Patrick Breen
{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Patrick Breen
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| birth_name = Joseph Patrick Breen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|26}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
| occupation = {{csv|Actor|playwright|screenwriter|director}}
| yearsactive = 1986–present
}}
Joseph Patrick Breen (born October 26, 1960) is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director.{{cite web |title=Breen, Patrick, 1960 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006022124.html |website=LC Name Authority File (LCNAF) |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=November 29, 2022}}
Early life
Breen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 26, 1960. He attended Tottenville High School in Staten Island.{{cite web |last1=fressola |first1=Michael |title=From Tottenville to the Tonys |url=https://www.silive.com/entertainment/arts/2010/07/from_tottenville_to_the_tonys.html |website=silive |language=en |date=July 4, 2010}}
Career
He has acted primarily on TV, but has also appeared in numerous films, as well as on Broadway and Off Broadway.
In 2010, he starred on Broadway in Next Fall. He played Andrew Munsey, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on the CBS drama Madam Secretary.
He voiced all the characters in Britt Allcroft's television series Magic Adventures of Mumfie (except for The Queen of Night who was instead voiced by Allcroft). He was originally hired to voice Splatter and Dodge in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but the roles were instead recast to Neil Crone and Kevin Frank.
Breen appeared in a recurring role as Larry Your-Waiter in Netflix's adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, which premiered in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.romper.com/p/who-plays-larry-the-waiter-on-a-series-of-unfortunate-events-patrick-breen-has-become-a-fan-favorite-8633565|title=Who Plays Larry The Waiter On 'A Series Of Unfortunate Events'? Patrick Breen Has Become A Fan Favorite|first=Zakiya|last=Jamal|date=March 30, 2018|work=Romper|accessdate=January 9, 2019}}
Personal life
In a July 2012 interview with Metro Weekly Patrick Breen stated, "I identify as one of the LGBT people" and agreed with the interviewer who referred to Breen coming out as bisexual.{{cite news |last1=Geidner |first1=Chris |author-link1=Chris Geidner |date=July 5, 2012 |title=Heartfelt: With The Normal Heart, Arena Stage is putting Patrick Breen and Luke Macfarlane -- two out LGBT actors -- center stage |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2012/07/heartfelt/3/ |url-status=live |department=Features |work=Metro Weekly |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Sean Bugg, Randy Shulman |page=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711174835/http://www.metroweekly.com/2012/07/heartfelt/3 |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |access-date=December 14, 2019 }}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1989
|Richard Feynman | |
|---|
| 1990
|Andy | |
| 1992
|Father Hallahan | |
| 1993
|Gary Taubin | |
| rowspan="2" | 1995
|Call of the Wylie |Ezra |Also writer |
| Get Shorty
|Resident Doctor | |
| rowspan="2" | 1996
|Phinehas |Billy |Also writer |
| Sweet Nothing
|Greg | |
| rowspan="3" | 1997
|Desk Manager |Uncredited |
| Colin Fitz
|Gnu Fan | |
| Men in Black
|Reggie Redgick | |
| 1998
|G.A. Tweedy | |
| rowspan="3" | 1999
|San Diego Vinnie | |
| Advice from a Caterpillar
|Hunter No. 1 | |
| Galaxy Quest
|Quellek | |
| 2000
|East of A |Peter Parker |Also writer |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
|Jeffrey Jay | |
| Just a Kiss
|Peter |Also writer |
| 2003
|Tucker | |
| 2004
|Aubie | |
| 2007
|The Neighbor |Clint | |
| 2008
|Dr. Bob |
| 2009
|Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant |Mr. Kersey | |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
|Frank | |
| Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
|Dr. Bob |Voice |
| 2011
|Nick | |
| rowspan="3" | 2014
|Bill Zotti | |
| Mumfie's Quest: The Movie
|Narrator |Voice |
| A Most Violent Year
|Instructor | |
| 2017
|Jeffrey | |
| 2020
|Roger | |
| 2021
|Doa |Voice |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
|Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis |Mr. Murray |rowspan=2|Short film |
| Mindless Kombat
|Patrick |
| 2024
| Godless | Nico | |
| 2025
| Michael | |
=Television=
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! Year(s) ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1986
| Bobby Olak | Episode: "And Give Up Show Biz?" |
|---|
| rowspan="4" | 1987
| Scotty | Episode: "Club Dread" |
| The Cavanaughs
| Tommy | Episode: "The Arrangement" |
| Gimme a Break!
