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Ebon Moss-Bachrach is a New York City-based stage and screen actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach who has delivered unforgettable performances in HBO’s Girls, Netflix’s The Punisher, Disney+’s Andor, Hulu’s The Dropout and FX’s The Bear, as well as feature films No Hard Feelings, Hold Your Breath, The Lake House, Mona Lisa Smile and Lola Versus. Hailing from bucolic Amherst in Western MA, an interest in music took him to a music theory class while completing a degree in English literature at Columbia University, but it was a burgeoning interest in the theater that was most compelling to him upon moving to New York City for school in the late 90s. It was while studying at Columbia University that Ebon first spent a summer in Williamstown, MA, where he participated in a series of plays and found his theatrical calling. While still in college, he starred in Nicholas Martin's lauded revival of Sidney Kingsley’s Dead End. Standout Off-Broadway performances followed in the Horton Foote-directed When They Speak of Rita, Naomi Iizuka’s 36 Views at the Public Theater, Christopher Shinn’s On The Mountain, Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July and Austin Pendleton’s heartfelt 2011 interpretation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters opposite Jessica Hecht, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard. A 2015 production of John Pollono’s Lost Girls, with Piper Perabo, led to a glowing New York Times review, which pinpointed Ebon’s naturalistic gifts succinctly: “Mr. Moss-Bachrach is so self-effacingly right in his part that it’s easy to overlook how effortlessly good he is.” Critics have lauded his “versatility,” “natural screen presence” and ability to “explode into scenes with a ferocity that instantly makes him the most engaging character.”  Ebon’s work as “Cousin” Richie Jerimovich in the global hit comedy “The Bear” earned him the 2023 and 2024 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as a 2024 Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble In A Comedy Series. He will next be seen alongside castmates Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Vanessa Kirby in the highly anticipated Matt Shakman-helmed Marvel Cinematic Universe feature The Fantastic Four: First Steps, in which he plays Ben Grimm, The Thing.