Christopher O'Shea

Christopher O'Shea is an English actor. In 2009, he appeared in the short film, Dead Hungry, which was his first acting job. In 2014, he got a part in the ABC Family, later Freeform, sitcom Baby Daddy, which was his first television role. Also in 2014, he was cast in the TV drama, Madam Secretary. In 2016, he was announced as a member of the cast for the Boston Marathon bombing film Patriots Day. Also in 2016, he was cast in the film Alaska is a Drag.

In Madam Secretary, O'Shea was cast as Jareth Glover, Stevie's fiancé from England. He gave up a fellowship at Oxford to return to America to be with Stevie after she had trouble adjusting to life in England. His family is a member of the upper class and even nobility in England. Stevie and Jareth broke up in season 4.

O'Shea was an extra in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

In 2017 O'Shea starred in A Simple Wedding, alongside Shoreh Aghdashlo, Rita Wilson, Maz Jobrani, Tara Grammy, Houshang Touzie, Peter Mackenzie, Rebecca Henderson, Aleque Reid, Angela Gibbs and James Eckhouse. The film is a romantic comedy in which O'Shea plays a Californian artist who falls in love with a second generation Persian girl and must bridge the cultural divide with her conservative family.

In 2018, O'Shea won a supporting role in an upcoming new production titled A Modern Persuasion. This Indie film is a modern adaption of Jane Austen's book.

Also in 2018, O'Shea plays the role of Spike in Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem at the Lincoln Center in New York City at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, from October 2018 to January 2019. It is directed by Jack O'Brien.