About Sebastian Arcelus
Sebastian Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Lucas Goodwin on the Netflix thriller series House of Cards (2013–2016) and Jay Whitman on the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary (2014–2019). Arcelus began his acting career in the early 2000s and spent the first decade of his career on Broadway, having played Roger in Rent, Fiyero in Wicked, Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys, and Buddy in Elf, among other roles. He returned to Broadway with the 2022 revival of Into the Woods and its subsequent national tour. == Early life and background == Arcelus was born in New York City and grew up in Port Washington, New York. He is a second generation American of Uruguayan, Italian, and Russian descent, and speaks Spanish fluently. His grandmother was Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, and he has stated he is a distant relative ("my cousins nine times removed") of Princes William and Harry of the United Kingdom. He is a graduate of Williams College. == Career == === 2000–2011: Early career and Broadway === Arcelus has made a career in theater on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He began his career in the early 2000s, and spent three years working at an international business firm while auditioning and performing in amateur theater at night. He performed in a handful of small New York theater productions as well as regional productions like that of The Who's Tommy in Newark, New Jersey in 2000 and Big River in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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