
Tom Riis Farrell
Known For
Acting
Born
1959-08-17
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.
Most Known For

Law & Order
as Mr. Marks

Law & Order
as Scott Hexter

Law & Order
as Bud

Law & Order
as Howard Philips

Law & Order
as Homeless Man #3

Blue Bloods
as Fred Rosebrock

Blue Bloods
as Bradley Loomis

The Good Wife
as Juror

Elementary
as Gary Sullivan

Fringe
as Gregory Worth

Evil
as Darryl Croce

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Douglas Callaway

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Wallace Kenter

Mr. Robot
as Bill Harper

The Americans
as Jerry Clancy

Spin City
as UPS Guy

The Devil's Advocate
as Priest

The Bourne Legacy
as Blue Lab Doctor

Scent of a Woman
as Garry

Sleepless in Seattle
as Rob