Shawn Hatosy

Shawn Hatosy was born in Ijamsville, Maryland, to Carol Ann (née Owens),^[2] a loan officer; and Wayne Thomas Hatosy.^[1] He has Hungarian and Irish ancestry.^[3] He was raised in the Loch Haven neighborhood^[4] of Ijamsville. Hatosy attended New Market Middle School and graduated from Linganore High School in 1994.^{[citation needed]} Hatosy was a singer in his own band in high school.^[5]

He made an appearance in Wheatus's 2001 music video for their single "A Little Respect".^[6] He also made an appearance in Justin Timberlake's 2007 music video for his single "What Goes Around... Comes Around", alongside Scarlett Johansson as the drunk love interest.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Hatosy performed opposite Al Pacino in Lyle Kessler's Orphans, at the Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles. Hatosy also took on the title role in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Off-Broadway, he starred opposite Anna Paquin in the Paul Weitz comedy Roulette.^[7][8]

In the movies Hatosy appeared in Soldier's Girl, The Faculty, In & Out,^[9] The Cooler, Outside Providence,^[10] Anywhere but Here, John Q., A Guy Thing, and 2006's Alpha Dog.^[11] Hatosy auditioned for a leading role in the 1999 film Varsity Blues but lost it to James Van Der Beek.

Since appearing in Public Enemies (2009), starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans^[12] (2009), in which Hatosy portrays Nicolas Cage's partner, Armand Benoit, Hatosy has primarily worked in television.

Hatosy has appeared in television shows such as SEAL Team, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Twilight Zone, Felicity, Six Feet Under, ER, Law & Order, Numb3rs, My Name Is Earl, Hawaii Five-0,^[13] Criminal Minds,^[14] Fear the Walking Dead, Chicago P.D., Flaked, and Bosch.^[15] He portrayed Detective Sammy Bryant in the NBC/TNT television series Southland.^[16] Other roles were serial killer Boyd Fowler on the Showtime television series Dexter,^[17] schizophrenic killer Lawrence Sheppard in Law & Order: LA and police officer Terry McCandless in Reckless.^[18][19] He played Andrew "Pope" Cody in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom.^[20]

In May 2024, Hatosy was cast to play Clayton Emerson on Fox series Rescue: HI-Surf.^[21] Since 2025, he has played a recurring role as Dr. Jack Abbot in the medical drama The Pitt, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards for its first season.^[22]

Shawn married actress Kelly Albanese in December 2010.^[1] The couple live in Los Angeles with their three sons Cassius (born 2006), Leo (born 2012), and Finn (born 2017).^[23]