Sebastian Arcelus | |
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| File:Sebastian Arcelus 2014.jpg Arcelus in May 2014 | |
| Born | Sebastian Carlos Arcelus November 5, 1976 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie J. Block (m. 2007) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (grandmother) |
Sebastian Carlos Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Lucas Goodwin in the Netflix TV series House of Cards (2013–2016) and Jay Whitman in the CBS TV series Madam Secretary (2014–2019). Arcelus began his acting career in the early 2000s and spent the first decade of his career on Broadway, having played Roger in Rent, Fiyero in Wicked, Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys, and Buddy in Elf, among other roles.
Early life and background[]
Arcelus was born in New York City, New York, the son of Nobile Fiammetta Farace di Villaforesta (b. Budapest, Hungary, February 19, 1940) and Victor Carlos Arcelus.[1] He is a first generation American, and is of Uruguayan descent on his father's side and of Italian, Russian, Serbian and German descent on his mother's.[2] Through his mother, he is descended from Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (his great-great-great-great grandfather) and is a distant cousin of Prince Charles (third cousin once removed) and Prince William (fourth cousin) of the United Kingdom. He is bilingual in Spanish and English.[2]
Arcelus grew up in Port Washington on Long Island, New York.[2] He attended Williams College and graduated in 1999 with a degree in political science.
Career[]
2000–2011: Early career and Broadway[]
Arcelus has made a career in theater on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He began his career in the early 2000s, and spent three years working at an international business firm while auditioning and performing in amateur theater at night.[2] He performed in a handful of small New York theater productions as well as regional productions like that of The Who's Tommy in Newark, New Jersey in 2000 and Big River in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[3][4] He joined the repertory theater company of Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, New Hampshire for their 2001 season; at Weathervane, he performed in productions including Floyd Collins, Cabaret, and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.[5] Following this experience he took part in a bilingual production of West Side Story in Guatemala.[6]
Arcelus made his Broadway debut in 2002 in Rent, first as a swing, covering the male ensemble roles as well as Mark and Roger, and then as Roger throughout the first half of 2003. He remained with Rent as a swing until Fall 2004.
Some of his first professional screen acting roles were for English-language dubs of animated TV shows. He continued to do this throughout the 2000s and voiced characters in shows including Winx Club and multiple series within the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. In 2004, Arcelus appeared in the movie musical Temptation, with Broadway stars Alice Ripley, Adam Pascal, and Zoe Saldana, among many others.[7]
During the Spring of 2005, 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. Arcelus was featured on iChannel, an interactive 2006 web-series about "a self-conscious young man who finds his life taken over by a video blog."[8]
He starred as Bob Gaudio in the Broadway production of Jersey Boys from January 10, 2008 to January 11, 2009.[9] before starring in Happiness, a musical which ran Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater for fourteen weeks beginning on February 27, 2009.[10] 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.[11][12]
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.[13]
He assumed the role of Jack Chesney in Where's Charley? in a concert production as part of New York City Center's Encores! series from March 17–20, 2011.[14] From May 6 through June 19, 2011, took part in the original stage production of A Time to Kill, premiering at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., based on the John Grisham novel of the same name; Arcelus originated the role of Jake Brigance.[15] Later that summer, Arcelus filmed and helped produce the independent feature film The Last Day of August, which premiered in October 2012.[16] 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.[17]
Arcelus in 2008
2012–present: Madam Secretary and other television roles[]
In 2012, Arcelus starred in the independent film The Last Day of August. Later that year, he was cast as Lucas Goodwin in the Netflix TV series House of Cards.[18] From 2013 to 2016, he had a recurring role in the show's first, second, and fourth seasons. In 2013, Arcelus reprised his role of 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.[19]
As part of the collective The Grundleshotz, Arcelus co-wrote the musical Gettin' the Band Back Together.[20] Following four years of improvisational rehearsals, the musical debuted regionally in 2013 at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey before receiving a pre-Broadway workshop in 2014. The musical played on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre during Summer 2018.
In early 2014, he was cast in the Cinemax pilot Blanco.[21] Soon after, he also joined the cast The Best of Me, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name.[22]
In 2014, he began portraying Jay Whitman on the CBS drama Madam Secretary.[23] After having a recurring role during the first two seasons of the show, Arcelus became part of the main cast for the final four seasons of the show; he acted in one hundred episodes before the series concluded in December 2019.
