Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (/ˈɛbɪn mɑːs ˈbækəræk/) (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he was twice awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in addition to two Golden Globe Award nominations.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Moss-Bachrach at the 2019 WonderCon
Born	(1977-03-19) March 19, 1977 (age 48) Staten Island, New York City, U.S.
Education	Columbia University (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Yelena Yemchuk
Children	2

Moss-Bachrach has had major television roles on Girls (2014–2017) and NOS4A2 (2019–2020), and appeared in the first season of Star Wars: Andor (2022). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he portrayed David "Micro" Lieberman in the first season of The Punisher (2017) and will portray Ben Grimm / The Thing in the film The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).

Early life and education

Ebon Moss-Bachrach was born on March 19, 1977^[1] in New York City,^[2] the son of Renee Moss and Eric Bachrach, who run a music school in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was born in Germany to Jewish-American parents.^[3]

Moss-Bachrach attended high school at Amherst Regional High School in Massachusetts, and graduated from Columbia University in 1999 with a B.A. in English Literature. He initially was an American history major and a music studies major.^[4] During his third year of college, he studied abroad in Alicante, Spain for a semester.^[5]

As a child, Moss-Bachrach had a passion for theatre and movies, and also loved to read. Some of his favorite authors were Isaac Asimov and Piers Anthony. He spent much of his childhood indoors,^[6] and described his younger self as an "escapist."^[4] In high school, Moss-Bachrach joined the school band, and became fond of performing. One of his favorite musical artists was Ornette Coleman.^[6]

During his first year of college, Moss-Bachrach took an acting class out of curiosity, and quickly became inspired to pursue theater.^[7] After the class, he became an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to gain some experience in theater.^[4] Moss-Bachrach went on to study acting and the Meisner technique at the William Esper Studio in New York City.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Career

Moss-Bachrach had his television breakout playing Desi in the HBO series Girls, which began as a recurring role before he became a series regular in the series' final three seasons. He has subsequently appeared in The Punisher and Andor. For his role in the FX on Hulu series The Bear, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards.

As of February 2025, Moss-Bachrach is set to portray Ben Grimm / The Thing in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).^[12]

Personal life

Moss-Bachrach is married to Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk, with whom he has two daughters.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Believer	First Waiter
	Never Again	Andy
	The Royal Tenenbaums	Frederick the Bellboy
2003	American Splendor	MTV Director
	Death of a Dynasty	Dave Katz
	Mona Lisa Smile	Charlie Stewart
2004	Winter Solstice	Steve
	Poster Boy	Charlie
	Point & Shoot	Chad Rhodes
2005	The Dying Gaul	Olaf
	Stealth	Tim
	Road	Jay
2006	Out There	Stan
	Live Free or Die	Alex Gazaniga
	The Lake House	Henry Wyler
	Wedding Daze	Matador
2007	Chicago 10	Paul Krassner	Voice
	High Falls	Jackson	Short film
	Suburban Girl	Ethan Eisenberg
	Evening	Luc
2009	Breaking Upwards	Dylan
	The Marc Pease Experience	Gavin
2011	Higher Ground	Luke
2012	Lola Versus	Nick
	Come Out and Play	Francis
2013	The Volunteer	Ethan
	Gods Behaving Badly	Neil
2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Guillaume
	The Grey Matter	Simon Peterson	Short film
2017	Tokyo Project	Sebastian	Short film
2018	The Big Take	Max O'Leary
2019	Good Posture	Don Price
	Blow the Man Down	Gorski
	Lying and Stealing	Ray Warding
2020	Tesla	Anitai Szigeti
2022	Sharp Stick	Yuli
2023	No Hard Feelings	Gary
2024	Hold Your Breath	Wallace Grady
2025	The Fantastic Four: First Steps †	Ben Grimm / The Thing	Post-production
2026	Avengers: Doomsday †		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Murder in a Small Town	Billy	Television film
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	College Boy	Episode: "One"
2002	Porn 'n Chicken	Hutch	Television film
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Danny Wallace	Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Justin	Episode: "Informed"
	Kidnapped	Tucker	Episode: "Sorry, Wrong Number"
2008	John Adams	John Quincy Adams	Miniseries; 3 episodes
	Fringe	Joseph Meegar	Episode: "Power Hungry"
2009	Medium	Simon Burwell	Episode: "The First Bite Is the Deepest"
	A NY Thing	Arthur	Television film
2010	Damages	Nick Salenger	8 episodes
	Rubicon	Craig Young	3 episodes
2013–16	Person of Interest	Michael Cole	2 episodes
2014	Believe	Ben Wooten	Episode: "White Noise"
2014–15	The Last Ship	Niels Sørensen	10 episodes
2014–17	Girls	Desi Harperin	25 episodes
2017	The Punisher	David Lieberman / Micro	Series regular; 12 episodes
2019–20	NOS4A2	Chris McQueen	Series regular
2020	Interrogation	Trey Carano	6 episodes
2022	The Dropout	John Carreyrou	Miniseries, 3 episodes
	Andor	Arvel Skeen	3 episodes
2022–present	The Bear	Richard "Richie" Jerimovich	Series regular
2024	Bob's Burgers	Vincent Bartos (voice)	Episode: "To Catch a Beef"
2024	Krapopolis	Opie (voice)	Episode: "Ice Week"

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1997	Dead End	T.B.	Williamstown Theatre Festival
	Princess Turandot	Altoum's Men
2000	When They Speak of Rita	Jimmy	Primary Stages	Off-Broadway[14]
	Side Man	Clifford	San Jose Repertory Theatre
2001	36 Views	John Bell	Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2002			The Public Theater	Off-Broadway
2003	Fifth of July	Weston Hurley	Signature Theatre Company
2005	On the Mountain	Carrick	Playwrights Horizons
2011	Three Sisters	Nicolai Lvovich Tuzenbach	Classic Stage Company
2015	Verité	Winston	Lincoln Center Theater
	Lost Girls	Lou	Lucille Lortel Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Online Film & Television Association	Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Nominated	[15]
	Los Angeles Film Festival	Jury Prize: Outstanding Performance (shared with Catherine Kellner)	Road	Won	[16]
2023	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	The Bear	Nominated	[17]
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series		Nominated	[18]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Won	[19]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[20]
2024	Critics' Choice Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Won	[21]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[22]
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Won	[23]