Gregory Jbara

Gregory Jbara is an American film, television and stage actor. Jbara was born in Nankin Township (now Westland), Michigan, the son of an advertising office manager and an insurance claims adjuster. He is of Lebanese and Irish descent.After graduating from Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan, Jbara attended the University of Michigan from 1979 to 1981. He majored in Communication Studies and took classes in Theatre and Musical Theatre. He left Michigan to attend the Juilliard School's drama division (1982–1986, Group 15), where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Both of Jbara's brothers also have careers in the entertainment industry. Mike, formerly President and CEO, WEA Corp., was named President of Alternative Distribution Alliance worldwide in June 2013. Brother Dan has made his career primarily as a reality show producer. Jbara also has a sister, Judy, who is Director of Client Relations for Beer Financial Group. Jbara originated the role of "Jackie Elliot" (known as "Dad") in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical, which opened on November 13, 2008. For his portrayal of "Dad" Jbara received the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Tony awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical during the 2008-2009 Broadway awards season.On May 5, 2005, Sardi's caricatures of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels stars Butz, Gleason, Jbara and Scott were unveiled in a ceremony hosted by fellow co-star Sara Gettelfinger. (Scoundrels star John Lithgow had already been caricatured at Sardi's.)In a 2008 Grand Rapids Press interview, Jbara (noting the importance of being caricatured at the landmark Broadway restaurant) said, "You don't remember a year later who won the Tonys, but that picture will be in Sardi's for the rest of my life."Jbara received the BackStageWest Garland 2000 Award for his performance in the West Coast premiere of George Furth's play, Precious Sons, co-starring Nora Dunn, Michael Malota, Ginger Williams and Adam Wylie.In 2006, Jbara received a Special Award from the New England Theatre Conference for his achievement in theatre. Jbara appeared as TV Land's on-camera spokesperson in eight different spots featuring three generations sitting on a couch: grandpa (William Severs), father/boomer (Jbara) and teenage son (Dylan Kepp). The spots focused, humorously, on the contrasts among those generations and were first shown on TV Land during the TV Land Awards broadcast on April 22, 2007. Gregory's most prominent TV roles to date are as Dan O'Keefe in the Fox/WB sitcom Grounded for Life (2002-05) and as NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Garrett Moore on the CBS drama Blue Bloods. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Westland, Michigan, USA, 1961-09-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Crocodile Dundee II	Young Cop	58
2	1991	Married to It	Cafe Waiter	59
3	1995	Jeffrey	Angelique	63
4	1995	Victor/Victoria	Mr. "Squash" Bernstein	68
5	1996	One Fine Day	Freddy	64
6	1997	In & Out	Walter Brackett	65
7	1999	The Out-of-Towners	Edward	58
8	1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Snug	64
9	2000	Cement	Fergus	41
10	2002	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Hank	60
11	2003	Touch 'Em All McCall	Bobby Mellinger	0
12	2004	The Sure Hand of God	Reverend Bigbee	55
13	2006	Ira & Abby	Jingle Singer # 2	56
14	2006	World Trade Center	Accountant in Karnes Office	61
15	2007	Epic Movie	Mel Gibson	39
16	2008	Exit Speed	Jerry Yarbro	52
17	2010	Remember Me	Les Hirsch	71
18	2012	Big Miracle	General Stanton	67
19	2013	Broken City	Post Columnist	59
20	2014	Infiltrators	Eric Volker	0
21	2023	Alien Intervention	Sam	60
22	2023	Oppenheimer	Chairman Magnuson	81
23	2024	A Ramble Towards Rain	Buck / Hector Scriggles	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	All My Children		65
2	1982	Newhart		71
3	1990	Law & Order	Oscar Newton	74
4	1993	Frasier	Bartender	77
5	1994	Touched by an Angel	Scott Morgan	72
6	1994	Friends	Gene	84
7	1995	Cybill		58
8	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Ron	66
9	1996	Suddenly Susan	Wallace	57
10	1997	Ally McBeal	Reverend Compton	66
11	1999	Providence	Drew	65
12	1999	Family Guy	Nazi Guard / Nazi General / Priest (voice)	74
13	1999	Family Guy	Jonathan (voice)	74
14	1999	Rocket Power		77
15	1999	The West Wing	Congressman Segal	83
16	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Mike	85
17	2000	Ripley's Believe It or Not!		51
18	2000	That's Life		70
19	2000	Yes, Dear	Lloyd	67
20	2001	Grounded for Life		69
21	2001	Crossing Jordan	Stan Benedict	72
22	2002	Monk	Stan Lawrence	79
23	2002	Without a Trace	Jim Shirley	72
24	2003	The Tracy Morgan Show	Coach	0
25	2004	Century City		63
26	2004	Higglytown Heroes		71
27	2005	American Dad!	Plastic Surgeon (voice)	70
28	2005	American Dad!	(voice)	70
29	2006	Conviction	Herman Zimet	57
30	2006	The Unit		73
31	2009	Glenn Martin, DDS		60
32	2009	The Cleveland Show		59
33	2010	Blue Bloods	Garrett Moore	78

Gregory Jbara

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