Brian d'Arcy James

Biography

Brian d'Arcy James is an American actor and musician. He is known primarily for his Broadway roles, including Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Nick Bottom in Something Rotten!, King George III in Hamilton, and The Baker in Into the Woods. He has received five Tony Award nominations for his work.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Person of Interest

The Good Wife

Tony Awards

Evil

Rescue Me

Hawkeye

13 Reasons Why

All Movies (38)

• Finnegan's Foursome2026
• The Family McMullen2025 · as Walter
• Millers in Marriage2024 · as Dennis
• Pain Hustlers2023 · as Dr. Lydell
• She Came to Me2023 · as Trey Ruffa
• Devil's Peak2023 · as Bo
• The Cathedral2022 · as Richard Damrosch
• Let Me Go (The Right Way)2022 · as Dr. Kemp
• West Side Story2021 · as Officer Krupke
• Bombshell in Concert2020
• Bombshell2019 · as Brian Wilson (uncredited)
• Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies2019
• The Kitchen2019 · as Jimmy Brennan
• Dark Phoenix2019 · as President of the United States
• All These Small Moments2019 · as Tom Sheffield
• Trouble2018 · as Logan
• First Man2018 · as Joseph A. Walker
• Song of Back and Neck2018 · as Stone
• Molly's Game2017 · as Bad Brad
• 19222017 · as Sheriff Jones
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House2017 · as Robert Kunkel
• Rebel in the Rye2017 · as Giroux
• Sisters2015 · as Jerry
• Spotlight2015 · as Matt Carroll
• Time Out of Mind2015 · as Mark
• Hoke2014 · as Henry Hickey
• Shrek the Musical2013 · as Shrek
• Admission2013 · as Christopher Flynn
• One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch2012
• Bird in a Box2012 · as Walter
• The Fitzgerald Family Christmas2012 · as Skippy
• Friends with Kids2012 · as Husband in Restaurant
• Game Change2012 · as Ted Frank
• Ghost Town2008 · as Irish Eddie
• G2002 · as Lloyd
• Monday Night Mayhem2002 · as Al Michaels (uncredited)
• The Endurance2000 · as Frank Wild (voice)
• Exiled1999 · as Brinkley

All TV Shows (21)

• The Copenhagen Test2025 · as Peter Moira
• Love & Death2023 · as Dr. Fred Fason
• Dear Edward2023 · as Bruce
• Hawkeye2021 · as Derek Bishop
• Centaurworld2021 · as The General (voice)
• The Comey Rule2020 · as Mark Giuliano
• Devs2020 · as Anton
• Evil2019 · as Victor LeConte
• Manhunt2017 · as Professor Henry Murray
• 13 Reasons Why2017 · as Andrew Baker
• Mozart in the Jungle2014 · as Ludwig van Beethoven
• Ironside2013 · as Bill Broughton
• Smash2012 · as Frank Houston
• Person of Interest2011 · as Wheeler
• Those Were the Days2011 · as Self
• The Big C2010 · as Tim
• The Good Wife2009 · as Detective Nolan
• Rescue Me2004 · as Dr. Felcher
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Adam Brubeck
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
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