Tom Riis Farrell

Acting

Born August 17, 1959

Tom Riis Farrell was born in Oceanside, New York. He attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, earning a BA in Theatre in 1981. His first film was Regarding Henry (1991), but he was edited out. Most recently, he appeared off-Broadway in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, starring Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Tony Randall, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, and Paul Giamatti. Prior to that, he was in the Broadway, San Francisco, Pasadena, and touring productions of Claudia Shear's play "Dirty Blonde," receiving a Helen Hayes Award and a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for that performance. Other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include "1776" (Roundabout and Gershwin Theatres); "Wrong Mountain" (Eugene O'Neill Theatre); "Li'l Abner" (Encores! at City Center); and "View of the Dome" (NY Theatre Workshop). Tom shows up in the movies Trust the Man (2005), Marie and Bruce (2004), The Stepford Wives (2004), Almost Famous (2000), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), The Out-of-Towners (1999), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Television work includes Ed (2000), NYPD Blue (1993), Spin City (1996), four episodes of Law & Order (1990) and one of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), as well as the television movies The Love Letter (1998) with Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and The Deliverance of Elaine (1996) with Mare Winningham, Chris Cooper, and Lloyd Bridges.

Filmography

• 2019Ask for Jane — Principal Rafferty
• Evil — Darryl Croce
• Rise — Mr. Baer
• 2017Future '38 — Lamont Hitler
• Mr. Robot — Bill Harper
• 2014Lullaby — Officer Poland
• 2014That Awkward Moment — Male Executive
• The Americans — Jerry Clancy
• Elementary — Gary Sullivan
• 2012The Bourne Legacy — Blue Lab Doctor
• 2010All Good Things — Barry Davis
• Blue Bloods — Fred Rosebrock, Bradley Loomis
• Nurse Jackie — Herman Wainess
• 2009Tell-Tale — Legethon
• The Good Wife — Juror
• 2009The Rebound — Terrence
• Fringe — Gregory Worth
• The Black Donnellys — Building Inspector Ferguson
• 2006The Exonerated — Farmer (uncredited)
• 2004Marie and Bruce — Frank
• 2004The Stepford Wives — Stan Peters
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Douglas Callaway, Wallace Kenter
• 2000Almost Famous — Plaza Doctor
• 1999Bringing Out the Dead — John Burke
• 1999The Out-of-Towners — Andrew Lloyd Webber
• 1998Dirty Laundry — Hair Consultant
• 1998The Love Letter — Scott's Boss (Lester)
• 1997The Devil's Advocate — Priest
• Spin City — UPS Guy
• Swift Justice — Thomas Proctor
• 1996The Deliverance of Elaine — Delbert
• 1995Kiss of Death — EMS Supervisor
• New York News — Jonathan
• 1993Sleepless in Seattle — Rob
• 1992Scent of a Woman — Garry
• 1991Shadows and Fog — Vigilante with Spiro
• Law & Order — Mr. Marks, Scott Hexter, Bud, Howard Philips, Homeless Man #3