O'Hare was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Margaret Karene (née Kennedy; January 25, 1931 – October 8, 2008) and John M. O'Hare.[4] He has three sisters, Pam, Patricia and Kathleen, and one brother, Michael.[4] O'Hare grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, living in Southfield until he was 15, when his family moved to Wing Lake in Bloomfield Hills.[5] His mother was a musician and he grew up playing the church organ.[6] O'Hare is of Irish descent and holds an Irishpassport.[7]
As a teenager, O'Hare was in his school's choir and in 1974 he went to his first audition, gaining a chorus part in a community theatre production of Show Boat.[8] In 1980, O'Hare left Detroit for Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University.[9]
O'Hare won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out, where his character's lengthy monologues in which he slowly falls in love with the game of baseball were considered the main reason for his award. He won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Oscar Lindquist in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity.
In 2010, O'Hare joined the cast of HBO's True Blood in its third season as Russell Edgington, the vampire king of Mississippi who is 2,800 years old.[11] In 2011, he appeared in the film The Eagle as a Roman officer named Lutorius. Recently he has appeared in a recurring role as Judge Charles Abernathy on the television drama series The Good Wife. O'Hare also co-starred as Larry Harvey in FX's first season of American Horror Story, Murder House.
O'Hare is gay and has been married to designer Hugo Redwood since July 28, 2011.[12] The couple have an adopted son, Declan.[13] He identifies as an atheist.[14]
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denis, hare, denis, patrick, seamus, hare, born, january, 1962, american, actor, singer, author, noted, award, winning, performances, plays, take, sweet, charity, well, portraying, vampire, king, russell, edgington, fantasy, series, true, blood, also, known, s. Denis Patrick Seamus O Hare born January 17 1962 is an American actor singer and author noted for his award winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on HBO s fantasy series True Blood He is also known for his supporting roles in such films as Charlie Wilson s War Milk Changeling and Dallas Buyers Club In 2011 he starred as Larry Harvey in the first season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2012 He returned to the show in 2013 playing Spalding in American Horror Story Coven and once more as Stanley in American Horror Story Freak Show the latter for which he earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination For his performance in American Horror Story Hotel as Liz Taylor O Hare received critical acclaim 2 3 Denis O HareAt the premiere of An Englishman in New York Tribeca Film Festival 2009BornDenis Patrick Seamus O Hare 1 1962 01 17 January 17 1962 age 60 Kansas City Missouri U S Alma materNorthwestern University School of CommunicationOccupationsActor singer authorYears active1982 presentSpouseHugo Redwood m 2011 wbr Children1Websitedenisohare wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditO Hare was born in Kansas City Missouri the son of Margaret Karene nee Kennedy January 25 1931 October 8 2008 and John M O Hare 4 He has three sisters Pam Patricia and Kathleen and one brother Michael 4 O Hare grew up in the suburbs of Detroit living in Southfield until he was 15 when his family moved to Wing Lake in Bloomfield Hills 5 His mother was a musician and he grew up playing the church organ 6 O Hare is of Irish descent and holds an Irish passport 7 As a teenager O Hare was in his school s choir and in 1974 he went to his first audition gaining a chorus part in a community theatre production of Show Boat 8 In 1980 O Hare left Detroit for Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University 9 Career Edit O Hare discussing his role in Milk and the film s subject O Hare won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Richard Greenberg s Take Me Out where his character s lengthy monologues in which he slowly falls in love with the game of baseball were considered the main reason for his award He won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Oscar Lindquist in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity In 2003 O Hare played a doctor in 21 Grams In 2004 he played Charles J Guiteau in the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim s Assassins for which he was nominated for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Tony Award He lost to co star Michael Cerveris who