Craig Sheffer
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Craig Eric Sheffer is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film and television actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean
Norman Fitzroy Maclean was an American author and scholar noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Stories and Young Men and Fire .-Biography:...

 in the film A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It (film)
A River Runs Through It is an Academy Award winning 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd...

and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

.

Early life

Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...

 to a mother who worked in a nursing home and a father (Rock Sheffer) who worked as a prison guard and screenwriter. He has a daughter named Willow (born November 8, 1993).

Career

Sheffer was first seen on a nationwide basis as Ian Hayden on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

, and as the teenage son of Michael Goodwin
Michael Goodwin
Michael Kemper Goodwin was an important architect in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He also served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives in the 1970s.-Early life:Michael Andrew Goodwin was born in San Antonio....

 and Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young is an American actress who has appeared on stage, screen, and television.-Early life:Leigh Taylor-Young was born on January 25, 1945 in Washington, D.C. Her last name is an amalgamation of the last names of her father, a diplomat, and her stepfather, a successful Detroit executive...

 on the 1983 prime time serial The Hamptons. His earliest starring assignment in films was as the best friend of troubled teenager Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well-known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...

 in That Was Then... This Is Now
That Was Then... This Is Now
That Was Then... This Is Now is a 1985 drama film based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The film was directed by Christopher Cain, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and stars Emilio Estevez, who also wrote the screenplay, and Craig Sheffer....

(1985), a reformatory camp inmate in Fire with Fire (1986), an antagonistic rich kid in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and the romantic love interest of an overweight cosmetician in Baby Cakes
Baby Cakes (film)
Baby Cakes is a 1989 television movie starring Ricki Lake and Craig Sheffer. It was released on Valentine's Day in 1989 and is currently aired sporadically on Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network.- Plot :...

(1989).

Sheffer portrayed the lead role of Aaron Boone/Cabal in Nightbreed
Nightbreed
Nightbreed is a 1990 American fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. The film features Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby and David Cronenberg. The story centers in a community of mutant outcasts that hides from humanity, known as the...

(1990), author Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean
Norman Fitzroy Maclean was an American author and scholar noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Stories and Young Men and Fire .-Biography:...

 in A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It (film)
A River Runs Through It is an Academy Award winning 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd...

in (1992), and played Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

 candidate quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 Joe Kane in The Program
The Program
The Program is a 1993 film starring James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson, Daniel Lee, and Joey Lauren Adams. The film was directed by David S...

in 1993.

Among Sheffer's other films are Fire in the Sky
Fire in the Sky
Fire in the Sky is a 1993 film based on an alleged extraterrestrial encounter, directed by Robert Lieberman, and written by Tracy Tormé based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience. The film stars Robert Patrick in the leading role as Walton's best friend and future brother-in-law, Mike...

(1993), Head Above Water
Head Above Water
Head Above Water is a 1996 comedy thriller film directed by Jim Wilson and starring Cameron Diaz as the young and effervescent Nathalie. It was rated PG-13 by the MPAA...

(1996), Bliss (1997), and Sleep With Me
Sleep with Me
Sleep With Me is a 1994 film starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer who play good friends who become involved in a love triangle, a relationship complicated by the marriage of Tilly's and Stoltz'es characters...

(1994) (top-billed, as the apex of a romantic triangle which included Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz
Eric Hamilton Stoltz is an American actor, director and producer. He is widely known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture...

 and Meg Tilly). Six years later, he played the leading role in Clive Barker's brainchild franchise sequel, Hellraiser: Inferno
Hellraiser: Inferno
Hellraiser: Inferno is the fifth installment in the Hellraiser series and the first Hellraiser film to go straight-to-DVD. It was directed by Scott Derrickson and released on October 3, 2000....

in (1995), In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 made-for-cable movie directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur...

 Sheffer play's a Lt. in (1930's), United States horse cavalry with Don Johnson.

Craig Sheffer is known for his portrayal of accused murderer Constant Bradley in the 1996 miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 A Season in Purgatory
A Season in Purgatory
A Season in Purgatory is a 1993 novel by Dominick Dunne. It was inspired by the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, for which Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, eventually was convicted...

and Keith Scott, the nice-guy older brother of wealthy and nefarious auto dealer Dan Scott on the CW Network series One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

. Sheffer was a regular for 3 seasons and was killed half way through season 3. He had several guest appearances in season 4. He has also been seen in the television film The Long Lost Son (2006). In 2008, Sheffer appeared longside co-star Jessica Jett in the TV show Athletics TOC Dream.

