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Edward Hibbert (born 9 September 1955) is an American-born British actor and literary agent. He played Gil Chesterton in the TV series Frasier. He also voiced Zazu in both The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion King 1½.

Edward Hibbert
Hibbert in 2007
Born	(1955-09-09) 9 September 1955 (age 67) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Citizenship	United States United Kingdom
Education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor literary agent
Years active	1977–present
Parent	Geoffrey Hibbert (father)
Website	www.edwardhibbert.com

Early life

Hibbert was born on Long Island, New York, the son of actor Geoffrey Hibbert. He has one sister.[1] He was brought up in England, where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He returned to the US in the mid-1980s.

Career

Acting career

Hibbert had a starring role as Faulconbridge in the BBC's production of The Life and Death of King John, published in 1984. He has appeared on Broadway and in major regional theatre productions,[2] worked in television as a series regular and guest star and also had roles in major films.[2] In 1993 he won an Obie Award for his co-starring role of "Sterling" in Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey.[3] His "Frederick Fellows/Philip Brent" in the National Theatre revival of Noises Off (presented at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) was called "delightfully discombobulated" by one reviewer.[4] Hibbert was in the Broadway musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and the 2007 premiere of Curtains (which reunited him with his Frasier co-star David Hyde Pierce). He appeared on Broadway as "Mr. Praed" (the architect) in Roundabout Theatre's 2010 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession starring Cherry Jones.[5] He appeared on Broadway in the new musical It Shoulda Been You in 2015, again working with David Hyde Pierce, this time with Pierce as the director.

He guest-starred on TV shows including Cosby, Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[6] but is probably best known for his recurring role on Frasier as Gil Chesterton, KACL's haughty, effeminate restaurant critic.

As a voice actor, Hibbert has been the voice of Evil the Cat on the Earthworm Jim TV series, and the voice of Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and in The Lion King 1½, replacing Rowan Atkinson (who voiced him in the original film). His appearances in films include The Prestige, Taking Woodstock, and The First Wives Club.[2]

Literary work

He is also a literary agent and was partner in the now-defunct literary agency Donadio & Olson, Inc. He has authors Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Bram, Steven DeRosa, and Ed Sikov among his clients[5] and has also represented film rights for Fight Club and Gods and Monsters plus others.[7]

Personal life

Hibbert is gay.[8][9] He says he's never come out of the closet, but never had to. "I think in England it's not the same. It's unspoken but understood."[10]

Being an out actor has never been a problem, Hibbert says. "Being gay for me in Hollywood was not a problem. Someone once said, 'An Englishman and a homosexual is a distinction without a difference.' Everyone thinks all Englishmen are gay..."[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Britannia Hospital	Theatre Surgeon
1994	The Paper	Jerry
1996	Loch Ness	Scientist	Uncredited[citation needed]
	The First Wives Club	Maurice
	Everyone Says I Love You	Harry Winston Salesman
1997	Hudson River Blues	Yago
1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Zazu (voice)	Direct-to-video
2000	It Had to Be You	Stanley	Uncredited[citation needed]
2001	Friends & Family	Richard Grayson
2002	Dummy	Unemployed Actor
2003	Uptown Girls	Christies' Rep
2004	The Lion King 1½	Zazu (voice)	Direct-to-video
	Fakers	Gordon Fisher
	A Different Loyalty	Sir Michael Strickland
2006	The Prestige	Ackerman
2008	Fall Down a School	Raphael (voice)
2009	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Professor
2013	Seven Psychopaths	Raphael (voice)
2016	Youth in Oregon	Audubon Expert (voice)
2017	The Wilde Wedding	TV Host
2018	Mary Poppins Returns	Mary Poppins' Parrot Umbrella (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Murder, She Wrote	Philip Jovey	Episode: "Portrait of Death"
1994	Columbo	Bramley Kahn	Episode: "Undercover"
1994–2004	Frasier	Gil Chesterton	Recurring role, 29 episodes
1995	The Nanny	Claude	Episode: "The Chatterbox"
1995	Married...with Children	Dr. Richelieu	Episode: "Love Conquers Al"
1995–1996	Earthworm Jim	Evil the Cat (voice)	Main role, 15 episodes
1996-1999	The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa	Zazu (voice)	4 episodes
1998–1999	Fantasy Island	Harry	Main role, 13 episodes
2005	Once Upon a Mattress	The Wizard	Television Film
2006	Gilmore Girls	Randall	Episode: "Merry Fisticuffs"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nigel Prestwick	Episode: "Shadow"
2012	Partners	Lyle	Episode: "Troubled Water"
2013	Ambassadors	Equerry	Episode: "The Prince's Trousers"
2016	2 Broke Girls	Bernard	Episode: "And the Coming Out Party"
2017	Search Party	Bing	Episode: "Paralysis" Episode: "Hysteria"
2019	Grace and Frankie	Laramie	Episode: "The Ceremony"
2019	Blue Bloods	Milton Vance	Episode: "Two-Faced"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Lt. Talos Drellik	Voice role

References

External links

• Edward Hibbert official website
• Edward Hibbert at IMDb
• Edward Hibbert at the Internet Broadway Database
• Production: The Drowsy Chaperone—Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2006
• Donadio & Olson, Inc.

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