Denis O'Hare
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A Tony award-winning stage performer who has also made his mark on screens both big and small, Denis O'Hare has appeared in such popular television series as Law & Order, and such critically acclaimed features as The Anniversary Party and 21 Grams.Initally known as a stage actor, the Kansas City native honed his craft at Northwestern University before jumping into the Chicago theater scene. Soon, O'Hare made the move to New York City to try his luck on Broadway. He proved a natural at musicals, and would quickly go on to earn accolades for performances in Assassins and Cabaret. He made minor headlines when he missed a performance of Sweet Charity: he and partner Hugo Redwood were inexplicably held by the TSA on terror charges while attempting to board a plane bound for New York (after attending his sister's wedding in Virginia). But O'Hare and co-star Christina Applegate both earned Drama Desk nominations for the play.On the big screen, the actor made strides with appearances in such films as River Red and Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown. Though O'Hare did display an impressive onscreen charisma, his stage roots would continue to serve him well in roles opposite Campbell Scott in Hamlet, Carol Burnett in the made-for-TV Once Upon a Mattress, and in the New York theater-world melodrama Heights. O'Hare won points with the indie-hipster crowd in the twentysomething hit Garden State (as a philosophical man living in a landlocked houseboat), as well as in Ryan Fleck's Oscar-nominated drama Half Nelson. A role in director Michael Winterbottom's political drama A Mighty Heart followed in 2007.He's appeared steadily in both critically lauded films and box office hits like Charlie Wilson's War, Michael Clayton, Milk, Baby Mama, and The Proposal. In 2011 he was cast as one of the main characters in the FX series American Horror Story. An avid artist and activist in his spare time, O'Hare began crafting Cornell Boxes for friends after reading about the curious art pieces in a William Gibson novel, and devotes much of his energy toward promoting alternative energy sources and gay rights, protesting the Iraq War and the War on Terror, and helping to feed and clothe the homeless.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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24% | The Postcard Killings |
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— | 2020 |
87% | Swallow |
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— | 2020 |
13% | Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical! |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | El asesino de las postales |
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— | 2020 |
80% | Delete History (Effacer l'historique) |
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— | 2020 |
64% | The Day Shall Come |
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— | 2019 |
25% | The Goldfinch |
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— | 2019 |
69% | Bottom of the 9th |
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— | 2019 |
79% | Late Night |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | Danger One |
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— | 2018 |
66% | Lizzie |
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— | 2018 |
47% | Allure |
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— | 2018 |
100% | The Parting Glass |
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— | 2018 |
86% | Novitiate |
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$0.6M | 2017 |
92% | From Nowhere |
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$5.9k | 2017 |
38% | A Worthy Companion |
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— | 2017 |
25% | Army of One |
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— | 2016 |
14% | The Pyramid |
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$2.4M | 2014 |
66% | The Town That Dreaded Sundown |
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— | 2014 |
49% | The Judge |
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$35.7M | 2014 |
94% | The Normal Heart |
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— | 2014 |
93% | Dallas Buyers Club |
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$23.8M | 2013 |
69% | C.O.G. |
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$55.8k | 2013 |
43% | J. Edgar |
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$37.4M | 2011 |
39% | The Eagle |
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$19.5M | 2011 |
55% | Edge of Darkness |
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$43.3M | 2010 |
40% | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men |
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— | 2009 |
44% | The Proposal |
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$164M | 2009 |
70% | An Englishman in New York |
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— | 2009 |
65% | Duplicity |
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$40.6M | 2009 |
93% | Milk |
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$31.8M | 2008 |
62% | Changeling |
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$35.8M | 2008 |
56% | Quarantine |
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$31.7M | 2008 |
63% | Baby Mama |
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$60.3M | 2008 |
20% | Pretty Bird |
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— | 2008 |
82% | Charlie Wilson's War |
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$66.7M | 2007 |
23% | Awake |
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$14.3M | 2007 |
91% | Michael Clayton |
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$49M | 2007 |
84% | Rocket Science |
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$0.7M | 2007 |
79% | A Mighty Heart |
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$9.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | American Loser |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Once Upon a Mattress |
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— | 2005 |
21% | Derailed |
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$36M | 2005 |
64% | Heights |
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$1.1M | 2005 |
83% | Angel Rodriguez |
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— | 2005 |
86% | Garden State |
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$26.8M | 2004 |
80% | 21 Grams |
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$16.2M | 2003 |
60% | The Anniversary Party |
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$3M | 2001 |
70% | Hamlet |
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— | 2000 |
77% | Sweet and Lowdown |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Saint Maybe |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | River Red |
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— | 1998 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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48% |
The Nevers
2021
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93% |
This Is Us
2016
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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83% |
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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82% |
When We Rise
2016-2017
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76% |
American Horror Story
2012-2019
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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90% |
Banshee
2013-2016
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58% |
The Comedians
2015
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No Score Yet |
American Horror Story: Freak Show
2014
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No Score Yet |
American Horror Story: Hotel
2015
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68% |
Rake
2014
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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70% |
True Blood
2008-2014
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Miami
2002-2012
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79% |
Bored to Death
2009-2011
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79% |
Brothers & Sisters
2006-2011
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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No Score Yet |
American Experience
1988
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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Quotes from Denis O'Hare's Characters
Jon: | The bible says - |
Samuel: | I know what the bible says |
Jon: | Well then what's your problem with it ? |
Samuel: | It's poorly written |