| Kevin J. O'Connor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kevin James O'Connor November 15, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse | Jane Elizabeth Unrue (1988-unknown) (divorced) |
Kevin James O'Connor[1] (born November 15, 1963) is an American actor.
He is known for playing character roles in major studio films such as There Will Be Blood, The Mummy, Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions, F/X2 and Van Helsing. He is a favorite of writer/director Stephen Sommers, who usually casts him in his films.
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O'Connor made his big-screen debut as the high school rebel, Michael Fitzsimmons, in Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). His next major part was quizzical newspaper reporter Taggerty Hayes in the HBO miniseries Tanner '88. He portrayed a young Ernest Hemingway in the 1988 film The Moderns, had a small role in 1989's Steel Magnolias and a featured one in 1994's murder mystery Color of Night, which starred Bruce Willis.
O'Connor worked with writer/director Stephen Sommers on the 1998 science-fiction adventure Deep Rising. He often appears in Sommers' projects, including The Mummy, where he plays the betraying friend Beni and Van Helsing, in which he played Count Dracula's devious servant (And Dr. Frankenstein's former assistant) Igor.
He had a key supporting role in There Will Be Blood as Henry, the man who claims to be the brother of Daniel Day-Lewis's oil man, Daniel Plainview.
In 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, he plays Doctor Mindbender.
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1986 | One More Saturday Night | Hood | |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Michael Fitzsimmons | ||
| 1988 | Candy Mountain | Julius | |
| The Moderns | Ernest Hemingway | ||
| 1989 | Signs of Life | Eddie Johnson | |
| Steel Magnolias | Sammy Desoto | ||
| 1990 | Love at Large | Art the Farmhand | |
| 1991 | F/X2 | Matt Neely | |
| 1992 | Equinox | Russell Franks | |
| Hero | Chucky | ||
| 1994 | No Escape | Stephano | |
| Color of Night | Casey Heinz | ||
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon | Roy Boy | |
| Virtuosity | Clyde Reilly | ||
| Lord of Illusions | Philip Swann | ||
| 1996 | Hit Me | Cougar | |
| 1997 | Chicago Cab | Southside Guy | |
| Amistad | Missionary | ||
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters | Harry | |
| Deep Rising | Joel 'Tooch' Pantucci | ||
| 1999 | The Mummy | Beni Gabor | |
| Chill Factor | Telstar | ||
| If...Dog...Rabbit | Jamie Cooper | ||
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Igor | |
| 2006 | Kettle of Fish | Harry | |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Henry | |
| Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane | Frank | ||
| There Will Be Blood | Henry | ||
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Doctor Mindbender | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Brooks Lab Technician |
Episode: The Meighan Conspiracy Episode: Use a Gun, Go to Hell |
| 1988 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Lt. Thomas Keefer | TV-Movie |
| Tanner '88 | Hayes Taggerty | Miniseries | |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Patrick McCarter | Episode: The Troubles |
| 1994 | Birdland | Mr. Horner | 7 episodes |
| 1997 | The Love Bug | Roddy Martel | TV-Movie |
| 1998 | Black Cat Run | Hobbs | TV-Movie |
| 2000 | The Others | Warren Day | 13 episodes |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Dr. Michael Pirandello | Episode: The Mistake |
| 2004 | Century City | Henry Krell | Episode: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Lose |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Evan Chapel | Episode: Grow |
| 2009 | The Beast | Harry Conrad | 13 episodes |