Reed Birney
Biography
Reed Birney is an American actor whose career has spanned Broadway, off-Broadway, and television. Born in Alexandria, he trained for two years at Boston University's College of Fine Arts before moving to New York City. He began off-Broadway work in 1976 at Playwrights Horizons in Gemini and later appeared in plays such as Bug and Circle Mirror Transformation, winning a 2010 Obie Award for the latter. On Broadway he performed in Casa Valentina, which brought him a 2014 Drama Desk Award, and in The Humans, for which he won the 2016 Tony Award for featured actor in a play. His film work includes Four Friends (1981), A Perfect Murder (1998), The 40-Year-Old Version (2020), The Hunt (2020), Mass (2021), Strawberry Mansion (2021), and The Menu (2022). On television he has had recurring roles in Gossip Girl, The Blacklist, House of Cards, and Home Before Dark.
72years old
Turns 73 on September 11in 305 days
- Born Alexandria
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 42 years1981 to 2023
First and latest
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Behind the award
In 2011 Birney received a Special Drama Desk Award honoring his career, adding to his competitive Drama Desk win for Casa Valentina and his Obie for Circle Mirror Transformation.
Reed Birney movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Reed Birney's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$221 million
7 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 7 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$128M57.9% of the total
- 2$80M36.0% of the total
- 3$12M5.6% of the total
- 4$786K0.4% of the total
- 5$131K0.1% of the total
- 6$17K0.0% of the total
- 7$5K0.0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2016 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.