Michael O'Keefe
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Michael Raymond O'Keefe (born April 24, 1955) is an American
film
and television
actor
.
, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American
family. His father was a law professor at Fordham University
, as well as also teaching at St. Thomas of Villanova College
. O'Keefe attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
and New York University
, and made his acting debut in a 1970 Colgate
television commercial.
He is a cousin of Will Eno
.
. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar
nomination for his role as the oldest son of a Marine aviator in The Great Santini
, starring Robert Duvall
, also nominated for an Academy Award for the film. He played a Marine in 1980 in the miniseries A Rumor of War
as the friend of Brad Davis
' character, Philip Caputo
, and played the lead role in the 1982
film, Split Image
, as an all-American college athlete who gets lured into a religious cult
by a beautiful girl (Karen Allen
). He has also appeared in the independent film The Glass House
, as well as starring alsongside Tommy Lee Jones
in the 1983
pirate adventure Nate and Hayes
(also known as Savage Islands). More recently O'Keefe appeared opposite George Clooney
in Michael Clayton
. He's appeared twice opposite Jack Nicholson
, as his son in Ironweed
and as the father of a murdered girl in The Pledge. His film Frozen River
was in the competition at the Sundance Film Festival
in 2008. He also plays the powerful District Attorney Calvin Beckett in the film American Violet
.
O'Keefe's Broadway theatre
credits include Side Man
, Mass Appeal
, Fifth of July
, and Reckless with Mary Louise Parker.
O'Keefe's highest profile television role to date has been his portrayal of Fred, the husband of Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf
) on the ABC
series Roseanne
. O'Keefe appeared on the show from 1993 to 1995. After leaving the series, O'Keefe played the husband in the series Life's Work
, which aired after Roseanne in its final season. Additional television credits include the lead role of Simon MacHeath in the short lived Boston
-based series Against the Law and guest appearances on Saving Grace
, The West Wing
, Criminal Minds
, Law & Order
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
, House MD, M*A*S*H, Ghost Whisperer
, "Brothers and Sisters", Leverage
, and The Waltons
.
O'Keefe appears briefly in part 1 of the film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged
as Hugh Akston.
from April 27, 1991 to November 9, 1999 when they were divorced. He has since become a practicing Zen Buddhist. He holds an MFA
in Creative Writing from Bennington College
.
CableACE Award
Golden Globe Award
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
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...
.
Early life
O'Keefe was born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. in Mount Vernon, New YorkMount Vernon, New York
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It lies on the border of the New York City borough of The Bronx.-Overview:...
, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
family. His father was a law professor at Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
, as well as also teaching at St. Thomas of Villanova College
St. Thomas of Villanova College
St. Thomas of Villanova College is a middle school and high school in King City, Ontario, Canada. It was established at Mary Lake by lay educators Paul Paradiso and Grant Purdy in 1999 at Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery as a Catholic school together with the Order of Saint Augustine's friars of...
. O'Keefe attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...
and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, and made his acting debut in a 1970 Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...
television commercial.
He is a cousin of Will Eno
Will Eno
Will Eno is an American playwright based in Brooklyn, New York.His plays include Tragedy: a tragedy, The Flu Season, King: a problem play, Thom Pain , Middletown, Oh, the Humanity and other good intentions and an adaptation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt titled Gnit...
.
Career
O'Keefe's best known film role is Danny Noonan in the comedy film CaddyshackCaddyshack
Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, and Bill Murray...
. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
nomination for his role as the oldest son of a Marine aviator in The Great Santini
The Great Santini
The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a Marine officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father. The film explores the high price of heroism and self-sacrifice...
, starring Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, also nominated for an Academy Award for the film. He played a Marine in 1980 in the miniseries A Rumor of War
A Rumor of War (miniseries)
A Rumor of War is a 1980 television miniseries, based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War...
as the friend of Brad Davis
Brad Davis (actor)
Robert Creel "Brad" Davis was an American actor, known for starring in the 1978 film Midnight Express.-Early life:...
' character, Philip Caputo
Philip Caputo
Philip Caputo is an American author and journalist. He is best-known for A Rumor of War, a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War....
