Joseph Patrick Breen is an American actor. He has acted primarily on TV but has also appeared in numerous films, as well as on Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 and Off Broadway. In 2010, he starred on Broadway in Next Fall

Next Fall (play)

Next Fall is a play written by Geoffrey Nauffts. The play is about two gay men in a committed relationship with a twist, with one being devoutly religious and the other an atheist. The play revolves around their five-year relationship and how they make it work despite their differences...

 by Geoffrey Naufts.

He was originally hired to voice Splatter and Dodge in Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British/American film based on the well-known TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and the United States TV series Shining Time Station. The film was co-produced by Gullane Entertainment and the Isle of Man Film Commission. It was written, produced...

 but was cut for unknown reasons and was replaced by Neil Crone

Neil Crone

Neil Crone is a Canadian voice actor and comedian who does the voices of Gordon the Big Engine, Splatter and Diesel 10 from the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. He does Phillip the Concierge in the My Secret Identity episode "Sour Grapes"...

 and Kevin Frank

Kevin Frank

Kevin Frank, born January 13, 1957, is a Canadian writer and actor. He is a popular host of TV shows such as The Next Line, Kidstreet and Pet Project.-Voice roles:* Kevin from Pet Project...

.

Filmography

• The Bleeding House
  The Bleeding House
  The Bleeding House is a 2011 Horror film directed by Philip Gelatt starring Alexandra Chando, Patrick Breen and Charlie Hewson.-Synopsis:...
  
   (2011) - Nick
• Whole Day Down (2011) - Patrick Breen
• The Good Wife (2010) - Lt. Terrence Hicks
• Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
  Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
  Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back is a 2010 animated comedy film and sequel to the 2008 film Space Chimps. The film was directed and produced by John H. Williams, written by Rob Moreland, with animation by Vanguard Animation and Prana Studios....
  
   (2010) - Dr. Bob (voice)
• Country Road K (2010) - Nick
• Rio Sex Comedy
  Rio Sex Comedy
  Rio Sex Comedy is a 2010 comedy film, written and directed by Jonathan Nossiter. It premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September.-Plot:...
  
   (2010) - Frank
• Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie is an American series that premiered on June 8, 2009, on Showtime, Movie Central and The Movie Network.The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City...
  
   (2010) - Martin
• Three Rivers
  Three Rivers (TV series)
  Three Rivers is a medical drama, which premiered on CBS on October 4, 2009 and aired Sundays at 9 pm Eastern Time/Pacific Time. The series was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a fictional hospital specializing in transplants, with Alex O'Loughlin starring as a famous transplant surgeon...
  
   (2009) - Dr. Joseph Breen
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) - Mr. Kersey
• Ghost Whisperer
  Ghost Whisperer
  Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
  
   (2009) - Duff Faraday
• Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas (2009) - Phinneas Malloy
• ER
  ER (TV series)
  ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
   (2008) – Felix (Another Thursday at County)
• Space Chimps
  Space Chimps
  Space Chimps is a 2008 computer-animated family comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Starz Media and 20th Century Fox, and it was released on July 18, 2008. The film is produced by Barry Sonnenfeld, John H. Williams, and John W...
  
   (2008) - Dr. Bob (voice)
• Eli Stone
  Eli Stone
  Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...
  
   (2008) - Paul Sweren (Praying for Time; Heal the Pain; Something to Save)
• The Neighbor (2007) - Clint
• Pushing Daisies
  Pushing Daisies
  Pushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007 to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations...
  
   (2007) - Leo Gaswint (Pie-lette)
• Notes from the Underbelly
  Notes from the Underbelly
  Notes from the Underbelly was an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television...
  
   (2007) - Pale Husband
• The New Adventures of Old Christine
  The New Adventures of Old Christine
  The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American comedy series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which ran for five seasons on CBS from March 13, 2006, to May 12, 2010...
  
