name = Gabriel Olds

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caption = Gabriel Olds
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birthplace = New York, New York, U.S.
awards = LA Weekly Theater Awards, Best Actor, winner
2007 "Tryst"Ticketholder Awards, Best Actor, nominated
2007 "Tryst"

LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, Best Actor, winner
2007 "Tryst"

Gabriel Emerson Olds is an actor and freelance writer. He is represented by Robert Stein Management and Stone Manners Agency.

Gabriel is the son of poet Sharon Olds.

Acting career

Gabriel began acting at age 15 at The Public Theater in New York [ [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0646192/bio Gabriel Olds - Biography ] ] . Soon after, he was cast in "14 Going on 30" (ABC, 1988), a two-part "Disney Sunday Movie" with an age-shifting plot, similar to "Big" [ [http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/Biography/57021/Gabriel+Olds.html?dataSet=1 Gabriel Olds - Biography - Actor - Variety Profiles ] ] . In 1992, Olds was hired by Dick Wolf for an episode of "Law & Order," where Olds played a hyper-ambitious student who murders his father [ [http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/Biography/57021/Gabriel+Olds.html?dataSet=1 Gabriel Olds - Biography - Actor - Variety Profiles ] ] .

In 1993, Olds made his Broadway debut with the drama "Any Given Day" [ [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=70026 Internet Broadway Database: Gabriel Olds Credits on Broadway ] ] , a prequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning The Subject Was Roses. Olds took time off from Yale University to perform in the show. Soon after, Olds was cast in the Penny Marshall produced film "Calendar Girl," a nostalgic take on the teen road trip. Back at Yale, Olds starred in and directed the rarely-performed Shakespearean drama "Richard II", to positive notices [ [http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/xix/2.17.95/arts/olds.html Gabriel Olds brings acting and directing together in Richard II ] ] . More work followed, with a supporting role in John Frankenheimer's Civil War prison camp miniseries "Andersonville" (TNT), and work on "Party of Five" (Fox), "Sisters" (NBC) and a well-reviewed [ [http://tvwithoutpity.com/Shows/Charmed/Stories/A-Wrong-Days-Journey-Into-Right?currentPage=8 TelevisionWithoutPity > Episode Details ] ] appearance in "Charmed."

Soon after, Olds went back to Broadway, co-starring in Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge" at the Roundabout Theater [ [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=70026 Internet Broadway Database: Gabriel Olds Credits on Broadway ] ] , which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Olds was well-received [http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller-rivetingview.html] [http://www.curtainup.com/view.html] as Rodolpho, an illegal immigrant who stays with Eddie Carbone (Anthony LaPaglia, Tony-winner for this performance) and falls in love with Catherine (Brittany Murphy, in her Broadway debut).

Soon after, Olds took a supporting role opposite Billy Crudup in the track and field-themed Steve Prefontaine biopic Without Limits. In 2000, "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf, who'd worked with Olds before, offered him the lead role in The WB's political drama, "D.C. (TV series)". The actor was hired to play Mason Scott, a privileged idealist with a pragmatic roommate (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), and a flaky twin sister (Jacinda Barrett). [ [http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/Biography/57021/Gabriel+Olds.html?dataSet=1 Gabriel Olds - Biography - Actor - Variety Profiles ] ]

Olds then went onto playing a sexually deluded actor in the independent drama Urbania (2000). Other credits include "E-Ring," "Commander in Chief (TV series)," "Six Feet Under," "," "," "Numb3rs," and "Medium (TV series)." [ [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0646192/ Gabriel Olds ] ] Olds also played the role of "Ed" the Tommy Lee Jones film, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada [ [http://www.cinema.com/film/9459/three-burials-of-melquiades-estrada/cast.phtml Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) Cast ] ] , (winner of two awards at the Cannes Film Festival, 2005), though his scenes were deleted.

In 2007, Olds filmed two television pilots, Conspiracy (TV pilot) (Lifetime), and Winters (TV pilot) (NBC). The latter was executive produced by David Shore, creator of House, M.D.. In the same year, Olds starred in the two-person, LA stage production of "Tryst," at the Black Dahlia Theater, which got him rave reviews [http://www.thedahlia.com/index.php?id=65&entityType=HTML&version=2] [http://www.entertainmenttoday.net/content/view/235/28/] , 6 nominations [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980190.html?categoryid=15&cs=1&nid=2569 L.A. drama critics announce noms - Entertainment News, Legit News, Media - Variety ] ] [ [http://www.entertainmenttoday.net/content/view/457/28/ TICKETHOLDER AWARDS 2007 (1 of 2) - Entertainment Today - Business, Movie, Music, Industry and Technology News Since 1967 ] ] [ [http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/the-29th-annual-la-weekly-theater-awards-the-rock-opera/18315/?page=2 LA Weekly - Stage - The 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards: The Rock Opera - Steven Leigh Morris - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles ] ] , and 2 wins for Best Actor from LA Weekly [ [http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/the-29th-annual-la-weekly-theater-awards/18657/ LA Weekly - Stage - The 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards - Steven Leigh Morris - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles ] ] and the LADCC [ [http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117982580.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1 LADCC lauds '13,' 'Kings' - Entertainment News, Award Central News, Media - Variety ] ] .

He has also provided the voice of Paul Carson in Capcom's video game Dead Rising.

Writing career

Gabriel writes screenplays and freelance journalism for Condé Nast Publications and salon.com. He's written about flying after 9/11 [http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/01/fly_again/index.html] and dating in LA.

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0646192|name=Gabriel Olds
*ibdb name|id=70026|name=Gabriel Olds
* Demo Reel (acting) on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IcIwipbYTk&feature=related]
* Now Casting - Gabriel Olds Pics and Bio [http://p_e3149f.nowcasting.com/index.php?page=stats&actorID=gabrielolds]
* Article for salon.com [http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/01/fly_again/index.html]