, and played the lead role in the 1982
1982 in film
-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
film, Split Image
Split Image (film)
Split Image is a 1982 film that tells the story of an all-American college athlete who becomes involved in a youth-oriented "cult", and his family's struggle to bring him home...
, as an all-American college athlete who gets lured into a religious cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
by a beautiful girl (Karen Allen
Karen Allen
Karen Jane Allen is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...
). He has also appeared in the independent film The Glass House
The Glass House (film)
The Glass House is a 2001 film directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Wesley Strick.-Plot:Sixteen-year-old Ruby and eleven-year-old Rhett lose their parents in a car accident...
, as well as starring alsongside Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and film director. He has received three Academy Award nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive....
in the 1983
1983 in film
-Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of...
pirate adventure Nate and Hayes
Nate and Hayes
Nate and Hayes, also known as Savage Islands , is a 1983 swashbuckling adventure film set in the South Pacific in the late 19th century...
(also known as Savage Islands). More recently O'Keefe appeared opposite George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
in Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton (film)
Michael Clayton is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton and Sydney Pollack...
. He's appeared twice opposite Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the...
, as his son in Ironweed
Ironweed (film)
Ironweed is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Héctor Babenco.The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by William Kennedy and concerns the relationship of a homeless couple: Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman during the Great...
and as the father of a murdered girl in The Pledge. His film Frozen River
Frozen River
Frozen River is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt. The screenplay focuses on two working-class women who smuggle illegal immigrants in the trunk of a car from Canada to the United States in order to make ends meet...
was in the competition at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
in 2008. He also plays the powerful District Attorney Calvin Beckett in the film American Violet
American Violet
American Violet is a 2009 drama directed by Tim Disney and starring Nicole Beharie. The story is based on Regina Kelly, a victim of Texas police drug enforcement tactics.-Plot:...
.
O'Keefe's Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
credits include Side Man
Side Man
Side Man is a memory play by Warren Leight. His inspiration was his father Donald, who worked as a sideman, in jazz parlance a musician for hire who can blend in with the band or star as a solo performer, according to what is required by the gig.-Plot:...
, Mass Appeal
Mass Appeal
Mass Appeal is a two-character play by Bill C. Davis. The comedy-drama focuses on the conflict between a complacent Roman Catholic pastor and the idealistic young deacon who is assigned to his affluent, suburban parish.-Plot:...
, Fifth of July
Fifth of July
Fifth of July is a 1978 play by American playwright Lanford Wilson. Set in rural Missouri in 1977, it revolves around the Talley family and their friends, and focuses on the disillusionment with America in the wake of the Vietnam War...
, and Reckless with Mary Louise Parker.
O'Keefe's highest profile television role to date has been his portrayal of Fred, the husband of Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf
Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, the voice of Mrs. Davis in the Toy Story film series and as Debbie Salt in Scream 2...
) 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...
series Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
. O'Keefe appeared on the show from 1993 to 1995. After leaving the series, O'Keefe played the husband in the series Life's Work
Life's Work
Life's Work was a situation comedy that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel; the show starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney....
, which aired after Roseanne in its final season. Additional television credits include the lead role of Simon MacHeath in the short lived Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
-based series Against the Law and guest appearances on Saving Grace
Saving Grace (TV series)
Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...
, The West Wing
The West Wing (TV series)
The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
, 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...
, Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
, House MD, M*A*S*H, Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
, "Brothers and Sisters", Leverage
Leverage (TV series)
Leverage is an American television drama series on TNT that premiered in December 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin's production company Electric Television...
, and The Waltons
The Waltons
The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
.
O'Keefe appears briefly in part 1 of the film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing...
as Hugh Akston.
