Denis O'Hare - Overview

Date of Birth: N/A

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Nationality: Ireland

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A highly intense and prolific actor with a penchant for iron-willed roles, Denis O'Hare emerged as one of the most memorable characters on "True Blood" (HBO, 2008- ), playing the chief antagonist, the Vampire King of Mississippi, during the show's third season. An accomplished stage actor, O'Hare made a career portraying various authority figures - a priest on "Law & Order" (NBC, 1990-2010), a brusque immigration officer in the comedy "The Proposal" (2009), and a rigid state senator in the biopic "Milk" (2008). But his career reached a pop culture high when he joined the cast of "True Blood," director Alan Ball's popular fantasy saga. As the vampire king, O'Hare manifested true evil, yet he brought a surprising levity to the role by expressing delight in the supernatural, even when going against him. O'Hare successfully brought to life a character that was on the exterior a polite Southern gentleman, but was also the true incarnation of evil; successfully essaying this dichotomy proved the actor's immense talent was no fluke.

Born on Jan. 17, 1962 ... Read More

Filmography (26)

J. Edgar (2011)

The Eagle (2011)

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (2009)

The Proposal (2009)

Duplicity (2009)

Photos (2)

Milestones (18)

2010
Returned to Broadway to play the title character in "Elling"

2010
Joined the cast of HBO's "True Blood" in its third season as Russell Edgington, the vampire king of Mississippi

2009 - 2011
Had a recurring role as Judge Charles Abernathy on "The Good Wife" (CBS)

2009
Played an immigration officer trying to deport Sandra Bullock in "The Proposal"

2009 - 2010
Had a recurring role as a liberal judge on "The Good Wife" (CBS)

2008
Played State Senator John Briggs in "Milk"

2007
Played a CIA station chief in "Charlie Wilson's War"

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