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Brian Geraghty

American actor

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name	Brian Geraghty
image	Brian Geraghty by David Shankbone.jpg
caption	Geraghty in 2010
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occupation	Actor
years_active	1999–present

Brian Geraghty is an American actor, known for his roles in the 2005 film Jarhead, the 2008 film The Hurt Locker, and in the 2012 film Flight, along with his recurring role in the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire. He appeared as a regular on NBC's Chicago P.D. from 2014 to 2016 and played Theodore Roosevelt in the TV series The Alienist. From 2020 to 2022, he portrayed Ronald Pergman on the ABC thriller drama Big Sky. He had a main role as Ranch Foreman Zane Davis on the Paramount+ western series 1923 (2022–2025).

Early life

Geraghty grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, and is of Irish descent. He graduated from Toms River High School East in 1993 and then studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre before beginning his professional career in New York City; he later moved to Los Angeles.

Career

Geraghty was featured in a small role in the crime drama The Sopranos. Feature roles soon followed, in such pictures as Jarhead, Bobby, The Guardian, We Are Marshall, and The Hurt Locker. He also appeared in the January 6, 2010, episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Quickie", as a man intentionally infecting women with HIV. In 2013, he portrayed Agent Knox on the HBO crime drama series Boardwalk Empire. In August 2014, Geraghty was cast as a series regular on the second season of the NBC procedural Chicago P.D., playing Sean Roman. In 2018, Geraghty starred in the TNT drama The Alienist, as NYPD Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt.

Personal life

In his free time, Geraghty enjoys surfing.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Petty Crimes	Rookie Cop
Town Diary	Young Frank Ryan
2003	Earl & Puppy	Terry	Short film
2004	Stateside	Chris
2005	Conversations with Other Women	Groom
Cruel World	Collin
Jarhead	Private First Class Fergus O'Donnell
2006	Art School Confidential	Stoob
Bobby	Jimmy
The Elder Son	Greg
The Guardian	Billy Hodge
We Are Marshall	Tom Bogdan
When a Stranger Calls	Bobby
2007	An American Crime	Bradley
I Know Who Killed Me	Jerrod Pointer
2008	The Hurt Locker	Owen Eldridge
Love Lies Bleeding	"Duke"	Direct-to-video
2009	Easier with Practice	Davy Mitchell
2010	Bastard	Man	Short film
The Chameleon	Brian Jansen
Krews	Henry McFarlin
Open House	David
The Second Bakery Attack	Dan	Short film
2011	Seven Days in Utopia	Jake
10 Years	Garrity Liamsworth
2012	ATM	David Hargrove
Flight	Ken Evans
Refuge	Sam
2013	Ass Backwards	Brian Hickman
Kilimanjaro	Doug
2014	Date and Switch	Lars
The Identical	William Hemsley
Loitering with Intent	Devon
WildLike	Uncle
2017	My Days of Mercy	Weldon
Avenues	Jack
2018	The Standoff at Sparrow Creek	Noah
2019	Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile	Dan Dowd
Faith	Chris
2020	Blindfire	Will Bishop
2024	Red Right Hand	Sheriff Hollister
The Luckiest Man in America	Ed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Law & Order	Phillip Ludwick	Episode: "Hate"
The Sopranos	Counter Boy	Episode: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
2001	Ed	Ari	Episode: "Windows of Opportunity"
2010, 2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Peter Butler / Sean Roman	Episodes: "Quickie" and "Daydream Believer"
2012	True Blood	Brian Eller	3 episodes
2013	Boardwalk Empire	Warren Knox / Jim Tolliver	Recurring role (season 4)
2014	Ray Donovan	Jim Halloran	Recurring role (season 2)
2014–2020	Chicago P.D.	Sean Roman	Main cast (seasons 2–3); guest (season 7)
Chicago Fire	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2015–2016	Chicago Med	Guest role; 3 episodes
2018	The Alienist	Theodore Roosevelt	Main cast
2020	Briarpatch	Gene Colder	Main cast
The Fugitive	Colin Murphy	Main cast
2020–2022	Big Sky	Ronald Pergman	Main cast (Seasons 1 & 2)
2022	Gaslit	Peter	Recurring role
2022–2025	1923	Zane Davis	Main cast; miniseries

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Bobby
2009	Gotham Award	Best Ensemble Performance	The Hurt Locker
2009	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award	Best Ensemble	The Hurt Locker
2010	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The Hurt Locker
2014	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boardwalk Empire

References

"Irish Eye on Hollywood By TOM DEIGNAN, Irish America Magazine, March 12, 2010". Irishcentral.com.
"Brian Geraghty Pictures, Biography, Filmography, News, Videos". Starpulse.com.
"Brian Geraghty | Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits". Hollywood.com.
Goldberg, Lesley. (August 4, 2014). "'Chicago PD' Enlists 'Boardwalk Empire' Alum as New Series Regular". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
"Brian Geraghty - Yahoo biography". Movies.yahoo.com.
"Tick, Tick, Tick … | The Fix". Daily Front Row.

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