Personal life
O'Keefe was married to rock/blues singer Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...
from April 27, 1991 to November 9, 1999 when they were divorced. He has since become a practicing Zen Buddhist. He holds an MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in Creative Writing from Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down Gray Lady Down Gray Lady Down is a 1978 disaster film by Universal Studios starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, and features the first film role for a young Christopher Reeve... |
Harris | |
| 1979 | The Great Santini The Great Santini The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a Marine officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father. The film explores the high price of heroism and self-sacrifice... |
Ben Meechum | nominated for an Academy Award |
| 1980 | Caddyshack Caddyshack Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, and Bill Murray... |
Danny Noonan | |
| 1982 | Split Image Split Image (film) Split Image is a 1982 film that tells the story of an all-American college athlete who becomes involved in a youth-oriented "cult", and his family's struggle to bring him home... |
Danny 'Joshua' Stetson | |
| 1983 | Nate and Hayes Nate and Hayes Nate and Hayes, also known as Savage Islands , is a 1983 swashbuckling adventure film set in the South Pacific in the late 19th century... |
Nathaniel Williamson | |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers Finders Keepers (1984 film) Finders Keepers is a 1984 film starring Michael O'Keefe and Beverly D'Angelo. It also starred Jim Carrey in his 6th film role.-Plot:With the law after him, and a women's Roller Derby team as well, con man Michael Rangeloff takes on the lam. He steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a... |
Michael Rangeloff | |
| 1985 | The Slugger's Wife The Slugger's Wife The Slugger's Wife is a 1985 romantic comedy about a baseball star who falls for a singer. Written by Neil Simon, directed by Hal Ashby and produced by Ray Stark, the film stars Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay and Randy Quaid. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and released on March 29,... |
Darryl Palmer | |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | Jake Bateman | |
| 1987 | Ironweed Ironweed (film) Ironweed is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Héctor Babenco.The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by William Kennedy and concerns the relationship of a homeless couple: Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman during the Great... |
Billy Phelan | |
| 1989 | The First Year | ||
| 1990 | Fear | Jack Hays | |
| 1991 | Out of the Rain | Frank Reade | |
| 1993 | Me and Veronica | Michael | |
| 1994 | Kangaroo Court | Short film | |
| Nina Takes a Lover | Journalist | ||
| 1995 | Three Wishes Three Wishes (film) Three Wishes is a 1995 drama-fantasy film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Joseph Mazzello.-Plot:... |
Adult Tom | |
| 1996 | Edie & Pen | Ken | |
| Ghosts of Mississippi Ghosts of Mississippi Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist... |
Merrida Coxwell | ||
| 2000 | Just One Night | Wayne | |
| 2001 | The Pledge The Pledge (film) The Pledge is a 2001 American mystery film directed by Sean Penn. It is based on the 1958 novella Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman , by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt... |
Duane Larsen | |
| Herman U. S. A. Herman U. S. A. -Synopsis:In a small Minnesota town, seventy-eight bachelor farmers advertise for companionship, leading to a response far outstripping expectations.-Cast:*Michael O'Keefe as Dennis*Kevin Chamberlin as Wayne*Enid Graham as Dorrie*Ann Hamilton as Sharon... |
Dennis | ||
| The Glass House The Glass House (film) The Glass House is a 2001 film directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Wesley Strick.-Plot:Sixteen-year-old Ruby and eleven-year-old Rhett lose their parents in a car accident... |
Dave Baker | ||
| Prancer Returns | Mr. James Klock | Direct-to-Video Release | |
| 2002 | The Hot Chick The Hot Chick The Hot Chick is a 2002 American comedy film about a teenage girl whose body is magically swapped with that of a 30-year-old criminal. It was directed by Tom Brady and produced by Guy Riedel for Happy Madison and Touchstone Pictures, from a screenplay by Tom Brady and Rob Schneider... |
Richard Spencer | |
| 2003 | The Inner Circle | Jack Scott | |
| Delusion | Magritte | Short film | |
| 2007 | An American Crime An American Crime An American Crime is a 2007 American crime-drama film starring Ellen Page and Catherine Keener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski... |
Rev. Bill Collier | |
| Cherry Crush Cherry Crush Cherry Crush is a 2007 drama/thriller film starring Jonathan Tucker and Nikki Reed. The film was directed and co-written by Nicholas DiBella. Cherry Crush premiered in Rochester, New York on February 16, 2007... |
Det. Griffin | ||
