Richard Flood

Richard Flood (born 28 July 1982) is an Irish actor best known for the character Tommy McConnel in the series Crossing Lines and as James McKay in the series Red Rock and currently playing Dr. Cormac Hayes on Grey’s Anatomy.

Richard Flood
Born (1982-07-28) 28 July 1982
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
Children1

Career

Richard Flood portrayed the role of Samuel Johanson in an episode of the series Titanic: Blood and Steel in 2012. He joined the main cast of the new series Crossing Lines in 2013, playing detective Tommy McConnel,[1] a specialist in weapons and tactics from Northern Ireland, until 2014. That next year, in 2015, Flood joined the main cast of the new series Red Rock, where he played the police superintendent James McKay,[2][3] In 2017, it was announced that Flood would be cast as Ford in the Showtime series Shameless. He became a series regular ahead of the series’ ninth season.[4] In 2019, Flood was cast in a recurring role as Dr. Cormac Hayes on ABC's Grey's Anatomy.[5] He was promoted to star for the 2020-21 season.

Personal life

In 2012, Flood began dating Italian actress Gabriella Pession, and the two got engaged in 2014. Shortly after, they announced that they were expecting their first child, Giulio Flood, born that same year.[6][7][8] On September 3, 2016, Flood married Pession in an intimate wedding in Italy.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Solo Benji Short
2013 Taking the Boat Danny Short
2017 The Unseen Will Shields

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Three Wise Women Peter Television Film
2012 Titanic: Blood and Steel Samuel Johanson Episode: “The Tipping Point”
2013 Killing Kennedy Kenny O'Donnell Television Film (National Geographic)
2013–2014 Crossing Lines Tommy McConnell Main (Seasons 1-2);
22 episodes
2015–2016 Red Rock Garda Supt. James McKay Main (Season 1);
74 episodes
2017–2019 Shameless Ford Kellogg Recurring (Season 8)
Main (Season 9);
14 episodes
2019 Made in Italy Jerry Episode: “Episode #1.8”
2019–present Grey’s Anatomy Dr. Cormac Hayes Recurring (season 16)
Main (Season 17)
9 episodes

References
  1. "CROSSING LINES - The Official Website for the TV Show". 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015.
  2. "TV3's Red Rock begins filming". www.digitalspy.co.uk. 4 November 2014.
  3. First look: TV3 pick Richard Flood as the leading man for their new soap Red Rock
  4. "'Shameless' Casts Richard Flood; Merit Leighton Joins 'Alexa & Katie'".
  5. https://deadline.com/2019/10/greys-anatomy-richard-flood-cast-abc-medial-drama-new-doctor-head-of-pediatric-surgery-karev-replacement-season-16-1202763755/
  6. "Gabriella Pession è mamma! Primo figlio per l'attrice e il compagno Richard Flood ( Gabriella Pession is a mom! Actress and partner Richard Flood, have their first child)". www.alfemminile.com.
  7. "Richard Flood is lead man in TV3's garda soap Red Rock". www.herald.ie.
  8. De-Burca, Demelza (3 February 2015). "Red Rock star Richard Flood: My Italian fiancee loves garda uniform". www.irishmirror.ie.
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