Michael O'Hare is an American actor, best known for playing Jeffrey Sinclair in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. Michael O'Hare was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Harvard University and studied at the prestigious Juilliard School of Drama, as well as with Sanford Meisner. Michael O'Hare appeared in a number of theatrical productions on Broadway and in the New York area, including an acclaimed revival of Shaw's Man and Superman with Philip Bosco and the role of Col. Jessup in the original stage version of A Few Good Men . He was 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 effects of apartheid in South Africa. In 1992, he was cast in the lead role of Commander Jeffrey Sinclair in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. O'Hare remained with the series for one full season; both he and series producer J. Michael Straczynski said the decision for the character to depart was mutual and amicable.
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