| Michael Clayton Michael Clayton (film) Michael Clayton is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton and Sydney Pollack... |
Barry Grissom | ||
| 2008 | Frozen River Frozen River Frozen River is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt. The screenplay focuses on two working-class women who smuggle illegal immigrants in the trunk of a car from Canada to the United States in order to make ends meet... |
State Trooper Finnerty | |
| Chasing 3000 Chasing 3000 Chasing 3000 is a 2008 American independent film chronicling the cross-country travel of two boys to see the 3,000th base hit of Major League Baseball legend Roberto Clemente. It stars Trevor Morgan, Rory Culkin, Ray Liotta, and Lauren Holly.-Cast:... |
Dr. Stuart | ||
| 2009 | American Violet American Violet American Violet is a 2009 drama directed by Tim Disney and starring Nicole Beharie. The story is based on Regina Kelly, a victim of Texas police drug enforcement tactics.-Plot:... |
Calvin Beckett | |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail Too Big to Fail Too Big to Fail is a television drama film in the United States broadcast on HBO on May 23, 2011. It is based on the non-fiction book Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin. The TV film was directed by Curtis Hanson... |
Chris Flowers | |
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (film) Atlas Shrugged: Part I is a 2011 American film adaptation of part of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, intended as the first film of a trilogy encompassing the entire book. After various treatments and proposals floundered for nearly 40 years, investor John Aglialoro initiated production in... |
Hugh Akston | Part 1 of planned trilogy |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | The Texas Wheelers The Texas Wheelers The Texas Wheelers was an ABC situation comedy television series that aired in 1974 and 1975. The series, produced by MTM Enterprises, was about the cantankerous but lovable Zack Wheeler, a long-lost father who returned to raise his children Truckie, Doobie, Boo, and T.J... |
Jeff | Episode: X-Rated Movie |
| 1974, 1977 | M*A*S*H | Corp. Richard Travis Tom |
Episode: Mad Dogs and Servicemen Episode: War of Nerves |
| 1975 | Lucas Tanner Lucas Tanner Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who became an english teacher at the fictional Harry S. Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis... |
Brad Patterson | Episode: A Touch of Bribery |
| Friendly Persuasion Friendly Persuasion (1975 film) Friendly Persuasion is a made-for-TV movie. The film is based on the novels The Friendly Persuasion and Except for Me and Thee by Jessamyn West; the former novel was previously adapted in 1956. It originally aired on ABC on May 18, 1975. This version is different from the 1956 version because it... |
Josh Birdwell | TV-Movie | |
| The Blue Knight | Episode: Triple Threat | ||
| 1975, 1977 | The Waltons The Waltons The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television... |
Chad Marshall | Episode: The Competition Episode: The Elopement |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Terry Long | TV-Movie |
| Panache | Horseman | TV-Movie | |
| 33 Hours in the Life of God | Freddie | Unsold TV-Pilot | |
| Maude Maude (TV series) Maude was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978.Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with... |
Lee Harrison | Episode: The Election | |
| 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home The Dark Secret of Harvest Home The Dark Secret of Harvest Home is a 1978 television miniseries thriller, produced by Universal TV. The screenplay was based on the 1973 novel Harvest Home by Tom Tryon.-Cast and crew:... |
Worthy Pettinger | Miniseries |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War A Rumor of War (miniseries) A Rumor of War is a 1980 television miniseries, based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War... |
Lt. Walter Cohen | Miniseries |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades... |
Art Toomey | Episode: The Night Caller |
| The Hitchhiker | Richard Shepard | Episode: Man's Best Friend | |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Dr. Cassius William 'Bill' Sander | TV-Movie |
| Disaster at Silo 7 | Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald | TV-Movie | |
| 1989 | Bridge to Silence | Dan | TV-Movie |
| 1990 | Too Young to Die? Too Young to Die? Too Young to Die? is a 1990 television movie starring Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis. It touches on the debate concerning the death penalty. It is based on a true story... |
Mike Medwicki | TV-Movie |
| In the Best Interest of the Child | Walt Colton | TV-Movie | |
| 1990–1991 | Against the Law | Simon MacHeath | 17 episodes |
| 1992 | Middle Ages | Ron Steffey | 6 episodes |
| 1993–1995 | Roseanne Roseanne (TV series) Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family... |
Fred | 35 episodes |
| 1994 | Incident at Deception Ridge | Jack Bolder | TV-Movie |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002... |
