Brían F. O'Byrne

For other people with similar names, see Brian O'Byrne (disambiguation).

Brían F. O'Byrne
Born	Brían Francis O'Byrne (1967-05-16) 16 May 1967 Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Heather Goldenhersh
Children	2 daughters

Brían Francis O'Byrne (born 16 May 1967) is an Irish actor, best known for his work in the United States.

Early life and education

O'Byrne was born Brían Francis O'Byrne in Mullagh, County Cavan on 16 May 1967. He attended the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College in Dublin. He moved to New York City in 1990, and was cast in the Irish Repertory Theatre production of Philadelphia Here I Come.^[1]

Career

O'Byrne first attracted notice for his performances in the Martin McDonagh plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996) as Pato Dooley (for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play) and The Lonesome West (1997). He is known for taking on serious and dramatic roles, such as a serial killer in Frozen (1998) (for which he won a Tony Award) and a priest accused of child molestation in Doubt: A Parable (2004), for which he received a Tony Award nomination. O'Byrne also appeared as a priest in the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby. In May 2007, O'Byrne was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Alexander Herzen in Tom Stoppard's 2002 trilogy The Coast of Utopia. He appeared in the play by John Patrick Shanley Outside Mullingar on Broadway in 2014, and received a nomination for the 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Actor In A Play.^[2]

In 2011, O'Byrne was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his performance in Mildred Pierce as Bert Pierce. O'Byrne was featured in the 2009–2010 ABC series FlashForward, in which he played Aaron Stark. The show was not renewed. FlashForward began airing in Ireland on January 4, 2010.^[3]

In 2012, O'Byrne was cast in the ABC drama pilot Gilded Lilys created and produced by Shonda Rhimes.^[4]

Personal life

O'Byrne is married to American actress Heather Goldenhersh, with whom he co-starred in the Broadway play Doubt: A Parable. The couple has two daughters together, the first born in 2008, the second in 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Avenue X	Sonny	short film
1997	Electricity	Graham Crouch	short film
1997	The Fifth Province	Timmy
1997	The Last Bus Home	Jessop
2000	An Everlasting Piece	George
2001	Bandits	Darill Miller
2001	Disco Pigs	Gerry
2001	The Grey Zone	Gestapo Interrogator, SS-Untersturmfuhrer
2001	Mapmaker	Richie Markey
2003	Easy	Mick McCabe
2003	Intermission	Mick
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Father Horvak
2005	In an Instant	The Man
2005	The New World	Lewes
2006	Bug	Dr. Sweet
2007	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Bobby
2007	No Reservations	Sean
2009	The International	The Consultant
2010	Brooklyn's Finest	Ronny Rosario
2011	Season of the Witch	Grandmaster	uncredited
2013	Medeas	Ennis
2014	Jimmy's Hall	Commander O’Keefe
2014	Queen and Country	RSM Digby

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Joe Forrester	N/A	Episode: “An Act of Violence”
1998	Amongst Women	Luke	4 episodes
2001	Oz	Padraig Connolly	3 episodes
2004	The Blackwater Lightship	Larry	TV Film
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Liam Connors	Episode: “Ghost”
2007	American Experience	Alexander Hamilton	Episode: “Alexander Hamilton”
2007–08	Brotherhood	Colin	18 episodes
2009–10	FlashForward	Aaron Stark	17 episodes
2010	Medium	Clark Kerwin	Episode: “The People in Your Neighborhood”
2011	Mildred Pierce	Bert Pierce	5 episodes
2011–12	Prime Suspect	Detective Reg Duffy	13 episodes
2013	Gilded Lilys	Edwin Lily	unsuccessful television pilot
2013–14	Love/Hate	D.I. Mick Moynihan	11 episodes
2015–16	Aquarius	Ken Karn	20 episodes
2015	The Bastard Executioner	Baron Ventris	2 episodes
2015	Exposed	Quigg	unsuccessful television pilot
2015	The Last Ship	Sean Ramsey	8 episodes
2015	Saints & Strangers	John Billington, Sr.
2016	The Magicians	Mayakovsky

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2007	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Won
2007	Satellite Awards	Best Cast – Motion Picture	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Won
2011	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Mildred Pierce	Nominated

References

↑ Harty, Patricia. "What Are You Like? Brían F. O’Byrne" irishamerica.com, April/May 2014
↑ Gans, Andres (April 22, 2014). "64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations Announced; A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Leads the Pack". Playbill.
↑ RTÉ.ie (December 29, 2009). "FlashForward star talks about coming home". RTÉ.ie.
↑ Wightman, Catriona (February 20, 2012). "Brian O'Byrne joins ABC's 'Gilded Lilys' pilot". Digital Spy.