Sheffer directed the feature film American Crude, a dark comedy starring Ron Livingston
Ron Livingston
Ronald Joseph "Ron" Livingston is an American film and television actor. His roles include a disaffected corporate employee in the film Office Space, a sardonic writer in a short-term relationship with Carrie Bradshaw in the TV show Sex and the City, and Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries...

 and Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider
Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow:...

, it was released on DVD in June 2008.

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....

Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Voyage of the Rock Aliens is a 1984 film directed by James Fargo. It stars Pia Zadora and Craig Sheffer.-Plot:A guitar-shaped spaceship streaks through the skies. Aboard is robot 1359 searching the universe via a Rhemascan monitor for the source of rock and roll music that the ship's crew had heard...

Frankie
  • 2010: Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...

    (TV series) - James Thomas
  • 2010: Lies Between Friends (television film) - Sheriff Zach Watts
  • 2010: Psych
    Psych
    Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...

    (TV series) - Federal Marshal Daniel Wayne
  • 2010: Ashley's Ashes - Bill
  • 2003: One Tree Hill
    One Tree Hill (TV series)
    One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

    (TV series) - Keith Scott [2003-2006] (57 episodes)
  • 2008: While She Was Out
    While She Was Out
    While She Was Out is a 2008 American thriller film starring Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas. Basinger plays a suburban housewife who is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. It was written and directed by film producer Susan Montford...

    - Kenneth
  • 2008: Love Lies Bleeding - Morton
  • 2006: Long Lost Son (television film) - Quinn Halloran/John Williams
  • 2006: Find Love - Interviewer
  • 2005: Into the West
    Into the West (TV miniseries)
    Into the West is a 2005 miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, with six two-hour episodes . The series was first broadcast in the U.S. on Turner Network Television on six Fridays starting on June 10, 2005...

    (TV mini-series) - Older Robert Wheeler
  • 2005: The Second Front - Frank Hossom
  • 2005: Tom's Nu Heaven - Tom Mitchell
  • 2004: Prodigal Son (short) - Alan
  • 2003: Dracula II: Ascension
    Dracula II: Ascension
    Dracula II: Ascension is a 2003 horror film, directed by Patrick Lussier. It stars Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, and Diane Neal. The film is the sequel to Dracula 2000. It was released direct-to-video on June 7, 2003...

    (video) - Lowell
  • 2003: Water Under the Bridge - Marco
  • 2002: Deadly Little Secrets - Dr. Gordon Childs
  • 2001: Cabin Pressure
    Cabin Pressure (film)
    Cabin Pressure is a 2001 Canada/USA film reuniting Craig Sheffer and John Pyper-Ferguson . The film also featured Canadian voice actor Michael Kopsa...

    (television film) - Peter 'Bird Dog' Dewmont
  • 2002: Fastlane
    Fastlane (TV series)
    Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4...

    (TV series) - Andrew Kane
  • 2002: Turnaround
    Turnaround
    Turnaround may refer to:* Turnaround , a type of traffic junction* Turnaround, in aviation maintenance, the process of or time needed for loading, unloading, and servicing an aircraft...

    - Det. Stratten
  • 2001: Flying Virus
    Flying Virus
    Flying Virus is a 2001 American-Brazilian horror film written and directed by Jeff Hare, which starred Gabrielle Anwar and Rutger Hauer...

    - Martin Bauer
  • 2001: Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
    Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
    Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal is a 2001 direct to video action-thriller film directed by Jorge Montessi and starring Zak Santiago and Monika Schnarre and introducing John Mann as Slade Craven.-Plot:...

    (video) - Nick Watts
  • 2001: Family Law
    Family Law (TV series)
    Family Law is a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as divorced lawyer Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients...

    (TV series) - Martin Antenelli
  • 2001: Ritual
    Ritual (film)
    Tales From the Crypt Presents: Ritual is the third and final film spin-off from the HBO television series Tales from the Crypt, the first being Demon Knight and the second being Bordello of Blood. The film was released in 2002 and stars Tim Curry, Jennifer Grey, and Craig Sheffer with Avi Nesher...

