Why Dr. Hague From The Nevers Looks Familiar

Even if for some strange reason you watched nothing but the Law & Order franchise, you would still probably recognize Denis O'Hare's face if not his name. Earning his first on-screen credits in the early '90s, O'Hare appeared on Law & Order and the spin-offs Criminal Intent and Special Victims Unit seven times between 1993 and 2013. While most of those were one-offs as different characters, he played Father Christopher Shea twice — once on CI and again on SVU.

O'Hare's more recent television work has afforded him much higher profile roles and in highly acclaimed projects. He plays the recurring role of Jessie — the late William Hill's boyfriend (Ron Cephas Jones) — on NBC's This Is Us. Meanwhile, on the Emmy awards magnet Big Little Lies, O'Hare plays Ira Farber, lawyer to Mary Louise Wright (Meryl Streep). 

On the film side of his career, you may recognize him as Albert — a man living in a quarry whose life is an inspiration to Zach Braff's Andrew — from the 2004 dramedy Garden State. Early in 2007's Michael Clayton, O'Hare plays a wealthy man who is panicked and irate after accidentally running over a jogger with his car. You may also have seen him in the 2013 drama Dallas Buyers Club, in which he plays Dr. Sevard, a doctor running a medical clinical trial.