O'hare, Denis 1962–

PERSONAL

Full name, Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare; born January 17, 1962, in Kansas City, MO; raised in Southfield, MI. Education: Graduated from Northwestern University. Avocational Interests: Creating memorabilia boxes, science fiction.

Addresses:

Agent—Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401 and 225 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10003.

Career:

Actor.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors:

Jeff Award citation, actor in a principal role—play, Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, 1986, for Never the Sinner; Edinburgh Fringe First Award, 1987, Jeff Award citation, actor in a principal role—play, 1987, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, 1993, all for Hauptmann; Antoinette Perry Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, Clarence Derwent Award, Actors' Equity Association, Obie Award, Village Voice, and Outer Critics Circle Award, all outstanding featured actor, 2003, for Take Me Out; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor in a musical, 2004, for Assassins; Drama Desk Award, outstanding featured actor in a musical, and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, best actor in a musical, both 2005, for Sweet Charity; Drama League citation, 2007, for Inherit the Wind and A Spanish Play; some sources cite a Jeff Award for Voice of the Prairie; some sources cite an Emmy Award for Moment of Rage.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Chorus member, Show Boat (musical), Southfield Civic Center, Southfield, MI, 1975.

Enoch Snow, Carousel (musical), c. 1976.

Nathan Leopold, Never the Sinner, Stormfield Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1985.

Bruno Hauptmann (title role), Hauptmann, Stormfield Theatre, beginning 1986, Briar Street Theatre (benefit), Chicago, IL, 1987, then Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland, beginning 1987, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL, beginning 1991, and Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Bob the racoon boy, Lloyd's Prayer, Remains Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1988.

Sneaky Feelings, Remains Theatre, 1988.

Blair, Music from a Locked Room, Victory Gardens Theater, 1989.

Willie Oban, The Iceman Cometh, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, c. 1990.

Mengo, Fuente Ovejuna, Court Theatre, Chicago, IL, c. 1991.

Peter, What the Butler Saw, Court Theatre, c. 1991.

The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Court Theatre, c. 1991.

Doctor and soldier, Woyzeck, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp 'Public Theater, Estelle R. Newman Theater, New York City, 1992.

Michael, Dancing at Lughnasa, Goodman Theatre, and also Arena Stage, Washington, DC, both c. 1993.

Jasper, Revelers, Vassar College, Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1994.

Pastry cook, sheik, and Ishaak, The Arabian Nights, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 1994.

Paddywhack, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1994.

Carl, Lonely Planet, Perry Street Theatre, New York City, 1994, then Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1995.

Donald, Silence, Cunning, Exile, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Martinson Hall, New York City, 1995.

Ewan Gilmour, Racing Demon, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 1995.

Wonderful Tennessee, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1995.

Lucky, Waiting for Godot, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1996.

Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1997.

Peter Verkhovensky, The Devils, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1997.

Sturman, The Clearing, Vassar College, New York Stage and Film Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY, c. 1997.

Ernst Ludwig and member Kit Kat band, Cabaret (musical), Roundabout Theatre Company, Kit Kat Club (Henry Miller Theatre), New York City, 1998, then Studio 54, New York City, 1998-99.

Stuart, Caroline, or Change (workshops of musical), Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City, beginning c. 1999.

Title role, Macbeth, Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT, 2000.

Adolphus Cusins, Major Barbara, Roundabout Theatre Company, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Trevor Fabricant, Ten Unknowns, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 2001.

Charles Guiteau, Assassins (musical), Roundabout Theatre Company, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 2001, and Studio 54, 2004.

Meneleus, Helen, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Martinson Hall, 2002.

Vienna Lusthaus (revisited), New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 2002.

Mason Marzac, Take Me Out, Donmar Warehouse, London, 2002, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Anspacher Theater, New York City, 2002, and Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2003-2004.

Roxie Hart, Miscast (benefit performance), Manhattan Class Company, New York City, 2004.

Oscar Lindquist, Sweet Charity (musical), Al Hirschfeld Theatre, New York City, 2005.

Teddy, Pig Farm, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 2006.

