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Brian Delate

Actor
Born April 8, 1949 (75 years)
After college graduation, Delate moved to New York City and spent his first few years adapting, both professionally and personally, to the novelty and pace of the city. Delate's first professional acting work (and his very special association with the New York Shakespeare Festival) began in 1981, when he was cast in both of the plays performed in Central Park that summer - Henry IV, Part I and The Tempest. Other plays followed (including Joseph Papp's Hamlet with Diane Venora), and in 1984-1985, Delate received critical acclaim for his performance in the award-winning play, Tracers, which had successful runs in both New York (NYSF) and London (Royal Court). An abundance of daytime television and commercial work followed. In 1987, William Friedkin cast him in Python Wolf and not long after, David Jones cast him opposite Robert DeNiro and Ed Harris in Jacknife. Theatre, film and television opportunities all combined to help Delate thrive as an actor. He spent three seasons with the River Arts Repertory, and three seasons with Phoenix Theatre Company doing rotating repertory theatre, along with numerous theatre acting stints in and out of New York. One piece of trivia from that time was that Delate got to play the Humphrey Bogart role of Rick in the only sanctioned stage production of Casablanca permitted by Warner Brothers. Delate has had the privilege to work with some of the most talented and creative directors and actors in the industry -- most recently in The Brave One (directed by Neil Jordan, with Jodie Foster), in Salome on Broadway, directed by Estelle Parsons and elsewhere and in the film, Salomaybe (both with Al Pacino), as well as in My Brother (directed by Anthony Lover), Buffalo Soldiers (directed by Gregor Jordan, with Ed Harris and Joaquin Phoenix), The Truman Show (directed by Peter Weir, with Jim Carrey and Laura Linney), American Wake and Home Before Dark (both directed by Maureen Foley, the latter with Katherine Ross), Sudden Death (directed by Peter Hyams), Far From Heaven (directed by Todd Haynes), Ash Wednesday (directed by Edward Burns), and The Shawshank Redemption (directed by Frank Darabont, with Tim Robbins).
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Jacknife
Known For
  • The Truman Show
  • Sudden Death
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • Wendigo
  • Nice Guy Johnny
  • This Is Not a War Story
  • Lonesome

Filmography

2021
2018
ReRun · as Mr. Blue
2011
Wilde Salomé · as Second Soldier
2011
2011
A Gifted Man (TV Series) · as Traffic Cop
2011
Unforgettable (TV Series) · as Stanley Lewis
2010
Nice Guy Johnny · as Frank
2007
The Brave One · as Detective O'connor
2006
The Favor · as Detective Stewart
2006
My Brother · as Mr. Roland
2006
Fireflies · as Tony
2005
Rent · as Cop
2005
The Comeback (TV Series) · as Ron
2005
Searching for Bobby D · as Officer Richard
2004
Rescue Me (TV Series) · as Priest
2002
Ash Wednesday · as Crazy George Cullen
2002
Far from Heaven · as Officer #2
2002
New World Order · as Father Plantard
2001
Buffalo Soldiers · as Colonel Marshall
2001
Wendigo · as Everett
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Adam Alacano
2001
Lonesome · as Richard
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Mccartney
1998
The Truman Show · as Walter Moore / Kirk Burbank
1998
Sex and the City (TV Series)
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk · as Walter Moore
1997
1996
The Prosecutors · as Judge Silverman
1995
Sudden Death · as Blair
1995
New York News (TV Series) · as Jack Morris
1995
Central Park West (TV Series) · as Frank Peterson
1994
The Shawshank Redemption · as Guard Dekins
1994
New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Sergeant Hobson
1990
Reversal of Fortune · as Jury Foreman
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Harris
1989
Jacknife · as Briggs
1988
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf · as Co. Vincent Trask
1968
One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Park Ranger
1964
Another World (TV Series) · as Fire Marshall
1956
As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Gerard Mclane
1952
Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Pharmicist

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