    - Paul Claybourne
  • 2001: Berserker
    Berserker (2001 film)
    Berserker is a 2001 film, based around the Norse concept of the berserker. It was directed by Paul Matthews and starred Patrick Bergin, Paul Johansson, and Kari Wührer as a Valkyrie.-Summary:...

    - Boar
  • 2000: Merlin: The Return - Mordred
  • 2000: Maze
    Maze (film)
    Maze is a 2000 romance film about a New York painter and sculptor—Lyle Maze —with Tourette syndrome and obsessive–compulsive disorder , who falls in love with Callie , the pregnant girlfriend of Maze’s best friend Mike while Mike is away on a long stay in Africa as a doctor.-Development:After...

    - Mike
  • 2000: Hellraiser: Inferno
    Hellraiser: Inferno
    Hellraiser: Inferno is the fifth installment in the Hellraiser series and the first Hellraiser film to go straight-to-DVD. It was directed by Scott Derrickson and released on October 3, 2000....

    (video) - Det. Joseph Thorne
  • 2000: Deep Core - Brian Goodman
  • 2000: Net Worth
    Net Worth (film)
    Net Worth is a 2000 drama film that starred Todd Field, Craig Sheffer, Daniel Baldwin, Michael T. Weiss, Tara Wood, Ernie Garrett, and Alix Koromzay...

    - Woody Miller
  • 2000: Without Malice (television film) - Dr. Paul Venters
  • 1999: Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying - Martin
  • 1999: The Fall
    The Fall (1999 film)
    The Fall is a 1999 thriller film written by Mike Walker and directed by Andrew Piddington.-Cast:*Craig Sheffer as Adam Ellis*László Borbély as John*Antal Cserna as Zoltánn Szabó*Anita Deutsch as Bara*Hélène de Fougerolles as Márta Kiss...

    - Adam Ellis
  • 1999: The Pavilion
    The Pavilion
    The Pavilion is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States, about 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. It was built in 1985, and is home to the Villanova University Wildcats basketball teams. It is recognizable from the outside for its hyperbolic paraboloid roofline,...

    - Frank Cassilis
  • 1999: Flypaper - Bobby Ray
  • 1998: Shadow of Doubt
    Shadow of Doubt
    Shadow of Doubt is a 1998 American independent mystery-thriller film directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Melanie Griffith, Tom Berenger, Craig Sheffer, and Huey Lewis.-Plot:...

    - Laird Atkins
  • 1998: Rhapsody in Bloom (television film) - Jack Safrenek
  • 1998: Double Take
    Double Take (1998 film)
    Double Take is a 1998 thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester. It follows a writer who believes he helped wrongly convict a man in an assassination, pulling him into a world of espionage and murder.-Cast:* Craig Sheffer as Connor McEwan...

    - Connor McEwen
  • 1997: Merry Christmas, George Bailey (television film) - Ernie Bishop / Ed / Bridgekeeper
  • 1997: Bliss - Joseph
  • 1997: Executive Power
    Executive Power
    Executive Power is Vince Flynn's fifth novel, and the fourth to feature Mitch Rapp, an American agent that works for the CIA as an operative for a covert counter terrorism unit called the "Orion Team."-Plot summary:...

    (video) - Nick Seger
  • 1997: Miss Evers' Boys
    Miss Evers' Boys
    Miss Evers' Boys is a 1997 HBO television film starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne, based on the true story of the decades-long Tuskegee experiment. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and adapted from the 1992 stage play written by David Feldshuh...

    (television film) - Dr. Douglas
  • 1996: Head Above Water
    Head Above Water
    Head Above Water is a 1996 comedy thriller film directed by Jim Wilson and starring Cameron Diaz as the young and effervescent Nathalie. It was rated PG-13 by the MPAA...

    - Lance
  • 1996: A Season in Purgatory
    A Season in Purgatory
    A Season in Purgatory is a 1993 novel by Dominick Dunne. It was inspired by the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, for which Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, eventually was convicted...

    (television film) - Constant Bradley
  • 1996: The Grave
    The Grave (film)
    The Grave is a 1996 thriller starring Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar and Josh Charles. In the movie, two convicts escape from prison to find a buried treasure....

    - King
  • 1995: Bloodknot (television film) - Mike
  • 1995: The Desperate Trail (video) - Jack Cooper
  • 1995: Wings of Courage
    Wings of Courage
    Wings of Courage is a 1995 American-French drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The 40-minute picture was written by Annaud with Alain Godard. It was the world's first dramatic picture shot in the IMAX-format...

