Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

1962-01-17 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 70 Credits

Biography

Denis O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his roles in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, for his portrayal of vampire Russell Edgington on the series True Blood and his different roles on American Horror Story, and for his supporting roles in such films as Milk, Changeling, and Dallas Buyers Club.

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The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

2024

as Dwight Cochrane

5.9
Acting

Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he'll see his son again.

Infinite Storm

Infinite Storm

2022

as Dave

5.7
Acting

One woman's journey for self-discovery and turns into a harrowing tale of survival.

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical

2020

as Old Max

5.1
Acting

A musical version of the classic story of the mean spirited Grinch who plots to steal Christmas from Whoville.

Delete History

Delete History

2020

as Le millionnaire américain

4.9
Acting

In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s fami...

The Postcard Killings

The Postcard Killings

2020

as Simon Haysmith

6.4
Acting

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twis...

Swallow

Swallow

2020

as Erwin William

6.6
Acting

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their con...

The Day Shall Come

The Day Shall Come

2019

as Andy

5.7
Acting

An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an...

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

2019

as Lucius Reeve

7.1
Acting

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he st...

Bottom of the 9th

Bottom of the 9th

2019

as Officer Lonergan

6.3
Acting

Bobby Stano had everything going for him. Fresh out of high school, he was signed to the majors, had a beautiful girlfriend, everything was looking up...

Late Night

Late Night

2019

as Brad

6.4
Acting

A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over di...

Private Life

Private Life

2018

as Dr. Dordick

6.9
Acting

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of ...

Lizzie

Lizzie

2018

as John Morse

6.2
Acting

Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control...

Danger One

Danger One

2018

as Craddock

5.9
Acting

While transporting a dying man to the hospital, two paramedics find a million dollars in cash sewn into his clothing. When the man dies, they decide t...

The Parting Glass

The Parting Glass

2018

as Danny

5.4
Acting

A family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.

The Parting Glass

The Parting Glass

2018

Producer, Writer

5.4
Producing Writing

A family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.

Allure

Allure

2018

as William

5.5
Acting

Plagued by the abuse of her past and the turmoil of failed intimate encounters, Laura struggles to find a lover and a sense of normalcy. Her beacon of...

Novitiate

Novitiate

2017

as Archbishop

6.4
Acting

In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing churc...

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

2017

as Edgar Allan Poe

7.2
Acting

How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

From Nowhere

From Nowhere

2017

as Isaac Miller

5.3
Acting

Three undocumented teenagers, a Dominican girl, an African boy and a Peruvian girl, are about to graduate high school in the Bronx, while working with...

Army of One

Army of One

2016

as Agent Doss

5.2
Acting

Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Arm...

Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

as Self

6.7
Acting

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

The Pyramid

The Pyramid

2014

as Holden

5.3
Acting

An archaeological team attempt to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

2014

as Charles B. Pierce, Jr.

5.7
Acting

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

The Judge

The Judge

2014

as Doc Morris

7.3
Acting

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of mur...

The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart

2014

as Hiram Keebler

7.8
Acting

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay a...

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

2013

as Dr. Sevard

7.9
Acting

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thi...

C.O.G.

C.O.G.

2013

as Jon

5.5
Acting

A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyon...

Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story

2012

as Self

9.2
Acting

In this video-short go behind the scenes with the cast of "American Horror Story" on how the show is made.

Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts

Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts

2012

Acting

Meet The "Ghosts" of American Horror Story's terrifying first season.

J. Edgar

J. Edgar

2011

as Albert Osborne

6.2
Acting

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind close...

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

2011

as Himself

Acting

Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for an in-depth look at the organization and its key players. Since 1988, they have ra...

The Eagle

The Eagle

2011

as Lotorius

6.2
Acting

In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arr...

5,000 Feet Is the Best

5,000 Feet Is the Best

2011

as Pilot

10.0
Acting

5000 Feet is the Best is a film based on two conversations that artist Omer Fast conducted in the fall of 2010 with a former Predator Drone aerial veh...

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

2010

as Moore

6.4
Acting

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his...

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

as A / Subject #3

5.1
Acting

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

The Proposal

The Proposal

2009

as Mr. Gilbertson

7.2
Acting

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, And...

Duplicity

Duplicity

2009

as Duke Monahan

5.9
Acting

Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...

An Englishman in New York

An Englishman in New York

2009

as Phillip Steele

6.4
Acting

Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there un...

Milk

Milk

2008

as John Briggs

7.2
Acting

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an acti...

Changeling

Changeling

2008

as Dr. Jonathan Steele

7.6
Acting

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mothe...

Quarantine

Quarantine

2008

as Randy

5.8
Acting

A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns huma...

Pretty Bird

Pretty Bird

2008

as Chuck

5.0
Acting

A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the busin...

The Babysitters

The Babysitters

2008

as Stan Lyner

6.0
Acting

Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works f...

Baby Mama

Baby Mama

2008

as Dr. Manheim

6.0
Acting

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...

The Tower

2008

as Richard March

Acting

Revolves around a group of Chicago reporters who treat breaking news as cases to be investigated and solved.

Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War

2007

as Harold Holt

6.5
Acting

In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afgh...

Awake

Awake

2007

as Financial News Analyst

6.5
Acting

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007

as Mr. Greer

6.8
Acting

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty ...

A Mighty Heart

A Mighty Heart

2007

as John Bussey

6.4
Acting

Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.

American Loser

American Loser

2007

as Mike

5.3
Acting

A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic ...

Stephanie Daley

Stephanie Daley

2007

as Frank

5.9
Acting

Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon aft...

Rocket Science

Rocket Science

2007

as Doyle Hefner

6.2
Acting

Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work...

Half Nelson

Half Nelson

2006

as Jimbo

6.6
Acting

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majo...

Once Upon A Mattress

Once Upon A Mattress

2005

as Prince Dauntless

5.8
Acting

Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come a...

Derailed

Derailed

2005

as Jerry the Lawyer

6.4
Acting

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their f...

Angel Rodriguez

Angel Rodriguez

2005

as Henry

4.8
Acting

A pregnant New York social worker tries to help a troubled teenager whose father kicked him out of his home.

Heights

Heights

2005

as Andrew

6.6
Acting

Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.

Garden State

Garden State

2004

as Albert

7.1
Acting

Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to...

Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman

Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman

2004

Acting

The remarkable life of the immigrant christened "the most dangerous woman in America" is explored in this documentary focusing on noted birth-control ...

21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

as Dr. Rothberg

7.3
Acting

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...

The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party

2001

as Ryan Rose

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...

Hamlet

Hamlet

2000

as Osric

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 Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

as Keating

5.7
Acting

Following World War I, Indy - now fluent in several languages - works as a translator at the controversial Paris Peace Conference, where he once more ...

The Acting Class

The Acting Class

2000

as Self

5.5
Acting

A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential a...

Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown

1999

as Jake

6.8
Acting

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Saint Maybe

Saint Maybe

1998

as Reverend Emmett

6.2
Acting

A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brot...

River Red

River Red

1998

as Father

7.0
Acting

Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, D...

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day

1998

as Russell

3.7
Acting

It's your traditional Irish holiday - cousins are having sex, couples are getting divorced, John Michael has brought his boyfriend and Millicent might...

The Postcard Killer

N/A

as Simon Haysmith

Acting

In the chilling sequel to The Postcard Killings, NYPD detective Jacob Kanon faces new terror. Haunted by his daughter's murder, Jacob is thrust back i...

Butterfly in the Typewriter

Butterfly in the Typewriter

N/A

as John Dewey Toole

Acting

Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.