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John Benjamin Hickey
Hickey at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit, at Shubert Alley in New York City on July 9, 2011
Born (1963-06-25) June 25, 1963 (age 61)
Plano, Texas, U.S.
EducationTexas State University, San Marcos
Fordham University (BA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
SpouseJeffrey Richman (2003 (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.

Early life

Hickey was born in Plano, Texas, and graduated from Plano Sr. High School[1] in 1981. He attended Texas State University - San Marcos from 1981–1983, where he was active in the theater department. He earned his bachelor's degree in English at Fordham University in 1985.[2][3]

Career

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 biopic 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,[16] 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.[17]

In 2018 he appeared in the world premiere of Matthew Lopez's new 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]

Personal life

Hickey is openly gay. Since 2003 his partner has been screenwriter and television producer Jeffrey Richman.[19]

Filmography

Film

Source: TCM;[20] AllMovie[21]

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Dangerous Music Tyler Short film
1992 The Bet Henry Short film
1994 Only You Dwayne
1994 The Ref Old Baybrook Policeman
1995 Comfortably Numb Priest
1996 Eddie Joe Nader
1996 Sin #8 — Short film
1997 The Ice Storm Mark Boland
1997 Love! Valour! Compassion! Arthur Pape
1998 Finding North Travis Furlong
1999 The General's Daughter Captain Goodson
1999 The Bone Collector Dr. Barry Lehman
2001 The Anniversary Party Jerry Adams
2002 Changing Lanes Carlyle
2005 Flightplan David
2006 The Ex Wesley's dad
2006 Flags of Our Fathers Sergeant Keyes Beech
2006 Infamous Jack Dunphy
2007 Freedom Writers Brian Gelford
2007 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising John Stanton
2007 Then She Found Me Alan
2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 Deputy Mayor LaSalle
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Theodore Galloway
2010 Civil Unions: A Love Story — Short film
2012 My Eleventh —
2012 Pitch Perfect Dr. Mitchell
2014 Get on Up Richard
2014 Big Stone Gap Theodore Tipton
2015 Truth Mark Wrolstad
2016 Tallulah Stephen Mooney
2016 Barry Professor Gray
2017 Hostiles Captain Royce Tolan
2018 Forever My Girl Pastor Brian Page
2018 Mapplethorpe Sam Wagstaff
2020 Sublet Michael

Television series

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"
1997 Nothing Sacred Dr. Elliott Episode: "Speaking in Tongues"
1998 Law & Order Charles Thatcher Episode: "Castoff"
1998 3rd Rock from the Sun Rick Episode: "The Greatest Dickdater"
1998 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"
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Assistant District Attorney 2 episodes
2001 NYPD Blue Phillip Connor Episode: "Mom's Away"
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dr. Sidney Cornfeld Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas"
2002–06 Law & Order Aaron Solomon 4 episodes
2002 Hack Dr. Martin Shane Episode: "Obsession"
2003–04 It's All Relative Philip Stoddard 22 episodes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Randall Fuller Episode: "Con-Text"
2005 Alias Father Kampinski Episode: "In Dreams..."
2006–07 Undercover History Narrator 6 episodes
2006 Stacked Headmaster Keenan Episode: "The Headmaster"
2006 Brothers & Sisters Major Guinness Episode: "Light the Lights"
2006 Justice Lloyd Barrett Episode: "Wrongful Death"
2007 Heartland Bill Episode: "Pilot"
2008 In Plain Sight Donald Fraser
Donald Ferguson		 Episode: "Don of the Dead"
2009 Timewatch Narrator Episode: "The Real Bonnie and Clyde"
2010–13 The Big C Sean Tolkey 40 episodes
2010 Law & Order: LA Thomas Nelson Episode: "Pasadena"
2011–16 The Good Wife Neil Gross 8 episodes
2011 A Gifted Man Ben Tucker Episode: "In Case of Exposure"
2012–13 The Mob Doctor Mark Easton 3 episodes
2012–13 The New Normal Father Michael 3 episodes
2013 Hannibal Dr. Sutcliffe Episode: "Buffet Froid"
2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tom Moore Episode: "Wednesday's Child"
2014 Modern Family Dr. Clark Episode: "Under Pressure"
2014–15 Manhattan Frank Winter 22 episodes
2015 Difficult People Fred Episode: "Pledge Week"
2017 The Good Fight Neil Gross 2 episodes
2017 Mom Dr. Sellers Episode: "A Few Thongs and a Hawaiian Funeral"
2018 Jessica Jones Peter Lyonne 3 episodes

