John Benjamin Hickey
| John Benjamin Hickey | |
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 Hickey at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit, at Shubert Alley in New York City, July 9, 2011 |
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| Born | June 25, 1963 Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. He won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart.
On Broadway, he originated the role of Arthur in Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Love! Valour! Compassion! in 1995, a role he would recreate for the 1997 film version. He played Clifford Bradshaw in the 1998 revival of Cabaret, which won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, and played Reverend John Hale in the Tony-nominated 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. He recently played Sean, the homeless brother of Cathy (played by actress Laura Linney), the main character on the Showtime series The Big C.
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Career [edit]
Education [edit]
Hickey graduated from Plano Sr. High School, Plano Texas 1981 and attended Texas State University - San Marcos from 1981–1983, where he was active in the theater department.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree in English at Fordham University in 1985.[2]
Film [edit]
On film, in addition to his role in Love! Valour! Compassion! Hickey played the lead in the 1998 independent film Finding North and played American novelist and playwright Jack Dunphy in the 2006 Truman Capote biopic Infamous, along with supporting roles in a number of other films, including The Ice Storm and The Anniversary Party. Hickey's best-known television role is perhaps that of Philip Stoddard on the short-lived gay-themed ABC sitcom It's All Relative.
Since It's All Relative, Hickey has appeared on Alias, Law & Order, Brothers & Sisters, Stacked, Heartland, In Plain Sight, and most recently Law & Order: Los Angeles. He appeared in Flightplan, Flags of Our Fathers, Freedom Writers, Then She Found Me, the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Bet and Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.
Theatre [edit]
In addition to Cabaret, Love! Valour! Compassion!, and The Crucible, he was cast in the 2011 revival of The Normal Heart, for which he earned a Tony Award. He has also been in a production of Mary Stuart.[3]
Personal life [edit]
Hickey was born in Plano, Texas. He is openly gay; his longtime partner is Modern Family writer Jeffrey Richman.
Filmography [edit]
| Genre | Year | Title | Episode | Role | Notes |
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| TV series | 1990 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | "Here's a Quick and Easy Recipe for Leftovers" | Trent | |
| Short film | 1991 | Dangerous Music | Tyler | 24 minutes | |
| Short film | 1992 | The Bet | Henry | 21 minutes | |
| TV film | 1994 | Normandy: The Great Crusade | Louis Simpson | voice actor | |
| TV series | 1994 | NYPD Blue | "Good Time Charlie" | Paul Gaines | |
| Film | 1994 | Only You | Dwayne, Faith's fiancé | ||
| Film | 1994 | The Ref | Old Baybrook Policeman | ||
| Film | 1995 | Comfortably Numb | Priest | ||
| TV series | 1995 | New York News | "You Thought the Pope Was Something" | ||
| Film | 1996 | Eddie | Joe Nader | ||
| Short film | 1996 | Sin #8 | |||
| TV series | 1997 | Nothing Sacred | "Speaking in Tongues" | Dr. Elliott | |
| Film | 1997 | The Ice Storm | Mark Boland | ||
| Film | 1997 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | Arthur Pape | ||
| TV series | 1998 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | "The Great Dickdater" | Rick | |
| Film | 1998 | Finding North | Travis Furlong | ||
| TV series | 1998 | Law & Order | "Castoff" | Charles Thatcher | 5 episodes total |
| TV series | 1998 | Sex and the City | "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" | Tom | |
| TV series | 1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | "Zen and the Art of Murder" | Dennis Kohler | |
| Film | 1999 | The General's Daughter | Captain Goodson | ||
| Film | 1999 | The Bone Collector | Dr. Barry Lehman | ||
| TV film | 1999 | The Lady in Question | Paul Kessler | ||
| TV series | 2000 | D.C. | "Truth" "Justice" "Blame" "Party" |
Rob Rob Congressman Owens Neil |
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| TV film | 2000 | Hamlet | Horatio | ||
| TV series | 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Misleader" "Nocturne" |
Assistant District Attorney | |
| TV film | 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder | |||
| Film | 2001 | The Anniversary Party | Jerry Adams | ||
| TV series | 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Slaves of Las Vegas" | Dr. Sidney Cornfeld | |
| TV series | 2001 | The Guardian | "Loyalties" | The Hudson's Attorney | |
| TV film | 2001 | A Glimpse of Hell | |||
| TV film | 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Roger Edens | ||
| TV series | 2001 | NYPD Blue | "Mom's Away" | Phillip Connor | |
| Film | 2002 | Changing Lanes | Carlyle | ||
| TV series | 2002 | Hack | "Obsession" | Dr. Martin Shane | |
| TV series | 2002 | Law & Order | "DR 1-102" | Aaron Solomon | 5 episodes total |
| TV series | 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | "Con-Text" | Randall Fuller | |
