Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Ebon Che Moss-Bachrach (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 (2022–2026), 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.

Moss-Bachrach has also 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, he portrayed David "Micro" Lieberman in the first season of The Punisher (2017), and starred as Ben Grimm / The Thing in the film The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) and is set to reprise the role in Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).

He made his Broadway debut from March to July 2026 in Dog Day Afternoon.

Early life and education Ebon Moss-Bachrach was born on March 19, 1977 in New York City, His parents ran a music school in Springfield, Massachusetts. His middle name of "Che" was given to him by his parents after the famous Argentinian leader and revolutionary Che Guevara. 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 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, and described his younger self as an "escapist." After the class, he became an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to gain some experience in theater.

Career

Moss-Bachrach played John Quincy Adams in HBO's John Adams miniseries and investigative reporter John Carreyrou in Hulu's The Dropout miniseries about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. He 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 played a sad-sack ex-boyfriend of Jennifer Lawrence's character in the 2023 comedy No Hard Feelings. He is a signatory of the Film Workers for Palestine boycott pledge that was published in September 2025.

He made his Broadway debut in the spring of 2026 opposite Jon Bernthal in Stephen Adly Guirgis's stage adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon. In May 2026, FX released Gary, a standalone special episode of The Bear streaming separately from the rest of the show's catalogue. The special, written by and starring Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal, is set before the events of the series.

Personal life Moss‑Bachrach has been married to Ukrainian photographer and artist Yelena Yemchuk since the 2000s; the couple met at a dinner party in New York City and began dating about a year and a half later. They have two daughters, Sasha (b. 2007) and Maribelle (b. 2010), and live together in Brooklyn Heights, New York, with their cat Sonny.

Filmography

Film +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Year Title Role Notes 2001 First Waiter Never Again Andy 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 Olaf Stealth Tim Road Jay 2006 Out There Stan Live Free or Die Alex Gazaniga 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 Gavin 2011 Higher Ground Luke 2012 Lola Versus Nick Come Out and Play Francis 2013 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 2026 The Man I Love Gene A Long Winter Mike's Father Post-production Avengers: Doomsday Ben Grimm / The Thing Post-production

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" Arthur Television film 2010 Damages Nick Salenger 8 episodes Rubicon Craig Young 3 episodes 2013–2016 Person of Interest Michael Cole 2 episodes 2014 Believe Ben Wooten Episode: "White Noise" 2014–2015 Niels Sørensen 10 episodes 2014–2017 Girls Desi Harperin Series regular; 25 episodes 2017 The Punisher David Lieberman / Micro Series regular; 12 episodes 2019–2020 NOS4A2 Chris McQueen Series regular; 20 episodes 2020 Interrogation Trey Carano 6 episodes 2022 The Dropout John Carreyrou Miniseries, 3 episodes Andor Arvel Skeen 3 episodes 2022–2026 The Bear Richard "Richie" Jerimovich Series regular; 45 episodes; also wrote episode: "Gary" 2024 Bob's Burgers Vincent Bartos (voice) Episode: "To Catch a Beef" 2024 Krapopolis Opie the Ophiotaurus (voice) Episode: "Ice Week" 2025 Rick and Morty Christ Trooper General Reinhard Kincaid (voice) Episode: "The Last Temptation of Jerry" 2025 Reading Rainbow Himself Episode: "No Cats in the Library!"

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 Los Angeles Film Festival Jury Prize: Outstanding Performance Road 2023 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Bear Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2024 Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 2025 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series