Victor Garber confirms he is gay

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Victor Garber confirms he is gay and in longterm relationship with artist Rainer Andreesen

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED:17:27 GMT, 15 January 2013 | UPDATED:23:48 GMT, 15 January 2013

Coming out: Victor Garber, pictured here
at the Golden Globes on Sunday, has
confirmed he is gay

Victor Garber has confirmed he is gay.

The Argo actor has never publicly addressed his sexuality, but said he is planning to attend the screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards later this month with long-term partner Rainer Andreesen.

Asked about an entry on his Wikipedia page - which is not official and open to editing by users - that says he lives in New York City with the artist-and-model, the 63-year-old actor told blog Greg in Hollywood: 'I don't really talk about it but everybody knows.

'He's going to be out here with me for the SAG Awards.'

Six-time Emmy nominated Garber first acknowledged Andreesen in an April 2012 interview with Canada's Forever Young.

He said: 'My companion Rainer Andreesen and I have been together almost 13 years in Greenwich Village. We both love New York.'

The former Alias actor can next be seen in NBC drama series Deception and says the drama series is like 'dessert' because it is everything he everwanted.

He said: 'I'm a lucky actor, I work. But this is the first series that's come along since Eli Stone, three years ago, that I really wanted to do.

'Everybody knows': Victor with longterm partner Rainer Andreesen who he lives
with in New York, pictured here in December

'It was smart, it was interesting, it was dynamic and it wasn't like the show was going to rest on me.

'I thought this was the perfect thing at this point in my life. It had everything I like, the complexity of the character, the family drama, all of the duplicity.

'For an actor, it's like getting a dessert - like getting what you hope for and rarely get.

'I love to work and I love the idea of going to work every day and also the fact that I get to do it in New York. It's like a gift. I feel like Iwon the lottery.'

Movie star: Garber in a scene from Argo with Ben Affleck

The son of Joe and Hope Garber, his mother was a popular TV and stage personality in his native Canada with her own show called At Home With Hope Garber.

Victor began acting at the age of nine, and he took acting lessons at the University of Toronto's Hart House at age 16.

He started his career as a folk singer and in 1967 formed The Sugar Shoppe with Peter Mann, Laurie Hood and Lee Harris.

They enjoyed moderate success having four top 40 hits in Canada and performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before breaking up.

Titanic role: Victor developed a flawless Northern Irish accent to play shipbuilder
Thomas Andrews in the 1997 smash

Plum role: Victor also starred with Jennifer Garner in 2000s TV series Alias

After his big break playing Jesus in 1971 musical Godspell, and the subsequent 1973 film adaptation, he has featured in a slew of high profile films.

His best known role may be in 1997's Oscar sensation Titanic, in which he mastered a flawless Northern Irish accent to play shipbuilder Thomas Andrews.

Other well-known appearances include Sleepless in Seattle, Annie, Legally Blonde, and Tuck Everlasting.

Jet set lifestyle: Victor's success as an actor has allowed him to fly around the
globe on promotional tours