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John Benjamin Hickey
American actor (born 1963)
American actor (born 1963)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | John Benjamin Hickey 2011 02.jpg |
| name | John Benjamin Hickey |
| caption | Hickey at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit, at Shubert Alley in New York City on July 9, 2011 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| occupation | Actor |
| education | |
| partner | Jeffrey Richman (2003–present) |
| years_active | 1990–present |
John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor and director 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.
Early life
Hickey was born in Plano, Texas, and graduated from Plano Sr. High School in 1981. He attended Texas State University - San Marcos from 1981 to 1983, where he was active in the theater department. He earned his bachelor's degree in English at Fordham University in 1985.
Career
On Broadway, he originated the role of Arthur in Terrence McNally's play Love! Valour! Compassion! in 1995, a role he recreated for the 1997 film version.
He played supporting roles in a number of films including The Ice Storm (1997) and The Anniversary Party (2001). He has also appeared in Flightplan, Flags of Our Fathers, Freedom Writers, Then She Found Me, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Bet
He played Clifford Bradshaw in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret, which won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical.
On Broadway, he played Reverend John Hale in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
Hickey played American novelist and playwright Jack Dunphy in the 2006 Truman Capote biographical film Infamous. Hickey played Philip Stoddard on the short-lived gay-themed sitcom It's All Relative. Since It's All Relative, Hickey has appeared on Alias, Law & Order, Brothers & Sisters, Stacked, Heartland, In Plain Sight, Law & Order: Los Angeles, and Modern Family.
He appeared in the 2011 Broadway revival of The Normal Heart, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He was in the Broadway revival of Mary Stuart in 2009, as the Earl of Leicester.
From 2010 to 2013, he appeared on The Big C and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the final season of the series, subtitled Hereafter. Hickey starred as scientist Frank Winter on the TV series Manhattan, which concluded on December 15, 2015, after two seasons and 23 episodes.
In 2015, he appeared Off-Broadway at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre in the play Dada Woof Papa Hot by Peter Parnell.
In 2018, he appeared in the world premiere of Matthew Lopez's play The Inheritance, inspired by E.M. Forster's novel Howards End, creating the role Henry Wilcox at London's Young Vic and then transferring to the West End.
On September 30, 2021, Hickey was cast as Father Callahan in the adaptation of Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot for Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema.
He directed the 2022 Broadway revival of the Neil Simon play Plaza Suite starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, which had originally been slated to begin previews in March 2020 and was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The production transferred to the West End and played a limited engagement at the Savoy Theatre from January to April 2024.
Personal life
Hickey is gay. Since 2003 his partner has been screenwriter and television producer Jeffrey Richman.
Filmography
Film
Source: TCM; AllMovie
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Ref | Old Baybrook Policeman | |
| Only You | Dwayne | ||
| 1995 | Comfortably Numb | Priest | |
| 1996 | Eddie | Joe Nader | |
| 1997 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | Arthur Pape | |
| The Ice Storm | Mark Boland | ||
| 1998 | Finding North | Travis Furlong | |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Captain Goodson | |
| The Bone Collector | Dr. Barry Lehman | ||
| 2001 | The Anniversary Party | Jerry Adams | |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Carlyle | |
| 2005 | Flightplan | David | |
| 2006 | Infamous | Jack Dunphy | |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Keyes Beech | ||
| The Ex | Wesley's dad | ||
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | Brian Gelford | |
| Then She Found Me | Alan | ||
| The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | John Stanton | ||
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Deputy Mayor LaSalle | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Theodore Galloway | ||
| 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Dr. Mitchell | |
| 2014 | Get On Up | Richard | |
| Big Stone Gap | Theodore Tipton | ||
| My Eleventh | |||
| 2015 | Truth | Mark Wrolstad | |
| 2016 | Tallulah | Stephen Mooney | |
| Barry | Professor Gray | ||
| 2017 | Hostiles | Captain Royce Tolan | |
| 2018 | Forever My Girl | Pastor Brian Page | |
| Mapplethorpe | Sam Wagstaff | ||
| 2020 | Sublet | Michael | |
| 2024 | 'Salem's Lot | Father Callahan | |
| Lilly | Charles Ledbetter |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Trent | Episode: "Here's a Quick and Easy Recipe for Leftovers" |
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | Paul Gaines | Episode: "Good Time Charlie" |
