Brian d'Arcy James

Known for: Acting

Born: 1968-06-29 (age 58)

From: 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 George III in Hamilton, and The Baker in Into the Woods. He has received five Tony Award nominations for his work.

Filmography (59)

MOVIE★ 9.0
Finnegan's Foursome
2026
TV★ 6.5
The Copenhagen Test
2025
as Peter Moira
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Family McMullen
2025
as Walter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Millers in Marriage
2024
as Dennis
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pain Hustlers
2023
as Dr. Lydell
MOVIE★ 6.1
She Came to Me
2023
as Trey Ruffa
TV★ 7.8
Love & Death
2023
as Dr. Fred Fason
MOVIE★ 5.5
Devil's Peak
2023
as Bo
TV★ 7.0
Dear Edward
2023
as Bruce
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Cathedral
2022
as Richard Damrosch
MOVIE★ 5.0
Let Me Go (The Right Way)
2022
as Dr. Kemp
MOVIE★ 6.9
West Side Story
2021
as Officer Krupke
TV★ 7.8
Hawkeye
2021
as Derek Bishop
TV★ 7.4
Centaurworld
2021
as The General (voice)
TV★ 6.9
The Comey Rule
2020
as Mark Giuliano
MOVIE★ 9.3
Bombshell in Concert
2020
TV★ 7.3
Devs
2020
as Anton
MOVIE★ 6.8
Bombshell
2019
as Brian Wilson (uncredited)
TV★ 7.8
Evil
2019
as Victor LeConte
MOVIE★ 6.0
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
2019
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Kitchen
2019
as Jimmy Brennan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dark Phoenix
2019
as President of the United States
MOVIE★ 6.6
All These Small Moments
2019
as Tom Sheffield
MOVIE★ 5.0
Trouble
2018
as Logan
MOVIE★ 7.0
First Man
2018
as Joseph A. Walker
MOVIE★ 6.2
Song of Back and Neck
2018
as Stone
MOVIE★ 7.2
Molly's Game
2017
as Bad Brad
MOVIE★ 5.9
1922
2017
as Sheriff Jones
MOVIE★ 6.2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
as Robert Kunkel
MOVIE★ 6.6
Rebel in the Rye
2017
as Giroux
TV★ 7.6
Manhunt
2017
as Professor Henry Murray
TV★ 7.5
13 Reasons Why
2017
as Andrew Baker
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sisters
2015
as Jerry
MOVIE★ 7.8
Spotlight
2015
as Matt Carroll
MOVIE★ 5.5
Time Out of Mind
2015
as Mark
TV★ 7.5
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Ludwig van Beethoven
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hoke
2014
as Henry Hickey
TV★ 5.1
Ironside
2013
as Bill Broughton
MOVIE★ 7.1
Shrek the Musical
2013
as Shrek
MOVIE★ 5.6
Admission
2013
as Christopher Flynn
MOVIE
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bird in a Box
2012
as Walter
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012
as Skippy
MOVIE★ 6.0
Friends with Kids
2012
as Husband in Restaurant
MOVIE★ 6.9
Game Change
2012
as Ted Frank
TV★ 6.4
Smash
2012
as Frank Houston
TV★ 8.1
Person of Interest
2011
as Wheeler
TV
Those Were the Days
2011
as Self
TV★ 7.2
The Big C
2010
as Tim
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Detective Nolan
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ghost Town
2008
as Irish Eddie
TV★ 7.6
Rescue Me
2004
as Dr. Felcher
MOVIE★ 6.6
G
2002
as Lloyd
MOVIE★ 6.0
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Al Michaels (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Endurance
2000
as Frank Wild (voice)
MOVIE★ 3.0
Exiled
1999
as Brinkley
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Adam Brubeck
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
TV
Rabbit, Rabbit
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