American Horror Story (2011-2016) as Spalding / Larry Harvey / Liz Taylor / Stanley / R
Short Info
Date Of Birth
January 17, 1962
Spouse
Hugo Redwood
Fact
He was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Music from a Locked Room" at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
Denis O’Hare is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his role as Larry Harvey in the FX series American Horror Story, for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also appeared in such films as Charlie Wilson’s War, Milk, and Dallas Buyers Club.
O’Hare was born on January 21, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Margaret Ann (née O’Hare) and John M. O’Hare. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a homemaker. He has four siblings, one of whom is his twin brother, Daniel. O’Hare was raised in a Catholic family and attended Rockhurst High School. He then went on to study acting at Northwestern University, from which he graduated in 1984.
O’Hare’s first professional role was in a Chicago production of An Enemy of the People in 1985. He then went on to appear in several Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. His first film role came in 1993 with the film Philadelphia, in which he played a lawyer. He has since appeared in such films as Charlie Wilson’s War, Milk, and Dallas Buyers Club.
O’Hare is perhaps best known for his role as Larry Harvey in the FX series American Horror Story. He has appeared in all eight seasons of the show, for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
O’Hare has been married to Hugo Redwood since 2011. The couple have two children together.
As of 2021, Denis O’Hare’s net worth is estimated to be $5 million.
[on his 2011 marriage to Hugo Redwood, in "Out" Magazine] We got married because we wanted to do it quickly for fear that they would take it away again, like they did in California. Getting married was a political act because so many people fought so hard for it. Also, every time I say the word "husband" and somebody flinches, I am helping to teach society this is the way it will be. This is the way it is.
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[after being detained at an airport as a possible terrorist] For the first time I feel like leaving the country. America is becoming a nightmare with the permanent war culture brought on by this President. I don't recognize my country. - November 2005
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Has one adopted son.
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As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Michael Clayton (2007), Milk (2008) and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
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Holds an Irish Passport.
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Irish-American.
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He was awarded the 1992 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Hauptmann" at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Music from a Locked Room" at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was nominated for a 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Sneaky Feelings" at the Remains Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "The Voice of the Prairie" at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Hauptmann" at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was awarded the 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Never the Sinner" at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Nominated six times for the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League, for "Take Me Out" (2003), "Assassins" (2004), "Sweet Charity" (2006), "Inherit the Wind" and "A Spanish Play" (2007), "Uncle Vanya" (2008) and "An Iliad" (2011).
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Born in Kansas City, Missouri but raised in Southfield, Michigan.
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For his performance as Oscar in Broadway's "Sweet Charity," he won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He was also nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award (Best Actor in a Musical) and two Broadway.com Audience Awards, for Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical and Favorite Onstage Pair (with Christina Applegate).
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In addition to his Tony Award for "Take Me Out", he also won the 2003 Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award and Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
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Won the 2003 Clarence Derwent Award for "Take Me Out", presented to outstanding newcomers to the New York theater scene.
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Made his Broadway debut in "Racing Demon" (1995).
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Spent 12 years as a stage actor in Chicago before moving to New York.
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Graduate, Brother Rice High School Class of '80.
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Won Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for his performance as Mason Marzac in Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out." Was nominated the next year, in 2004, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for playing Garfield assassin Charles J. Guiteau in "Assassins."