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name: "Reed Birney"
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born: "11 September 1954"
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updated: "2026-09-17T16:53:23.565141+00:00"
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# Reed Birney

Actor. Born 11 September 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 September 1954, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Birney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3422999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/163774

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Silo*](https://film.one/tv/silo.md) (75)

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## Biography

Reed Birney is an American actor born on 11 September 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia. He has performed extensively on and off Broadway since the 1970s.

Birney won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in *The Humans* (2016) and received a nomination in the same category for *Casa Valentina* (2014). His film roles include *Mass* (2021) and *The Menu* (2022). On television he has appeared in *Gossip Girl* (2007–2009), *House of Cards* (2013–2017), *The Blacklist* (2014–2015) and *Silo* (2023) as Henry.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silo* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Henry — [page](https://film.one/tv/silo.md)

## Complete filmography (94)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight* (2026), Acting
- *Blue Film* (2026), as Hank Grant, Executive Producer
- *If You See Something* (2025), as Ward
- *Standby* (2025), as Jerry
- *Live Long* (2025), as Dad
- *Play Date* (2025), Producer
- *Apostasy Blues* (2025), as Stephen
- *Death Wish* (2024), as The Ass
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), as Henry Bennett
- *Asynchronous* (2024), as Neil
- *Dark Moon* (2023), as Jack
- *Couple A Cards* (2023), as Bernard
- *Silo* (2023), series, as Henry — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/silo.md)
- *Baby Ruby* (2023), as Dr. Rosenbaum
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, as Ben / Gabriel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Stomach People* (2022), as Dad
- *The Menu* (2022), as Richard
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), series, as Luq
- *Mass* (2021), as Richard
- *Someone Will Assist You Shortly* (2021), as Dennis Shields
- *Strawberry Mansion* (2021), as Peter Bloom
- *All the Little Things We Kill* (2021), as Senator Gerald Hess
- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), as J. Whitman
- *Home Before Dark* (2020), series, as Sylvester Lisko
- *The Hunt* (2020), as Pop
- *Lost Girls* (2020), as Peter Hackett
- *Evil* (2019), series, as Father Thunderland
- *On Our Way* (2019), as Gerry
- *w4m* (2019), as Peter
- *The Lost Weekend* (2019), as Henry
- *The Last* (2019), as Harry
- *Titans* (2018), series, as The Messenger / Dr. Adamson
- *Margaret and Gary* (2018), as Mike Pennetti (voice)
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, as Eugene Bloon
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Dave Boyer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *The King's Judgement* (2017), as Vincent
- *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* (2017), as Dr. George Gey
- *Shy Guys* (2016), as Carl
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Judge Humphrey
- *Half the Perfect World* (2016), as Peter
- *Mired* (2016), as Father
- *Dinner with Jeffrey* (2016), as Jeffrey
- *Occupy, Texas* (2016), as Uncle Nolan
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Greg Davis
- *Mad Women* (2015), as Richard
- *Jackrabbit* (2015), as Paul Bateson
- *American Odyssey* (2015), series, as Senator Darnell
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as Roland Hobbs
- *In Your Eyes* (2014), as Dr. Maynard
- *Adult World* (2014), as Todd
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Tom Connolly
- *Molly's Theory of Relativity* (2013), as Asher
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Donald Blythe
- *The Americans* (2013), series, as Patrick McCleesh — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Girl Most Likely* (2012), as Dr. Chalmers
- *Girls* (2012), series, as Peter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Dexter Harding
- *Twelve Thirty* (2011), as Martin
- *Morning Glory* (2010), as Governor Willis
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Burden Maxwell
- *My Generation* (2010), series, as Michael Foster
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Lee Tripke — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Kings* (2009), series, as Minister Forsythe
- *Changeling* (2008), as Mayor Cryer
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Mr. Prescott
- *The Ten* (2007), as Jim Stansel
- *Wainy Days* (2007), series, as Charlie Rose
- *Kidnapped* (2006), series, as Mancini
- *Uptown Girls* (2003), as Executive
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Fred Martz, ADA Stillman
- *Ed* (2000), series, as Mr. Walzer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Harry Waters
- *The Trey Billings Show* (1999), as Mr. Hiney
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), as Merchant Prince #1
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, as John Houbolt
- *You Are Here* (1997), as Jack's Boss
- *Karen Black Like Me* (1997), as King Dong (voice)
- *Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage* (1994), as Actor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Everett Brown, Archdioces Attorney, Malcolm Barclay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Paul
- *Beverly Hills Buntz* (1987), series, as Wininger's Campaign Director Larry Fielding
- *Means and Ends* (1987), as Ryan
- *Kane & Abel* (1985), series, as Matthew Lester
- *Chain Letters* (1985), as Greg
- *Crimewave* (1985), as Vic Ajax
- *Four Friends* (1981), as Louie
- *The Greatest Man in the World* (1981), as Smidgeon
- *Too Far to Go* (1979), as Young Driver
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, as Steven
- *Not a Pretty Picture* (1976), as Fred
- *Outrage*, as Jake Gadling
- *Limbo, U.S.A.*, as John Russell
- *The Steel Harp*, Acting
- *As a Person*, as Robert

## Gallery

- ![Reed Birney](https://film.one/media/person/794896/gallery-e4ea29f7b113.jpg) Reed Birney — Image via TMDB
- ![Reed Birney](https://film.one/media/person/794896/gallery-56339ee8a338.jpg) Reed Birney — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2016: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2014: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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