| Normandy: The Great Crusade | Louis Simpson (voice) | Television film | |
| 1995 | New York News | Episode: "You Thought the Pope Was Something" | |
| 1997 | Nothing Sacred | Dr. Elliott | Episode: "Speaking in Tongues" |
| 1998 | Law & Order | Charles Thatcher | Episode: "Castoff" |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Rick | Episode: "The Greatest Dickdater" | |
| Sex and the City | Tom | Episode: "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" | |
| 1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Dennis Kohler | Episode: "Zen and Art of Murder" |
| The Lady in Question | Paul Kessler | Television film | |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Miniseries | |
| D.C. | Various | 4 episodes | |
| Hamlet | Horatio | Television film | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mark Hickey | 2 episodes | |
| 2001 | A Glimpse of Hell | Television film | |
| Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Roger Edens | 2 episodes | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Sidney Cornfeld | Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas" | |
| The Guardian | The Hudson's Attorney | Episode: "Loyalties" | |
| NYPD Blue | Phillip Connor | Episode: "Mom's Away" | |
| 2002 | Hack | Dr. Martin Shane | Episode: "Obsession" |
| 2002–2006 | Law & Order | Aaron Solomon | 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Randall Fuller | Episode: "Con-Text" |
| 2003–2004 | It's All Relative | Philip Stoddard | 22 episodes |
| 2005 | Alias | Father Kampinski | Episode: "In Dreams..." |
| Silver Bells | Lawrence | Television film | |
| 2006 | Justice | Lloyd Barrett | Episode: "Wrongful Death" |
| Brothers & Sisters | Major Guinness | Episode: "Light the Lights" | |
| Stacked | Headmaster Keenan | Episode: "The Headmaster" | |
| A House Divided | President Russell | Television film | |
| 2006–2007 | Undercover History | Narrator | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | The Hunt for the Boston Strangler | Narrator | Television film |
| Heartland | Bill | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Situation Critical | US Narrator | 13 episodes | |
| Secrets of the Moon Landings | Narrator | Television film | |
| 2008 | The Real George Washington | Narrator | Television film |
| In Plain Sight | Donald Fraser / Donald Ferguson | Episode: "Don of the Dead" | |
| Living Proof | Blake Rogers | Television film | |
| 2009 | Timewatch | Narrator | Episode: "The Real Bonnie and Clyde" |
| Lincoln: American Mastermind | Narrator | Television film | |
| 2010 | Past Life | Sid | Episode: "Running on Empty" |
| Law & Order: LA | Thomas Nelson | Episode: "Pasadena" | |
| 2010–2013 | The Big C | Sean Tolkey | 40 episodes |
| 2011 | A Gifted Man | Ben Tucker | Episode: "In Case of Exposure" |
| 2011–2016 | The Good Wife | Neil Gross | 8 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | The Mob Doctor | Mark Easton | 3 episodes |
| The New Normal | Father Michael | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Dr. Sutcliffe | Episode: "Buffet Froid" |
| 2014 | Modern Family | Dr. Clark | Episode: "Under Pressure" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Tom Moore | Episode: "Wednesday's Child" | |
| 2014–2015 | Manhattan | Frank Winter | 22 episodes |
| 2015 | Difficult People | Fred | Episode: "Pledge Week" |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Neil Gross | 2 episodes |
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Bill Watson | Television film | |
| Mom | Dr. Sellers | Episode: "A Few Thongs and a Hawaiian Funeral" | |
| 2019 | Jessica Jones | Peter Lyonne | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | In Treatment | Colin | 6 episodes |
| HouseBroken | Various voices | 9 episodes | |
| Gossip Girl | Roy Sachs | 8 episodes | |
| 2025 | Daredevil: Born Again | Benjamin Hochberg | 2 episodes |
Theatre
Source: IBDB, IOBDB
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The End of the Day | Jonathan Toffler/Young Graydon | Off-Broadway |
| On the Bum | Oskar | Off-Broadway | |
| 1994–1995 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | Arthur Pape | Off-Broadway |
| 1995 | Broadway | ||
| 1996 | Blue Window | Griever | Off-Broadway |
| 1997 | God's Heart | David | Off-Broadway |
| 1998–1999 | Cabaret | Clifford Bradshaw | Broadway |
| 2002 | The Crucible | Reverend John Hale | Broadway |
| 2009 | Mary Stuart | Earl of Leicester | Broadway |
| 2011 | The Normal Heart | Felix Turner | Broadway |
| 2015 | Dada Woof Papa Hot | Alan | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Six Degrees of Separation | Flan Kittredge | Broadway |
| 2018 | The Inheritance | Henry Wilcox | Young Vic & West End |
| 2019–2020 | Broadway |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Mary Stuart | |
| 2011 | Tony Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | The Normal Heart | |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Ensemble Performance | |||
| 2013 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Big C: Hereafter | |
| 2020 | Tony Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | The Inheritance |
References
References
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- [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-anniversary-party-v244465 "The Anniversary Party"]. [[AllMovie]]. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
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