   (2007) - Edmund (Strange Bedfellows)
• Boston Legal
  Boston Legal
  Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
  
   (2006) - Otto Beedle (The Good Lawyer;On the Ledge: Part 2; Lincoln: Part 1)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
  
    (2006) - Mr. Phillipe (Way to Go)
• Kevin Hill
  Kevin Hill
  Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.-Synopsis:The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin...
  
   (2004) - George Weiss (Losing Isn’t Everything; Sacrificial Lambs; Through the Looking Glass; The Monroe Doctrine; In This Corner)
• Christmas with the Kranks
  Christmas with the Kranks
  Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Joe Roth and starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. The screenplay by Chris Columbus is based on the 2001 novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham.-Plot:...
  
   (2004) - Aubie
• Joan of Arcadia
  Joan of Arcadia
  Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi , who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m...
  
   (2003) - Sammy (Only Connect; St. Joan; Pilot)
• Rock Me Baby  (2003) - Richard Crandall (Who’s Your Da-Da?; Trading Spaces; Prior Engagement; The Difference Between Men and Women; Shift Shaft)
• Monk
  Monk (TV series)
  Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...
  
    (2004) - Jeffery Sweeney (Mr. Monk Gets Married)
• Law & Order
  Law & Order
  Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
  
   (2004) - Andrew Gellis (Married with Children; The Ring; Slave)
• Radio (2003) - Tucker
• Do Over
  Do Over
  Do Over is an American comedy-drama/fantasy series created by Kenny Schwartz and Rick Wiener. The series, which was broadcast on The WB in 2002, stars Penn Badgley.-Synopsis:...
  
    (2002) - Mr. Jenkins (Investing in the Future)
• Just a Kiss
  Just a Kiss (2002 film)
  Just a Kiss is a dark comedy and was the first feature film directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Fisher Stevens. Fisher also is credited with playing the harmonica . Patrick Breen wrote the screenplay adapted from his own off-Broadway play and starred in the film...
  
    (2002) - Peter
• Stark Raving Mad
  Stark Raving Mad (film)
  Stark Raving Mad is a film, produced by A Band Apart, about a heist pulled during a rave. The film was directed and written by Drew Daywalt and David Schneider. It stars Seann William Scott, Lou Diamond Phillips, Timm Sharp, Patrick Breen, John B. Crye, Monet Mazur, Suzy Nakamura, C. Ernst Harth,...
  
    (2002) - Jeffrey Jay
• The West Wing  (2002) - Kevin Kahn -Ritchie’s Communication Director (The Black Vera Wang)
• Will & Grace
  Will & Grace
  Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
  
   (2001) - Mitchell (Stakin’ Care of Business)
• The Tick
  The Tick
  The Tick is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston area comic stores. He is an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. After its creation, the character spun off into an independent comic book series in...
  
   (2001) - Friendly Fire (Couples)
• Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
  
   (2001) - Kevin Stoller (In Search of Barry White)
• Judging Amy
  Judging Amy
  Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
  
   (2001) - D.A. Levy (The Last Word)
• Frasier
  Frasier
  Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
  
   (2001) - Phillip (A Day in May)
• Jack & Jill
  Jack & Jill (TV series)
  Jack & Jill is an American television series comedy-drama starring Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Justin Kirk, Simon Rex and Sarah Paulson which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network. It was created and executive produced by Randi Mayem Singer.The show's theme song was...
  
   (2001) - Ken (And Jack and Jill Came Down the Hill; Caution: Parents Crossing)
• East of A (2000) - Peter Parker
• Galaxy Quest
  Galaxy Quest
  Galaxy Quest is a 1999 science-fiction comedy parody about a troupe of human actors who defend a group of aliens against an alien warlord. It was directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. Mark Johnson and Charles Newirth produced the film for DreamWorks, and David...
  
   (1999) - Quellick
• Sex and the City
  Sex and the City
  Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
  
   (1999) - Dr. Bradley Meego (Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women)
• Oz
  Oz (TV series)
  Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
  
   (1999) - Robbie Gerth (Legs; Napoleon’s Boney Parts)
• Just the Ticket
  Just the Ticket (film)
  Just the Ticket is a 1999 film starring Andy García and Andie MacDowell. Garcia was also the producer. The movie was originally titled The Ticket Scalper.- Plot :...
  
