Glenn Fitzgerald (born December 21, 1971) is an American actor of stage, film, and television.

Glenn Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald in 2019
BornDecember 21, 1971 (1971-12-21) (age 52)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Career

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His film roles have included Homicide Detective Anderson in Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit; Lonnie, the son of Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin's characters in Flirting with Disaster; Neil, the boy at the "key party" that goes home with Sigourney Weaver's character in The Ice Storm; the Hasidic scholar husband of Renée Zellweger's character in A Price Above Rubies; the uptight assistant to Sean Connery's character in Gus Van Sant's Finding Forrester; and the earnest antique dealer in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense. He has played diverse roles in several independent films, including a terminally ill pacifist forced to fight for his life in Series 7: The Contenders; a sociopathic skinhead opposite Ryan Gosling in The Believer; the sensitive, kind brother in Tully ; and the reckless, drug-addled tank commander opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Buffalo Soldiers.[citation needed]

Between film jobs, Fitzgerald built a stage career, originating roles in Jon Robin Baitz's Mizlansky/Zilinsky, opposite Nathan Lane and directed by Joe Mantello; Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero (Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor); Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses with Tracy Letts and Parker Posey, directed by Sam Gold; Melissa James Gibson's THIS at Playwrights Horizons with Julianne Nicholson; David Lindsay-Abaire's Ripcord directed by David Hyde Pierce with Holland Taylor; and Sharr White’s The True with Edie Falco at The New Group.[citation needed]

He has appeared in innovative productions of classic plays such as Hedda Gabler at New York Theatre Workshop directed by Ivo van Hove; The Importance of Being Earnest at Williamstown Theatre Festival directed by David Hyde Pierce and starring Tyne Daly; Classic Stage Company's Ivanov and Hamlet directed by Austin Pendleton alongside Ethan Hawke and Peter Sarsgaard and Othello at New York Theatre Workshop directed by Sam Gold.[citation needed]

Television credits includes series regular Brian Darling on ABC's Dirty Sexy Money, and guest starring roles on Six Feet Under, Billions, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Homicide: Life on the Street, CSI: Miami and FBI: Most Wanted .

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Manny & Lo Joey
1996 Flirting with Disaster Lonnie Schlichting
1997 Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest Young Man
1997 Arresting Gena Man / Pimp
1997 The Ice Storm Neil Conrad
1998 A Price Above Rubies Mendel Horowitz
1999 Judy Berlin Tour Guide
1999 The Sixth Sense Sean
2000 101 Ways (the Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo) Jack
2000 Tully Earl Coates Also photographer
2000 Finding Forrester Massie
2001 The Believer Drake
2001 Series 7: The Contenders Jeff
2001 Buffalo Soldiers Hicks
2002 40 Days and 40 Nights Chris
2002 Igby Goes Down Surfer Tommy
2005 Bittersweet Place Moshe
2005 Trust the Man Goren
2005 Confess Greg Lanser
2006 The Memsahib Captain Nelson Roberts
2007 Lovely by Surprise Customer #2
2007 Neal Cassady Jack Kerouac
2017 Detroit Homicide Detective Anderson

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 New York Undercover Henrickson Episode: "Sins of the Father"
1995 New York News Scar Episode: "New York News"
1995, 2001 Law & Order Seth Teitel / Merril Grupp 2 episodes
1997 Homicide: Life on the Street Jeff McGinn Episode: "Diener"
2001 The Atlantis Conspiracy Patient Television film
2002 Six Feet Under Aaron Buchbinder 3 episodes
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Spencer Farnell Episode: "The Posthumous Collection"
2004 Wonderfalls Bank Robber Episode: "Caged Bird"
2007–2009 Dirty Sexy Money Rev. Brian Darling 23 episodes
2010 CSI: Miami Chip Ford Episode: "Sudden Death"
2011 The Cape Conrad Chandler / The Lich 2 episodes
2011 Drop Dead Diva Nathan Persky Episode: "Closure"
2012 Perception Leo Attinger Episode: "Light"
2013 Elementary Linus Roe Episode: "Solve for X"
2015 Madam Secretary Reverend Wesley Finch Episode: "The Time Is at Hand"
2016 Billions Manager #3 Episode: "The Conversation"
2018 The Good Cop Father Kokesh 2 episodes
2020 FBI: Most Wanted Lt. Mike Peroni Episode: "Ironbound"
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