Michael Urie

Birthplace: Plano, Texas
Birthday: August 8, 1980

Flashy and fabulous, Marc St. James was one of the most beloved characters on the hit ABC “dramedy” series, “Ugly Betty” (2006 - ). Theater-trained thespian Michael Urie played the role with equal parts fierceness, tenacity and camp that America – both the country, as well as “Betty” breakout star America Ferrara – could not help but love him and his Technicolor-couture costumes week after week. Aside from his stage and television acting career, Urie was also a producer and director of documentary films, which only helped add to…more

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Miss America: Reality Check
Ugly Betty
Marc
Ugly Betty
Marc
The 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys
The 2008 Teen Choice Awards

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Career Milestones

2006
2006 Cast as Mode assistant Marc on ABC's "Ugly Betty"; originally billed as a guest star, but after the pilot episode was made a full time regular
2003
Played the central character, in the stage play "WTC View" as well as the film adaptation in 2005
2001
Performed in the world premiere of "Love and Happiness" at Barrington Stage in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts