Background
Maher was born in Pleasantville, New York to Joseph and Margaret Maher.
Maher was born in Pleasantville, New York to Joseph and Margaret Maher.
New York University; Tisch School of the Arts.
After graduating from Byram Hills High School, Maher trained at New York University where he earned his drama degree in 1997. He acted on stage in several productions, including Yerma and Into the Woods. Maher starred as the title character, a rookie police officer, on the short-lived television series Ryan Caulfield: Year One.
In 2000 he was one of the main characters on the Fox show The $treet, and he has also appeared on the television series Party of Five (as Adam Matthews) and on Computer Society of India: Miami.
He reprised his role from Firefly in the film Serenity (2005). Maher was also cast as a chief resident in a hospital on the new series Halley"s Comet.
He appeared in the 2005 Lifetime movie The Dive From Clausen"s Pier as Michelle Trachtenberg"s new love interest. He also appeared as Brian Piccolo in the 2001 remake of Brian"s Song.
In 2006, he appeared in the television movie Wedding Wars.
After taking a brief break from acting, Maher came back to television in 2009 as a guest star in Lifetime "s pilot episode of Drop Dead Diva, followed by 2010 guest appearances in the second season of The Mentalist (Columbia Broadcasting System), the first season of Human Target (FOX) and the second season of Warehouse 13 (on Syfy). In 2011 Maher landed a role in the television series The Playboy Club. He played Sean, a closeted gay man who is in a sham marriage with a closeted lesbian Playboy Bunny.
He appeared in eight episodes, in 2011 and 2012, in another series, Make lieutenant or Break lieutenant, as the character Marcus.
He played the villainous Don John in Joss Whedon"s 2012 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. In 2014, Maher starred as Dick Grayson/Nightwing in "Son of Batman", a direct-to-video animated film.
lieutenant is part of the District of Columbia Universe Animated Original Movies.