    (short) - Henri Guillaumet
  • 1995: In Pursuit of Honor
    In Pursuit of Honor
    In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 made-for-cable movie directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur...

    (television film) - Lt. Marshall Buxton
  • 1994: Sleep with Me
    Sleep with Me
    Sleep With Me is a 1994 film starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer who play good friends who become involved in a love triangle, a relationship complicated by the marriage of Tilly's and Stoltz'es characters...

    - Frank
  • 1994: The Road Killers - Cliff
  • 1993: Fire on the Amazon
    Fire on the Amazon
    Fire on the Amazon is a 1993 low-budget film directed by Luis Llosa, an early effort of Sandra Bullock, co-starring Craig Sheffer.As reported on A&E's Biography on November 18, 2005, in an interview clip with the film's director, the film was a harrowing experience in more ways than one...

    - R.J.
  • 1993: The Program
    The Program
    The Program is a 1993 film starring James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson, Daniel Lee, and Joey Lauren Adams. The film was directed by David S...

    - Joe Kane
  • 1993: Fire in the Sky
    Fire in the Sky
    Fire in the Sky is a 1993 film based on an alleged extraterrestrial encounter, directed by Robert Lieberman, and written by Tracy Tormé based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience. The film stars Robert Patrick in the leading role as Walton's best friend and future brother-in-law, Mike...

    - Allan Dallis
  • 1993: Married... with Children
    Married... with Children
    Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...

    (TV series) - Alternative Prize to Budd (uncredited)
  • 1992: A River Runs Through It
    A River Runs Through It (film)
    A River Runs Through It is an Academy Award winning 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd...

    - Norman Maclean
  • 1991: Eye of the Storm
    Eye of the Storm (1991 film)
    Eye of the Storm is a 1991 German romantic thriller, directed by Yuri Zeltser.-Cast:*Lara Flynn Boyle ... Sandra Gladstone*Bradley Gregg ... Steven*Dennis Hopper ... Marvin Gladstone*Adrian Arnold ... Young Steven*Wilhelm von Homburg ... Killer...

    - Ray
  • 1991: Blue Desert
    Blue Desert (film)
    Blue Desert is a psychological thriller film starring Courteney Cox and D. B. Sweeney, directed by Bradley Battersby. The original music score is composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Joel Goldsmith...

    - Randall Atkins
  • 1990: Instant Karma
    Instant Karma (film)
    Instant Karma is a 1990 film. Craig Sheffer stars as Zane, a TV producer looking for romance.- Cast :* Craig Sheffer - Zane* Chelsea Noble - Penelope* David Cassidy - Reno* Glenn Hirsch - David* Orson Bean - Dr...

    - Zane
  • 1990: Nightbreed
    Nightbreed
    Nightbreed is a 1990 American fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. The film features Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby and David Cronenberg. The story centers in a community of mutant outcasts that hides from humanity, known as the...

    - Aaron Boone / Cabal
  • 1989: Baby Cakes
    Baby Cakes (film)
    Baby Cakes is a 1989 television movie starring Ricki Lake and Craig Sheffer. It was released on Valentine's Day in 1989 and is currently aired sporadically on Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network.- Plot :...

    - (television film) Rob
  • 1988: Split Decisions - Eddie McGuinn
  • 1986: Teen Wolf - Mick (voice) [1986-1988] 21 episodes
  • 1987: Some Kind of Wonderful - Hardy Jenns
  • 1986: Fire with Fire - Joe Fisk
  • 1985: That Was Then... This Is Now
    That Was Then... This Is Now
    That Was Then... This Is Now is a 1985 drama film based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The film was directed by Christopher Cain, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and stars Emilio Estevez, who also wrote the screenplay, and Craig Sheffer....

    - Bryon Douglas
  • 1983: The Hamptons
    The hamptons (tv series)
    The Hamptons was a limited run prime-time soap opera which aired during the summer of 1983 for 5 episodes on ABC. It was produced by Gloria Monty, the producer credited with turning "General Hospital" from a low-rated daytime serial to a soap phenomenon...

    - Bruce Chadway
  • 1982: One Life to Live
    One Life to Live
    One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

    (TV series) - Ian Hayden

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