The filmography of Denis O'Hare comprises both film and television roles. In a career spanning over three decades, he has appeared in overall 34 feature films, seven television movies and eighteen television series. For his performance in the first season of American Horror Story, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2012. As part of the ensemble cast in the films Milk and Dallas Buyers Club, he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
In addition to his screen appearances, O'Hare has also starred in multiple productions within the theater arts. For his performances in Take Me Out and Assassins, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, respectively.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1997 | St. Patrick's Day | Russell | ||
1998 | River Red | Father | ||
1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | Jake | ||
2001 | The Anniversary Party | Ryan Rose | ||
2003 | 21 Grams | Dr. Rothberg | ||
2004 | Garden State | Albert | Cameo appearance | |
2005 | Derailed | Jerry the Lawyer | ||
Heights | Andrew | |||
2006 | Stick It | Pharmacist | ||
Half Nelson | Jimbo | |||
Stephanie Daley | Frank | |||
2007 | Rocket Science | Doyle Hefner | ||
A Mighty Heart | John Bussey | |||
Mike Nichols | ||||
Michael Clayton | Mr. Greer | |||
The Babysitters | Stan Lyner | |||
Awake | Financial News Analyst | |||
Charlie Wilson's War | CIA Station Chief Harold Holt | |||
2008 | Pretty Bird | Chuck Stutters | ||
Baby Mama | Dr. Manheim | |||
Changeling | Dr. Jonathan Steele | |||
Quarantine | Randy | |||
Milk | John Briggs | |||
2009 | The Proposal | Mr. Gilbertson | ||
Duplicity | Duke Monahan | |||
An Englishman in New York | Phillip Steele | |||
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | A / Subject #3 | |||
2010 | Edge of Darkness | Moore | ||
2011 | The Eagle | Centurion Lutorius | ||
J. Edgar | Albert S. Osborn | |||
2013 | C.O.G. | Jon | ||
Dallas Buyers Club | Dr. Sevard | |||
2014 | The Judge | Doc Morris | ||
The Pyramid | Dr. Miles Holden | |||
The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Charles B. Pierce | |||
2016 | From Nowhere | Isaac | ||
Army of One | Agent Doss | |||
2017 | Novitiate | Archbishop McCarthy | ||
Allure | William | |||
2018 | Private Life | Dr. Dordick | ||
Lizzie | John Morse | |||
The Parting Glass | Danny | Also writer and producer | ||
Danger One | Craddock | |||
2019 | Late Night | Brad | ||
The Day Shall Come | Andy Mudd | |||
Swallow | William Erwin | |||
Bottom of the 9th | Officer Lonergan | |||
The Goldfinch | Lucius Reeve | |||
2020 | Delete History | The American billionnaire | ||
2022 | Infinite Storm | Dave | ||
2024 | [1] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1993–2003 | Law & Order | Harold MorrisseyJames SmithPhil ChristieFather Richard Hogan | 4 episodes | |
1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Keating | Episode: "Paris, May 1919" | |
1994 | New York Undercover | Carson | Episode: "Sins of the Father" | |
1995 | The Wright Verdicts | Doyle | Episode: "Unlucky Star" | |
1998 | Saint Maybe | Reverend Emmett | Television film | |
2000 | Hamlet | Osric | Television film | |
2000; 2013 | Jimmy WalpFather Shea | 2 episodes | ||
2001–02 | 100 Centre Street | Lou | 3 episodes | |
2005 | Angel Rodriguez | Henry | Television film | |
Once Upon a Mattress | Prince Dauntless | Television film | ||
2006 | Justice | Larry Bowers | Episode: "Death Spiral" | |
2007–09 | Brothers & Sisters | Travis March | 12 episodes | |
2007 | American Experience | Henry Lee | Episode: "Alexander Hamilton" | |
Tom Michaels | Episode: "Who and What?" | |||
2008 | Father Shea | Episode: "Last Rites" | ||
The Tower | Richard March | Television film | ||
2009 | Maggie Hill | Milo Marcus | Television film | |
2009–10 | Evan Talbot | 3 episodes | ||
2009–16 | The Good Wife | Judge Charles Abernathy | 9 episodes | |
2009 | Bored to Death | Dr. David Worth | Episode: "The Case of the Missing Screenplay" | |
2010–12 | True Blood | Russell Edgington | 20 episodes | |
2010 | American Experience | Benjamin Latrobe | Episode: "Dolley Madison" | |
2011 | Larry Harvey | 8 episodes | ||
2013 | Father Shea | Season 14, Episode 10: Presumed Guilty | ||
2013–14 | Otis Spalding Van Wirt | 10 episodes | ||
2014–15 | Stanislaus 'Stanley' Spencer | 10 episodes | ||
2014 | Rake | Graham Murray | Episode: "Cannibal" | |
The Normal Heart | Hiram Keebler | Television film | ||
2015–16 | Liz Taylor | 11 episodes | ||
2015 | Banshee | Special Agent Robert Phillips | Episode: "A Fixer of Sorts" | |
The Comedians | Denis Grant | 5 episodes | ||
2016–18 | This Is Us | Jessie | 4 episodes | |
2016 | William van Henderson | 5 episodes | ||
2017–21 | The Good Fight | Judge Charles Abernathy | 3 episodes | |
2017 | Broad City | Terry | Episode: “Friendiversary” | |
RuPaul's Drag Race | Himself | Episode: "Snatch Game" | ||
When We Rise | Jim Foster | Episode: "Part 1" | ||
2019 | Big Little Lies | Ira Farber | 4 episodes | |
2020 | Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live! | Old Max[2] | Television special | |
2020–22 | The Accidental Wolf | Dean | 3 episodes | |
2021 | American Gods | TýrDr. Tyrell | 3 episodes | |
Holden Vaughn | 4 episodes | |||
2021–23 | The Nevers | Dr. Edmund Hague | 10 episodes | |
2022 | American Horror Stories | Samuel Van Wirt | Episode: "Dollhouse" | |
Henry Grant | 6 episodes | |||
2023-24 | Dr. Andrew Hill | 6 episodes | ||
2024 | Evil | Father Giovanni De Vita | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1992 | Hauptmannn | Richard Hauptmann | ||
1995 | Racing Demon | Ewan Gilmour | Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway | [3] |
1998–1999 | Cabaret | Ernst Ludwig | Henry Miller's Theatre, Broadway | [4] |
2001 | Major Barbara | Adolphus Cusins | American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | [5] |
2003–2004 | Take Me Out | Mason Marzac | Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | [6] |
2004 | Assassins | Charles Guiteau | Studio 54, Broadway | [7] |
2005 | Sweet Charity | Oscar Lindquist | Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway | [8] |
2007 | Inherit the Wind | E. K. Hornbeck | Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | [9] |
2010 | Elling | Elling | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | [10] |
2012 | Into the Woods | The Baker | Delacorte Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park | [11] |
Assassins | Charles Guiteau | Roundabout Theatre Company concert | [12] | |
2023–2024 | Here We Are | Man | The Shed, Off-Broadway | [13] |