While in New York he appeared off-Broadway in "Life is a Dream" at the Soho Rep. Additionally, he performed in numerous productions at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, including "Street Scene" and "The Blue Bird," and at the University of Virginia, in "Measure for Measure" and "Zoo Story" before moving to Los Angeles where he landed a lead role in THE O.C.

Gallagher, born in NYC and raised in Armonk, New York, developed an interest in acting as a teenager starring in school plays and musicals. After graduating from Tufts University, he made his professional stage debut in the 1977 revival of Hair, followed by a starring role in the Broadway production of Grease, and in The Corn Is Green. He wowed audiences with his performance as the charismatic Sky Masterson in Jerry Zaks Tony winning revival of the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls. In 1986 Gallagher earned a Tony Award nomination for his highly acclaimed performance opposite Jack Lemmon in Long Days Journey Into Night. He received further acclaim with a Theatre World Award for the Harold Prince production of A Dolls Life and a Clarence Derwent Award for Tom Stoppards The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols. He returned to Broadway in November 2001 in an acclaimed Royal National Theatre production of "Noises Off." In the fall of 2002 he starred in The Exonerated, winner of the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play and the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience directed by Bob Balaban.

The segue from stage to film began in 1980 with Gallaghers feature film debut in Taylor Hackfords The Idolmaker. Many film roles have followed including; Dreamchild, Bob Roberts, Watch It, The Hudsucker Proxy, the comedy hit While You Were Sleeping, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Cafe Society, Johnny Skidmarks, and The Man Who Knew Too Little. Gallagher was also seen in the Oscar-winning film American Beauty" and Sony Pictures Center Stage, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He was last seen co-starring in the Adam Sandler box office smash, Mr. Deeds.

Having enjoyed extensive film work with directors/producers/writers Robert Altman and Steven Soderbergh, Gallagher was featured in Altmans highly acclaimed film, The Player, followed by Short Cuts and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, features that were directed and produced respectively by Mr. Altman. Gallagher first teamed with Soderbergh on the 1989 feature, sex, lies and videotape earning him international critical acclaim. Six years later, Soderbergh expressly wrote the lead role in The Underneath for Gallagher. He will be seen this summer in New Line Cinemas How To Deal, starring as Mandy Moores somewhat eccentric disc jockey father.

Gallagher also stars this fall in the original Oxygen film, The Man with Two Wives. His other television work includes the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan, An Inconvenient Woman, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Cupid and Cate, Brave New World, and the series The Secret Lives of Men. For PBS, Gallagher starred in "Guys and Doll's Off The Record" which documented the recording of the cast album, an English television production of The Big Knife by Clifford Odets, "Private Contentment" by Reynolds Price and Peter Sellers silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez.

Gallagher lives in New York with his family.

Born in Ottawa and then raised in Toronto, natural blonde Kelly Rowan first found acting opportunities on Canadian television when she was 19. At this time Kelly was still training in workshops and classes such as Shakespeare and Second City for which she did a little fashion modelling in New York to help with the finances. In 1990 Kelly moved to Los Angeles, the movie capital, and after appearing in several television series Kelly landed her first role in a major film, albeit a minor part in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Peter Pan's mother.

Kelly Rowan is perhaps best remembered for her starring role opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Warner Bros. thriller "187." Her other film credits include "Assassins," with Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas, and "Hook," with Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams.

Rowan has also made an impact in the television arena. She recently appeared in "Boomtown" and starred in the cable miniseries "A Girl Thing" and the award-winning telefilm "Anya's Bell." She won critical acclaim and the prestigious Gemini Award for her heart-stopping performance in the television movie "Adrift."

When not onscreen, Rowan is also an active producer currently overseeing several motion pictures projects in development both in the United States and Canada. She has studied theatre at such noted schools as the British American Drama Academy and the Neighborhood Playhouse. Rowan maintains ties to Los Angeles, New York and her hometown of Toronto, Canada.