This handsome, strapping, blond actor followed in the footsteps of his father, Stephen Macht, and pursued a career in acting. Born in the Bronx and raised in Westchester County, New York, Gabriel Macht settled in Los Angeles in the late 1970s when his dad's career began an upswing. He made his film debut as a youngster in the Treat Williams' vehicle "Why Would I Lie?" (1980) but then "retired" from performing until he had graduated high school. Macht renewed his career aspirations with a supporting role in the 1991 NBC movie "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" and then headed off to hone his craft
