John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey
John Benjamin Hickey
	Hickey at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit, at Shubert Alley in New York City on July 9, 2011
Born	June 25, 1963 (age 61); Plano, Texas, U.S.
Education	Texas State University, San Marcos; Fordham University (BA; Juilliard School (GrDip);
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.

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 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]

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 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]

Personal life

Hickey is gay. Since 2003 his partner has been screenwriter and television producer Jeffrey Richman.^[20]

Filmography

Film

Source: TCM;^[21] AllMovie^[22]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Ref	Old Baybrook Policeman
1994	Only You	Dwayne
1995	Comfortably Numb	Priest
1996	Eddie	Joe Nader
1997	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Arthur Pape
1997	The Ice Storm	Mark Boland
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	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
2009	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
2016	Barry	Professor Gray
2017	Hostiles	Captain Royce Tolan
2018	Forever My Girl	Pastor Brian Page
2018	Mapplethorpe	Sam Wagstaff
2020	Sublet	Michael
2024	'Salem's Lot	Father Callahan
2024	Lilly	Charles Ledbetter	Completed

Television

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"
1994	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"
1999	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..."
2005	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"
2009	Lincoln: American Mastermind	Narrator	Television film
2010	Past Life	Sid	Episode: "Running on Empty"
2010	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
2012–2013	The New Normal	Father Michael	3 episodes
2013	Hannibal	Dr. Sutcliffe	Episode: "Buffet Froid"
2014	Modern Family	Dr. Clark	Episode: "Under Pressure"
2014	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

Theatre

Source: IBDB,^[23] IOBDB^[24]

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	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Arthur Pape	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	The Inheritance	Henry Wilcox	Broadway

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
2011	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Ensemble Performance	The Normal Heart	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

References

^ "Plano Grad and Tony Award Winning Actor Named Honorary Emcee for Ski Plano 2012" (Press release). Plano Independent School District. October 3, 2011. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
^ Doyle, Miles (June 14, 2011). "Fordham Alumnus Wins Tony Award". Fordham News.
^ "John Benjamin Hickey: Biography". Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved May 19, 2022.
^ "Love! Valour! Compassion!". Playbill Vault. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
^ " 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' Film". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "John Benjamin Hickey: Filmography". TCM. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
^ "The Anniversary Party". AllMovie. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
^ "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "John Benjamin Hickey Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ "Finding North". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ "Infamous". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ "Out Front Television: All in the 'Family'". Out. Vol. 12, no. 4. October 2003. p. 40. ISSN 1062-7928.
^ Cerasaro, Pat (May 14, 2011). "BWW Exclusive: 2011 Tony Award Interview with John Benjamin Hickey". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
^ " 'Mary Stuart' Broadway" ibdb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2016
^ Wieselman, Jarett. "Emmy Hopeful: John Benjamin Hickey - 'The Big C'". Entertainment Tonight. June 15, 2012.
^ Goldberg, Leslie. "'The Big C's' John Benjamin Hickey to Star in WGN America's 'Manhattan'". The Hollywood Reporter. February 6, 2014.
^ Isherwood, Charles (November 9, 2015). "Review: 'Dada Woof Papa Hot,' About Gay Men and Parenthood". The New York Times.
^ Billington, Michael (March 28, 2018). "The Inheritance review – Angels in America meets Howards End". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 30, 2021). "'Salem's Lot': Stephen King New Line Movie Adds John Benjamin Hickey". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^ Rorke, Robert (June 26, 2011). "'Big C' Break". New York Post.
^ "John Benjamin Hickey Filmography". TCM. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
^ "John Benjamin Hickey Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
^ "John Benjamin Hickey Broadway" ibdb.com. Retrieved October 19, 2016
^ "John Benjamin Hickey" lortel.org. Retrieved February 15, 2018
^ "John Benjamin Hickey" out.com
^ Listing lct.com

External links

John Benjamin Hickey at IMDb
John Benjamin Hickey at the Internet Broadway Database

[1] "Plano Grad and Tony Award Winning Actor Named Honorary Emcee for Ski Plano 2012" (Press release). Plano Independent School District. October 3, 2011. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[2] Doyle, Miles (June 14, 2011). "Fordham Alumnus Wins Tony Award". Fordham News.

[tcm-3] "John Benjamin Hickey: Biography". Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[4] "Love! Valour! Compassion!". Playbill Vault. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[5] " 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' Film". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

[tcmfilm-6] "John Benjamin Hickey: Filmography". TCM. Retrieved October 20, 2016.

[7] "The Anniversary Party". AllMovie. Retrieved October 20, 2016.

[8] "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

[bway-9] "John Benjamin Hickey Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

[10] "Finding North". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

[11] "Infamous". TCM. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

[12] "Out Front Television: All in the 'Family'". Out. Vol. 12, no. 4. October 2003. p. 40. ISSN 1062-7928.

[Cerasaro-13] Cerasaro, Pat (May 14, 2011). "BWW Exclusive: 2011 Tony Award Interview with John Benjamin Hickey". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.

[14] " 'Mary Stuart' Broadway" ibdb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2016

[15] Wieselman, Jarett. "Emmy Hopeful: John Benjamin Hickey - 'The Big C'". Entertainment Tonight. 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.

[dada-17] Isherwood, Charles (November 9, 2015). "Review: 'Dada Woof Papa Hot,' About Gay Men and Parenthood". The New York Times.

[18] Billington, Michael (March 28, 2018). "The Inheritance review – Angels in America meets Howards End". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[19] D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 30, 2021). "'Salem's Lot': Stephen King New Line Movie Adds John Benjamin Hickey". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 29, 2022.

[20] Rorke, Robert (June 26, 2011). "'Big C' Break". New York Post.

[21] "John Benjamin Hickey Filmography". TCM. Retrieved October 19, 2016.

[22] "John Benjamin Hickey Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved October 19, 2016.

[23] "John Benjamin Hickey Broadway" ibdb.com. Retrieved October 19, 2016

[24] "John Benjamin Hickey" lortel.org. Retrieved February 15, 2018

[25] "John Benjamin Hickey" out.com

[26] Listing lct.com

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John Benjamin Hickey

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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