Shawn Hatosy

Shawn Hatosy
Hatosy in 2011, at the Paley Center: An Evening with Southland.
Born	Shawn Wayne Hatosy (1975-12-29) December 29, 1975 Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Kelly Albanese (m. 2010)
Children	Jordan Cassius Hatosy Leo Hatosy

Shawn Wayne Hatosy^[1] (born December 29, 1975) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films In & Out, The Faculty, Outside Providence, Anywhere but Here, 11:14, The Cooler, and Alpha Dog. He is also known for role as Detective Sammy Bryant on the TNT crime drama series Southland and is currently starring as Pope Cody in the TNT crime drama series, Animal Kingdom, based on the Australian film of the same name.

Early life and education

Shawn Hatosy was born in Frederick, Maryland, to Carol Ann (née Owens), a loan officer, and Wayne Thomas Hatosy. He has Hungarian and Irish ancestry.^[2][3] He grew up in the Loch Haven neighborhood^[4] of Ijamsville, Maryland, attended New Market Middle School, and graduated from Linganore High School.^[5] Hatosy took his middle name, Wayne, from his father.

Career

Hatosy's two most recent films are Public Enemies (2009), starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans^[6] (2009), in which Hatosy portrays Nicolas Cage's partner, Armand Benoit.

Hatosy has appeared in past films such as Soldier's Girl, The Faculty, In & Out,^[7] The Cooler, Outside Providence,^[8] Anywhere but Here, John Q, A Guy Thing, and 2007's Alpha Dog.^[9] Hatosy auditioned for a leading role in the 1999 film Varsity Blues but lost it to James Van Der Beek.

Hatosy has appeared in such television shows as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Twilight Zone, Felicity, Six Feet Under, ER, Law & Order, Numb3rs, My Name Is Earl, Hawaii Five-0,^[10] Criminal Minds,^[11] Fear the Walking Dead, & Bosch.^[12] Hatosy appeared as Detective Sammy Bryant in the NBC/TNT television series Southland.^[13] His latest successful roles were that of serial killer Boyd Fowler on the Showtime television series Dexter^[14][15] and police officer, Terry McCandless in Reckless.^[16] He is currently starring as Pope Cody on the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom.^[17]

Hatosy was a singer in his own band, and graduated from Linganore High School in 1994. He made an appearance in Wheatus's Music Video for their single "A Little Respect".^[18] He also made an appearance in Justin Timberlake's music video for his single What Goes Around... Comes Around alongside Scarlett Johansson.

In 2005, he performed opposite Al Pacino in Lyle Kessler's Orphans at the Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles. Hatosy also took on the title role in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Off-Broadway, he starred opposite Anna Paquin in the Paul Weitz comedy Roulette.^[19] He also performed in Roulette, an Ensemble Studio Theater production directed by Trip Cullman. The characters include a dizzy, distant dad (Larry Bryggman), a sweet, adulterous, alcoholic mom (Leslie Lyles), a steroid-hyped son (Shawn Hatosy), and a wise-cracking, substance-abusing teenage daughter (the Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin).^[20]

Personal life

Shawn married Kelly Albanese in December 2010.^[1] The couple lives in Los Angeles with their sons, Jordan Cassius^[21] (born June 16, 2006)^[22] and Leo Hatosy (born in 2012).

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Shawn Hatosy at the Internet Movie Database
• Shawn Hatosy at AllMovie