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Denis O'Hare

Birth Place: Kansas City, MO, USA

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BIO

Denis O'Hare has appeared in such films as Milk (Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble); Michael Clayton; 21 Grams; Garden State; Half Nelson; and Dallas Buyers Club. He won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor for Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for his role in Sweet Charity. His recent television appearances include American Horror Story, True Blood, and The Good Wife. He is the co-writer, with Lisa Peterson, and star of An Iliad, which was performed at the New York Theatre Workshop.

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Denis O'Hare

Date:

03/02/2026

From: Photos: Inside the New York Theatre Workshop 2026 Gala

Denis O'Hare

Date:

03/02/2026

From: Photos: Inside the New York Theatre Workshop 2026 Gala

Martha Plimpton, Rory Kinnear, Denis O'Hare, Jane Krakowski

Date:

05/08/2025

From: Photos: Sondheim's HERE WE ARE Makes UK Premiere

Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Tracie Bennett, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Steven Pasquale Photo

Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Tracie Bennett, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Steven Pasquale, Rachel Bay Jones, Jeremy Shamos, Francois Battiste, Denis O'Hare and David Hyde Pierce

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Sue Wagner, Bobby Cannavale, John Johnson, Micaela Diamond, Tracie Bennett, Amber Gra Photo

Sue Wagner, Bobby Cannavale, John Johnson, Micaela Diamond, Tracie Bennett, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Steven Pasquale, Rachel Bay Jones, Jeremy Shamos, Francois Battiste, Denis O'Hare, David Hyde Pierce, Tom Kirdahy and Rick Pappas

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Tracie Bennett, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Steven Pasquale, Rachel Bay Jones, Jeremy Shamos, Francois Battiste, Denis O'Hare and David Hyde Pierce

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Denis O'Hare and son Declan Redwood O'Hare

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Denis O'Hare and son Declan Redwood O'Hare

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Denis O'Hare

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Denis O'Hare

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Star-Studded Cast & Creatives Of HERE WE ARE Celebrate Opening Night at The Shed!

Alexander Gemignani and Denis O'Hare

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Inside the Opening Night Party for the Final Sondheim Musical HERE WE ARE at The Shed

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Inside the Opening Night Party for the Final Sondheim Musical HERE WE ARE at The Shed

Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Tracie Bennett, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Steven Pasquale, Rachel Bay Jones, Jeremy Shamos, Francois Battiste, Denis O'Hare and David Hyde Pierce

Date:

10/23/2023

From: Photos: Inside the Opening Night Party for the Final Sondheim Musical HERE WE ARE at The Shed

Micaela Diamond, Denis O'Hare, Bobby Cannavale

Date:

09/05/2023

From: Photos: See Inside Rehearsals for Final Sondheim Musical, HERE WE ARE, World Premiere at The Shed

Denis O'Hare, Rachel Bay Jones, Amber Grey and Jeremy Shamos

Date:

09/05/2023

From: Photos: See Inside Rehearsals for Final Sondheim Musical, HERE WE ARE, World Premiere at The Shed

Denis O'Hare as Old Max, Booboo Stewart as Young Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Joe Allen as Who 1, Francesca Mills as Who 2, Matthew Morrison as Grinch, Denis O'Har Photo

Joe Allen as Who 1, Francesca Mills as Who 2, Matthew Morrison as Grinch, Denis O'Hare as Old Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Booboo Stewart as Young Max, Matthew Morrison as Grinch, Denis O'Hare as Old Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Booboo Stewart as Young Max, Matthew Morrison as Grinch, Denis O'Hare as Old Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Booboo Stewart as Young Max, Matthew Morrison as Grinch, Denis O'Hare as Old Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Matthew Morrison as Grinch, Booboo Stewart as Young Max, Denis O'Hare as Old Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Denis O'Hare as Old Max, Matthew Morrison as Grinch

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Francesca Mills as Who 2, Denis O'Hare as Old Max, Joe Allen as Who 1

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

Booboo Stewart as Young Max, Denis O'Hare as Old Max

Date:

12/01/2020

From: Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Stars in DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL!

The ensemble cast featuring Denis O'Hare, Marc Kudisch, Sally Wilfert, Merwin Foard, Photo

The ensemble cast featuring Denis O'Hare, Marc Kudisch, Sally Wilfert, Merwin Foard, Ken Krugman & Chris Peluso during the Roundabout Theatre Company's One Night Only Benefit of 'Assassins' at Studio 54 in New York City. December 3, 2012.

Date:

03/16/2020

From: Photo Coverage: Remembering Merwin Foard

STAGE CREDITS

Here We Are

[West End]

2025

Man

Tartuffe

[West End]

National Theatre Production, 2019

Tartuffe

All the President's Men?