Since 2014, Arcelus has also had small roles in the films Ted 2 (2015) and Split (2016), as well as guest roles in shows including The Leftovers, FBI, and Bull. He joined the cast of the Steve McQueen miniseries Codes of Conduct, which was given a limited series order by HBO in 2015.[24][25] The project was ultimately scrapped by the network the following year.[26] In 2016, Arcelus had a six-episode arc in HBO's The Deuce.
Personal life[]
Arcelus 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.[27][2] Their daughter Vivienne Helena Arcelus was born on January 19, 2015.[28]
Acting credits[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | The Last Day of August | Mark | Also producer |
| 2014 | The Best of Me | Frank | |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Dr. Ed Danzer | |
| 2016 | Split | Mr. Cooke |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Matthews | Episode: 1x05 "Judgemet" |
| 2013–14, 2016 | House of Cards | Lucas Goodwin | Recurring (Season 1–2, 4); 17 episodes |
| 2014 | Blanco | Andy Silver | TV pilot |
| 2014 | It Could Be Worse | Howard | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | The Leftovers | Doug Durst | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2019 | Madam Secretary | Jay Whitman | Main cast (Season 1-5); Guest (Season 6); 100 episodes |
| 2015 | Codes of Conduct | Simon | TV pilot |
| 2018 | The Deuce | Dave Hiller | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | FBI | Drew Harper | Episode: 2x02 "The Lives of Others" |
| 2019 | Bull | Eric Crawford | Episode: 4x08 "Safe and Sound" |
Voiceover and English-language dubbing[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Espa Roba, Rex Raptor | 9 episodes |
| 2001 | Pokemon: The Legend of Thunder | Vincent | TV miniseries |
| 2001–2002 | Shaman King | Yoh Asakura / Zeke Asakura | |
| 2002 | Seven of Seven | Mutsumi | |
| 2002–2003 | Ultimate Muscle | Road Rage / Additional Voices | |
| 2003 | Samurai Deeper Kyo | Hotaru | |
| 2004 | Gokusen | Youichi Minami | |
| 2004 | Phoenix | Adam | |
| 2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light | Additional voices | TV movie |
| 2004 | Shrine of the Morning Mist | Tadahiro Amatsu | |
| 2004 | Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys | Rafe | TV movie |
| 2004–2007 | Winx Club (4Kids Entertainment edit) | Timmy/Palladium | 78 episodes |
| 2005–2010 | Go, Diego, Go! | Papi/Additional voices | 13 episodes |
| 2005–2012 | Dora the Explorer | Various voices | |
| 2007 | Yu-Gi-Oh! GX | Marcel (Martin Kanou) | |
| 2007 | Dinosaur King | Rex Ancient (Rex Owen) | |
| 2008 | Man of the People | Little G / Miscellaneous | |
| 2009 | Turtles Forever | '87 Raphael | TV movie |
| 2012–2015 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | Vetrix | |
| 2014 | Dora and Friends: Into the City! | Various voices |
Theater credits[]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Floyd Collins | Homer Collins | Weathervane Theatre: July – August 2001 |
Regional revival |
| 2002–2004 | Rent | Swing Understudy: Mark, Roger |
Nederlander Theatre: May 2002 – Dec 2002 |
Broadway replacement[29] |
| Roger | Nederlander Theatre: Dec 2002 – June 2003 | |||
| Swing Understudy: Mark, Roger |
Nederlander Theatre: July 2003– Nov 2004 | |||
| 2004 | Caligula | Germanicus | Theatre at St. Clements: Sept – Oct 2004 |
New York Musical Theatre Festival production |
| 2004–2005 | Good Vibrations | Jan / Ensemble | Eugene O'Neill Theatre: Nov 2004 – Apr 2005 |
Original Broadway cast |
| 2005 | The Full Monty | Ethan Girard | North Shore Music Theatre: November 2005 |
Regional revival |
| 2006–2007 | Wicked | Fiyero | National tour: Jan – Oct 2006 |
National tour replacement |
| Gershwin Theatre: Jan – Dec 2007 |
Broadway replacement | |||
| 2008–2010 | Jersey Boys | Bob Gaudio | August Wilson Theatre: Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 |
Broadway replacement |
| August Wilson Theatre: Jul 2009 – Oct 2010 | ||||
| 2009 | Happiness | Zach | Newhouse Theater: Feb – Jun 2009 |
Original Off-Broadway cast |
| 2011 | Where's Charley? | Jack Chesney | New York City Center: March 2011 |
Encores! Off-Broadway revival |
| 2011–2013 | A Time to Kill | Jake Brigance | Arena Stage: May – June 2011 |
Original Washington D.C. cast |
| John Golden Theatre: Oct – Nov 2013 |
Original Broadway cast | |||
| 2010–2011 | Elf | Buddy | Al Hirschfeld Theatre: Nov 2010 – Jan 2011 |
Original Broadway cast |
| 2011 | The Blue Flower | Franz | Second Stage Theater: Oct – Nov 2011 |
Original Off-Broadway cast |
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See also[]
- Karađorđević family tree
References[]