Eddie Wexler | Episode: Beyond the Veil |
| The People Next Door The People Next Door (film) The People Next Door is a CBS 1996 television film starring Faye Dunaway, Michael O'Keefe, Nicollette Sheridan and Carrie Boen. It was written by Fred Mills and directed by Tim Hunter.-External links:**... |
Garrett James | TV-Movie | |
| 1996–1997 | Life's Work Life's Work Life's Work was a situation comedy that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel; the show starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney.... |
Kevin Hunter | 18 episodes |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | TV-Movie | |
| 2001 | Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... |
Cally Lonegan/Professor Donald Lonegan | Episode: Brother's Keeper |
| The West Wing | Will Sawyer | Episode: War Crimes War Crimes (The West Wing) -Plot:President Bartlet asks the reluctant Vice President Hoynes to speak at an anti-gun rally in Texas after a church shooting, but the uneasy allies have a starkly candid showdown. Hoynes is not comfortable with gun control in general and being asked to condemn gun owners in his home state... |
|
| 2001, 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama... |
Father Michael McShale Dr. Eli Rush |
Episode: The Faithful Episode: Seeds Seeds (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode) "Seeds" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. This is the first Logan episode to appear on the USA Network.-Plot summary:... |
| 2002, 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced... |
Officer Marcosi Ronald McCain |
Episode: Counterfeit Episode: Outcry |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Daniel Easton | Episode: Got Murder? |
| Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story | Mike Harris | TV-Movie | |
| 2005 | Night Stalker Night Stalker (TV series) Night Stalker is a television series that ran for six weeks in the Fall of 2005 on ABC. The series starred Stuart Townsend as Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter whose wife was murdered. Kolchak spends his time investigating other strange murders, believing they are linked in some way to his... |
Doug Panero | Episode: Burning Man |
| 2006 | House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Fletcher Stone | Episode: Failure to Communicate Failure to Communicate "Failure to Communicate" is the tenth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on January 10, 2006. The episode's title is a reference to the film Cool Hand Luke, a famous line being "What we've got here is ..... |
| The Closer The Closer The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods... |
Agent Tim Hecht | Episode: Overkill | |
| Vanished Vanished Vanished is an American serial drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden disappearance of the wife of a Georgia senator, which is... |
Bob Nagel | Episode: Black Box Episode: Resurrection Episode: Warm Springs |
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| 2007 | State of Mind State of Mind (TV series) State of Mind is a one-hour drama series created by novelist Amy Bloom. The series starred Lili Taylor as psychiatrist Anne Bellowes, who unexpectedly finds her husband cheating on her with their marriage counselor. The series deals with Bellowes and her relationship with her patients as well as... |
Petrovsky | Episode: Pilot |
| Saving Grace Saving Grace (TV series) Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,... |
Father Lloyd Tierney | Episode: Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned | |
| 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... |
Dr. Stan Howard | Episode: Scared to Death | |
| 2008 | Numb3rs NUMB3RS Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes... |
Rev. Joseph Ezra | Episode: Atomic No. 33 |
| Eleventh Hour Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series) Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series originally ran on CBS from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009 and aired on Thursdays at 10 pm . The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Philip Gifford | Episode: Resurrection | |
| 2008–2009 | Brothers & Sisters | Wally Wandell | Episode: Prior Commitments Episode: You Get What You Need Episode: The Wig Party |
| 2009 | Two Dollar Beer | Dad | TV-Pilot |
| Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts... |
Dr. Byrd | Episode: Delusions of Grandview Episode: Leap of Faith |
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Awards and nominations
Academy Award- 1981: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" - The Great Santini
CableACE Award
CableACE Award
The CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programming...
- 1987: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Dramatic Series" - The Hitchhiker
Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
- 1981: Nominated, "New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture" - The Great Santini