Biography
Brian Timothy Geraghty (born May 13, 1974) is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Ronald Pergman on Big Sky, Dale on the series The Fugitive, Gene Colder on Briarpatch, Theodore Roosevelt on The Alienist, Police Officer Sean Roman on Chicago P.D., Specialist Owen Eldredge in the Academy Award-winning film The Hurt Locker, Tom Bogdan in We Are Marshall, Billy Hodge in The Guardian, and Fergus O'Donnell in Jarhead.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Luckiest Man in America
2025
as Ed
1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endles...

Red Right Hand
2024
as Sheriff Hollister
Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns h...

Blindfire
2020
as Will Bishop
A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this...

Faith
2019
as Chris
A devout Evangelical Christian struggles with his faith and against the insistent pressures from his family and community after a sudden and unexpecte...

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
as Florida Public Defender Dan Dowd
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about hi...

Avenues
2019
as Jack
On his 25th birthday, following the death of his brother, Max and his best friend Peter wander the wintry streets of Manhattan, contemplating life, li...

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019
as Noah
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer...

My Days of Mercy
2018
as Weldon
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

Wildlike
2015
as Uncle
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a ...

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015
as Darren Wilson
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case dramatizes and juxtaposes the grand jury transcripts of two key witnesses in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager Mi...

The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
Executive Producer
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners ...

The Identical
2014
as William Hemsley
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, ...

Loitering with Intent
2014
as Devon
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interrupti...

Date and Switch
2014
as Lars
Two guys who make a pact to lose their virginity before prom find their friendship tested when one of them comes out of the closet.

Kilimanjaro
2013
as Doug
For years, Doug Collins has been wading through a routine unsatisfying job and an increasingly miserable relationship. After his girlfriend moves out,...

Ass Backwards
2013
as Brian
Two best friends embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.

Flight
2012
as Ken Evans
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs ...

Refuge
2012
as Sam
After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.

10 Years
2012
as Garrity
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

ATM
2012
as David
After leaving their company Christmas Party together, David Hargrove and Emily Brandt’s impromptu first date takes an unexpected turn when their cowor...

Seven Days in Utopia
2011
as Jake
Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.

The Second Bakery Attack
2010
as Dan
A newlywed couple attempts to save their marriage by recreating a petty crime.

Open House
2010
as David
A murderous couple invade a woman's home and hold her captive in the basement.

The Chameleon
2010
as Brian Jansen
The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he ha...

Bastard
2010
as Man
This film explores what makes the unbelievable believable. When we hear a story that seems mysterious or far-fetched, we put more trust in its accurac...

Krews
2010
as Henry McFarlin
A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the thugs that accosted them. Over the course of one explosive, ...
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
as Fergus O'Donnell (archive footage)
A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Easier with Practice
2009
as Davy Mitchell
Davy is a 28-year-old writer on a road trip to promote his unpublished collection of short stories. A random phone call in Davy's motel room from a my...

The Hurt Locker
2008
as Specialist Owen Eldridge
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his wo...

Love Lies Bleeding
2008
as Duke
A struggling young couple stumbles upon a cache of dirty money after a shootout in their apartment building.

An American Crime
2007
as Bradley
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

I Know Who Killed Me
2007
as Jerrod Pointer
An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming, a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When sh...

We Are Marshall
2006
as Tom Bogdan
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving p...

Cruel World
2006
as Collin
Following his dismissal from a television reality show, a deranged young man lures a group of beautiful coeds to his abode by telling them they will b...

The Guardian
2006
as Billy Hodge
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him ...

Bobby
2006
as Jimmy
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assas...

Conversations with Other Women
2006
as Groom
Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception f...

Art School Confidential
2006
as Stoob
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really ...

When a Stranger Calls
2006
as Bobby
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast ...

The Elder Son
2006
as Greg
A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his newfound "sister".

Jarhead
2005
as Fergus O'Donnell
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit a...

Town Diary
2002
as Young Frank Ryan
Brian McCauley, A TV producer returns to the bay town where he grew up to produce a simple reality TV show called "Town Diary". Once there he stumbles...