John Benjamin Hickey | |
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 Hickey at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit, at Shubert Alley in New York City on July 9, 2011 | |
| Born | June 25, 1963 Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Partner | Jeffrey Richman (2003–present) |
John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor 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 .
Hickey was born in Plano, Texas, and graduated from Plano Sr. High School [1] 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. [2] [3]
On Broadway, he originated the role of Arthur in Terrence McNally's play Love! Valour! Compassion! in 1995, [4] a role he recreated for the 1997 film version. [5]
He played supporting roles in a number of films including The Ice Storm (1997) [6] and The Anniversary Party (2001). [7] He has also appeared in Flightplan , Flags of Our Fathers , Freedom Writers , Then She Found Me , Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , The Bet [6] and Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows . [8]
He played Clifford Bradshaw in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret , which won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. [9] In that same year, he played the lead in the independent film Finding North . [10]
On Broadway, he played Reverend John Hale in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible . [9]
Hickey played American novelist and playwright Jack Dunphy in the 2006 Truman Capote biographical film Infamous . [11] Hickey played Philip Stoddard on the short-lived gay-themed sitcom It's All Relative . [12] 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, Featured Actor in a Play. [9] He was in the Broadway revival of Mary Stuart in 2009, as the Earl of Leicester. [13] [14]
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, [15] 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. [16]
In 2015, he appeared Off-Broadway at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre in the play Dada Woof Papa Hot by Peter Parnell. [17]
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. [18]
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. [19]
Hickey is gay. Since 2003 his partner has been screenwriter and television producer Jeffrey Richman. [20]
Source: TCM; [21] AllMovie [22]
| 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 | Completed |
| 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" | |
| Critical Situation | Narrator | Episode: "Nightmare on Mount Hood" | |
| 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 | 3 episodes | |
| Gossip Girl | Roy Sachs | 3 episodes |
| 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 [25] [26] | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Six Degrees of Separation | Flan Kittredge | Broadway |
| 2018 | The Inheritance | Henry Wilcox | Young Vic & West End |
| 2019–2020 | Broadway |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Mary Stuart | Nominated |
| 2011 | Tony Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | The Normal Heart | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Ensemble Performance | Won | ||
| 2013 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Big C: Hereafter | Nominated |
| 2020 | Tony Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | The Inheritance | Nominated |
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