P. J. Byrne Explained

P. J. Byrne
Birth Name:	Paul Jeffrey Byrne
Birth Date:	15 December 1974
Birth Place:	Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Children:	3
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	2001–present

Paul Jeffrey Byrne (born December 15, 1974) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Bolin on Nickelodeon's animated series The Legend of Korra (2012–2014).

Early life and education

Byrne was born in Maplewood, New Jersey, to Emma N. (Ferraro) and Paul I. Byrne Jr.,^{[1] [2]} and was raised in Old Tappan, New Jersey, where he graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.^[3]

A graduate of Boston College with a double major in finance and theater and an MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University, Byrne was on his way to becoming an investment banker out of college when a drama teacher at BC convinced him to follow his passion for acting.^[4]

Career

Byrne started his career in small roles in such films as Bruce Almighty, Fun with Dick and Jane, Bewitched and Because I Said So. He also had guest roles on television series such as ER, The West Wing, Reno 911! and NCIS before getting a recurring role on The Game.^[5]

Byrne went on to have more prominent roles in films such as Dinner for Schmucks, Extraordinary Measures, The Campaign and Horrible Bosses. He was cast in one of the main roles in Final Destination 5, which received generally positive reviews and was a commercial success.^[6]

In addition to his on-screen roles, Byrne provided the voice of Bolin, one of the lead roles in the Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra, from the show's beginning in 2012 to its end in 2014.

In 2013, Byrne appeared in Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street, which received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards. The next year he starred in the television series Intelligence.

He joined Dwayne Johnson in the 2018 action film Rampage.^[7]

Personal life

Byrne resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Jaime,^[8] who was the executive director in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills for health care services and fund-raising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and now president of Jaime Byrne Events, LLC. Byrne and his wife have two daughters and one son.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Bruce Almighty	Panicked Newsroom Staffer
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Laughing Executive
	Bewitched	Writer
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Jim Van Wagenen
	Evan Almighty	Evan's Staffer
	Loveless in Los Angeles	Perry
	Because I Said So	Photographer
2008	Be Kind Rewind	Mr. Baker
	First Sunday	Dr. Preston
	Kissing Cousins	Tucker
	Surfer, Dude	Zarno's Lawyer
	Soul Men	Floyd's Doctor
2009	Finding Bliss	Gary
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Davenport
	Extraordinary Measures	Dr. Preston
	The Candidate	Paul	Short film
2011	Son of Morning	Mitchel Zangwell
	Horrible Bosses	Kenny Sommerfield
	New Romance	PJ	Short film
	Final Destination 5	Isaac Palmer
	Snitch	Perry
2012	Coffees	Barry	Short film
	The Campaign	Rick
	K-11	C.R.
	Last Supper		Short film; Writer and director
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff
2014	Walk of Shame	Moshe
2015	The Gift	Danny McDonald
2016	True Memoirs of an International Assassin	Trent
2017	Eloise	Scott Carter
	The Clapper	Mr. Caldwell
	Home Again	Paul
	Miyubi	Peter
2018		Mr. Henry
	Rampage	Nelson
	Green Book	Record Exec
2019	The World Without You	Amram
	Countdown	Father John
	Bombshell	Neil Cavuto
	Mob Town	Vincent Vasisko
2022	The Moon & Back	Mr. Martin
	Somewhere in Queens	Ben Pearson
	Spirited	Mr. Alteli
	Babylon	Max (Ruth's Assistant Director)	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2023	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	Dr. Dario Bava
	Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!	J.B.	Voice^[10]
2024	Dear Santa		Post-production^[11]
	A Complete Unknown		Filming^[12]
2025	Flowervale Street		Post-production^[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Presidio Med	Dr. Whitby	Episode: "Milagros"
	ER	Ken the Kiosk Man	Episode: "Dead Again"
2003	The Lyon's Den	Larry Michaels	Episode: "Blood"
	Strong Medicine	Levin	Episode: "Rash Decisions"
	Yes, Dear	AD	Episode: "Let's Get Jaggy with It"
	Crossing Jordan	Forensic Goofball	Episode: "Ockham's Razor"
2005	The West Wing	David Orbitz	Episode: "Ninety Miles Away"
2006	My Boys	Keith Luger	Episode: "Released"
	Just Legal	Wayne	Episode: "Body in the Trunk"
	Reno 911!	Agent Bruce Padul	Episode: "Spanish Mike Returns"
	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Doug	Episode: "Exile on Lame Street"
	Four Kings	Sheldon Dratch	Episode: "Elephant in the Room"
	Twins	Eric Weiner	Episode: "Sneaks and Geeks"
	NCIS	Ross Logan	Episode: "Deception"
2006–2009, 2012, 2015	The Game	Irv Smiff	Recurring role
2007	Viva Laughlin	Jonesy	2 episodes
	Boston Legal	Matthew Steinkellner	Episode: "Dumping Bella"
	Desperate Housewives	Nick	Episode: "Not While I'm Around"
2009	Hannah Montana	Baz B. Berkley	2 episodes
	Three Rivers	Dale Coffey	Episode: "Place of Life"
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Tad	Episode: "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis"
	Burn Notice	Stacey Conolly	Episode: "Fearless Leader"
	Bones	Joe Fillion	Episode: "The Cinderella in the Cardboard"
2011	The Mentalist	Kieran Carruthers	Episode: "Rhapsody in Red"
	Castle	Tony	Episode: "To Love and Die in LA"
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Elliot	2 episodes
2012–2014	The Legend of Korra	Bolin	Voice, main role^[14]
2014	Intelligence	Nelson Cassidy	Main role
2015	Being Mary Jane	Arthur Holzman	2 episodes
2016	Vinyl	Scott Leavitt	Main role
	Blindspot	Douglas Winter	Episode: "Her Spy's Harmed"
2016–2017	Justice League Action	Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm	Voice, recurring role (11 episodes)
2017–2019	Big Little Lies	Principal Nippal	Recurring role
2017–2018	I'm Dying Up Here	Kenny Vessey	7 episodes
2018–2019	Black Lightning	Principal Mike Lowry	5 episodes
2018	Tremors	Melvin Plug	Television film
2019	Black-ish	Mr. Solomon	Episodes: "Wilds of Valley Glen"
	Dynasty	Stuart	2 episodes
	Lodge 49	Dag	Episode: "The Door"
2020–2021	All Rise	Juror Futrell	2 episodes
2020–Present	The Boys	Adam Bourke	4 episodes
2021	Never Have I Ever	Evan	Recurring (season 2)
	Them	Stuart Berks	3 episodes
	Cobra Kai	Greg	Episode: "Party Time"
2021–2023	Ghosts	Dan Herbst / Lawyer	2 episodes
2022	Roar	Rodney	Episode: "The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin"
	Irreverent	Mackenzie 'Mack' Boyd	10 episodes
2023	Gen V	Adam Bourke	^[15]
2023	Quantum Leap	Enock Abrams	Episode: "This Took Too Long!"
2024	The Big Cigar	Stephen Blauner	Upcoming miniseries

