P. J. Byrne

P. J. Byrne
Byrne at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	Paul Jeffrey Byrne December 15, 1974 Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Boston College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Jaime Nicole Padula (2007–present)

Paul Jeffrey "P. J." Byrne (born December 15, 1974) is an American film and television actor. Byrne is best known for his roles as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street and Bolin on Nickelodeon's animated series The Legend of Korra. He currently stars as lawyer Scott Leavitt on the HBO series Vinyl.

Early life

A Garden State native, Byrne was born in Maplewood, New Jersey, to Emma N. (Ferraro) and Paul I. Byrne, Jr.,^[1][2] and was raised in Old Tappan, New Jersey, where he graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan in 1992.^[3] He is of Irish and Italian descent.^[4]

A graduate of Boston College with a double major in finance and theatre and an M.F.A. from the Theatre School at DePaul University, Byrne was on his way to becoming an investment banker out of college when a drama teacher at BC convinced him to follow his passion for acting.

Career

Byrne started his career in small roles in such films as Bruce Almighty, Fun with Dick and Jane, Bewitched and Because I Said So. He also had guest roles on television series such as ER, West Wing, Reno 911! and NCIS before getting a recurring role on The Game.

Byrne went on to have more prominent roles in films such as Dinner for Schmucks, Extraordinary Measures, The Campaign and Horrible Bosses. He was cast in one of the main roles in Final Destination 5, which received generally positive reviews and was a commercial success.

In addition to his on screen roles, Byrne provided the voice of Bolin, one of the lead roles in the Nickelodeon series, The Legend of Korra, from the show's beginning in 2012 to the show's end in 2014.

In 2013, he appeared in the Martin Scorsese directed film The Wolf of Wall Street, which received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards. The next year he starred in the television series Intelligence.

Personal life

He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Jaime,^[5] who is the district director in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills for health care services and fund-raising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Byrne and his wife have one daughter.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Bruce Almighty	Panicked Newsroom Staffer
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Laughing Executive
2005	Bewitched	Writer
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Jim Van Wagenen
2007	Evan Almighty	Evan’s Staffer
2007	Loveless in Los Angeles	Perry
2007	Because I Said So	Photographer
2008	Be Kind Rewind	Mr. Baker
2008	First Sunday	Dr. Preston
2008	Kissing Cousins	Tucker
2008	Surfer, Dude	Zarno's Lawyer
2008	Soul Men	Floyd's Doctor
2009	Finding Bliss	Gary
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Davenport
2010	Extraordinary Measures	Dr. Preston
2010	The Candidate	Paul	Short film
2011	Son of Morning	Mitchel Zangwell
2011	Horrible Bosses	Kenny Sommerfield
2011	New Romance	PJ	Short film
2011	Final Destination 5	Isaac Palmer
2011	Snitch	Perry
2012	Coffees	Barry	Short film
2012	The Campaign	Rick
2012	K-11	C.R.
2012	Last Supper		Short film; Writer and director
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff
2014	Walk of Shame	Moshe
2015	The Gift	Danny McDonald
2016	Eloise		Post-production
2016	The True Memoirs of an International Assassin		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Presidio Med	Dr. Whitby	Episode: “Milagros”
2002	ER	Ken the Kiosk Man	Episode: "Dead Again"
2003	The Lyon’s Den	Larry Michaels	Episode: “Blood”
2003	Strong Medicine	Levin	Episode: "Rash Decisions"
2003	Yes, Dear	AD	Episode: "Let’s Get Jaggy with It"
2003	Crossing Jordan	Forensic Goofball	Episode: "Ockham’s Razor"
2005	West Wing	David Orbitz	Episode: "Ninety Miles Away"
2006	My Boys	Keith Luger	Episode: “Released”
2006	Just Legal	Wayne	Episode: "Body in the Trunk"
2006	Reno 911!	Agent Bruce Padul	Episode: "Spanish Mike Returns"
2006	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Doug	Episode: "Exile on Lame Street"
2006	Four Kings	Sheldon Dratch	Episode: "Elephant in the Room"
2006	Twins	Eric Weiner	Episode: "Sneaks and Geeks"
2006	NCIS	Ross Logan	Episode: "Deception"
2006–2009, 2012	The Game	Irv Smiff	16 episodes
2007	Viva Laughlin	Jonesy	2 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	Matthew Steinkellner	Episode: "Dumping Bella"
2007	Desperate Housewives	Nick	Episode: "Not While I’m Around"
2009	Hannah Montana	Baz B. Berkley	2 episodes
2009	Three Rivers	Dale Coffey	Episode: "Place of Life"
2009	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Tad	Episode: "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis"
2009	Burn Notice	Stacey Conolly	Episode: "Fearless Leader"
2009	Bones	Joe Fillion	Episode: "The Cinderella in the Cardboard"
2011	The Mentalist	Kieran Carruthers	Episode: "Rhapsody in Red"
2011	Castle	Tony	Episode: "To Love and Die in LA"
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Elliot	2 episodes
2012–2014	The Legend of Korra	Bolin (voice)	47 episodes
2014	Intelligence	Nelson Cassidy	11 episodes
2016	Vinyl	Scott Leavitt

Video game

Year	Title	Role
2014	The Legend of Korra	Bolin (voice)

References

1. "Office of the President - Ms. Emma N. Byrne, Secretary". Intraweb.stockton.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. Newsbank.com
3. Rohan, Virginia. "Old Tappan's P.J. Byrne co-stars on new CBS series 'Intelligence'", The Record (Bergen County), January 7, 2014. Accessed January 22, 2014. "It's a great time for P.J. Byrne.On the big screen, the actor with roots in Old Tappan can be seen as one of Leonardo DiCaprio's debaucherous crew in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street.... 'Fourth grade all through high school, that was Old Tappan,' says Byrne, whose older sister Courtney was in the same Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan graduating class as Cory Booker."
4. http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/pj-byrne-2/biography.html
5. "Jaime Padula, P. J. Byrne - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

External links

• P. J. Byrne at the Internet Movie Database
• P. J. Byrne at AllMovie