Robert Clohessy

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Birthday: June 10, 1958

A tall (6'2"), dark-haired, handsome and quietly charismatic Bronx native, Robert Clohessy had enough talent and appeal to go places in the entertainment business, but got stuck in short-lived TV clunkers along the road to the top until he carved out his own niche with frequently sinister series guest work and a regular role as Officer Sean Murphy, one of the few genuinely likable characters on HBO's prison drama "Oz". The son of a police officer in the notorious 41st Precinct of the South Bronx, Clohessy relocated with h…more

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Actor

Married to a Stranger
David
Laurie Hill
Jeff Hill
One of the Boys
Mike Lukowski
Ohara
Shaver
Oz
Officer Sean Murphy

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Career Milestones

2000
Co-starred in the Yale Repertory Theater presentation of George F Walker's "Heaven"
2000
Had a recurring role as a lawyer on the NYC-filmed daytime drama "One Life to Live" (ABC)
2000
Played a father who encourages his son's brutality on an episode of the NBC drama "Law & Order"
1999
Acted in the fact-based TV movie "A Touch of Hope" (NBC)
1999
Played Mitch in the Hartford Stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire"