Robert Clohessy

Robert Clohessy
Born	(1957-06-10) June 10, 1957 New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Catherine Erhardt
Children	2

Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the HBO prison drama Oz from seasons 3–6, in addition to playing Officer Patrick Flaherty on the NBC police procedural Hill Street Blues, Warden Boss James Neary on the HBO crime drama Boardwalk Empire for the first two seasons and Lieutenant Sid Gormley on the CBS police drama Blue Bloods.

Early life

Clohessy was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of John Clohessy, a police officer. He fought in the 1975 Golden Gloves in Madison Square Garden. He graduated from Pearl River High School in Pearl River, New York, and from SUNY Purchase where he studied under Walt Witcover.

Career

Clohessy has had recurring roles in daytime dramas All My Children, Boy Meets World, and Guiding Light. In primetime, he has become known for his multiple regular turns as police officers and other law enforcement officials, creating parallels between his acting career and upbringing by his policeman father. The first of such roles was in the seventh and final season of Hill Street Blues, as Officer Patrick Flaherty. The following season, Clohessy was cast as the new co-star of Pat Morita on the ABC detective series Ohara, playing Lt. George Shaver. In 1995, he appeared in the episode "Hell's Angel" of the situation comedy Double Rush.

He later joined the cast of the HBO prison drama Oz as Correctional Officer Sean Murphy. However, in between these roles, Clohessy had a supporting role as Thomas Smaraldo on NBC's comedy/drama Tattingers (1988–89) and soon after appeared in a starring role on NBC's short-lived comedy One of the Boys (1989). Clohessy co-starred on the Neal Marlens/Carol Black ABC sitcom Laurie Hill in 1992, playing a stay-at-home freelance writer. In 2008, Clohessy had a regular role in the short-lived Fox show New Amsterdam. He won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