   (1999) - San Diego Vinnie
• Cross Words (1999)
• Advice from a Caterpillar (1999) - Hunter #1
• One True Thing
  One True Thing
  One True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother who is dying of cancer. It was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen. The movie stars Meryl Streep, Renée...
  
   (1998) - G.A. Tweedy
• Mumfie's White Christmas (1998) - Storyteller
• Party of Five
  Party of Five
  Party of Five is an American teen drama television series that aired on Fox for six seasons, from September 12, 1994, until May 3, 2000.Critically acclaimed, the show suffered from low ratings and after its first season was slated for cancellation...
  
   (1998) - Kevin Quoss (Here and Now; Of Human Bonding)
• Jenny
  Jenny (TV series)
  Jenny is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1998. The series was intended to be a star vehicle for Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy.-Synopsis:...
  
   (1998) - Richard Marino (A Girl’s Gotta Merger)
• In the Loop
  In the Loop (film)
  In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is based on the BBC Television series The Thick of It satirising Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq...
  
   (1998)
• Men in Black
  Men in Black (film)
  Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Marvel Comics. The film featured the creature effects...
  
   (1997) - Reggie Redgick
• Beverly Hills Ninja
  Beverly Hills Ninja
  Beverly Hills Ninja is a 1997 action comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Mark Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff, and starring Chris Farley. The main plot revolves around Haru , who was found by a clan of ninjas as an infant in an abandoned treasure chest and was raised by them...
  
   (1997) - Desk Manager
• Colin Fitz (1997) - Gnu Fan
• One Life to Live
  One Life to Live
  One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
  
   (1968) - Winslow Freeman (1996–1997)
• Phinehas (1996) - Billy
• Sweet Nothing
  Sweet Nothing
  Sweet Nothing is a 1995 film directed by Gary Winick starring Michael Imperioli.-Plot:Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out...
  
   (1996) - Greg
• Get Shorty
  Get Shorty
  Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name.-Plot summary:...
  
   (1995) - Resident Doctor
• Simon (1995) - Mitch
• Magic Adventures of Mumfie
  Magic Adventures of Mumfie
  Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie is an animated made-for-television movie and television series created by Britt Allcroft and directed by John Laurence Collins. It is based on the Mumfie novels by Katherine Tozer, which were originally published in 1936. Mumfie is a 'nelifunt', a toy...
  
   (1994) - Storyteller
• For Love or Money (1993) - Gary Taubin
• Big Wave Dave's
  Big Wave Dave's
  Big Wave Dave's was a sitcom that ran from August 9, 1993 until September 13, 1993. In it, three friends decide to drop everything and run a surf shop in Hawaii. When they arrive, they find out that it's not as easy as they thought...
  
   (1993) - Richie Lamonica
• Melrose Place (1993) - Cameron (State of Need; Pushing Boundaries; The Test)
• Fallen Angels
  Fallen Angels (TV series)
  Fallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994....
  
   (1993) - Doc (The Quiet Room)
• Passed Away
  Passed Away
  Passed Away is an American ensemble comedy film from 1992.- Cast :*Bob Hoskins - Johnny Scanlan*Jack Warden - Jack Scanlan*William Petersen - Frank Scanlan*Diana Bellamy - BJ*Don Brockett - Froggie*Helen Lloyd Breed - Aunt Maureen...
  
   (1992) - Father Hallahn
• Fools’ Fire (1992) - The Ministers
• Sunday Dinner (1991) - Kenneth Benedict (Whose House Is It Anyway?; The Write Stuff; My Dinner with Jack and Delores; In Sickness and in Health; Guess Who’s Coming to Sunday Dinner)
• Monsters
  Monsters (TV series)
  Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic weekday marathons.In a similar vein to Tales from the...
  
