Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January , ) is an American actor,
singer, and author noted for his award-winning performances in the
plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire
king Russell Edgington on HBO's fantasy series True Blood. He is also
known for his supporting roles in such films as Charlie Wilson's War,
Milk, Changeling, and Dallas Buyers Club. In , he starred as Larry
Harvey in the first season of the FX anthology series American Horror
Story, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in . He
returned to the show in , 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. For his performance in American Horror Story: Hotel as Liz
Taylor, O'Hare received critical acclaim.O'Hare was born in Kansas
City, Missouri, the son of Margaret Karene (née Kennedy; January ,
â€" October , ) and John M. O'Hare. He has three sisters, Pam,
Patricia and Kathleen, and one brother, Michael. O'Hare grew up in the
suburbs of Detroit, living in Southfield until he was , when his
family moved to Wing Lake in Bloomfield Hills. His mother was a
musician and he grew up playing the church organ. O'Hare is of Irish
descent and holds an Irish passport.As a teenager, O'Hare was in his
school's choir and in he went to his first audition, gaining a chorus
part in a community theatre production of Show Boat. In , O'Hare left
Detroit for Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University.
singer, and author noted for his award-winning performances in the
plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire
king Russell Edgington on HBO's fantasy series True Blood. He is also
known for his supporting roles in such films as Charlie Wilson's War,
Milk, Changeling, and Dallas Buyers Club. In , he starred as Larry
Harvey in the first season of the FX anthology series American Horror
Story, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in . He
returned to the show in , 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. For his performance in American Horror Story: Hotel as Liz
Taylor, O'Hare received critical acclaim.O'Hare was born in Kansas
City, Missouri, the son of Margaret Karene (née Kennedy; January ,
â€" October , ) and John M. O'Hare. He has three sisters, Pam,
Patricia and Kathleen, and one brother, Michael. O'Hare grew up in the
suburbs of Detroit, living in Southfield until he was , when his
family moved to Wing Lake in Bloomfield Hills. His mother was a
musician and he grew up playing the church organ. O'Hare is of Irish
descent and holds an Irish passport.As a teenager, O'Hare was in his
school's choir and in he went to his first audition, gaining a chorus
part in a community theatre production of Show Boat. In , O'Hare left
Detroit for Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University.
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