Brian d'Arcy James

Brian d'Arcy James is often recognized for his role on NBC's. Brian also starred in a recurring role on the third season of Showtime's The Big C starring Laura Linney.He also appeared in the pilot episode as Assistant District Attorney Wheeler in the J. J. Abrams–produced Person of Interest, which began airing in September 2011 on CBS. On the stage, Brian has earned rave reviews in the Broadway play Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, starring alongside Laura Linney, Christina Ricci and Eric Bogosian at the Cort Theater. Brian originated the role of 'Dan Goodman' in the Pulitzer Prize–winning Next To Normal at Second Stage Theater and reprised his role in the Broadway production in the summer of 2010. He was nominated for a Tony in 2009 for his performance of 'Shrek' in Shrek the Musical. He also won the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama Desk Award for that role.

Brian can be seen as Ted Frank in the HBO film Game Change with Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin and Ed Harris as Senator John McCain. Brian also appears in the feature film Friends With Kids, written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt starring Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig, and Megan Fox. He can also be seen in Ghost Town with Ricky Gervais as Irish Eddie, a tattooed gangster. Brian has appeared in the ABC series Cashmere Mafia, and FX's Rescue Me.

A Broadway veteran, Brian received a 2002 Tony nomination, a Drama Desk nomination, an Outer Critics Circle nomination and a Drama League Honor for his star turn as Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success. For his performances Off-Broadway, he received a 2000 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and a Drama League Award Nomination for The Wild Party at Manhattan Theatre Club. He also received a 2001 Obie Award, Drama Desk Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Backstage Garland Award, and LA Weekly Award for his solo performance in Conor McPherson's The Good Thief.

Brian received rave reviews for the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Port Authority, his second Conor McPherson play. For his role, Brian was nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for Outstanding Lead Actor and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for the 2009 season.

Brian started his illustrious career on Broadway when he appeared in Blood Brothers in 1993, taking over the lead role of Mickey for a limited time before leaving to join Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed production of Carousel at Lincoln Center. He continued with strong performances in Titanic in the standout role of Barrett the Stoker, for which he received his first Drama League Nomination and a FANY Award.

2007 was a busy year on Broadway for Brian. He originated the role of Brendan in Martin McDonagh's Tony and Drama Desk nominated play The Lieutenant of Inishmore, starred with Kristen Chenoweth in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Apple Tree, and starred with Keith Carradine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as the scene-stealing, crude con-man Freddy Benson.

He has appeared in the plays The Pavilion, Flight, Ancestral Voices at Lincoln Center and Public Enemy by Kenneth Branagh. He starred in the Encores production of Pardon My English, and appeared in the original companies of Floyd Collins for Playwrights Horizons and Irving Berlin's White Christmas in San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles.

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