Karl John Geary born May 31 1972 is an Irishborn American actor and club owner Geary was born in Dublin in 1972 At the age of 15 he moved to the United States he later obtained a green card in a visa lottery for Irish illegals and ultimately became a naturalized citizen Geary appeared in Madonnas Sex book His acting roles include Sex and the City Hysteria The Def Leppard Story and Hamlet 2000 He wrote and appeared in Coney Island Baby 2003 He appeared as Coffey in the 2008 horror filmThe Burrowers He owns a bar in downtown Manhattan called Scratcher1 and previously coowned another club the original tiny Cafe Siné on St Marks Place in the East Village where he waited on tables alongside Jeff Buckley