   (1990) - Danny (Museum Hearts)
• Day One
  Day One (film)
  Day One is a made-for-TV documentary-drama movie about The Manhattan Project, the research and development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It is based on the book by Peter Wyden. The movie was written by David W. Rintels and directed by Joseph Sargent. It starred Brian Dennehy as General...
  
   (1989) - Richard Feynman
• Nobody's Perfect
  Nobody's Perfect (TV series)
  Nobody's Perfect is a situation comedy television series, broadcast on ABC, about a bumbling police detective; it aired for two months in 1980, for a total of eight episodes. In the UK this program is known as Hart of the Yard...
  
   (1989) - Andy
• Just in Time (1987) - Nick Thompson
• 21 Jump Street
  21 Jump Street
  21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...
  
   (1987) - Johnny Hartman (Low and Away)
• Gimme a Break!
  Gimme a Break!
  Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC from October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.-Premise:...
  
   (1987) - Keith Dudley (Parents’ Week: Part 1 & 2)
• My Sister Sam
  My Sister Sam
  My Sister Sam is an American situation comedy series that aired on CBS from 1986 to 1988. It was created by Stephen Fischer and executive produced by Diane English.-Synopsis:...
  
   (1987) - Scotty (Club Dread)
• Spenser: For Hire
  Spenser: For Hire
  Spenser: For Hire is a mystery television series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder, differs from the novels, mostly in its lesser degree of detail....
  
   (1986) - Bobby Olak (And Give Up Show Biz?)

Writer

• Just a Kiss
  Just a Kiss (2002 film)
  Just a Kiss is a dark comedy and was the first feature film directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Fisher Stevens. Fisher also is credited with playing the harmonica . Patrick Breen wrote the screenplay adapted from his own off-Broadway play and starred in the film...
  
   (2002)
• East of A (2000)
• Phinehas (1996)
• Call of the Wylie (1995)

Miscellaneous work

• On the Couch
  On the Couch
  On the Couch is an Australian television program focusing on the current issues in the Australian Football League. From its debut in 2002 through to 2006, it was shown on the now defunct Fox Footy Channel. Since then it has been broadcast on Fox Sports....
  
   (2004) - Special Thanks
• Julian Po
  Julian Po
  -Plot:This is the story of a depressed man who comes into a town with no future. The title character wanders into a small sleepy town with the intent to kill himself. When the townspeople learn of his plan, Julian becomes a minor celebrity, and is offered all sorts of free perks since this is the...
  
   (1997) - Acknowledged Contributor

Stage work

• The Normal Heart
  The Normal Heart
  The Normal Heart is a largely autobiographical play by Larry Kramer. It focuses on the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay Jewish-American founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group...
  
   (2011, Broadway)
• Next Fall
  Next Fall (play)
  Next Fall is a play written by Geoffrey Nauffts. The play is about two gay men in a committed relationship with a twist, with one being devoutly religious and the other an atheist. The play revolves around their five-year relationship and how they make it work despite their differences...
  
   (Off Broadway 2009; Broadway 2010)
• Fuddy Meers
  Fuddy Meers
  Fuddy Meers is an American play by David Lindsay-Abaire. It tells the story of an amnesiac, Claire, who awakens each morning as a blank slate on which her husband and teenage son must imprint the facts of her life. One morning Claire is abducted by a limping, lisping man who claims her husband...
  
   (1999)
• The Substance of Fire
  The Substance of Fire
  The Substance of Fire is a play by Jon Robin Baitz.At its core is Isaac Geldhart, a childhood survivor of the Holocaust, who arrived in New York City an orphan, reinvented himself as a bon vivant, married well, and found fame and fortune as a champion of authors who are passionate about their work...
  
   (1991)
• Brighton Beach Memoirs
  Brighton Beach Memoirs
  Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.-Characters:*Eugene Morris Jerome, almost 15...
  
   (1983)

External links

• http://www.nndb.com/people/529/000138115/
• http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/patrick-breen/169135
• http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Breen,_Patrick/