Gabriel Macht

Born: 1972
Where: Bronx, New York, USA

Following in the footsteps of his actor father Stephen, Gabriel settled in Los Angeles in the late 1970s when his dad's career began an upswing.

He made his film debut as a youngster in the Treat Williams' vehicle Why Would I Lie? but then "retired" from performing until he had graduated from high school.

Gabriel renewed his career aspirations with a supporting role in the 1991 NBC movie Guilty Until Proven Innocent and then headed off to hone his craft at Pittsburgh's Carnegie-Mellon University.

After graduating, the actor's career picked up steam when he was cast in the period Western Follow the River and as The Visitor from the future in Steve Martin's acclaimed Off-Broadway play Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Supporting roles in such films as The Object of My Affection, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole and Simply Irresistible in 1999 followed.

Adding to his acting resume, Gabriel moved into producing with the indie film Not for Nothin in 1999, in which he co-starred, and The Bookie's Lament.

Regular roles in the supernatural TV series The Others and then as actor William Holden opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in the ABC biopic The Audrey Hepburn Story upped his profile.

Gabriel's big screen breakthrough came when he was cast as the well-read and calm Frank James to Colin Farrell's more volatile Jesse James in the revisionist American Outlaws.

The rising star next joined Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson in the war drama Behind Enemy Lines before landing a supporting role in Bad Company, featuring Chris Rock and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Next up is the CIA thriller The Recruit with Al Pacino and Colin Farrell.