Brían F. O'Byrne

Acting

Born 1967-05-16 Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland 55 credits Tony Awards 1 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 1

Awards

Won 1 Tony Award

Tony Awards 1 won · 4 nominated

2007 Best Actor in a Play Nominated
2005 Best Actor in a Play Nominated
2004 Best Featured Actor in a Play Won
1999 Best Actor in a Play Nominated
1998 Best Featured Actor in a Play Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1 won

— Outstanding Actor in a Play Won

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 1 won

2004 Outstanding Lead Actor Won

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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.

Brían F. O'Byrne

Awards

Tony Awards 1 won · 4 nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1 won

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 1 won

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