The Patient

On the surface, "Sam Fortner," portrayed by Domhnall Gleeson, seems like a shy, likable young man — someone you wouldn’t look at twice. Underneath his quiet exterior lurks a dangerous unpredictability that he tries to manage through therapy with Dr. Alan Strauss.&nbsp;

Career Highlights

Domhnall Gleeson&nbsp;will next be seen in David Mandel’s&nbsp;White House Plumbers&nbsp;for HBO, in which he plays John Dean opposite Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy. Most recently, Gleeson&nbsp;appeared in&nbsp;Frank of Ireland&nbsp;for Channel 4 and Amazon, a series he also co-produced and wrote with Michael Moloney and his brother Brian Gleeson, and in&nbsp;Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, a sequel to the international blockbuster&nbsp;Peter Rabbit, again opposite Rose Byrne and James Corden.&nbsp; &nbsp;Previously,&nbsp;Gleeson&nbsp;starred opposite Merritt Wever in&nbsp;Run&nbsp;for HBO.&nbsp;His films include&nbsp;Star Wars:&nbsp;The Rise of Skywalker,&nbsp;Star Wars: The Last Jedi and&nbsp;Star Wars: The Force Awakens;&nbsp;The Kitchen&nbsp;opposite Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss; Lenny Abrahamson’s&nbsp;The Little Stranger&nbsp;opposite Ruth Wilson;&nbsp;Simon Curtis’ Goodbye Christopher Robin&nbsp;opposite Margot Robbie;&nbsp;American Made&nbsp;opposite Tom Cruise for Doug Liman; Darren Aronofsky’s&nbsp;Mother!;&nbsp;&nbsp;David Wain’s A Futile &amp; Stupid Gesture; John Crowley’s&nbsp;Brooklyn; Alejandro Iñárritu’s&nbsp;The Revenant; Alex Garland’s&nbsp;Ex Machina;&nbsp;Angelina Jolie’s&nbsp;Unbroken; Lenny Abrahamson’s&nbsp;Frank; Richard Curtis’ About Time; and Joe Wright’s&nbsp;Anna Karenina.Gleeson starred in a sold-out run of Enda Walsh’s play&nbsp;Medicine&nbsp;at New York’s St. Ann’s Warehouse in late 2021, garnering rave reviews for his performance and the production. He was nominated for a Tony Award® for his Broadway debut in Martin McDonagh’s&nbsp;Lieutenant of Inishmore.

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Underneath his quiet exterior lurks a dangerous unpredictability that he tries to manage through therapy with Dr. Alan Strauss. 

Domhnall Gleeson headshot wearing a gray button up shirt

Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner in The Patient on FX

The Patient

Domhnall Gleeson

Career Highlights

Linda Emond
as Candace Fortner

Laura Niemi
as Beth Strauss

Andrew Leeds
as Ezra Strauss

Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner in The Patient on FX

Domhnall Gleeson

Laura Niemias Beth Strauss

Andrew Leedsas Ezra Strauss

Laura Niemi
as Beth Strauss

Andrew Leeds
as Ezra Strauss