{{Short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Michel Gill | image = Michael Gill 2014 (cropped).jpg | caption = Gill in 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1960|4|16}} | birth_place = | other_names = Michael Gill | occupation = Actor | education = Juilliard School {{small|(BFA)}} | years_active = 1984–present | spouse = {{marriage|Jayne Atkinson|1998|}} | children = 1 }}
'''Michel Gill''' (born April 16, 1960),<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=April 16, 2022 |title=Birthdays |work=The Modesto Bee |agency=The Associated Press |page=2A |quote=Actor Michel Gill is 62.}}</ref> also known as '''Michael Gill''', is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series ''House of Cards'' and Gideon Goddard on ''Mr. Robot''.
==Early life== Gill is a first generation American born to Jewish parents who escaped the Holocaust.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Theo |title=Michel Gill: Father, Actor, Violin Prodigy? The "House of Cards" actor talks about acting, his family, and human kindness. |url=https://maroontribune.com/uncategorized/2015/01/20/michel-gill-father-actor-violin-prodigy/ |access-date=January 13, 2022 |work=The Maroon Tribune |date=January 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140035/https://maroontribune.com/uncategorized/2015/01/20/michel-gill-father-actor-violin-prodigy/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref> Gill's first language was French. He studied at Aiglon College, a prestigious boarding school in Switzerland. After Aiglon, he attended Tufts University before transferring and graduating from the Juilliard School in 1985 (Group 14).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/tennessee-williams-thin-ice-human-dignity |title=Tennessee Williams: The Thin Ice of Human Dignity |work=The Juilliard Journal |publisher=Juilliard School |date=February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222000910/https://www.juilliard.edu/journal/tennessee-williams-thin-ice-human-dignity |archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/602-ny-masterclass-with-jayne-atkinson-and-michel-gill-tickets-1704800103 |title=6/02 NY - Masterclass with Jayne Atkinson and Michel Gill |website=Eventbrite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222175319/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/602-ny-masterclass-with-jayne-atkinson-and-michel-gill-tickets-1704800103 |archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref>
==Personal life== Gill is married to fellow ''House of Cards'' actor Jayne Atkinson (Secretary of State Catherine Durant), whom he met when they were both in a production of ''The Heiress'' at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Rorke |url=https://nypost.com/2014/03/22/the-real-life-white-house-affair-of-house-of-cards |title=The Real Life White House Affair of House of Cards |date=March 22, 2014 |newspaper=New York Post}}</ref>
They began dating in 1992 and were married in 1998. Gill and Atkinson reside with their son in the Berkshires.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nichole |last=Dupont |url=https://ruralintelligence.com/arts/stacking-the-cards-michel-gill-and-jayne-atkinson-talk-rural-life-and-consp |title=Stacking the Cards: Michel Gill and Jayne Atkinson Talk Rural Life and Conspiracy Theory |date=February 10, 2014 |website=Rural Intelligence}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 1984 | ''Protocol'' | College Boy | Uncredited |- | 1990 | ''The Palmero Connection'' | {{n/a}} | |- | 2013 | ''Afflicted'' | {{n/a}} | |- | 2014 | ''Dangerous Liaisons'' | Derek Walker | Television movie |- | 2015 | ''Everything'' | Dr. Fisk | Short film |- | 2015 | ''Condemned'' | Senior CDC Agent | |- | 2016 | ''Who Killed JonBenét?'' | John Ramsey | Television movie |- | 2018 | ''Patient 001'' | Alec | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 2003 | ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' | Spencer Anderson | Episode: "Gemini" |- | 2010 | ''All My Children'' | Dr. Hawkins | 2 episodes |- | 2013 | ''The Good Wife'' | Frederick Plunkett | Episode: "Je Ne Sais What?" |- | 2013–2017 | ''House of Cards'' | President Garrett Walker | 25 episodes |- | 2014 | ''Person of Interest'' | Rene Lapointe | Episode: "Allegiance" |- | 2015 | ''Forever'' | Dmitry Malakoff | Episode: Best Foot Forward |- | 2015–2017 | ''Mr. Robot'' | Gideon Goddard | 11 episodes |- | 2016–2017 | ''The Get Down'' | Herbert Gunns | 7 episodes |- | 2017 | ''Ray Donovan'' | Doug Landry | 6 episodes |- | 2018 | ''Chicago Med'' | Robert Haywood | 9 episodes |- | 2019 | ''God Friended Me'' | Wilson Hedges | 3 episodes |- | 2021 | ''Nova Vita'' | Anthony Nixon | 10 episodes |- |rowspan=2| 2022 | ''The Gilded Age'' | Patrick Morris | 2 episodes |- | ''The Dropout'' | Chris Holmes | 6 episodes |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! Notes |- | 2014 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | ''House of Cards'' | {{nom}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagaftra.org/nominations-announced-21st-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-0|title=Nominations Announced for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|date=December 10, 2014|publisher=SAG-AFTRA|accessdate=November 5, 2025}}</ref>}} |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0318703}}
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