In feature films, Clohessy played a supporting role in Across the Universe, playing the part of Jude's long-lost father. He played Jack Parker in The Crimson Mask. His largest big budget film role was opposite Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines. Onstage, he played Mike in the Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Pal Joey, from November 2008 through February 2009. He played the bartender in 27 Dresses (2008). From 2010 to the present (2024), he has had a supporting role as Sid Gormley, on the police drama Blue Bloods. In January 2012, he played Jack Healy in Season 1/Episode 13 in Unforgettable. In 2012, he portrayed Sergeant Silva in the film The Avengers.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Believers	Diner Detective
1989	Sidewalk Stories	Alley Tough #1
1993	Stone Soup	Stephen
1994	Angels in the Outfield	Frank Gates
2005	The Interpreter	FBI Agent King
	The Signs of the Cross	Vic
2006	16 Blocks	Cannova
	A Merry Little Christmas	Mayor
2007	Across the Universe	Wesley 'Wes' Huber
	One Night	Doug
	Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe	Det. Journell
2008	27 Dresses	Dive Bartender
	The Drum Beats Twice	Victor Pepperdine
	Calling It Quits	Jake
	Priceless	Jerry
2009	The Crimson Mask	Jack Parker
2010	An Affirmative Act	Lance Lane
	All Good Things	Building Superintendent
2011	Arthur	Veteran Cop
	Fake	Patrick White
	My Last Day Without You	Scully
	Tower Heist	Parade Cop
2012	Man on a Ledge	Prison Guard
	The Avengers	Sergeant Silva
	The Night Never Sleeps	Detective Jablonsky
	The Place Beyond the Pines	Chief Weirzbowski
	Desperate Endeavors	Mark
	Broadway's Finest	Buckley
2013	Send No Flowers	Mickey O'Mara
2013	The Immigrant	Immigration Official
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Nolan Drager
2014	Charlie Mantle	Bartender
	A Most Violent Year	Mr. Rose
	A Strong Collected Spirit	Lolly Kent
2015	Living with the Dead: A Love Story	John McLean
	Disco!	Cowboy Kevin
	And It Was Good	Driver
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Deputy Warden Hamlett
	To Whom It May Concern	Jack
	Sugar!	Ben
	Confidence Game	Anthony
	My Art	Frank
	The Drowning	Captain Miller
2017	Good Time	NYPD Police Officer
	The Devil's Restaurant	Chef Dominick
2018	Honor Amongst Men	John Halmo
	The Brawler	Anthony Mango
2020	Equal Standard	Internal Affairs Detective Rullan
	A Beautiful Distraction	Morgan
	Chemical Hearts	Martin Sawyer
	Chronicle of a Serial Killer	Judge Weber
2021	Last Call	Aiden
	The Last Disco	Kevin Sansone
2022	Fire Island	Detective Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–1987	Hill Street Blues	Patrick Flaherty	20 episodes
1987	St. Elsewhere	Policeman	Episode: "Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball"
1987–1988	Ohara	Lt. George Shaver	19 episodes
1988–1989	Tattingers	Father Thomas Smaraldo	3 episodes
1989	One of the Boys	Mike Lukowski	6 episodes
	Midnight Caller	Phil Gaff	Episode: "Tarnished Shield"
1989–1991	Jake and the Fatman	Doug McEwen / Victor Potemkin	3 episodes
1990	The Young Riders	Roy	Episode: "Hard Time"
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Capt. Hayden	Episode: "The Sanctuary Mystery"
	Monsters	Stanley	Episode: "One Wolf's Family"
	Matlock	Harlan Fondy	Episode: "The Narc"
1991	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Jeff Moore	Episode: "A Life in Progress"
	Roseanne	Christian / Al	Episode: "Communicable Theater"
	Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion	Tony Loomis	Television film
	Reasonable Doubts	Johnny Ray Simpson	Episode: "Making Dirt Sick"
1992	In the Shadow of a Killer	Sean Doyle	TV movie
	Devlin	Kevin McQuaid
	Laurie Hill	Jeff Hill	10 episodes
1994	Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker	Dan Broyles	TV movie
	The Good Life	Joe	Episode: "John's New Assistant"
	Couples	Ray	TV movie
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	John Dillinger	Episode: "That Old Gang of Mine"
1994, 1996	Diagnosis: Murder	Merrick's Bodyguard / Reggie	2 episodes
1995	Homicide: Life on the Street	Detective Douglas Jones	Episode: "Partners"
	Love & War	Sam Biondi	Episode: "Mob Story"
	All-American Girl	Average Tony	Episode: "Pulp Sitcom"
	Double Rush	Fr. Joe Sardella	Episode: "Hell's Angel"
	The Great Mom Swap	Frank Balfour	TV movie
	NYPD Blue	Frank Wuthrich	Episode: "Torah! Torah! Torah!"
	High Society	Mitchell Brumberg	Episode: "Sleeping with the Enemy"
	My Wildest Dreams	Mel McGinnis	Episode: "Something's Gotta Give (Pilot)"
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Max Daniels	Episode: "Death Goes Double Platinum"
	Chicago Hope	Robert Malzone	2 episodes
1997	Married to a Stranger	David Potter	Television film
	The Practice	Detective Gagen	Episode: "Hide and Seek"
1998	Boy Meets World	Matt Frazier	Episode: "Eric Hollywood"
	Remember WENN	Policeman	Episode: "The Follies of WENN"
1998–2009	Law & Order	Various roles	4 episodes
1999	A Touch of Hope	Larry	TV movie
1999–2003	Oz	Officer Sean Murphy	38 episodes
2000	Guiding Light	Gil	6 episodes
	Third Watch	Danny Gamble	Episode: "Jimmy's Mountain"
2000–2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Leo Barth / Joel Parven / Vinnie	4 episodes
2001	100 Centre Street	Mike Byrne	Episode: "And Justice for Some"
2002 & 2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Roger Lemoyne / Phil LeGrand	2 episodes
2003	All My Children	Doug Lewis	Episode #1.8526
	Hack	Jack Tully	Episode: "Third Strike"
	Without a Trace	David Brummond	Episode: "Clare de Lune"
2004	Rescue Me	Steven	Episode: "Butterfly"
2006	The Book of Daniel	Billy	2 episodes
	Conviction	Coach Hankins	Episode: "Denial"
	Six Degrees	Scott Faubel	Episode: "Pilot"
2006–2007	Kidnapped	The Operator	9 episodes
2007	The Black Donnellys	Agent Hicks	Episode: "When the Door Opens"
	Damages	Lawrence Pedroia	Episode: "We Are Not Animals"
2008	New Amsterdam	Detective Santori	6 episodes
2009	Life on Mars	Frank Wyatt	Episode: "Let All the Children Boogie"
	The Unusuals	Mike Boorland	Episode: "Boorland Day"
2010	White Collar	Roy	Episode: "Unfinished Business"
2010–2011	Boardwalk Empire	Alderman Jim Neary	17 episodes
2010–present	Blue Bloods	Sid Gormley
2012	Unforgettable	Jack Healy	Episode: "Brotherhood"
2012–2013	Curse of the Crimson Mask	Jack Parker	3 episodes
2014	The Blacklist	William Munson	Episode: "The Judge (No. 57)"
2015	Cold Bloods	Captain	2 episodes

External links

• Robert Clohessy at IMDb