Background
Hibbert was born in Long Island, New York, the son of actor Geoffrey Hibbert.
Hibbert was born in Long Island, New York, the son of actor Geoffrey Hibbert.
He was brought up in Britain, where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
He played Gil Chesterton in the television series Frasier. He is also the voice of Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba"s Pride and The Lion King 1½, replacing Rowan Atkinson. He has one sister. He returned to the United States. in the mid-1980s.
Acting career
Hibbert had a starring role as Faulconbridge in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s production of The Life and Death of King John, published in 1984.
He has appeared on Broadway and in major regional theatre productions, worked in television as a series regular and guest star and also had roles in major films. His “Frederick Fellows/Philip Brent” in the National Theatre revival of Noises Office (presented at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) was called “delightfully discombobulated” by one reviewer.
Hibbert was in the Broadway musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and the 2007 premiere of Curtains (which reunited him with his Frasier co-star David Hyde Pierce). He appeared on Broadway as “Mr.
Praed” (the architect) in Roundabout Theatre’s 2010 production of Mistress
Warren’s Profession starring Cherry Jones. He appeared on Broadway in the new musical lieutenant Shoulda Been You in 2015, again working with David Hyde Pierce, this time with Pierce as the director He guest-starred on television shows including Cosby, Murder, She Wrote, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. but is probably best known for his recurring role on Frasier as Gil Chesterton, KACL"s pompous, effeminate restaurant critic.
As a voice actor, Hibbert has been the voice of Evil the Cat on the Earthworm Jim television series, and the voice of Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba"s Pride and in The Lion King 1½.
His appearances in films include The Prestige, Taking Woodstock, and The First Wives Club. Literary work.