Birth Place: Alexandria, VA, USA
Reed Birney won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2016 for The Humans and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2014 for Casa Valentina. Birney won a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance. He made his New York debut at Playwrights Horizons in 1976 in Gemini. He's also appeared there in Herself As Lust (1982), An Imaginary Life (1994), The Butterfly Collection (2000), Pen (2006), The Savannah Disputation (2009) and last season's Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie, Drama Desk awards). Other New York appearances include Tigers Be Still (Roundabout), Blasted (Soho Rep); Stuff Happens (The Public, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble); Our Leading Lady (MTC); Bug (Barrow Street); Loose Knit, The Family of Mann (Second Stage); The Common Pursuit (Promenade); Volunteer Man (Rattlestick); Bedfellows (Bat Theatre); and Minor Demons, The Exact Center of the Universe (Century Center). Regional includes The Lisbon Traviata (Seattle Rep) and the world premiere of Neil Simon's Hotel Suite (Walnut Street). TV work includes episodes of "Gossip Girl," "Kings" and "My Generation."
Reed Birney, Man From Nebraska
Reed Birney, Man From Nebraska
Reed Birney, The Humans
Reed Birney, The Humans
Reed Birney, The Humans
Reed Birney, The Humans
Reed Birney, I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard
Reed Birney, You Got Older
Reed Birney, I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard
Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
Reed BirneyUncle Vanya
Reed Birney, Reed Birney
Reed Birney The Dream of the Burning Boy
Reed Birney, Circle Mirror Transformation
Reed Birney, Blasted
Reed Birney
Reed Birney, Bug
Reed Birney has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Reed Birney has not appeared in the West End.
Reed Birney has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Awards for "Man From Nebraska" and "The Humans," Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play from The Lortels for "Man From Nebraska" and "The Humans," Outstanding Actor in a Play from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Humans" and "I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard," Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play from the Tony Awards for "The Humans" and "Casa Valentina," Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play from the Drama Desk Awards for "You Got Older" and "Casa Valentina," Special Awards from the Drama Desk Awards for Reed Birney, Performance recognitions from the Obie Awards for "Circle Mirror Transformation," "Bug," and more. He has also received accolades for his performances in "Uncle Vanya," "The Dream of the Burning Boy," and "Blasted."
Reed Birney has won several awards, including the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for "The Humans," the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for "Casa Valentina," a Special Award from the Drama Desk Awards, an Obie Award for Performance in "Circle Mirror Transformation," an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance, and another Obie Award for Performance in "Bug."
Reed Birney's next show will be Chester Bailey which opens on 10/19/2022 on Off-Broadway.
Videos