played John Wilkes Booth Before appearing in those shows he appeared on Broadway in the 1998 revival of Cabaret in which he played Ernst Ludwig onstage and the clarinet in the show s orchestra the Kit Kat Band O Hare was featured in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Saint Maybe He has appeared as a guest star on several episodes of Law amp Order and its spin offs Law amp Order Special Victims Unit and Law amp Order Criminal Intent In 2008 he appeared as a guest star on several episodes of Brothers amp Sisters His feature film credits include The Anniversary Party 10 21 Grams Garden State Derailed Michael Clayton A Mighty Heart Half Nelson Milk Edge of Darkness Charlie Wilson s War and Changeling In 2009 O Hare portrayed Phillip Steele an amalgam character based on Quentin Crisp s friends Phillip Ward and Tom Steele in a television biopic on Crisp entitled An Englishman in New York The same year he played therapist Dr David Worth in the series Bored to Death episode 1 3 O Hare at the 2013 Wizard World New York Experience In 2010 O Hare joined the cast of HBO s True Blood in its third season as Russell Edgington the vampire king of Mississippi who is 2 800 years old 11 In 2011 he appeared in the film The Eagle as a Roman officer named Lutorius Recently he has appeared in a recurring role as Judge Charles Abernathy on the television drama series The Good Wife O Hare also co starred as Larry Harvey in FX s first season of American Horror Story Murder House In 2012 O Hare starred alongside Amy Adams and Donna Murphy as the Baker in Stephen Sondheim s Into the Woods at The Public Theater The production played at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park NYC from July 23 to September 1 2012 In 2013 O Hare returned to American Horror Story for its third season American Horror Story Coven where he portrayed Spalding the house butler O Hare portrayed con artist Stanley on the fourth season of the series American Horror Story Freak Show In 2015 O Hare played a hotel worker Liz Taylor on the fifth season of the series American Horror Story Hotel and in 2016 he was Dr Elias Cunningham on the sixth season American Horror Story Roanoke Most recently O Hare portrayed the Provincetown resident Holden Vaughn on the tenth season American Horror Story Double Feature Personal life EditO Hare is gay and has been married to designer Hugo Redwood since July 28 2011 12 The couple have an adopted son Declan 13 He identifies as an atheist 14 Filmography EditMain article Denis O Hare filmographyAwards EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Denis O HareSee also EditList of Broadway musicals starsReferences Edit The Pluck of the Irish Theatermania Hanks E A January 14 2016 American Horror Story Season 5 Finale The Real Lady The New York Times retrieved January 15 2016 Pruner Aaron January 17 2016 Sorry Lady Gaga but Denis O Hare is AHS Hotel s true star Zap2It retrieved July 1 2016 permanent dead link a b Margaret Karene Kennedy O Hare Daily Press October 12 2008 Chris Azzopardi November 20 2008 The Milk Man Pride Source Archived from the original on July 27 2011 Retrieved February 20 2010 Marcus Sanford June 25 2007 Hey There Hi There O Hare Alone Time With Out Tony Award Winning Actor Denis O Hare Queer Sighted Archived from the original on July 17 2010 Retrieved February 20 2010 A Talk With Denis O Hare Take Me Out s Mason Marzac a CurtainUp interview www curtainup com Retrieved March 13 2020 Julie Yolles January 10 2008 Staging a Coup Hour Detroit Retrieved February 20 2010 Notable Alumni School of Communication Northwestern University Archived from the original on March 18 2014 The Anniversary Party 2001 Internet Movie Database Denis O Hare Drops Some Hints About True Blood Season 3 January 29 2010 Retrieved March 13 2020 True Blood star weds gay partner Toronto Sun July 29 2011 Retrieved July 29 2011 True Blood Star Denis O Hare Husband Hugo Redwood Planning to Adopt US Magazine September 27 2012 Retrieved December 13 2013 Murray Steve BWW Review THE GOOD BOOK at Berkeley Rep is Denis O Hare and Lisa Peterson s Must See Examination of Faith Meaning Science and Rationalism BroadwayWorld com Retrieved March 13 2020 External links EditDenis O Hare at Wikipedia s sister projects Media from Commons Data from Wikidata Official website Denis O Hare at AllMovie Denis O Hare at the Internet Broadway Database Denis O Hare at IMDb Denis O Hare at the Internet Off Broadway Database Denis O Hare at Rotten Tomatoes Denis O Hare at the TCM Movie Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Denis O 27Hare amp oldid 1114534972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