E. K. Hornbeck, Inherit the Wind, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2007.

Mariano, A Spanish Play, Classic Stage Company, East Thirteenth Street Theatre, New York City, 2007.

Appeared as Edgar, King Lear, Theatre at Body Politic; as a director, Showbiz, and in Voice of the Prairie, both Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Chicago, IL. Also appeared in other productions, including Guys and Dolls (musical), Jesus Christ Superstar (rock opera), Man of La Mancha (musical), and The Mikado (opera).

Major Tours:

Nathan Leopold, Never the Sinner, British cities, c. 1990.

Ogh, Finian's Rainbow (musical), U.S. cities, 1999.

Film Appearances:

Russell, St. Patrick's Day, The Asylum, 1997.

Father, River Red, Castle Hill Productions, 1998.

Jake, Sweet and Lowdown (also known as Woody Allen Fall Project 1998), Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Himself, The Acting Class, 2000.

Ryan Rose, The Anniversary Party, Fine Line Features, 2001.

Dr. Rothberg, 21 Grams, Focus Features, 2003.

Albert, Garden State (also known as Large and Large's Ark), Miramax, 2004.

Andrew, Heights, Global Cinema Group, 2004, Sony Pictures Classics, 2005.

Jerry (the lawyer), Derailed, The Weinstein Company, 2005.

Jimbo, Half Nelson, ThinkFilm, 2006.

Frank, Stephanie Daley, Bleiberg Entertainment, 2006, Regent Releasing, 2007.

Doyle Hefner, Rocket Science, Picturehouse Entertainment, 2007.

Financial news analyst, Awake, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/The Weinstein Company, 2007.

Harold Holt, Charlie Wilson's War, Universal, 2007.

John Bussey, A Mighty Heart, Paramount Vantage, 2007.

Mike, Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot, Chicago Pictures Distribution, 2007.

Mr. Greer, Michael Clayton, Warner Bros., 2007.

Chuck, Pretty Bird, All Mod Cons/Two Lane Pictures, 2008.

The Babysitters, Peace Arch Releasing, 2008.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Salty Features, 2008.

Righteous Kill, Overture Films, 2008.

Randy, Quarantined (also known as Rec), Sony Pictures Releasing, 2008, Screen Gems, 2009.

State senator John Brigg, Milk (also known as Untitled Harvey Milk Project), Focus Features, 2009.

Television Appearances; Series:

Travis March, Brothers & Sisters, ABC, beginning 2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Osric, Hamlet, Odyssey, 2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Henry, Angel (also known as Angel Rodriguez), HBO, 2005.

Prince Dauntless, Once upon a Mattress, broadcast on The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2005.

Some sources cite an appearance as Richard Speck in a television movie called Moment of Rage.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Reverend Emmett, "Saint Maybe" (also known as "Anne Tyler's ‘Saint Maybe’"), Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 57th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2003.

The 58th Annual Tony Awards (also known as The 2004 Tony Awards), CBS, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Harold Morrissey, "Volunteers," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1993.

Keating, "Paris, May 1919," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993.

James Smith, "Pro Se," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1996.

Phil Christie, "Nullification," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1997.

Jimmy Walp, "The Third Guy," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2000.

"Germ Warfare," The Practice, ABC, 2000.

Lou, "Kids: Part 1," 100 Centre Street (also known as 101 Centre Street), Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Lou, "Babies," 100 Centre Street (also known as 101 Centre Street), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Lou, "Give Up or Fight," 100 Centre Street (also known as 101 Centre Street), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Father Hogan, "Under God," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2003.

Guest host, "The Body Politic," In the Life, PBS, 2003.

Larry Bowers, "Death Spiral," Justice (also known as American Crime), Fox, 2006.

Henry Lee, "Alexander Hamilton," The American Experience, PBS, 2007.

Tom Michaels, "Who and What," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI, CSI: Las Vegas, CSI Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2007.

Voice, "Emma Goldman," The American Experience, PBS, 2007.

Appeared in other programs, including New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox.

RECORDINGS

Albums; with Others:

Cabaret (cast recording; also known as Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording), RCA, 1998.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

American Theatre, December, 2002, pp. 80-83.