External links

Brían F. O'Byrne at the Internet Broadway Database
Brían F. O'Byrne at the Internet Movie Database

Awards for Brían F. O'Byrne

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

Anthony Hopkins (1975)
John Wood (1976)
Al Pacino (1977)
Barnard Hughes (1978)
Philip Anglim (1979)
John Rubinstein (1980)
Ian McKellen (1981)
Christopher Plummer (1982)
Harvey Fierstein (1983)
Dustin Hoffman (1984)
John Lithgow (1985)
Ed Harris (1986)
James Earl Jones (1987)
Ron Silver (1988)
Philip Bosco (1989)
Nathan Lane (1990)
Ron Rifkin (1991)
Brian Bedford (1992)
Ron Leibman (1993)
Brian Bedford (1994)
Ralph Fiennes (1995)
Frank Langella (1996)
David Morse / Christopher Plummer (1997)
Anthony LaPaglia (1998)
Brian Dennehy (1999)
Stephen Dillane (2000)
Richard Easton (2001)
Alan Bates (2002)
Eddie Izzard (2003)
Kevin Kline (2004)
Brían F. O'Byrne (2005)
Richard Griffiths (2006)
Frank Langella (2007)
Mark Rylance (2008)
Geoffrey Rush (2009)
Liev Schreiber (2010)
Bobby Cannavale (2011)
James Corden (2012)
Tracy Letts (2013)
Bryan Cranston (2014)
Alex Sharp (2015)
Frank Langella (2016)

Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture

2004	Sideways Thomas Haden Church Paul Giamatti Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh

2005	Crash Chris Bridges Sandra Bullock Don Cheadle Matt Dillon Jennifer Esposito William Fichtner Brendan Fraser Terrence Howard Thandie Newton Ryan Phillippe Larenz Tate

2006	The Departed Anthony Anderson Alec Baldwin Matt Damon Leonardo DiCaprio Vera Farmiga Jack Nicholson Martin Sheen Mark Wahlberg Ray Winstone

2007	Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Albert Finney Rosemary Harris Ethan Hawke Philip Seymour Hoffman Brían F. O’Byrne Amy Ryan Michael Shannon Marisa Tomei

2009	Nine Marion Cotillard Penélope Cruz Daniel Day-Lewis Judi Dench Fergie Kate Hudson Nicole Kidman Sophia Loren

2011	The Help Anna Camp Jessica Chastain Viola Davis Nelsan Ellis Aunjanue Ellis Bryce Dallas Howard Dana Ivey Allison Janney Leslie Jordan Brian Kerwin Chris Lowell Ahna O’Reilly David Oyelowo Sissy Spacek Octavia Spencer Mary Steenburgen Emma Stone Cicely Tyson Mike Vogel

2012	Les Miserábles Samantha Barks Sacha Baron Cohen Helena Bonham Carter Russell Crowe Anne Hathaway Hugh Jackman Eddie Redmayne Amanda Seyfried Aaron Tveit

2013	Nebraska Bruce Dern Missy Doty Will Forte Rance Howard Stacy Keach Angela McEwan Bob Odenkirk Devin Ratray Melinda Simonsen June Squibb Roger Stuckwisch Mary Louise Wilson

2014	Into the Woods Christine Baranski Tammy Blanchard Emily Blunt James Corden Lilla Crawford Frances de la Tour Johnny Depp Daniel Huttlestone Anna Kendrick Billy Magnussen MacKenzie Mauzy Chris Pine Lucy Punch Meryl Streep Tracey Ullman

2015	Spotlight Brian d’Arcy James Michael Keaton Rachel McAdams Mark Ruffalo Liev Schreiber John Slattery Stanley Tucci

2016	Hidden Figures Mahershala Ali Kevin Costner Kirsten Dunst Taraji P. Henson Aldis Hodge Janelle Monáe Jim Parsons Glen Powell Kimberly Quinn Octavia Spencer

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

1949–1975	Arthur Kennedy (1949) Eli Wallach (1951) John Cromwell (1952) John Williams (1953) John Kerr (1954) Francis L. Sullivan (1955) Ed Begley (1956) Frank Conroy (1957) Henry Jones (1958) Charlie Ruggles (1959) Roddy McDowall (1960) Martin Gabel (1961) Walter Matthau (1962) Alan Arkin (1963) Hume Cronyn (1964) Jack Albertson (1965) Patrick Magee (1966) Ian Holm (1967) James Patterson (1968) Al Pacino (1969) Ken Howard (1970) Paul Sand (1971) Vincent Gardenia (1972) John Lithgow (1973) Ed Flanders (1974) Frank Langella (1975)

1976–2000	Edward Herrmann (1976) Jonathan Pryce (1977) Lester Rawlins (1978) Michael Gough (1979) David Rounds (1980) Brian Backer (1981) Zakes Mokae (1982) Matthew Broderick (1983) Joe Mantegna (1984) Barry Miller (1985) John Mahoney (1986) John Randolph (1987) B. D. Wong (1988) Boyd Gaines (1989) Charles Durning (1990) Kevin Spacey (1991) Laurence Fishburne (1992) Stephen Spinella (1993) Jeffrey Wright (1994) John Glover (1995) Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1996) Owen Teale (1997) Tom Murphy (1998) Frank Wood (1999) Roy Dotrice (2000)

2001–present	Robert Sean Leonard (2001) Frank Langella (2002) Denis O'Hare (2003) Brían F. O'Byrne (2004) Liev Schreiber (2005) Ian McDiarmid (2006) Billy Crudup (2007) Jim Norton (2008) Roger Robinson (2009) Eddie Redmayne (2010) John Benjamin Hickey (2011) Christian Borle (2012) Courtney B. Vance (2013) Mark Rylance (2014) Richard McCabe (2015) Reed Birney (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 103259754 LCCN: no2007134578 GND: 139934294

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