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Aliases: Brían Flynn O'Byrne , Brian O'Byrne , Brían O'Byrne

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

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Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

Biography

Brían Francis O'Byrne (born 16 May 1967) is an Irish actor who works mostly in the United States. He was born in Mullagh, County Cavan.  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 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. 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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Liam Connors
American Experience
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8

American Experience

(1988) Alexander Hamilton
Oz
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8

Oz

(1997) Padraic Connelly
The Magicians
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8

The Magicians

(2015) Mayakovsky
Manhunt
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8

Manhunt

(2017) Frank McAlpine
FlashForward
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7

FlashForward

(2009) Aaron Stark
Nightflyers
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6

Nightflyers

(2018) Auggie
Aquarius
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7

Aquarius

(2015) Ken Karn

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 O'Malley
Leon
2022 John Flynn
2020 Hugh
Gil Loescher
The Bone Collector
2019 Basil
2018 Auggie
2017 Frank McAlpine
Steve Jones
2015 Mayakovsky
John Billington
Baron Ventris
Ken Karn
RSM Digby
2014 Commander O'Keefe
2013 Ennis
Edwin Lily
2011 Reg Duffy
Bert Pierce
2010 Inpector Mick Moynihan
Det. Ronny Rosario
2009 Aaron Stark
The Consultant
2007 Bobby Lasorda
Sean
Alexander Hamilton
Dr. Sweet
2006 N/A
2005 Lewes
2004 Father Horvak
Larry
2003 Mick McCabe
Mick
2001 Richie Markey
Darill Miller
Gerry
Interrogator
2000 George
1999 Liam Connors
1998 Luke
1997 Timmy
Jessop
Padraic Connelly
1988 Alexander Hamilton
1951 Larry
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