[Off-Broadway]

Public Theater and National Theatre One-Night Reading, 2017

Senator Lindsey Graham

Senator Orrin Hatch

Senator Lindsey Graham

Elling

[Broadway]

Original Broadway Production, 2010

Elling

Uncle Vanya

[Off-Broadway]

Classic Stage Company Revival, 2009

Voynitsky / Ivan Petrovich

Inherit the Wind

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2007

E.K. Hornbeck

A Spanish Play

[Off-Broadway]

2007

Mariano, Aurelia's husband

Pig Farm

[Off-Broadway]

2006

Teddy

Sweet Charity

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2005

Oscar Lindquist

Assassins

[Broadway]

Roundabout Revival, 2004

Charles Guiteau

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[New York]

Reading, 2004

Andre

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[New York]

Reading, 2003

Finian's Rainbow

[New York]

New York Concert, 2003

Og (A Leprechaun)</i>

Take Me Out

[Broadway]

Broadway Transfer, 2003

Mason Marzac

Take Me Out

[Off-Broadway]

2002

Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited)

[Off-Broadway]

2002

Performer

Helen

[Off-Broadway]

2002

Meneleus

Assassins

[Broadway]

Roundabout Revival [Cancelled], 2001

Charles Guiteau

Major Barbara

[Broadway]

Roundabout Revival, 2001

Adolphus Cusins

Ten Unknowns

[Off-Broadway]

2001

Trevor Fabricant

Finian's Rainbow

[US Tour]

Touring Revival, 1999

Og (A Leprechaun)</i>

Cabaret

[Broadway]

Roundabout Revival, 1998

Ernst Ludwig

The Devils

[Off-Broadway]

1997

Performer

Racing Demon

[Broadway]

1995

Ewan Gilmour

Lonely Planet

[Off-Broadway]

1995

Carl

Silence, Cunning, Exile

[Off-Broadway]

1995

Donald

The Arabian Nights

[Off-Broadway]

1994

Pastrycook/Sheik/Ishaak

Lonely Planet

[Off-Broadway]

1994

Carl

Woyzeck

[Off-Broadway]

1992

Doctor/Soldier

Hauptman

[Off-Broadway]

1992

Richard Hauptman

Movies

St. Patrick's Day
[ 1997 ] Russell

River Red
[ 1998 ] Father

Sweet and Lowdown
[ 1999 ] Jake

The Anniversary Party
[ 2001 ] Ryan Rose

21 Grams
[ 2003 ] Dr. Rothberg

Garden State
[ 2004 ] Albert

Heights
[ 2005 ] Andrew

Derailed
[ 2005 ] Jerry the Lawyer

Stephanie Daley
[ 2006 ] Frank

Half Nelson
[ 2006 ] Jimbo

Rocket Science
[ 2007 ] Doyle Hefner

Awake
[ 2007 ] Financial News Analyst

Charlie Wilson's War
[ 2007 ] Harold Holt

A Mighty Heart
[ 2007 ] John Bussey

American Loser
[ 2007 ] Mike

Michael Clayton
[ 2007 ] Mr. Greer

The Babysitters
[ 2007 ] Stan Lyner

Pretty Bird
[ 2008 ] Chuck Stutters

Changeling
[ 2008 ] Dr. Jonathan Steele

Baby Mama
[ 2008 ] Dr. Manheim

Milk
[ 2008 ] John Briggs

Quarantine
[ 2008 ] Randy

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
[ 2009 ] A, Subject #3

Duplicity
[ 2009 ] Duke Monahan

The Proposal
[ 2009 ] Mr. Gilbertson

An Englishman in New York
[ 2009 ] Phillip Steele

Edge of Darkness
[ 2010 ] Moore

J. Edgar
[ 2011 ] Albert Osborn

The Eagle
[ 2011 ] Lutorius

Dallas Buyers Club
[ 2013 ] Dr. Sevard

C.O.G.
[ 2013 ] Jon

The Town That Dreaded Sundown
[ 2014 ] Charles B. Pierce, Jr.

The Judge
[ 2014 ] Doc Morris

The Pyramid
[ 2014 ] Holden

Army of One
[ 2016 ] Agent Doss

From Nowhere
[ 2016 ] Isaac Miller

Novitiate
[ 2017 ] Archbishop McCarthy

Danger One
[ 2018 ] Craddock

The Parting Glass
[ 2018 ] Danny

Private Life
[ 2018 ] Dr. Dordick

Lizzie
[ 2018 ] John Morse

The Day Shall Come
[ 2019 ] Andy Mudd

Late Night
[ 2019 ] Brad

Swallow
[ 2019 ] Erwin

The Goldfinch
[ 2019 ] Lucius Reeve

Bottom of the 9th
[ 2019 ] Officer Lonergan

Delete History
[ 2020 ] Le millionnaire américain

The Postcard Killings
[ 2020 ] Simon Haysmith

Infinite Storm
[ 2022 ] Dave

TV Shows

100 Centre Street
Lou

American Horror Story
Spalding, Liz Taylor, Stanley

Brothers & Sisters
Travis March

CSI: Miami
Evan Talbot

Law & Order
Father Richard Hogan, Phil Christie, James Smith

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Father Chris Shea, Jimmy Walp

