1. Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare was born on January 17,1962 and is an American actor noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on the HBO fantasy series True Blood.
Denis O'Hare is known for his supporting roles in such films as Charlie Wilson's War, Milk, Changeling, and Dallas Buyers Club.
Denis O'Hare returned to the show in 2013, playing Spalding in American Horror Story: Coven and once more as Stanley in American Horror Story: Freak Show, the latter for which he earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Denis O'Hare has three sisters, Pam, Patricia and Kathleen, and one brother, Michael.
Denis O'Hare grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, living in Southfield until he was 15, when his family moved to Wing Lake in Bloomfield Hills.
Denis O'Hare's mother was a musician and he grew up playing the church organ.
Denis O'Hare is of Irish descent and holds an Irish passport.
In 1980, Denis O'Hare left Detroit for Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University.
Denis O'Hare won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out, where his character's lengthy monologues in which he slowly falls in love with the game of baseball were considered the main reason for his award.
Denis O'Hare won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Oscar Lindquist in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity.
Denis O'Hare lost to co-star Michael Cerveris who played John Wilkes Booth.
In 2009, Denis O'Hare portrayed Phillip Steele in a television biopic on Crisp entitled An Englishman in New York.
In 2010, Denis O'Hare joined the cast of HBO's True Blood in its third season as Russell Edgington, the vampire king of Mississippi who is 2,800 years old.
Denis O'Hare has appeared in a recurring role as Judge Charles Abernathy on the television drama series The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
Denis O'Hare co-starred as Larry Harvey in FX's first season of American Horror Story, Murder House.
In 2012, Denis O'Hare starred alongside Amy Adams and Donna Murphy as the Baker in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at The Public Theater.
In 2013, Denis O'Hare returned to American Horror Story for its third season, American Horror Story: Coven, where he portrayed Spalding, the house butler.
Denis O'Hare portrayed con artist, Stanley on the fourth season of the series, American Horror Story: Freak Show.
In 2015, Denis O'Hare played a hotel worker, Liz Taylor on the fifth season of the series, American Horror Story: Hotel, and in 2016, he was Dr Elias Cunningham on the sixth season, American Horror Story: Roanoke.
Denis O'Hare is gay and has been married to designer Hugo Redwood since July 28,2011.