Video game

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of the President – Ms. Emma N. Byrne, Secretary . Intraweb.stockton.edu . October 10, 2011.
2. Web site: Newsbank.com . October 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210946/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=WRAB&d_place=WRAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11CB7F8E25817890&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . January 4, 2014 . dead .
3. Rohan, Virginia. "Old Tappan's P.J. Byrne co-stars on new CBS series 'Intelligence'", The Record (Bergen County), January 7, 2014. Accessed January 22, 2014. "It's a great time for P.J. Byrne.On the big screen, the actor with roots in Old Tappan can be seen as one of Leonardo DiCaprio's debaucherous crew in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street.... 'Fourth grade all through high school, that was Old Tappan,' says Byrne, whose older sister Courtney was in the same Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan graduating class as Cory Booker."
4. Web site: P.J. Byrne Talks New HBO Hit Series "Vinyl," Appearing in "The Wolf of Wall Street," New York and More. Downtown Magazine NYC. February 15, 2016. January 30, 2019.
5. Web site: P. J. Byrne. TV Guide. March 27, 2019.
6. Web site: P.J. Byrne the Latest to Cheat Death in Final Destination 5. Dread Central. Barton. Steve. August 31, 2010. January 8, 2019.
7. Web site: The Legend of Korra actor P.J. Byrne joins Dwayne Johnson's Rampage. Flickering Myth. Cook. Justin. March 1, 2017. January 8, 2019.
8. Web site: Jaime Padula, P. J. Byrne. . July 8, 2007 . October 10, 2011.
9. Web site: The Master of Improv – P. J. Byrne. Resident. Travin. Michael. June 2, 2017. March 27, 2019. March 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221906/http://residentpublications.com/61680-2/. dead.
10. Web site: Reynolds . Maca . 2023-07-27 . Dogs Fight Together in the First Trailer for Scooby-Doo and Krypto, Too! . 2023-11-03 . MovieWeb . en.
11. Web site: Godfrey . Jake . March 17, 2024 . Jack Black reuniting with The Farrelly brothers for Dear Santa . May 6, 2024 . Film Stories.
12. Web site: Melissa . Billie . 2023-10-17 . Timothée Chalamet Reveals He's Working With Elvis Prep Team for Bob Dylan Portrayal . 2024-05-06 . Men's Journal Streaming . en.
13. Web site: Grobar . Matt . 2024-04-01 . Jordan Alexa Davis & P.J. Byrne Round Out Cast Of David Robert Mitchell's 'Flowervale Street' . 2024-05-06 . Deadline . en-US.
14. Web site: P. J. Byrne (visual voices guide) . November 3, 2023 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
15. Web site: 'Gen V' Trailer Takes 'The Boys' to College, Teases Appearances From Main Series Characters . Variety . EJ . Panaligan . December 3, 2022 . December 4, 2022.