Reed Birney
Date of birth: 1954-09-11
Place of birth: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Reed Birney (born September 11, 1954) is an American actor. Birney is known for his performances on stage and screen often acting on and off Broadway. Birney gained acclaim in 2016 for his role in The Humans winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He was also nominated previously in the same category for his performance in Casa Valentina in 2014. He starred in the films Mass (2021), and The Menu (2022). He is also known for his recurring roles in Gossip Girl (2007–2009), House of Cards (2013–2017), The Blacklist (2014–2015), and Home Before Dark (2021–2022). He has also acted in The Americans, The Handmaid's Tale, and Succession.
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Crimewave
1985-04-12
Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go
A Perfect Murder
1998-06-05
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the lov
The Greatest Man in the World
1981-06-09
This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lind
Uptown Girls
2003-08-15
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her man
Twelve Thirty
2011-01-14
TWELVE THIRTY is drama about a family with adult children that is broken, and a self-centered young
Someone Will Assist You Shortly
2021-09-30
SOMEONE WILL ASSIST YOU SHORTLY explores a hospice nurse's panic and isolation as he cares for his a
Dinner with Jeffrey
2016-05-29
Oliver has just come out of the closet and is struggling with the feeling that he has to change who
Adult World
2014-02-14
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a
Chain Letters
1985-09-08
Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on
Girl Most Likely
2012-09-07
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in t
Occupy, Texas
2016-04-15
After years away from home, and receiving news of his parents’ deaths, a disillusioned Occupier is f
Baby Ruby
2023-02-03
After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts t
Stomach People
2022-11-28
When Julia returns home for her grandmother's funeral, she has a nervous breakdown and vomits up the
You Are Here
1997-03-24
After getting laid-off, a businessman accepts his boss' offer of a week at his gorgeous country esta
In Your Eyes
2014-04-20
Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond t
Too Far to Go
1979-03-12
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the
Asynchronous
2024-03-28
A cancer-stricken professor becomes dangerously obsessed with the town's mayor.
The Ten
2007-08-03
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Changeling
2008-10-24
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a
On Our Way
2019-06-03
A film about fathers and sons, and the expectations they put on themselves and each other.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024-09-07
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of m
Couple A Cards
2023-08-23
Coffee, Bagels, and lost love: Two grumpy, old men confront their lifelong rivalry and reminisce of
Jackrabbit
2015-04-18
Following a worldwide event known as The Reset, humanity rebuilds a society with aging mechanics whe
Not a Pretty Picture
1976-01-03
Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017-04-22
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are
Karen Black Like Me
1997-01-18
David Briggs' Karen Black Like Me is a weirdly funny homage to the 70s cult classic Trilogy of Terro
Shy Guys
2016-10-17
Two strangers bravely confront and resolve one of the most terrifying and perplexing scourges to eve
Morning Glory
2010-11-10
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994-12-19
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and
The Last
2019-03-29
The survivors of four generations of a Jewish family are rocked to their core when the family's 92-y
The Lost Weekend
2019-04-05
After a rough breakup, Charlie Monahan dives headfirst into the world of online dating. Guided by hi
The Hunt
2020-03-11
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the
w4m
2019-04-14
Marley places a Craigslist ad, which is answered by Peter, for a rendezvous with an older man. But w
The Trey Billings Show
1999-07-01
A late-night cable access show goes to hell!
The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020-10-02
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha fin
Lost Girls
2020-01-28
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated
All the Little Things We Kill
2021-01-22
A college professor takes her students hostage to force the passage of a bill that bans semi-automat
Four Friends
1981-12-11
A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which
Half the Perfect World
2016-08-26
When solid and steadfast hat maker Lily (Heather Lind) is seduced by her boyfriend's cousin Daniel (
Strawberry Mansion
2021-07-22
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect t
Mass
2021-10-08
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Means and Ends
1987-03-05
The makers of a sexploitation film deceive the officials of a small Illinois town into believing the
Mad Women
2015-06-10
A mother of three daughters (one died at the age of three) commits a crime of conscience and becomes
The Menu
2022-11-17
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepa
If You See Something
2024-10-16
In the bliss of their new love, Ali and Katie start to build their life together in New York City, h
Death Wish
2024-10-17
After losing his grandfather and job to COVID-19, an enraged deliveryman decides to do the only logi
Blue Film
2025-08-16
Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discove
Apostasy Blues
2025-04-13
After a cult leader “raptures” alone with his followers’ donation money, two cult members reenter th
Outrage
After decades of provoking the nation, a controversial political pundit is kidnapped after a night o
Standby
2025-09-28
Jerry, a quiet and dispirited middle-aged gay actor, works as a standby for the hit off-Broadway sho
The Steel Harp
Hanna, a cantankerous nonagenarian, patrols the Golden Gate Bridge every day and intervenes when peo