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Willie Garson
As Mozzie
The talented Garson was rarely at a loss for work, appearing in over 250 television episodes in a wide variety of programming, and over 70 feature films. His unorthodox bald and bespectacled look won over fans most famously on Sex and the City, where he played Carrie Bradshaw’s gay best friend, Stanford Blatch. He is also well known as Henry Coffield on NYPD Blue and re-teamed with David Milch on John from Cincinnatti. Garson can be seen in the sequel to Sex and the City.
Born and raised in New Jersey, he started training at The Actors Institute in New York when he was only 13, before majoring in theatre and psychology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. After graduation, Garson found his love for acting outweighed his psychology studies and landed guest roles on Cheers, Family Ties, Thirtysomething and L.A. Law. He has stayed busy playing several recurring characters in a wide array of TV projects, such as Just Shoot Me, Spin City, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files, Medium and Pushing Daisies.
On the big screen, Garson has collaborated with the Farrelly brothers in their films Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary and Fever Pitch. Garson also appeared in several quirky ensemble comedies such as the feature films Soapdish, Mars Attacks and Being John Malkovich, and is often used by such varied directors as Michael Bay, Mike Nichols and Spike Jonze.
At home on the stage as much as he is on television and in film, Garson continues to perform with various bicoastal theatre companies in New York and Los Angeles, and was a member of Naked Angels, The Manhattan Theatre Club, the Roundabout Theatre and the Geffen playhouse. He’s also involved in numerous community and charity organisations – from Big Brothers to Young Artists United. He has read to first graders weekly through the Screen Actor’s Guild Bookpals program, and is involved with AMFAR, Aspen Youth Experience, LA’s Alliance for Children’s Rights, and Camp Joslin Diabetes Center in Massachusetts.
Aside from acting on television and the big screen, Garson also found success as a celebrity poker player. In 2003, “Evil Willie” (a nickname given to Garson for his fierce card playing) won his round of Texas Hold ‘Em on the addictive hit show Celebrity Poker Showdown, and continues to play in tournaments worldwide and through the World Poker Tour.
