Brían F. O'Byrne Biography

Fast Facts

• Studied drama at both Trinity College and the Samuel Beckett Center in Dublin
• Quote: "[on being nominated for a Tony Award] "There are no such things, I believe, as competition between actors․ You can't really award any of us․ What we try to do is be good․ The nomination hopefully means that we're good․""
• Left the Kennedy Center production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 2004 to work with the play "Frozen" which was transitioning to Broadway, a production he would eventually earn a Tony for
• Best known for playing Aaron Stark in "Flashforward" and Father Horvak in "Million Dollar Baby․"
• Romantically linked to actress Amy Ryan throughout much of the late '90s and 2000s