Denis O'Hare

Denis O’Hare has established a strong presence in the industry as a skillful, in-demand character actor.  Most recently, he stared as ‘Jessie’ in the NBC series “This Is Us.” Additionally, he will also soon be seen in the upcoming Netflix series “Private Life,” which is set to premiere in 2018. Next year, O’Hare will star in feature film The Parting Glass, a film based on his Irish family which he wrote himself. The film chronicles a family dealing with their sister’s death as they travel across the country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of her. The Parting Glass will be directed by “True Blood” alum Stephen Moyer and will co-star Anna Paquin, Rhys Ifans, Melissa Leo, and Cynthia Nixon. On television, O’Hare recently appeared in the ABC mini-series “When We Rise.” Previously, he starred in two seasons of the hit HBO series, “True Blood.” O’Hare was also seen on television in his recurring roles of Larry Harvey, in first season of the FX series “American Horror Story” (Emmy Nomination) and Judge Charles Abernathy in the CBS series, “The Good Wife.” O’Hare’s additional television credits include roles on “The Good Fight,” “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” “American Horror Story: Hotel,” “The Accidental Wolf,” “The Comedians,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “CSI: Miami,” “Bored to Death,” “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” “Law & Order,” and “100 Centre Street.” On screen, O’Hare has appeared in a varied and interesting slate of films. He will soon be seen in Novitiate, a Margaret Betts film. His most recent credits include Danger One (Upcoming), Lizzie (Upcoming), Stano (Upcoming), Crash & Burn (Upcoming), Butterfly in the Typewriter (Upcoming), Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive, A Worthy Companion, From Nowhere, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Pyramid, Army of One, J. Edgar, and The Eagle. O’Hare’s additional film credits include roles in C.O.G., Dallas Buyers Club, Edge of Darkness, The Proposal, Duplicity, An Englishman in New York, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Milk, Quarantine, Changeling, Baby Mama, Pretty Bird, Charlie Wilson’s War, Awake, The Babysitters, Michael Clayton, Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot, A Mighty Heart, Rocket Science, Half Nelson, Stephanie Daley, Derailed, Heights, Garden State, 21 Grams, Sweet and Lowdow, River Red, and St. Patrick’s Day. In 1995, O’Hare made his Broadway debut in Racing Demon. He soon after starred in Cabaret (Tony Award), before playing ‘Cusins’ in Major Barbara. Most recently, Denis starred in the Public Theater’s Into the Woods.  O’Hare also recently starred in the off-Broadway production An Iliad (Outer Critics Circle Award). Among his other theatrical credits are Elling, Inherit the Wind, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Assassins (Tony nomination) and Sweet Charity (Drama Desk Award).    Denis O’Hare currently resides in New York City.