| Ruth O Hare' | (4 April 1998 - present) |
Played the unflagging Col. Jessep in the Broadway hit, "A Few Good Men".
Michael O'Hare is proud and grateful to have been the first white actor nominated by the Black theater community of New York for the AUDELCO AWARD for the Best Actor for his performance in the play "Shades of Brown" which examined the saddening effects of apartheid in South Africa.
Active member of New York theater groups.
Attended Harvard University (where he majored in English Literature) and studied at the prestigious Julliard School of Drama, as well as with Sanford Meisner.
Has appeared in lead roles on Broadway three times: as Lt. Col. Nathan Roy Jessup in "A Few Good Men," as Geoff opposite Fred Gwynne in David Williamson's "Players" (Williamson also wrote the feature film 'Galipoli (1981)'), and as Hector with George Grizzard and Philip Bosco in George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman".
When asked if he regretted leaving Babylon 5: No. I regret not seeing my old friends, particularly Mira Furlan and Billy Mumy, but that's the nature of our line of work. You come together, you work close and hard, and the time comes when it's time for you to leave.
On working with Jerry Doyle and Bruce Boxleitner: They're both good guys. I enjoy Bruce Boxleitner a lot, he's a real professional and we had a good time working together. We had very good chemistry and it was a shame we couldn't do more scenes together.
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