Christopher O'Shea

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O'Shea at Patriots Day Premiere
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Christopher O'Shea is an English actor best known for his debut role in the 2016 feature film Patriots Day , his role as Jareth Glover on the television series Madam Secretary , and his part as Professor Philip Farlow in the television sitcom Baby Daddy .

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Career

O'Shea was an extra in the 2002 movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the 2007 film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . [1]

In 2009, he appeared in the short film, Dead Hungry, which was his first credited acting job. [2] In 2014, he was a recurring character in the ABC Family (later Freeform) sitcom Baby Daddy , which was his first television role. [3] From 2016 to 2017, he appeared in the CBS drama Madam Secretary as Jareth Glover, the English fiancé of Stevie McCord. [4]

In 2016, he appeared in Boston Marathon bombing film Patriots Day . [5] [6] Also that year, he was cast in the film Alaska is a Drag. [7]

In 2017, O'Shea starred in the romantic comedy, A Simple Wedding alongside Tara Grammy. He plays a Californian artist who falls in love with a second generation Persian woman and must bridge the cultural divide with her conservative family. [8]

In 2018, O'Shea won a supporting role in the independent film A Modern Persuasion, a modern adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion . [9]

From October 2018 to January 2019, O'Shea played the role of Spike in Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem at the Lincoln Center. [10]

In November 2020, O'Shea was cast in a recurring role on the third season of the Netflix psychological thriller series You . [11] In 2022, he was cast as Percival Pickens, the primary antagonist in the second half of the sixth season of Riverdale .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Book Store Costumeruncredited
2009Dead HungryBrad
2015ConDickieShort film
2016 Patriots Day Patrick Downes
2017Alaska Is a DragKyle
2018 A Simple Wedding Alex Talbot [12]
2019Exit StrategyShane [13]
2020Modern PersuasionTyler Pratt

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Baby Daddy PhilipRecurring
2015Point of HonorRobert SumnerTV movie [14]
2016–2017 Madam Secretary Jareth GloverRecurring; 7 episodes
2017Me, Myself and IDuaneEpisode: "Family Tree"
2017Chinese BurnOllie
2017-2018 Gone NoahRecurring; 6 episodes
2020 The Rookie Officer Chris Rios2 episodes
2021 You AndrewRecurring; season 3
2021 Magnum P.I. Oliver Kent
2022 Riverdale Percival PickensRecurring; season 6

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