- ↑ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved January 22, 2018.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Henderson, Kathy (August 3, 2009). "Jersey Boy Sebastian Arcelus Find Success (and Love) in Musicals". Broadway.com. Retrieved February 17, 2016.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Tommy". Jeffrey Finn Productions. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "JBB EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Sebastian Arcelus Part One! · Jersey Boys Blog". Retrieved 2020-09-08.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "52 Seasons of Shows" (PDF). Weathervane Theatre. 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2020.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sokol, Rachel (March 17, 2005). "Broadway Spotlight on...Sebastian Arcelus". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Sebastian Arcelus". IMDb. Retrieved January 22, 2018.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "View I Channel here". Connectwithi.com. Retrieved 2011-11-12.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sierra, Gabrielle (December 29, 2008). "Andrew Rannells Is New Bob Gaudio In 'JERSEY BOYS' Starting 1/13". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved May 14, 2022.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam (December 29, 2008). "Gleason, Arcelus, Powers and Sapp Cast in Lincoln Center Theater's Happiness". Retrieved May 14, 2022.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Varley, Eddie (July 14, 2009). "Sebastian Arcelus Returns To JERSEY BOYS On Broadway 7/14". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved May 14, 2022.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (October 10, 2010). "Sebastian Arcelus Plays Final Performance in Broadway's Jersey Boys Oct. 10". Playbill. Retrieved May 14, 2022.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam (September 13, 2010). "Sebastian Arcelus Will Be Broadway's Buddy; Elf – The Musical Completes Casting". Playbill. Retrieved May 14, 2022.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Where's Charley? at New York City Center "Encores!" Nycitycenter.org
- ↑ "Stage Adaptation of John Grisham Thriller A Time to Kill to Premiere at Arena Stage, Starring Sebastian Arcelus". Broadway.com. April 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-12.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "NYC Release! - The Last Day of August". thelastdayofaugustfilm.com. Retrieved January 22, 2018.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Jones, Kenneth (September 8, 2011). "Sebastian Arcelus, Marc Kudisch, Graham Rowat, Teal Wicks Will Help Blue Flower Grow at Second Stage". Playbill. Retrieved May 14, 2022.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Patten, Dominic (July 18, 2012). "Netflix's 'House of Cards' Adds Broadway's Sebastian Arcelus To Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Champion, Lindsay (October 21, 2013). "A Time to Kill Stars Sebastian Arcelus, Patrick Page & More Hold Court on a Star-Studded Opening Night". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Gettin' the Band Back Together Broadway @ Belasco Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (February 4, 2014). "Franka Potente, Amaury Nolasco & Elizabeth Rodriguez Cast In Cinemax Pilot 'Blanco'". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "'The Best Of Me' Adds 'House Of Cards' Sebastian Arcelus & Gerald McRaney". Deadline. March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "STAGE TUBE: First Look at Patina Miller, Bebe Neuwirth & Sebastian Arcelus in CBS' Political Drama MADAM SECRETARY". BroadwayWorld.com. May 14, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ SkywordNews. "Paul Dano Cast in HBO Event Series 'Codes of Conduct'". STACK. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 20, 2015). "Steve McQueen's HBO Drama 'Codes Of Conduct' Picked Up As Limited Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Han, Angie (February 24, 2016). "Steve McQueen HBO Drama Codes of Conduct Shut Down". /Film. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (December 14, 2007). "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Wicked's Stephanie J. Block Plus News of Mason and Kuhn". Playbill. https://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-chatting-with-wickeds-stephanie-j-block-plus-news-of-mason-and-kuhn-com-146156.
- ↑ "Twitter Watch: Congrats! Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus Are Expecting Their First Baby!". BroadwayWorld.com. August 4, 2014. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Twitter-Watch-Congrats-Stephanie-J-Block-and-Sebastian-Arcelus-Are-Expecting-Their-First-Baby-20140804#.U-ANsPldV8E.
- ↑ Joy, Cara (November 15, 2004). "Sebastian Arcelus Replaces Justin Guarini in Good Vibrations". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-09-09.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links[]
- Official website
- Sebastian Arcelus at the Internet Movie Database
- Sebastian Arcelus at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sebastian Arcelus at the Internet Off-Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sebastian Arcelus at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Template:Playbill person (archive)
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