Reed Birney
Participates in 2 items
Reed
Birney
won
the
2016
Tony
Award
for
his
role
as
Erik
in
Stephen
Karam's
play,
THE
HUMANS.
He
has
just
finished
playing
OʼBrien
in
the
Broadway
production
of
George
Orwell's
1984.
He
just
finished
the
New
York
premiere
of
Recent
New
York
appearances
include
Tracy
Letts'
MAN
FROM
NEBRASKA
(Lortel
and
Drama
League
nominations)
at
Second
Stage,
and
Halley
Feiffer's
I'M
GONNA
PRAY
FOR
YOU
SO
HARD
(Outer
Critics
Circle,
Drama
Desk
Award
nominations)
at
The
Atlantic
Theater
and
Clare
Barron's
YOU
GOT
OLDER
(Drama
Desk
Award
nomination)
at
Here
Arts
Center.
He
won
a
Drama
Desk
award
and
was
nominated
for
a
Tony
for
his
performance
as
Charlotte
in
Harvey
Fierstein's
CASA
VALENTINA.
He
was
Hubert
Humphrey
the
A.R.T.
production
of
ALL
THE
WAY
with
Bryan
Cranston.
His
Broadway
debut
was
in
1977
in
Albert
Innauratoʼs
GEMINI.
In
2012
he
returned
to
Broadway
in
the
Roundabout
revival
of
PICNIC.
In
2011,
he
received
a
Special
Drama
Desk
Award
honoring
his
career
as
an
actor.
Other
notable
productions:
CORE
VALUES
by
Steven
Levenson
at
Ars
Nova,
Annie
Baker's
translation
of
UNCLE
VANYA
at
Soho
Rep-Drama
(Desk
Nomination),
Kim
Rosenstockʼs
TIGERS
BE
STILL
and
David
West
Readʼs
THE
DREAM
OF
THE
BURNING
BOY
(Drama
League,
Outer
Critics
Circle
nominations),
both
at
The
Roundabout
Underground,
and
Adam
Bockʼs
A
SMALL
FIRE
at
Playwrights
Horizons.
He
was
Ian
in
the
New
York
premiere
of
Sarah
Kaneʼs
BLASTED
in
2008
at
Soho
Rep
(Drama
Desk
Award
nomination.)
He
received
an
OBIE
and
Drama
Desk
Award
for
his
performance
in
Annie
Bakerʼs
CIRCLE
MIRROR
TRANSFORMATION
also
at
Playwrights
Horizons.
He
was
Tony
Blair
in
the
acclaimed
Public
Theater
production
of
STUFF
HAPPENS.
He
was
in
the
world
premiere
of
Tony
Kushnerʼs
revised
HOMEBODY/KABUL
at
Steppenwolf,
The
Mark
Taper
Forum
and
BAM;
Tracy
Letts'
BUG
(OBIE
award)
at
The
Barrow
Street
Theater;
THE
COMMON
PURSUIT
at
the
Promenade
Theater;
Gaev
in
THE
CHERRY
ORCHARD
at
Williamstown
Theater
Festival.
He
made
his
film
debut
in
1981
in
Arthur
Penn
and
Steve
Tesichʼs
FOUR
FRIENDS.
He
is
Rep.
Donald
Blythe
on
the
Netflix
series,
"House
of
Cards"
and
can
be
seen
as
Patti
LuPone's
husband
in
HBO's
"Girls."
Other
recent
TV
appearances
include
"Blue
Bloods,”
“Madame
Secretary,"
and
as
Tom
Connolly
on
"The
Blacklist,"
and
HBO's
"The
Immortal
Life
of
Henrietta
Lacks."
He
won
a
2006
Obie
Award
for
Sustained
Excellence
in
Performance
and
in
2011
Actors'
Equity
awarded
him
the
Richard
Seff
Award.
He
has
taught
acting
at
Columbia
University
and
The
Scott
Freeman
Studio.
He
is
married
to
actress
Constance
Shulman
and
they
have
two
children,
Ephraim
and
Gus,
who
are
both
actors.
Sessions in which Reed Birney participates
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Jayne Houdyshell and Reed Birney Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Jayne Houdyshell and Reed Birney Q&A Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM | 25 minutes
- Q&A Session