Person
Denis O'Hare
Acting · Born 1962-01-17 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Biography
Denis O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his roles in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, for his portrayal of vampire Russell Edgington on the series True Blood and his different roles on American Horror Story, and for his supporting roles in such films as Milk, Changeling, and Dallas Buyers Club.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jimmy Walp
Law & Order
Harold Morrissey
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Tom Michaels
CSI: Miami
Evan Talbot
American Horror Story
Larry Harvey
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Chris Shea
The Good Wife
Judge Charles Abernathy
Banshee
Special Agent Robert Phillips
True Blood
Russell Edgington
This Is Us
Jessie
Filmography
- 2026The BoroughsWally Baker
- 2024Largo Winch: The Price of MoneyDwight Cochrane
- 2022Infinite StormDave
- 2021American Horror StoriesVan Wirt
- 2021Netuser
- 2021The NeversDr. Edmund Hague
- 2020Dr. Seuss' The Grinch MusicalOld Max
- 2020The Accidental WolfCast
- 2020Delete HistoryLe millionnaire américain
- 2020The Postcard KillingsSimon Haysmith
- 2020SwallowErwin William
- 2019The Day Shall ComeAndy
- 2019EvilFather Giovanni De Vita
- 2019The GoldfinchLucius Reeve
- 2019Bottom of the 9thOfficer Lonergan
- 2019Late NightBrad
- 2018Private LifeDr. Dordick
- 2018LizzieJohn Morse
- 2018Danger OneCraddock
- 2018The Parting GlassDanny
- 2018AllureWilliam
- 2017NovitiateArchbishop
- 2017American GodsTyr / Tyrell
- 2017Edgar Allan Poe: Buried AliveEdgar Allan Poe
- 2017The Good FightJudge Charles Abernathy
- 2017Big Little LiesIra Farber
- 2017From NowhereIsaac Miller
- 2016Army of OneAgent Doss
- 2016This Is UsJessie
- 2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
- 2014The PyramidHolden
- 2014The Town that Dreaded SundownCharles B. Pierce, Jr.
- 2014The JudgeDoc Morris
- 2014The Normal HeartHiram Keebler
- 2014Broad CityTerry Hudson
- 2013Dallas Buyers ClubDr. Sevard
- 2013C.O.G.Jon
- 2013BansheeSpecial Agent Robert Phillips
- 2012Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror StorySelf
- 2012Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts
- 2011J. EdgarAlbert Osborne
- 2011American Horror StoryLarry Harvey
- 2011Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDSHimself
- 2011The EagleLotorius
- 20115,000 Feet Is the BestPilot
- 2010Edge of DarknessMoore
- 2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenA / Subject #3
- 2009The Good WifeJudge Charles Abernathy
- 2009Bored to DeathDavid Worth
- 2009The ProposalMr. Gilbertson
- 2009DuplicityDuke Monahan
- 2009An Englishman in New YorkPhillip Steele
- 2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge
- 2008MilkJohn Briggs
- 2008ChangelingDr. Jonathan Steele
- 2008QuarantineRandy
- 2008True BloodRussell Edgington
- 2008Pretty BirdChuck Sutters
- 2008The BabysittersStan Lyner
- 2008Baby MamaDr. Manheim
- 2008The TowerRichard March
- 2007Charlie Wilson's WarHarold Holt
- 2007AwakeFinancial News Analyst
- 2007Michael ClaytonMr. Greer
- 2007A Mighty HeartJohn Bussey
- 2007American LoserMike
- 2007Stephanie DaleyFrank
- 2007Rocket ScienceDoyle Hefner
- 2006Brothers and SistersTravis March
- 2006Justice
- 2006Half NelsonJimbo
- 2005Once Upon A MattressPrince Dauntless
- 2005DerailedJerry the Lawyer
- 2005Angel RodriguezHenry
- 2005HeightsAndrew
- 2004Garden StateAlbert
- 2004AssassinsCharles Guiteau
- 2004Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman
- 200321 GramsDr. Rothberg
- 2002CSI: MiamiEvan Talbot
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentChris Shea
- 2001The Anniversary PartyRyan Rose
- 2000HamletOsric
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTom Michaels
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of ChangeKeating
- 2000The Acting ClassSelf
- 1999Sweet and LowdownJake
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJimmy Walp
- 1998Saint MaybeReverend Emmett
- 1998River RedFather
- 1998St. Patrick's DayRussell
- 1995The Wright VerdictsDoyle
- 1990Law & OrderHarold Morrissey
- 1988American ExperienceHenry Lee
- 1986American MastersEdgar Allan Poe
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameReverend Emmett
- —The Postcard KillerSimon Haysmith
- —Butterfly in the TypewriterJohn Dewey Toole
- —The Wild Between Us
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