Brían F. O'Byrne

This Irish actor is as comfortable in front of the camera as he is on the stage.Seen on screen in Terrence Malick’s “The New World,” he also appeared in such films as Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby,” two films for Barry Levinson – “Bandits” and “An Everlasting Piece,” and Tim Blake Nelson’s “The Grey Zone.” Mr. O’Byrne’s appeared in William Friedkin’s adaptation of the off-Broadway hit “Bug,” with Ashley Judd and Harry Connick, Jr., and “No Reservations,” a remake of the critically acclaimed German film, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Catherine Zeta Jones and Aaron Eckhart.

His television credits include the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of “Blackwater Lightship,” HBO’s “Oz,” and “Law & Order: SVU.” This fall he portrays the title role on the two-hour PBS docudrama, “Alexander Hamilton.”

Mr. O’Byrne credits his training at the Samuel Beckett Center, Trinity College, Dublin for his many successes on stage. He is a four-time Tony nominee (“The Lonesome West,” “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” “Doubt”) and won the Tony for his portrayal of a murderous pedophile in 2004’s “Frozen.” His most recent Broadway production was Shining City, for which he received his third Drama Desk nomination.

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