Patrick Joseph Byrnes

Patrick Joseph Byrnes is an American actor who began performing with The NOW Theatre Company in Lockport, New York, and went on to appear in plays with companies in and around Buffalo, including the Buffalo Entertainment Theatre and productions at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College. Born in Lackawanna, New York, and raised in South Buffalo, he worked extensively in theater in Dublin, Ireland, where he drew notice for roles including Rock Hudson in Hollywood Valhalla, Lenny in Of Mice and Men, Boss Finley in Sweet Bird of Youth and Lars in the Gate Theatre's Festen. In New York City he worked with Daryl Chin and Larry Qualls on productions that included The Dialectic of Enlightenment. He later moved into film and television, playing the Deputy Director of the NSA in Oliver Stone's Snowden and Jefferson Maltby in the series Traitors.