Jordan Gelber is an American actor.
He is known for originating the role of struggling comedian Brian in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q. Gelber is currently performing in two off-Broadway productions by the Exchange theater, Realism and Jump!.
His other off-Broadway credits include The Polish Play with the Katharsis Theater Company and Birth and After Birth at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Gelber's television work includes a recurring role as CSU Tech Layton on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and appearances in episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Sopranos.
His film credits include a role in Riding in Cars with Boys opposite Drew Barrymore.
He has also lent his voice to The Warriors video game as Chatterbox(leader of the Hi-Hats).
Gelber was born in Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in Woodmere, Long Island.
He graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in Hewlett, Long Island in 1993.
He is also a 1997 graduate of Stanford University, where he was a member of the Stanford Improvisors improvisational theatre troupe and an a cappella group, Stanford Mendicants.
In 1994 Gelber attended the National Theater Institute.
In 2000 Gelber earned a master's degree in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
