Denis O'Hare To Guest on "SVU"

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Exclusive: "Law & Order: SVU" Recruits "True Blood's" Denis O'Hare -- But There's a Twist!
Dec 3, 2012
by Kate Stanhope


"True Blood" alum Denis O'Hare will guest-star on "Law & Order: SVU", TVGuide.com has learned, but this time he'll be answering to a different (read: higher) power than the Vampire Authority.

The Tony winner will play Father Shea, a priest who is pulled from his car and brutally beaten. When the police arrive, they arrest Fin's ex-wife's brother, Sam Randall ("Boardwalk Empire's" Erik LaRay Harvey). Despite Sam's former criminal record and various stints behind bars, Fin (Ice-T) doesn't think Sam is their man and asks his SVU partners for help getting to the bottom of the case.

The episode is tentatively set to air sometime in January.





In a surprising twist, the episode marks O'Hare's second time playing Father Shea. He originated the character on a 2008 episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" co-written by current "SVU" showrunner Warren Leight.

This is also O'Hare's second stint on "SVU", following an appearance in 2000.

He guest-starred on the original "Law & Order" four times, most recently in 2003 playing — wait for it — a priest, Father Hogan.

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