Joseph Patrick Breen (born October 26, 1960) is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director.

Early life

Breen was born in

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, on October 26, 1960. He attended Tottenville High School in

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Career

He has acted primarily on TV, but has also appeared in numerous films, as well as on Broadway and Off Broadway. In 2010, he starred on Broadway in '' Next Fall''. He played Andrew Munsey, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on the CBS drama '' Madam Secretary''. He voiced all the characters in

Britt Allcroft Britt Allcroft (born Hilary Mary Allcroft Coote; 14 December 1943 - 25 December 2024) was an English screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actress. She adapted Wilbert Awdry's ''The Railway Series'' in the form of the children's television ...

's television series '' Magic Adventures of Mumfie'' (except for The Queen of Night who was instead voiced by Allcroft). He was originally hired to voice Splatter and Dodge in ''

Thomas and the Magic Railroad ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle; the cast includes Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Mean ...

'', but the roles were instead recast to Neil Crone and Kevin Frank. Breen appeared in a recurring role as Larry Your-Waiter in

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's adaptation of ''

A Series of Unfortunate Events ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' is a series of thirteen Children's literature, children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of orphaned siblings List of A ...

'', which premiered in 2017.

Personal life

In a July 2012 interview with '' Metro Weekly'' Patrick Breen stated, "I identify as one of the LGBT people" and agreed with the interviewer who referred to Breen coming out as bisexual.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Stage work

* '' Brighton Beach Memoirs'' (1983) * '' The Substance of Fire'' (1991) * '' Fuddy Meers'' (1999) * '' Next Fall'' (2009, Off Broadway; 2010, Broadway) * '' The Normal Heart'' (2011, Broadway) * ''The Perplexed'' (2020, Broadway)

References

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