Brian d'Arcy James

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Brian d'Arcy James

Acting 58 June 29, 1968

Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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 Ge…

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Spotlight

Spotlight

7.8 2015 Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Dark Phoenix

Dark Phoenix

6.0 2019 Movie
First Man

First Man

7.0 2018 Movie
13 Reasons Why

13 Reasons Why

7.5 2017 TV Show
Molly's Game

Molly's Game

7.2 2017 Movie
Hawkeye

Hawkeye

7.8 2021 TV Show
Bombshell

Bombshell

6.8 2019 Movie
Person of Interest

Person of Interest

8.1 2011 TV Show
1922

1922

5.9 2017 Movie
West Side Story

West Side Story

6.9 2021 Movie
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.6 2009 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Finnegan's Foursome

    Movie Teddy Finnegan

  2. 2025
    The Copenhagen Test

    TV show Peter Moira

  3. 2025
    The Family McMullen

    Movie Walter

  4. 2025
    Hamilton

    Movie Thanks

  5. 2024
    Millers in Marriage

    Movie Dennis

  6. 2023
    Pain Hustlers

    Movie Dr. Lydell

  7. 2023
    She Came to Me

    Movie Trey Ruffa

  8. 2023
    Love & Death

    TV show Dr. Fred Fason

  9. 2023
    Devil's Peak

    Movie Bo

  10. 2023
    Dear Edward

    TV show Bruce

  11. 2022
    The Cathedral

    Movie Richard Damrosch

  12. 2022
    Let Me Go (The Right Way)

    Movie Dr. Kemp

  13. 2022
    How We Roll

    TV show Executive Producer

  14. 2021
    West Side Story

    Movie Officer Krupke

  15. 2021
    Hawkeye

    TV show Derek Bishop

  16. 2021
    Centaurworld

    TV show The General (voice)

More credits
  1. 2020
    The Comey Rule

    TV show Mark Giuliano

  2. 2020
    Bombshell in Concert

    Movie

  3. 2020
    Devs

    TV show Anton

  4. 2019
    Bombshell

    Movie Brian Wilson (uncredited)

  5. 2019
    Evil

    TV show Victor LeConte

  6. 2019
    Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies

    Movie

  7. 2019
    The Kitchen

    Movie Jimmy Brennan

  8. 2019
    Dark Phoenix

    Movie President of the United States

  9. 2019
    All These Small Moments

    Movie Tom Sheffield

  10. 2018
    Trouble

    Movie Logan

  11. 2018
    First Man

    Movie Joseph A. Walker

  12. 2018
    Song of Back and Neck

    Movie Stone

  13. 2017
    Molly's Game

    Movie Bad Brad

  14. 2017
    1922

    Movie Sheriff Jones

  15. 2017
    Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

    Movie Robert Kunkel

  16. 2017
    Rebel in the Rye

    Movie Giroux

  17. 2017
    Manhunt

    TV show Professor Henry Murray

  18. 2017
    13 Reasons Why

    TV show Andrew Baker

  19. 2015
    Sisters

    Movie Jerry

  20. 2015
    Spotlight

    Movie Matt Carroll

  21. 2015
    Time Out of Mind

    Movie Mark

  22. 2014
    Mozart in the Jungle

    TV show Ludwig van Beethoven

  23. 2014
    Hoke

    Movie Henry Hickey

  24. 2013
    Ironside

    TV show Bill Broughton