Actor, producer, director, and host Michael Urie is well-known for bringing memorable characters to life onscreen, onstage, and behind the scenes. Arguably best known for his groundbreaking role as Marc St. James, the sassy and dapper personal assistant to Vanessa Williams’ Wilhelmina Slater, on ABC’s quirky hit series Ugly Betty, Michael has also appeared on hit shows like Modern Family, The Good Wife, Younger, and Workaholics, to name a few.

Several of Urie’s big screen endeavors have made their way to Frameline over the years, from Ash Christian’s Petunia (Frameline36) to Matthew Puccini’s short Lavender (Frameline43) to one of Frameline45’s highlights, Todd Stephens’ Swan Song, where he starred opposite fellow gay icons, Udo Kier and Jennifer Coolidge. Frameline37 also presented Urie’s star-studded feature directorial debut He’s Way More Famous Than You, in which he co-starred with actor-screenwriter Halley Feiffer, Natasha Lyonne, Jesse Eisenberg, and his former (fictional) boss, Vanessa Williams. Just last year, he led Netflix’s first gay holiday romcom, Single All the Way. A graduate of Juilliard, Michael has never strayed far from his first love of the theatre, appearing in such productions as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song revival on Broadway. He is also the co-founder and festival producer of NYC’s Pride Plays, an annual event celebrating and elevating LGBTQ+ voices in the theatre.

Join us for a conversation with the multi-talented Michael Urie for a discussion at SFMOMA about his iconic career and the evolution of queer representation in film and television.