Edward Hibbert is an English actor and literary agent. Hibbert was born in Long Island, New York, the son of Geoffrey Hibbert. He was raised in England, where he attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He returned to the U.S. in the mid-1980s. He has one sister. He is probably best known for his recurring role on Frasier as Gil Chesterton, KACL's pompous, effeminate but closeted homosexual restaurant critic. Hibbert himself is openly gay.
As a voice actor, Hibbert has been the voice of Evil the Cat on the Earthworm Jim TV series, and the voice of Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion King 1 1/2. He appeared in the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone and in the 2006 film The Prestige. In March 2007, he reunited with his Frasier co-star David Hyde Pierce in the new Broadway musical Curtains. He is also a literary agent. His clients include the authors Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Bram, Steven DeRosa and Ed Sikov.