John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey

1963-06-25 Plano, Texas, USA 46 Credits

Biography

John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor with a stage, film and television career. He won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Benjamin Hickey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Lilly

Lilly

2025

as Charles Ledbetter

3.0
Acting

A suspense drama based on the life of Fair Pay activist Lilly Ledbetter.

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

2024

as Father Callahan

6.1
Acting

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Sublet

Sublet

2020

as Michael

6.8
Acting

A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings ...

Mapplethorpe

Mapplethorpe

2019

as Sam Wagstaff

6.4
Acting

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Every Act of Life

Every Act of Life

2018

as Self

7.0
Acting

The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...

Forever My Girl

Forever My Girl

2018

as Pastor Brian

7.6
Acting

After being gone for a decade, a country star returns home to the love he left behind.

Hostiles

Hostiles

2017

as Captain Royce Tolan

6.9
Acting

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family thr...

Barry

Barry

2016

as Professor Gray

5.7
Acting

A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.

Tallulah

Tallulah

2016

as Stephen

6.7
Acting

Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargaine...

Truth

Truth

2015

as Mark Wrolstad

6.5
Acting

As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a si...

Big Stone Gap

Big Stone Gap

2014

as Theodore Tipton

5.9
Acting

A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

Get on Up

Get on Up

2014

as Richard

6.8
Acting

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect

2012

as Dr. Mitchell

7.3
Acting

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thru...

The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Self

6.8
Acting

The definitive feature-length documentary on the creation of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Galloway

6.2
Acting

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is drag...

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009

as Deputy Mayor LaSalle

6.4
Acting

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatche...

Living Proof

Living Proof

2008

as Blake Rogers

6.5
Acting

Dr Dennis Slamon, an American oncologist, discovers a treatment that could possibly cure breast cancer without radiation or chemotherapy. He tries to ...

CIA: Secret Experiments

2008

as Self - Narrator

6.8
Acting

It's the height of the Cold War and the United States government is desperate to combat the spread of Communism. The CIA launches a highly classified,...

Unabomber: The Secret History

Unabomber: The Secret History

2008

as Narrator

10.0
Acting

An overview on the actions, hunt and capture of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber.

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

2007

as John Stenton

5.4
Acting

A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the f...

Then She Found Me

Then She Found Me

2007

as Alan

5.6
Acting

A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother, an e...

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

2007

as Brian Gelford

7.9
Acting

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

The Ex

The Ex

2006

as Wesley's Dad

5.2
Acting

When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to ad...

Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

as Keyes Beech

6.9
Acting

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the s...

Infamous

Infamous

2006

as Jack Dunphy

6.5
Acting

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Silver Bells

Silver Bells

2005

as Lawrence

5.5
Acting

Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sel...

Flightplan

Flightplan

2005

as David

6.5
Acting

Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did s...

National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service

National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service

2004

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.0
Acting

Even though they are frequently seen flanking presidential convoys in their trademark dark suits and sunglasses, little is truly known about the insul...

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003

as Verus (voice)

7.2
Acting

Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator...

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

2002

as Carlyle

6.3
Acting

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two pe...

The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party

2001

as Jerry Adams

5.7
Acting

While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close fr...

A Glimpse of Hell

A Glimpse of Hell

2001

5.2
Acting

A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.

Hamlet

Hamlet

2000

as Horatio

4.7
Acting

A revised version of the Shakespeare play set in turn-of-the-20th-century America, where a prince seeks revenge against his father's killer.

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

1999

as Paul Kessler

4.0
Acting

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone el...

The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector

1999

as Dr. Barry Lehman

6.8
Acting

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and ...

The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter

1999

as Captain Goodson

6.4
Acting

When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill,...

Finding North

Finding North

1998

as Travis Furlong

4.9
Acting

Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Mistaking him for her per...

The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

1997

as Mark Boland

6.9
Acting

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Love! Valour! Compassion!

Love! Valour! Compassion!

1997

as Arthur Page

6.2
Acting

A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, ...

Eddie

Eddie

1996

as Joe Nader

5.5
Acting

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre r...

Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

1995

as Priest

1.5
Acting

A clean-cut young lawyer meets a beautiful prostitute who drags him into a decadent dead-end world of sex and corruption.

Only You

Only You

1994

as Dwayne

6.8
Acting

Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to m...

Normandy: The Great Crusade

Normandy: The Great Crusade

1994

as Louis Simpson (voice)

10.0
Acting

Documentary on the World War II invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944 utilizing diaries, personal letters, home movies, snapshots, period...

The Bet

1992

as Henry

Acting

Harry and Henry Hicks are partners in the deli they've inherited from their old man. But, younger brother Harry has a gambling problem and its gotten ...

Dangerous Music

Dangerous Music

1991

as Tyler

Acting

A woman, a string quartet, and a lot of anxiety.

History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb

History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb

N/A

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

The revelation behind how an Israeli physicist sold nuclear technologies to Iran after learning secrets from the United States, the Soviet Union, and ...