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Denis O'Hare
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At the premiere of An Englishman in New York, Tribeca Film Festival, 2009
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Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare
January 17, 1962 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Northwestern University School of Communication |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
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Hugo Redwood
(m. 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor. He is famous for his roles in plays and TV shows. He won awards for his work in plays like Take Me Out and Sweet Charity.
You might know him as the vampire king Russell Edgington in the HBO series True Blood. He also played many different characters in the FX show American Horror Story. These roles include Larry Harvey, Spalding, and Stanley. He was even nominated for an Emmy Award for his acting.
Denis O'Hare has also been in many movies. Some of these are Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Milk (2008), Changeling (2008), and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
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Early Life and Education
Denis O'Hare was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were Margaret Karene and John M. O'Hare. He has three sisters, Pam, Patricia, and Kathleen, and one brother, Michael.
He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. His family lived in Southfield until he was 15. Then, they moved to Bloomfield Hills. His mother was a musician, and he learned to play the church organ. Denis O'Hare has Irish family roots. He also holds an Irish passport.
As a teenager, Denis was part of his school's choir. In 1974, he tried out for his first play. He got a part in the chorus of a local theater show called Show Boat. In 1980, he moved from Detroit to Chicago. There, he studied theater at Northwestern University.
Acting Career Highlights
Denis O'Hare has won several important awards for his acting. He won a Tony Award for his role in the play Take Me Out. In this play, his character slowly learns to love baseball. His long speeches in the play were a big reason he won the award.
In 2005, he won the Drama Desk Award. This was for his role as Oscar Lindquist in the musical Sweet Charity. He played a doctor in the 2003 movie 21 Grams. In 2004, he was in the Broadway musical Assassins. He played Charles J. Guiteau and was nominated for another Tony Award.
Before these shows, he was in the 1998 Broadway show Cabaret. He played Ernst Ludwig and also played the clarinet in the show's band. Denis O'Hare has appeared in many TV shows. He was a guest star on Law & Order and its spin-offs, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In 2008, he appeared on Brothers & Sisters. His movie roles include The Anniversary Party, Garden State, and Michael Clayton. He was also in A Mighty Heart and Half Nelson.
In 2009, Denis O'Hare played Phillip Steele in a TV movie. This movie was about the writer Quentin Crisp. The same year, he played a therapist named Dr. David Worth in the series Bored to Death.
In 2010, he joined the cast of HBO's True Blood. He played Russell Edgington, a very old vampire king. In 2011, he was in the movie The Eagle. He played a Roman officer named Lutorius. He also had a repeating role as Judge Charles Abernathy. This was on the TV shows The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
Denis O'Hare also starred in the first season of American Horror Story. This season was called Murder House, and he played Larry Harvey. In 2012, he acted in the musical Into the Woods in Central Park, New York City.
He returned to American Horror Story for its third season, American Horror Story: Coven. Here, he played Spalding, the house butler. In the fourth season, American Horror Story: Freak Show, he played a trickster named Stanley. In 2015, he played a hotel worker, Liz Taylor, in American Horror Story: Hotel. In 2016, he was Dr. Elias Cunningham in American Horror Story: Roanoke. Most recently, he played Holden Vaughn in the tenth season, American Horror Story: Double Feature.
From 2023 to 2024, he performed in the musical Here We Are.
Personal Life
Denis O'Hare is married to designer Hugo Redwood. They got married on July 28, 2011. The couple has an adopted son named Declan.
Filmography
Awards
See also
In Spanish: Denis O'Hare para niños
- List of Broadway musicals stars
