1993
The Song of Jacob Zulu
He appeared in the Steppenwolf production on Broadway.
FLM.REDGERRY
BECKER
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From Chicago theatre to the screen
A stage and screen career including Spider-Man and Man on the Moon.
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
A career rooted in theatre
Gerry Becker was born on 11 April 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri. The American actor worked in theatre, film and television. He died on 13 April 2019 in New York.
Becker was part of the Chicago theatre scene during the 1980s and 1990s, working with companies including Court, Steppenwolf and Remains Theatre. He travelled to New York with the Steppenwolf production The Song of Jacob Zulu.
In New York, he appeared in Death Defying Acts, a programme of three short plays. His subsequent screen credits included The Game (1997), Happiness (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999), as well as television work.
In Spider-Man (2002), Becker plays Maximilian Fargas. His work in an ensemble cast is one part of a career that moved between the intimacy of theatre and the larger scale of film. The links below show titles currently in the FLM.RED catalogue.
Selected work
1995
Death Defying Acts
Becker appeared in an evening of three short plays.
1999
Man on the Moon
His screen credits include the film about Andy Kaufman.
2002
Spider-Man
He plays Maximilian Fargas.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.