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In the pressure-cooker kitchen of FX’s “The Bear,” Edwin Lee Gibson is the still flame. As Ebraheim—the soft-spoken, sharp-eyed cook whose past is more legend than biography—Gibson delivers presence without noise, and mystery without performance. Season 4 of the critically adored series arrives this Summer of 2025, and with it, Gibson’s latest turn in a role that continues to haunt viewers and critics alike.
At the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Gibson and his castmates earned the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, solidifying “The Bear” not only as one of television’s most talked-about shows—but one of its most deeply acted.
Yet, acting is only part of the story.
Fresh off his appearance as a presenter at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards, Gibson completed principal work on his directorial debut, a short film titled:
a pink and red dress, made of satin… covered in flowers, mostly roses — currently in post-production.
In a sleepy border town, a young woman faces the uncertainty of love, the power of mysticism… and the secret a dress holds to her family’s post.
“My writing is an extension of the worlds I create as an actor,” says Gibson. “This film is something deeply personal—but also something I hope many will feel haunted by, softly.”
A respected chameleon of the screen and stage, Gibson’s career defies formula. He was cast in “The Bear” during the pandemic after creator Christopher Storer revealed he had seen Gibson onstage five years earlier—and wanted to work with Gibson ever since. “Christopher described Ebraheim as a mystery who’s lived a thousand lives,” Gibson recalls. “That was all the motivation I needed.”
Of his current role, The Wall Street Journal wrote:
“Then someone like the meat chef Ebraheim (a terrific Edwin Lee Gibson) says something dryly hilarious and the pressure is released from the cooker.”
From Chris Rock’s steely adversary in “Fargo” (FX, Season 4), to Delroy Lindo’s hard-headed confidant in Hulu’s “Unprisoned”, to the quietly devoted father in the indie romance “She Taught Love,” Gibson’s ability to vanish into character has made him an actor’s actor—trusted by auteurs, beloved by casts, and revered by critics.
A self-described “theatre rat,” Gibson began performing professionally at 16 and has since appeared in over 100 productions. He earned a 2006 OBIE Award for Outstanding Performance for his radical portrayal of Oedipus in The Seven at New York Theatre Workshop—a role critics could not forget.
Off-stage, Gibson has written and performed in nationally commissioned solo works, contributed to The Moth, and written multiple pilots and screenplays. He is an alum of the Sony Pictures Television Writing Program and a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actor’s Equity, and New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspects.
SEASON 4 of THE BEAR premieres Summer 2025 on FX and Hulu.
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