Reed Birney

Acting

Reed Birney

Born

1954-09-11 (72)

Place of birth

Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

97 titles

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.

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster
8.0

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

American Horror Story poster
8.1

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

American Horror Story

2011

The Blacklist poster
7.6

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

The Blacklist

2013

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster
7.6

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Blue Bloods poster
7.8

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

Blue Bloods

2010

Film credits

2020s · 22 titles

The Menu poster
7.2

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

The Menu

2022

The Hunt poster
6.7

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

The Hunt

2020

Blue Film poster
7.0

Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company.

Blue Film

2026

Mass poster
7.3

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

Mass

2021

Lost Girls poster
6.1

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.

Lost Girls

2020

The Forty-Year-Old Version poster
6.7

Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.

The Forty-Year-Old Version

2020

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 poster
6.8

Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during, and following the Civil War, from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

2024

Baby Ruby poster
5.1

After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mount, Jo is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems.

Baby Ruby

2023

Death Wish poster
4.0

After losing his grandfather and job to COVID-19, an enraged deliveryman decides to do the only logical thing: hunt down and kill every plague spreader who won’t wear a damn mask.

Death Wish

2024

Standby poster
NR

Jerry, a quiet and dispirited middle-aged gay actor, works as a standby for the hit off-Broadway show, "The Con Artiste!" Facing financial woes, loneliness, and questioning his art, he spends the day in rehearsal with a flirty young actor, the stage manager, and his bored fellow-understudies. At curtain time, when the lead actor calls in sick, Jerry is thrust into the star's dressing room and a whirlwind of last minute preparations. The curtain rises and, on cue, he walks onstage into the blazing lights to face not only an expectant audience, but also the possibility of a personal and artistic triumph - or failure.

Standby

2025

Strawberry Mansion poster
6.8

In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.

Strawberry Mansion

2021

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight poster
NR

Three seemingly disconnected stories unfold across New York City.

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight

2026

Live Long poster
NR

On the day of her mom's funeral, Mandy's father sets up camp in his man-chair - seeking solace in his favorite television show. Unknowingly guided by the spirit of her mother, Mandy must figure out how to connect with her father before sadness consumes him and she loses him to the furniture forever.

Live Long

2025

Someone Will Assist You Shortly poster
NR

SOMEONE WILL ASSIST YOU SHORTLY explores a hospice nurse's panic and isolation as he cares for his abusive and cognitively impaired father.

Someone Will Assist You Shortly

2021

All the Little Things We Kill poster
4.0

A college professor takes her students hostage to force the passage of a bill that bans semi-automatic weapons.

All the Little Things We Kill

2021

No artwork available
NR

When Julia returns home for her grandmother's funeral, she has a nervous breakdown and vomits up the imaginary friends that have been living inside her stomach since she was seven.

Stomach People

2022

As a Person poster
NR

Six fragile, newly sober addicts have their boundaries pushed and their comfort zones threatened when they take an improv class at an inpatient drug and alcohol rehab.

As a Person

2026

Dark Moon poster
NR

A daughter comes home for the weekend to look after her father, ailing with Dementia. The appearance of a mysterious woman shines a light on their changing parent-child power dynamic, threatening to throw their world out of orbit.

Dark Moon

2023

Apostasy Blues poster
NR

After a cult leader “raptures” alone with his followers’ donation money, two cult members reenter the secular world to embark on a manhunt for their swindler from rural Ohio to New York City.

Apostasy Blues

2025

If You See Something poster
NR

In the bliss of their new love, Ali and Katie start to build their life together in New York City, he as an Iraqi immigrant seeking political asylum and she, an ambitious American woman. When a crisis strikes back in Baghdad in the thick of his asylum process, Ali and Katie are forced to navigate its impact on their relationship... and the secrets they have been keeping from each other.

If You See Something

2025

Asynchronous poster
NR

A cancer-stricken professor becomes dangerously obsessed with the town's mayor.

Asynchronous

2024

Couple A Cards poster
2.0

Coffee, Bagels, and lost love: Two grumpy, old men confront their lifelong rivalry and reminisce of the woman who broke both their hearts.

