Daniel London | |
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Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse | Megan Reilly |
Daniel London (born 1973) is an American actor, best known for his roles in Patch Adams (1998), Rent (2005), and Old Joy (2006).
Born and raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, London began writing and acting in plays in high school. While he was a student at Mt. Lebanon High School, from which he graduated in 1991, his play The Martha War was performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
London attended Oberlin College, [1] where he continued to act while majoring in English. He moved to New York City after his graduation in 1995 to begin his acting career.
London landed one of his first major roles, alongside Robin Williams, in the 1998 film Patch Adams . [2] He also appeared on stage in two Beth Henley plays. London played Wally, the caretaker of the Pre-Cogs, in Minority Report in 2002. He also starred with Will Oldham in the 2006 film Old Joy . [3]
London lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his singer/songwriter wife, Megan Reilly. [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Patch Adams | Truman Schiff | |
2000 | Four Dogs Playing Poker | Kevin | |
Lisa Picard is Famous | Boyfriend | ||
2001 | My Best Friend's Wife | Eric Meyer | |
2002 | Big Trouble | John/Ivan | |
Minority Report | Wally the Caretaker | ||
2005 | Rent | Paul | |
2006 | Old Joy | Mark | |
2007 | Arranged | Elliot | |
2008 | The Toe Tactic | Elevator Man | |
Synecdoche, New York | Tom | ||
2009 | The Bridge to Nowhere | Chris | |
2010 | Armless | John | |
Its Kind of a Funny Story | Solomon | ||
2012 | On the Inside | Nathan Parks | |
The Exhibitionists | Gordo | ||
2013 | Concussion | Evan | |
Clutter | Miles Bickford | ||
2014 | Listen Up Philip | Seth | |
Saint Janet | Billy | ||
2018 | Vox Lux | Father Cliff | |
2019 | The Report | CIA Officer Fox | |
2024 | Friendship | Stan | Upcoming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | The Garden of Redemption | Pepe | TV movie |
1998 | A Soldier's Sweetheart | Eddie Diamond | TV movie |
The First Seven Years | Max | TV movie | |
1999 | Third Watch | Epstein | Episode: "Impulse" |
2002 | The Sopranos | Eddie | 2 episodes |
2002, 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mark Bayley / Dr. Joel Silverstern | 2 episodes |
2008 | Law & Order | Bradley Cameron | Episode: "Bogeyman" |
2009 | Fringe | Agent Feiken | Episode: "Midnight" |
Nurse Jackie | Mr. Batali | 2 episodes | |
The Good Wife | Isaac Loeb | Episode: "Unorthodox" | |
2011 | The Confession | Jimmy | Episode: "Chapter 1" |
Mildred Pierce | Mo Levinson | Episode: "Part Five" | |
Weekends at Bellevue | Steven | TV movie | |
2013 | Blue Bloods | Tyler Green | Episode: "Front Page News" |
2014 | The Americans | Roy Oatway | Episode: "Comrades" |
Black Box | Dean Norwood | Episode: "I Shall Be Released" | |
Gotham | Stan Potolsky | Episode: "Viper" | |
2014–2015 | Manhattan | J. Robert Oppenheimer | 8 episodes |
2015 | Minority Report | Wally the Caretaker | 10 episodes |
2016 | The Blacklist | Drexel | Episode: "Drexel (No. 113)" |
Elementary | Mateo Pena | Episode: "All In" | |
Blindspot | Emile | Episode: "We Fight Deaths on Thick Lone Waters" | |
2018 | Bull | Mark Zimmer | Episode: "Grey Areas" |
Instinct | Dan | Episode: "Pilot" | |
Deception | Miller Mackenzie | Episode: "Divination" | |
God Friended Me | Aleksander Leff | Episode: "King's Gambit" | |
2019 | Prodigal Son | Roger | Episode: "Designer Complicity" |
2020 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ash Gordon | Episode: "Solving for the Unknowns" |
Hollywood | George Cukor | 2 episodes | |
2023 | FBI | James Leavins | Episode: "The Lies We Tell" |
The Crowded Room | Greg | 2 episodes | |
2024 | Lady in the Lake | Dr. Kornblatt | 2 episodes |
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