| Keith Dudley | Episode: "Parents' Week: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 21 Jump Street
| Johnny Hartman | Episode: "Low and Away" |
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| Nick Thompson | Main role |
| Annie McGuire
| George | Episode: "The Legend of the Bad Fish" |
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| Monsters | Danny | Episode: "Museum Hearts" |
| Kojak: None So Blind
| Reporter No. 1 | TV movie |
| 1991
| Kenneth Benedict | Main role |
| 1992
| Fool's Fire | The Ministers | TV movie |
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| Cameron | 3 episodes (season 1) |
| Fallen Angels
| Doc | Episode: "The Quiet Room" |
| Big Wave Dave's
| Richie Lamonica | Main role |
| 1994–1998
| Narrator | Main voice role |
| 1995–1996
| Simon | Mitch | Main role |
| 1996
| Andrew Gellis | Episode: "Slave" |
| 1996–1997
| Winslow Freeman | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| Jenny | Richard Marino | Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Merger" |
| Party of Five
| Kevin Quoss | Episodes: "Of Human Bonding", "Here and Now" |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Oz | Robbie Gerth | Episodes: "Napoleon's Boney Parts", "Legs" |
| Sex and the City
| Dr. Bradley Meego | Episode: "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women" |
| rowspan="7" | 2001
| Ken | Episodes: "Caution: Parents Crossing", "And Jack and Jill Came Down the Hill" |
| Ally McBeal
| Kevin Stoller | Episode: "In Search of Barry White" |
| Frasier
| Phillip | Episode: "A Day in May" |
| Judging Amy
| D.A. Levy | Episode: "The Last Word" |
| The Tick
| Friendly Fire | Episode: "Couples" |
| Will & Grace
| Mitchell | Episode: "Stakin' Care of Business" |
| Kristin
| Nicholas Dupres | Episode: "The Rift" |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Angel | Nev | Episode: "Birthday" |
| The West Wing
| Kevin Kahn | Episode: "The Black Vera Wang" |
| Do Over
| Mr. Jenkins | Episode: "Investing in the Future" |
| rowspan="2" | 2003–2004
| Richard Crandall | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| Joan of Arcadia
| Sammy | 3 episodes |
| 2002, 2004
| Kevin Hobart | Episodes: "The Ring", "Married with Children" |
| 2004
| Monk | Jeffery Sweeney | Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Married" |
| 2004–2005
| George Weiss | Main role |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Phillipe | Episode: "Way to Go" |
| Boston Legal
| A.D.A. Otto Beedle | 3 episodes (season 3) |
| rowspan="3" | 2007
| The New Adventures of Old Christine | Edmund | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
| Notes from the Underbelly
| Pale Husband | Episode: Pilot |
| Pushing Daisies
| Leo Gaswint | Episode: "Pie-lette" |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Paul Sweren | 3 episodes |
| ER
| Felix | Episode: "Another Thursday at County" |
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas | Phinneas Malloy | TV movie |
| Ghost Whisperer
| Duff Faraday | Episode: "Stage Fright" |
| Three Rivers
| Dr. Joseph Breen | Episode: "Good Intentions" |
| 2010
| Martin | Episode: "Apple Bong" |
| 2010–2011, 2016 | Lt. Terrence Hicks | 3 episodes |
| 2011–2015
| Whole Day Down | Patrick Breen | Web series; also co-creator and writer |
| 2012
| Henry Duncan | Episode: "No Good Deed" |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Peter Harper | Episode: "The Gathering" |
| Major Crimes
| Dr. Jason Field / Jim Gilmer | Episode: "D.O.A." |
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| Joseph Scott | Episode: "Open Secrets" |
| Those Who Kill
| Burkhart | Episode: "Insomnia" |
| Royal Pains
| Bob | Recurring role (season 6), 6 episodes |
| The Mysteries of Laura
| Erik Walden | Episode: Pilot |
| 2014–2015
| Andrew Munsey | Recurring role (season 1), 10 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| The Slap | Malcolm | Episode: "Connie" |
| Elementary
| Vance Ford | Episode: "T-Bone and the Iceman" |
| Show Me a Hero
| Paul W. Pickelle | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Doug Nelson | Episode: "Forty-One Witnesses" |
| BrainDead
| Cole Stockwell | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Clark Sims | Episode: "Black Orchid" |
| The Blacklist: Redemption
| James Burton | Episode: "Hostages" |
| 2017–2019
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | Larry Your-Waiter | Recurring role |
| 2021
| The Bite | Agent Kermit Rimland | Episodes: "The Fourth Wave", "The Fifth Wave" |
| 2021-2022
| Bull | AUSA Reilly | Episodes: "Confidence Man", "The Other Shoe" |
| 2022
| Save It for the Show | Himself | Episode: "Guest Starring Patrick Breen" |
| rowspan="3" | 2023
| Henry | Episode: "The Princess and the Plea" |
| American Horror Stories
| Auctioneer | Episode: "Organ" |
| Julia
| Episode: "Shrimp and Grits" |
| rowspan=4|2024
| Feud | Jacob Horn | Episode: "Masquerade 1966" |
| Evil
| TBA | Episode: "How to Grieve" |
| Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
|Juror |Episode: "Hang Men" |
| Elsbeth
|Claude Tobia |Episode: "Elsbeth's Eleven" |
=Music videos=
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!Year !Song !Artist |
| 2025
|"Simple Girl" |
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Stage work
- Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983)
- The Substance of Fire (1991)
- Fuddy Meers (1999)
- Next Fall (2009, Off Broadway; 2010, Broadway)
- The Normal Heart (2011, Broadway)
- The Perplexed (2020, Broadway)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0106755}}
- [http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/patrick-breen/169135 Profile], tvguide.com
- [http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Breen,_Patrick Profile], starpulse.com
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Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
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Category:American bisexual writers
Category:American LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights
Category:American LGBTQ screenwriters
Category:American male dramatists and playwrights
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:LGBTQ people from New York (state)
Category:Male actors from Staten Island
Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)
Category:Tottenville High School alumni
Category:Writers from Brooklyn
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