Brían F. O'Byrne

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

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.

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 (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.

In 2011, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a 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.

O'Byrne will co-star on the upcoming ABC drama series Gilded Lillys created and produced by Shonda Rhimes.

Personal life

O'Byrne is married to American actress Heather Goldenhersh with whom he co-starred in the broadway play Doubt. The couple has two daughters together, one being born in 2008, and the other being born in 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Avenue X	Sonny	Short film
1997	The Fifth Province	Timmy
1997	The Last Bus Home	Jessop
1997	Electricity	Graham Crouch	Short film
2000	An Everlasting Piece	George
2001	Mapmaker	Richie Markey
2001	Bandits	Darill Miller
2001	Disco Pigs	Gerry
2001	The Grey Zone	SS Interrogator
2003	Easy	Mick McCabe
2003	Intermission	Mick
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Father Horvak
2005	The New World	Lewes
2005	In an Instant	The Man
2007	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Bobby
2007	Bug	Dr. Sweet
2007	No Reservations	Sean
2009	The International	The Consultant
2010	Brooklyn's Finest	Ronny Rosario
2011	Season of the Witch	Teutonic High Priest	Uncredited
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	Television film
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Liam Connors	Episode: "Ghost"
2007–08	Brotherhood	Colin Carr	18 episodes
2007	The American Experience	Alexander Hamilton	Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
2009–10	FlashForward	Aaron Stark	15 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
2013–14	Love/Hate	Mick Moynihan	11 episodes
2015	Exposed	Quigg	Unsuccessful television pilot
2015–present	Aquarius	Ken Karn	7 episodes
2015	The Last Ship	Lt. Cmdr. Sean Ramsey	8 episodes
2015	The Bastard Executioner	Baron Erik Ventris	2 episodes
2015	Saints & Strangers	John Billington

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		Won
2011	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Mildred Pierce	Nominated

External links

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