| TV series | 2003 | It's All Relative | "Pilot" "Truth and Consequences" "Hell's Kitchen" "Take Me Out" "The Doctor Is Out" "Waking Uncle Paddy" "Swangate" "Road Trippin' " "Thanks, But No Thanks" "Artistic Differences" "The Santa That Came to Dinner" |
Philip Stoddard | 22 episodes total |
| TV series | 2004 | It's All Relative | "Doggy-style" "Fight for Your Invite to Party" "What's Up" "Our Sauce, It Is a Beauty" "Ready, Aim, Sing" "Tackleboxxx/The Love Below" "Cross My Heart" "A Long Day's Journey Into Leonard's" "Oscar Interruptus" "Who's Camping Now" "Philip in a China Shop" |
Philip Stoddard | 22 episodes total |
| TV series | 2004 | Law & Order | "C.O.D." | Aaron Solomon | 5 episodes total |
| TV series | 2005 | Alias | "In Dreams" | Father Kampinski | |
| Film | 2005 | Flightplan | David | ||
| TV series | 2005 | Law & Order | "Mammon" | Aaron Solomon | 5 episodes total |
| TV film | 2005 | Silver Bells | Lawrence | ||
| TV series | 2006 | Brothers & Sisters | "Light the Lights" | Major Guinness | |
| Film | 2006 | The Ex | Wesley's Dad | ||
| Film | 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Sergeant Keyes Beech | ||
| TV film | 2006 | A House Divided | President Russell | ||
| Film | 2006 | Infamous | Jack Dunphy | ||
| TV series | 2006 | Justice | "Wrongful Death" | Lloyd Barrett | |
| TV series | 2006 | Law & Order | "Profiteer" | Aaron Solomon | 5 episodes total |
| TV series | 2006 | Stacked | "The Headmaster" | Headmaster Keenan | |
| TV series | 2006 | Undercover History | "Amelia Earhart" | Narrator | voice actor; 6 episodes total |
| Film | 2007 | Freedom Writers | Brian Gelford | ||
| TV series | 2007 | Heartland | "Pilot" | Bill | |
| TV film | 2007 | The Hunt for the Boston Strangler | Narrator | voice actor | |
| TV documentary | 2007 | Secrets of the Moon Landings | Narrator | voice actor | |
| Film | 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | John Stanton | ||
| TV series | 2007 | Critical Situation | "Nightmare on Mt. Hood" | Narrator | voice actor; also known as Situation Critical |
| Film | 2007 | Then She Found Me | Alan | ||
| TV series | 2007 | Undercover History | "The Hunt for Hitler" "The Hunt for the Boston Strangler" "J. Edgar Hoover" |
Narrator | voice actor; 6 episodes total |
| TV series | 2008 | In Plain Sight | "Don of the Dead" | Donald Ferguson/Donald Fraser | |
| TV film | 2008 | Living Proof | Blake Rogers, Dr. Slamon's friend and fellow scientist | ||
| TV documentary | 2008 | The Real George Washington | Narrator | voice actor | |
| TV series | 2008 | Undercover History | "Unabomber: The Secret History" "Undercover Titanic with Bob Ballard" |
Narrator/Himself | voice actor; 6 episodes total |
| TV film | 2009 | Lincoln: American Mastermind | Narrator | voice actor | |
| Film | 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Deputy Mayor LaSalle | ||
| TV series | 2009 | Timewatch | "The Real Bonnie and Clyde" | Narrator | voice actor |
| Film | 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Theodore Galloway | ||
| TV series | 2010 | The Big C | "Pilot" "Summer Time" "There's No C in Team" "Playing the Cancer Car" "Blue-Eyed Iris" "Taking Lumps" "Two for the Road" "Happy Birthday, Cancer" "The Ecstasy and the Agony" "Divine Intervention" "New Beginnings" "Everything That Rises Must Converge" "Taking the Plunge" |
Sean Tolkey | 36 episodes total |
| TV series | 2010 | Law & Order: LA | "Pasadena" | Congressman Thomas Nelson | |
| Short film | 2010 | Civil Unions: A Love Story | 4 minutes | ||
| TV series | 2011 | The Big C | "Losing Patients" "Musical Chairs" "Sexual Healing" "Boo!" "Cats and Dogs" "The Little c" "Goldilocks and the Bears" "The Last Thanksgiving" "A Little Death" "How Do You Feel?" "Fight or Flight" "The Darkest Day" "Crossing the Line" |
Sean Tolkey | 36 episodes total |
| TV series | 2011 | A Gifted Man | "In Case of Exposure" | Ben Tucker | |
| TV series | 2011 | The Good Wife | "Great Firewall" | Neil Gross | 3 episodes total |
| TV series | 2012 | The Big C | "Thin Ice" "What's Your Story?" "Bundle of Joy" "Family Matters" "Face Off" "Life Rights" "How Bazaar" "Killjoy" "Vaya Con Dios" "Fly Away" |
Sean Tolkey | 36 episodes total |
| TV series | 2012 | The Good Wife | "Live from Damascus" "Two Girls, One Code" |
Neil Gross | 3 episodes total |
| TV series | 2012 | The Mob Doctor | "Family Secrets" | Mark Easton | |
| Film | 2012 | My Eleventh | |||
| TV series | 2012 | The New Normal | "The God-Parent Trap" "Dog Children" "The Big Day |
Father Michael | 3 episodes Total |
| Film | 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Dr. Mitchell |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John Benjamin Hickey |
- John Benjamin Hickey at the Internet Movie Database
- John Benjamin Hickey at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Benjamin Hickey at AllRovi
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- 1963 births
- Actors from Texas
- American film actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- Gay actors
- LGBT entertainers from the United States
- Living people
- People from Plano, Texas
- 20th-century American actors
- 21st-century American actors
- Fordham University alumni
- Texas State University–San Marcos alumni
