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My Take
Denis O'Hare is the kind of character actor I trust completely. Trained at Northwestern, the Kansas City native won a Tony for Take Me Out and built a film resume of sharp supporting turns in Charlie Wilson's War, Milk, Changeling, and Dallas Buyers Club. But it's his vampire king Russell Edgington on True Blood that I keep coming back to, gleefully theatrical and genuinely menacing. He moves between Broadway and screen without ever losing his edge, and he can pivot from gravitas to camp in a single scene. That stage-trained precision is exactly why I look for his name in a cast list.
Overview
Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on the HBO fantasy series True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in such films as Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Milk (2008), Changeling (2008), and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Denis O'Hare
- Name (Japanese)
- デニス・オヘア
- Reading
- でにす・おへあ
- Born
- January 17, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Tiger
- Origin
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Northwestern University
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.