Ebon Moss-Bachrach

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

Moss-Bachrach has had major television roles on Girls (2014–2017) and NOS4A2 (2019–2020), and appeared in the first season of Andor (2022). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), he has played David "Micro" Lieberman in the first season of The Punisher in 2017.

Early life and education
Moss-Bachrach was born in New York City, and is 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. 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. During his third year of college, he studied abroad in Alicante, Spain for a semester.

As a child, Moss-Bachrach had a passion for theater 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, and described his younger self as an "escapist". In high school, Moss-Bachrach joined the school band, and became fond of performing. One of his favorite musical artists was Ornette Coleman.

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

Personal life
Moss-Bachrach is married to Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk, with whom he has two daughters.