Biography

R. Ward Duffy: Onstage understudy for George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow and Paul Gross as William S. Paley in the Broadway Company of Good Night And Good Luck. He is an actor best known for playing Deputy Director John Van Leer on FBI and FBI: International. He has also appeared on Law & Order: SVU, Shades Of Blue, Blindspot , Madame Secretary, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods. Theatre: New York: Manhattan Theater Club, Lincoln Center, Cherry Lane Theater. Regional: The Old Globe, Denver Center Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, TheatreSquared, Marin Theater Company, George Street Playhouse, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Hartford TheatreWorks, Indiana Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, Pioneer Theater, Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Repertory Theater. A native New England-er, he played baseball and rugby at Siena College where he received a BA in English. He received his MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory. He has been married to actress Henny Russell since 2004.

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