Glenn Fitzgerald (born December 21, 1971) is an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Career 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.
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.
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.
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
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1996Manny & LoJoey1996Flirting with DisasterLonnie Schlichting1997Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestYoung Man1997Arresting GenaMan / Pimp1997The Ice StormNeil Conrad1998A Price Above RubiesMendel Horowitz1999Judy BerlinTour Guide1999The Sixth SenseSean2000101 Ways (the Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo)Jack2000TullyEarl CoatesAlso photographer2000Finding ForresterMassie2001The BelieverDrake2001Series 7: The ContendersJeff2001Buffalo SoldiersHicks200240 Days and 40 NightsChris2002Igby Goes DownSurfer Tommy2005Bittersweet PlaceMoshe2005Trust the ManGoren2005ConfessGreg Lanser2006The MemsahibCaptain Nelson Roberts2007Lovely by SurpriseCustomer #22007Neal CassadyJack Kerouac2017DetroitHomicide Detective Anderson
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1994New York UndercoverHenricksonEpisode: "Sins of the Father"1995New York NewsScarEpisode: "New York News"1995, 2001Law & OrderSeth Teitel / Merril Grupp2 episodes1997Homicide: Life on the StreetJeff McGinnEpisode: "Diener"2001The Atlantis ConspiracyPatientTelevision film2002Six Feet UnderAaron Buchbinder3 episodes2004Law & Order: Criminal IntentSpencer FarnellEpisode: "The Posthumous Collection"2004WonderfallsBank RobberEpisode: "Caged Bird"2007–2009Dirty Sexy MoneyRev. Brian Darling23 episodes2010CSI: MiamiChip FordEpisode: "Sudden Death"2011The CapeConrad Chandler / The Lich2 episodes2011Drop Dead DivaNathan PerskyEpisode: "Closure"2012PerceptionLeo AttingerEpisode: "Light"2013ElementaryLinus RoeEpisode: "Solve for X"2015Madam SecretaryReverend Wesley FinchEpisode: "The Time Is at Hand"2016BillionsManager #3Episode: "The Conversation"2018The Good CopFather Kokesh2 episodes2020FBI: Most WantedLt. Mike PeroniEpisode: "Ironbound"
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