Couple A Cards

2023

2010s · 20 titles

Morning Glory poster
6.4

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

Morning Glory

2010

Girl Most Likely poster
5.6

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

Girl Most Likely

2012

In Your Eyes poster
7.1

Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear, and feel the other's experiences, creating a connection that cannot be broken.

In Your Eyes

2014

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks poster
6.3

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017

Adult World poster
6.0

Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.

Adult World

2014

Mired poster
NR

A young man wakes to find his mud-covered relatives back from the grave.

Mired

2016

Twelve Thirty poster
5.1

TWELVE THIRTY is drama about a family with adult children that is broken, and a self-centered young man who, in the span of a week, becomes entangled in each of their lives, wreaking havoc in the process.

Twelve Thirty

2011

The King's Judgement poster
NR

Vincent tells the story of 'The Lady, Or The Tiger' to Jerry, a young man who has betrayed him.

The King's Judgement

2017

Jackrabbit poster
4.5

Following a worldwide event known as The Reset, humanity rebuilds a society with aging mechanics where gleaming technology once stood. Surveillance now the status quo, society is slowly putting its shattered pieces back together under a watchful eye. After a friend’s suicide leaves behind a mysterious computer drive, a young computer prodigy and a shadowy hacker join together to decipher the clues that he’s left behind. The youthful creators of Jackrabbit have successfully constructed a world, which we haven’t previously seen on film. Mixing retro production design with slick storytelling, they deliver a cinematic dissonance that will result in a shock to the senses.

Jackrabbit

2015

Molly's Theory of Relativity poster
2.9

Set on Halloween, a young astronomer who has unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.

Molly's Theory of Relativity

2013

No artwork available
NR

When solid and steadfast hat maker Lily (Heather Lind) is seduced by her boyfriend's cousin Daniel (Ryan O'Nan), her seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.

Half the Perfect World

2016

Occupy, Texas poster
5.7

After years away from home, and receiving news of his parents’ deaths, a disillusioned Occupier is forced from his tent in Zuccotti Park to upper middle class Texas, where he must repair his two sisters, his past, and himself.

Occupy, Texas

2016

The Last poster
4.5

The survivors of four generations of a Jewish family are rocked to their core when the family's 92-year-old matriarch makes a stunning confession

The Last

2019

Mad Women poster
3.3

A mother of three daughters (one died at the age of three) commits a crime of conscience and becomes radicalized in prison; she turns into an idealist run amok, determined to change her little corner of the world for the better. Her middle daughter, with a physician for a father, an older sister who joins Doctors Without Borders, and a baby sister who dies, is fanatically trying to find a place for herself in this family of overachievers.

Mad Women

2015

w4m poster
4.5

Marley places a Craigslist ad, which is answered by Peter, for a rendezvous with an older man. But when he shows up, things don't quite go as planned. Will everyone leave satisfied?

w4m

2019

Shy Guys poster
NR

Two strangers bravely confront and resolve one of the most terrifying and perplexing scourges to ever afflict mankind… all while standing at neighboring urinals.

Shy Guys

2016

Margaret and Gary poster
NR

A man seeks guidance from his GPS as he flees madness, only to drive into what seems like The Twilight Zone.

Margaret and Gary

2018

Dinner with Jeffrey poster
NR

Oliver has just come out of the closet and is struggling with the feeling that he has to change who he is to fit in with other gays, when his gay uncle Jeffrey takes him to dinner and tries to teach him about the 'gay lifestyle'.

Dinner with Jeffrey

2016

On Our Way poster
NR

A film about fathers and sons, and the expectations they put on themselves and each other.

On Our Way

2019

The Lost Weekend poster
NR

After a rough breakup, Charlie Monahan dives headfirst into the world of online dating. Guided by his charismatic best friend, Rufus, Charlie meets the charmingly complicated Maggie Mae. Quickly learning the differences between expectations and reality, Charlie's forced to confront the challenges of maintaining a relationship in the digital age. In an era where everyone's connected, Charlie's never felt more apart.

The Lost Weekend

2019

1990s · 5 titles

A Perfect Murder poster
6.6

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.

