Tom Riis Farrell

Biography

Tom Riis Farrell was born in Oceanside, New York. He attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, earning a BA in Theatre in 1981. His first film was Regarding Henry (1991), but he was edited out. Most recently, he appeared off-Broadway in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, starring Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Tony Randall, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, and Paul Giamatti. Prior to that, he was in the Broadway, San Francisco, Pasadena, and touring productions of Claudia Shear's play "Dirty Blonde," receiving a Helen Hayes Award and a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for that performance. Other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include "1776" (Roundabout and Gershwin Theatres); "Wrong Mountain" (Eugene O'Neill Theatre); "Li'l Abner" (Encores! at City Center); and "View of the Dome" (NY Theatre Workshop). Tom shows up in the movies Trust the Man (2005), Marie and Bruce (2004), The Stepford Wives (2004), Almost Famous (2000), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), The Out-of-Towners (1999), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Television work includes Ed (2000), NYPD Blue (1993), Spin City (1996), four episodes of Law & Order (1990) and one of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), as well as the television movies The Love Letter (1998) with Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and The Deliverance of Elaine (1996) with Mare Winningham, Chris Cooper, and Lloyd Bridges.

Known For

Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale
The Out-of-Towners
The Out-of-Towners

Filmography

2019 Evil
as Darryl Croce
2019 Ask for Jane
as Principal Rafferty
2018 Rise
as Mr. Baer
2017 Future '38
as Lamont Hitler
2015 Mr. Robot
as Bill Harper
2014 Lullaby
as Officer Poland
2014 That Awkward Moment
as Male Executive
2013 The Americans
as Jerry Clancy
2012 Elementary
as Gary Sullivan
2012 The Bourne Legacy
as Blue Lab Doctor
2010 All Good Things
as Barry Davis
2010 Blue Bloods
as Fred Rosebrock
2010 Blue Bloods
as Bradley Loomis
2009 The Good Wife
as Juror
2009 The Rebound
as Terrence
2009 Tell-Tale
as Legethon
2008 Fringe
as Gregory Worth
2007 The Black Donnellys
as Building Inspector Ferguson
2004 The Stepford Wives
as Stan Peters
2004 Marie and Bruce
as Frank