The Good Fight
Judge Charles Abernathy

The Good Wife
Judge Charles Abernathy

The Nevers
Dr. Edmund Hague

This Is Us
Jessie

True Blood
Russell Edgington

American Horror Story
[ 2011-2024 ] Multiple

Evil
Giovanni De Vita

American Horror Story
[ 2011-2024 ] Dr. Andrew Hill

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Solo Performance

Denis O'HareAn Iliad

Drama League Awards - 2012 - Distinguished Performance Award

Denis O'HareAn Iliad

winner

Obie Awards - 2012 - Special Citation

Denis O'HareAn Iliad

winner

Obie Awards - 2012 - Special Citation

Denis O'HareAn Iliad

winner

Drama Desk Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Denis O’Hare, Sweet Charity

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Denis O'Hare, Sweet Charity

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Denis O'Hare, Assassins

winner

Drama Desk Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Featured Actor - Play

Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out

winner

Obie Awards - 2003 - Performance

Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out

winner

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out

winner

The Lortels - 2003 - Outstanding Featured Actor

Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out

winner

Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Denis O'Hare, Hauptman

Videos

VIDEO: Kelli O'Hara, Ashley Park & More in THE ACCIDENTAL WOLF Season Two Trailer

by Michael Major - 2021-12-07 12:00:17

VIDEO: See Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman in the Second Trailer for THE GOLDFINCH

by Kaitlin Milligan - 2019-07-24 13:10:06

VIDEO: Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman Star in THE GOLDFINCH Trailer

by Kaitlin Milligan - 2019-05-29 13:39:40

VIDEO: Get A First Look At THE GOOD BOOK At Berkeley Rep

by Rachel Katz - 2019-05-03 16:04:55

VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals for THE GOOD BOOK at Berkeley Rep

by Rachel Katz - 2019-04-22 17:54:51

VIDEO: First Look - Tony Winner Denis O'Hare Portrays Edgar Allan Poe in PBS Biopic

by Caryn Robbins - 2017-10-23 14:27:40

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Jacobson & Glazer Return for Season 4 of BROAD CITY

by Caryn Robbins - 2017-07-25 14:15:49

TV: From C-Span to Town Hall! Watch a Scene from ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN?

by BroadwayWorld TV - 2017-05-12 14:18:30

VIDEO: On This Day, April 27: The First Revival of Larry Kramer's THE NORMAL HEART Op Video

VIDEO: On This Day, April 27: The First Revival of Larry Kramer's THE NORMAL HEART Opens on Broadway

by A.A. Cristi - 2017-04-27 00:00:01

VIDEO: Cheyenne Jackson & More to Guest Judge on New Season of RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE

by Caryn Robbins - 2017-03-16 14:14:04

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'Chapter 10' Episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-11-10 12:02:20

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'Chapter 9' of FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-11-03 13:26:10

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Chapter 8 of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-10-27 07:44:02

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Chapter 7 of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-10-20 07:42:15

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by Caryn Robbins - 2016-09-22 10:38:19

VIDEO: Madness, Mayhem & Mystery in All-New AMERICAN HORROR STORY Promo

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-08-18 12:30:51

VIDEO: 'The Shadow' & 'Blind Date' Teasers for AMERICAN HORROR STORY S6!

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-08-16 08:00:43

VIDEO: FX Shares 3 New AMERICAN HORROR STORY Season 6 Promos!

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-08-15 09:11:30

VIDEO: Lady Gaga Featured in All-New AMERICAN HORROR STORY Season 6 Teaser

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-07-28 09:14:33

VIDEO: Watch First Teaser Videos for AMERICAN HORROR STORY Season 6!

by Caryn Robbins - 2016-07-27 14:20:17

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Denis O'Hare been in?

Denis O'Hare has appeared on Broadway in 9 shows.

How many West End shows has Denis O'Hare been in?

Denis O'Hare has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.

What was Denis O'Hare's first West End show?

Denis O'Hare's first West End show was Tartuffe which opened in 2019

What awards has Denis O'Hare been nominated for?

Outstanding Solo Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for An Iliad , Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for An Iliad, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for An Iliad, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for An Iliad, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Sweet Charity, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sweet Charity , Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Assassins, Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Take Me Out, Performance (Obie Awards) for Take Me Out, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Take Me Out , Outstanding Featured Actor (The Lortels) for Take Me Out, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Take Me Out and Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Hauptman.

What awards has Denis O'Hare won?

Denis O'Hare has received several prestigious awards throughout his career. He earned Special Citations from the Obie Awards for his performance in An Iliad. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for Sweet Charity and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Take Me Out. Additionally, he received an Obie Award for Performance for Take Me Out. O'Hare was honored with the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Take Me Out, as well as the Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for the same production. Most notably, he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for Take Me Out.

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