A Perfect Murder

1998

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage poster
9.0

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994

Karen Black Like Me poster
3.2

David Briggs' Karen Black Like Me is a weirdly funny homage to the 1975 cult classic Trilogy of Terror.

Karen Black Like Me

1997

No artwork available
9.0

After getting laid-off, a businessman accepts his boss' offer of a week at his gorgeous country estate. On a whim, the businessman asks a casual acquaintance (at whom he frequently waves while en route to work) to join him.

You Are Here

1997

The Trey Billings Show poster
4.0

A late-night cable access show goes to hell!

The Trey Billings Show

1999

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 2 titles

Undated · 3 titles

Series credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster
8.0

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

American Horror Story poster
8.1

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

American Horror Story

2011

The Blacklist poster
7.6

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

The Blacklist

2013

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster
7.6

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster
7.6

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Blue Bloods poster
7.8

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

Blue Bloods

2010

Chicago Med poster
8.3

An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.

Chicago Med

2015

Silo poster
8.2

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

Silo

2023

The Good Wife poster
7.6

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

The Good Wife

2009

Gossip Girl poster
8.1

An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.

Gossip Girl

2007

House of Cards poster
8.0

Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.

House of Cards

2013

Succession poster
8.3

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

Succession

2018

Madam Secretary poster
7.0

After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.

Madam Secretary

2014

Titans poster
7.8

A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

Titans

2018

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds poster
7.9

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

2022

The Americans poster
7.9

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

The Americans

2013

Bull poster
7.1

Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

Bull

2016

A Million Little Things poster
7.2

A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.

A Million Little Things

2018

Evil poster
7.8

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

Evil

2019

Girls poster
6.4

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

Girls

2012

Tales from the Crypt poster
8.0

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Poker Face poster
7.4

Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.

Poker Face

2023

Eight Is Enough poster
6.2

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.

Eight Is Enough

1977

Home Before Dark poster
7.5

Young investigative journalist Hilde Lisko moves with her family to the small town her father left behind, only to unearth shocking secrets in her pursuit of the truth.

Home Before Dark

2020

Ed poster
7.7

After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.

Ed

2000

From the Earth to the Moon poster
8.1

The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

Kings poster
7.6

A riveting drama about a modern day monarchy, a contemporary re-telling of the timeless tale of David and Goliath. This series is an epic story of greed and power, war and romance, forbidden loves and secret alliances -- and a young hero who rises to power in a modern-day kingdom.

Kings

2009

Kidnapped poster
7.2

Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007. The series returned on Universal HD in 2008.

Kidnapped

2006

American Odyssey poster
7.1

In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.

American Odyssey

2015

Kane & Abel poster
7.7

Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose lifelong rivalry shapes their empires and families over decades. Their contrasting paths from poverty and wealth lead to a destructive, decades-long feud for power.

Kane & Abel

1985

Beverly Hills Buntz poster
7.0

A former police detective transitions to working as a private investigator in Beverly Hills, navigating quirky cases and eccentric clients. His street-smart attitude and unorthodox methods clash with the upscale environment.

Beverly Hills Buntz

1987

Wainy Days poster
9.0

Wainy Days is an internet video series starring David Wain that is hosted on the website, My Damn Channel. The web series follows a fictionalized version of Wain through his everyday life as he tries to form relationships with numerous women and discusses his problems with his friends at the sweatshop where he works. Elizabeth Banks, Jonah Hill, Julie Bowen, Megan Mullally, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Amanda Peet, Rosemarie DeWitt, Elizabeth Reaser, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Josh Charles, Lucy Punch, A.D. Miles, Paul Rudd, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and various other Stella/The State/Wet Hot American Summer alum have all guest-starred in various episodes. A DVD containing the first four seasons was released February 14, 2012. In 2013, Blip Partnered with My Damn Channel, leading to season 5 of Wainy Days being premiered simultaneously on Blip and MyDamnChannel.

Wainy Days

2007

My Generation poster
5.2

A documentary crew follows the stories of nine classmates during their high school years in Austin, Texas, and then revisits them ten years later to examine how far they have come.

My Generation

2010

Behind the camera