Television films

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Normandy: The Great Crusade Louis Simpson
1999 The Lady in Question Paul Kessler
2000 Hamlet Horatio
2000 Perfect Murder, Perfect Town —
2001 A Glimpse of Hell —
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Rogers Edens
2005 Silver Bells Lawrence
2006 A House Divided President Russell
2007 The Hunt for the Boston Strangler Narrator
2007 Secrets of the Moon Landings Narrator
2008 Living Proof Blake Rogers
2008 The Real George Washington Narrator
2009 Lincoln: American Mastermind Narrator
2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Bill Watson

Theatre

Source: IBDB,[22] IOBDB[23]

Year Title Role Notes
1992 The End of the Day Jonathan Toffler/Young Graydon Off-Broadway
1992 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[24][25] Off-Broadway
2017 Six Degrees of Separation Flan Kittredge Broadway
2018–2020 The Inheritance Henry Wilcox Young Vic & West End

Awards and nominations

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 Pending

References

  1. ^ "Plano Grad and Tony Award Winning Actor Named Honorary Emcee for Ski Plano 2012" Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine pisd.edu, October 3, 2011
  2. ^ Doyle, Miles. "Fordham Alumnus Wins Tony Award", fordham.edu, June 14, 2011
  3. ^ "Hickey Bio", tcm.com, accessed October 18, 2016
  4. ^ " 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' Broadway", Playbill, accessed October 18, 2016
  5. ^ " 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' Film", tcm.com, accessed October 18, 2016
  6. ^ a b Hickey Filmography", TCM, accessed October 20, 2016
  7. ^ The Anniversary Party, AllMovie, accessed October 20, 2016
  8. ^ "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows", TCM, accessed October 18, 2016
  9. ^ a b c "John Benjamin Hickey Broadway" Playbill, accessed October 18, 2016
  10. ^ Finding North, TCM, accessed October 18, 2016
  11. ^ Infamous, TCM, accessed October 18, 2016
  12. ^ "Out Front Television; All in the Family ", Out, October 2003, Vol. 12, No. 4, ISSN 1062-7928, p. 40
  13. ^ Cerasaro, Pat (14 May 2011). "BWW EXCLUSIVE: 2011 Tony Award Interview with John Benjamin Hickey". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  14. ^ " 'Mary Stuart' Broadway" ibdb.com, accessed October 20, 2016
  15. ^ Wieselman, Jarett. "Emmy Hopeful: John Benjamin Hickey - 'The Big C'", etonline.com, June 15, 2012
  16. ^ Goldberg, Leslie. "'The Big C's' John Benjamin Hickey to Star in WGN America's 'Manhattan'", The Hollywood Reporter, February 6, 2014
  17. ^ Isherwood. "Review: ‘Dada Woof Papa Hot,’ About Gay Men and Parenthood", The New York Times, November 9, 2015
  18. ^ Billington, Michael (2018-03-28). "The Inheritance review – Angels in America meets Howards End". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  19. ^ Rorke, Robert (26 June 2011). "'Big C' Break". New York Post.
  20. ^ "John Benjamin Hickey Filmography", TCM, accessed October 19, 2016
  21. ^ "John Benjamin Hickey Filmography", .allmovie.com, accessed October 19, 2016
  22. ^ "John Benjamin Hickey Broadway" ibdb.com, accessed October 19, 2016
  23. ^ "John Benjamin Hickey" lortel.org, accessed February 15, 2018
  24. ^ "John Benjamin Hickey" out.com
  25. ^ Listing lct.com
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