Actors Journal – Michael Urie

Urie is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC dramedy television series Ugly Betty. He has a recurring role as Redmond, the gossipy book agent, in the popular TVLand drama-comedy series Younger. He can currently be seen hosting the new Discovery+/HGTV competition show Clipped and in the new series The Bite! He recently wrapped shooting on the Netflix film, Single All The Way, which will stream this coming holiday season. He has an impressive background in theatre. On stage, he was most recently seen in back-to-back New York theatre productions beginning with the Public Theatre’s revival of Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day, followed by the Broadway premiere of Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons. Prior to that, he starred in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, following his critically acclaimed performance in the off-Broadway production at Second Stage. Urie originated the role of Alex More in Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar Off-Broadway, on tour, and in London, 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.