Shawn Hatosy Biography

Shawn Wayne Hatosy (born December 29, 1975) is an American actor with over 45 film and television credits to his name.

Personal life

Shawn Hatosy was born in Frederick, Maryland, to Carol (née Owens), a Loans Officer, and Wayne Hatosy, being of Hungarian-Welsh descent. He grew up in the Loch Haven neighborhood of Ijamsville, Maryland, attended New Market Middle School, and graduated from Linganore High School. Larry James, who still resides in Frederick, MD, was his high school basketball coach. Larry says that "he was a star in his own right" on and off the court. Hatosy took his middle name, Wayne, from his father. Shawn lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Kelly, and their sons, Jordan Cassius and Leo

Career

Hatosy's two most recent films are Public Enemies (2009), starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), in which Hatosy portrays Nicolas Cage's partner, Armand Benoit, and Reckless (2013), a TV film.

Hatosy has appeared in past films such as Soldier's Girl, The Faculty, In & Out, The Cooler, Outside Providence, John Q, and 2007's Alpha Dog. Hatosy auditioned for a leading role in the 1999 film Varsity Blues but lost it to James Van Der Beek.

Hatosy has appeared in such television shows as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Twilight Zone, Felicity, Six Feet Under, ER, Law & Order, Numb3rs, My Name is Earl and Hawaii Five-0. , Hatosy appears as Detective Sammy Bryant in the NBC/TNT television series Southland. His latest successful roles were that of serial killer named Boyd Fowler on the Showtime television series Dexter.

Hatosy was a singer in his own band, and graduated from Linganore High School in 1994. He also made an appearance in Wheatus's Music Video for their single "A Little Respect".

In 2005, he performed opposite Al Pacino in Lyle Kessler's Orphans at the Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles. Hatosy also took on the title role in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Off-Broadway, he starred opposite Anna Paquin in the Paul Weitz comedy Roulette. He also performed in Roulette, an Ensemble Studio Theater production directed by Trip Cullman. The characters include a dizzy, distant dad (Larry Bryggman), a sweet, adulterous, alcoholic mom (Leslie Lyles), a steroid-hyped son (Shawn Hatosy), and a wise-cracking, substance-abusing teenage daughter (the Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin).

On March 22, 2011, TNT announced it has renewed Southland for a fourth season. The show stars Hatosy, Michael Cudlitz, Ben McKenzie, and Regina King, and has been averaging 2.9 million viewers during its recently wrapped third season, which featured the death of a major character. Southland star Ben McKenzie (Ben Sherman) claims that his character's new partnership with Sammy (Shawn Hatosy) will be "explosive". The new season of Southland commenced filming in October 2011.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Home for the Holidays	Counter Boy
1996	No Way Home	Sean
1997	All Over Me	Gus
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Victor
1997	Niagara, Niagara	Lead High School Punk
1997	In & Out	Jack
1997	'	Billy
1998	'	Stan Rosado
1999	'	Cam
1999	Outside Providence	Tim Dunphy
1999	Simpatico	Young Vinnie
1999	Anywhere but Here	Benny
2000	Down to You	Eddie Hicks
2000	Borstal Boy	Brendan Behan
2001	Tangled	David Klein
2002	John Q	Mitch Quigley
2003	'	Jim
2003	'	Mikey
2003	'	Duffy
2003	Dallas 362	Rusty
2005	Swimmers	Clyde Tyler
2005	Little Athens	Carter
2006	Alpha Dog	Elvis Schmidt
2006	Factory Girl	Syd Pepperman
2007	Nobel Son	Thaddeus James
2008	Familiar Strangers	Brian Worthington
2008	'	Ricky Garvey
2009	Public Enemies	Agent John Madala
2009	'	Armand Benoit
2011	Street Kings 2: Motor City	Det. Dan Sullivan	Video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Homicide: Life on the Street	Lyle Warner	Episode: "The Old and the Dead"
1995	Inflammable	Quentin Vale	TV Movie
1996	Double Jeopardy	Derek Kaminski	TV Movie
1996	Law & Order	Chester Manning	Episode: "Savior"
1999	Witness Protection	Sean Batton	TV Movie
2001	Felicity	Owen	Episode: "Moving On"
2002	Felicity	Owen	Episode: "Future Shock"
2002	Six Feet Under	Brody Farrell	Episode: "In the Game"
2003	Soldier's Girl	Justin Fisher	TV Movie
2003	'	Mario Devlin	Episode: "The Pharaoh's Curse"
2004	'	Joe Soshack	TV Movie
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jeff Simon	Episode: "Weeping Willows"
2005	Faith of My Fathers	John McCain	TV Movie
2006	ER	Willis Peyton	Episode: "Jigsaw"
2006"2007	Numb3rs	Dwayne Carter	Episode: "The Mole" Episode: "The Janus List" Episode: "Trust Metric"
2007	Drive	Rob Laird	Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
2007	My Name Is Earl	John	Episode: "Burn Victim"
2008	'	Peter McBride	TV Movie
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Larry Clay	Episode: "Salome in Manhattan"
2009"2013	Southland	Sammy Bryant	Main Cast
2010	Dexter	Boyd Fowler	Episode: "Hello, Bandit" Episode: "Practically Perfect"
2010	CSI: Miami	Jason Kreeger	Episode: "Sleepless in Miami"
2011	Law & Order: LA	Larry Sheppard	Episode: "Hayden Tract"
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Marshall Martell	Episode: "Ka Hakaka Maika'i"
2011	Criminal Minds	Jimmy Hall	Episode: "The Bittersweet Science"
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kevin Fahey	Episode: "Valentine's Day"
2012	Longmire	Levi Giggs	Episode: "8 Seconds"
2012	Christine	Ron	Episode: "Ron"
2013	Body of Proof	Karl Simmons	Episodes: "Abducted"
2013	Reckless		TV film