William Russ
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William Russ is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 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...

, best known for his role as Alan Matthews on Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...

.

Early life

Russ was born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

, and is the son of a naval officer. He attended the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

, where he was a member of the Michigan Cheer team, which was all male at the time.

Career

Russ' acting first began on the New York stage before he embarked onto a television and film career. In 1977, he had his first supporting role in Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is a 1977 one-off horror film written, produced, and directed by George Barry.-Plot:A large, black, four-poster bed, possessed by a demon, is passed from owner to owner. The Demon was a tree, who became a breeze and seemingly fell in love with a woman he blew past. The...

. This film would not be officially released until 2003.

During the 1980s, Russ found work in more supporting roles such as Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High was a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby....

(1981), a television movie also starring Academy Award winning actress Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an American actress, television and theatrical producer, and widow of Paul Newman...

, The Border (1981), The Right Stuff (1983) as Slick Goodlin
Chalmers Goodlin
Chalmers H. "Slick" Goodlin was the second test pilot of the Bell X-1 supersonic rocket plane, and the first to operate the craft in powered flight...

, St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

(1986), Crime Story
Crime Story (TV series)
Crime Story is an NBC TV drama created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically —...

(1986), and Wiseguy
Wiseguy
Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to December 8, 1990 for a total of four seasons. Starring Ken Wahl, the series was produced by Stephen J...

. He continued finding work in both television and film. He also guest starred in the television series Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...

in the 1985 episode "Evan" as the title character, a ATF agent who shared a history with Don Johnson
Don Johnson
Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor known for his work in television and film. He played the lead role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice, which led him to huge success. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges...

's character, Sonny Crockett.

Russ received critical acclaim when he starred in Pastime (1991) as Roy Dean Bream, a veteran minor league hurler who mentors a young phenomenon. The role earned him a nomination at the 1992 Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
The Independent Spirit Awards , founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit...

 for "Best Male Lead."

In 1993, he was cast as Alan Matthews on the television sitcom Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...

. Russ played this role until the series ended in 2000. Russ also directed several episodes of the show.

However, he continued performing in other series and films throughout his time on Boy Meets World, primarily television movies. In 1998, he performed as Danny and Derek Vinyard's father in the critically acclaimed American History X
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema....

. Later, he starred in the short-lived television serial drama Mister Sterling
Mister Sterling
Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Noroña, and James Whitmore as members of his staff...

.

His more recent work is the upcoming film A Fork in the Road alongside Jaime King
Jaime King
Jaime King is an American actress and model. In her modeling career and early film roles, she used the names Jamie King and James King, which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents, because her agency already represented another Jaime — the older, then more famous model Jaime...

.

In fall 2009, it was announced that Russ would be cast as the new character Tucker on The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

. Russ' time on the show will be short, however, as it has been announced the role of Tucker is being recast with Stephen Nichols
Stephen Nichols
Stephen Nichols is an American actor, most notable for his roles on American daytime soap operas. He played the part of Steve Johnson on NBCs Days of our Lives from 1985-1990; after that, he had a stint on ABC's General Hospital as Stefan Cassadine from 1996-2003...

 replacing Russ in the role.

Russ is the star of the comedy web series "Home At Last." In the series, he portrays "Bob", a homeless man that moves in with the son he abandoned at birth.

Personal life

Russ is married to actress Clare Wren and has a daughter and son. He enjoys downhill skiing and windsurfing.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Other notes
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| 1977
| Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is a 1977 one-off horror film written, produced, and directed by George Barry.-Plot:A large, black, four-poster bed, possessed by a demon, is passed from owner to owner. The Demon was a tree, who became a breeze and seemingly fell in love with a woman he blew past. The...


| Sharon's Brother
|
|-
| 1979
| Just You and Me, Kid
Just You and Me, Kid
Just You and Me, Kid is a 1979 comedy film that stars Brooke Shields, George Burns, Ray Bolger and Burl Ives. It was directed by Leonard Stern. It is rated PG for brief nudity and adult language.-Plot:...


| Demesta
|
|-
| 1980
| Cruising
Cruising (film)
Cruising is a 1980 film directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name, by New York Times reporter Gerald Walker, about a serial killer targeting gay men, in particular those associated with the S&M scene.Poorly reviewed by critics,...


| Paul Gaines
|
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| 1981
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches
| Little Dick Raidler
|
|-
| 1982
| The Border
| Jimbo
|
|-
| 1983
| The Right Stuff
| Slick Goodlin
Chalmers Goodlin
Chalmers H. "Slick" Goodlin was the second test pilot of the Bell X-1 supersonic rocket plane, and the first to operate the craft in powered flight...


|
|-
| 1984
| Courage
| Sonny
|
|-
| 1985
| Beer
| Merle Draggett
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987
| Wanted: Dead or Alive
| Danny Quintz
|
|-
| Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter is a thriller film made in 1987 It was directed by Arthur Penn and is a remake of the 1945 film My Name Is Julia Ross and stars Mary Steenburgen who plays three roles in the film.-Plot:...


| Rob Sweeney
|
|-
| 1988
| The Unholy
The Unholy
The Unholy is a 1988 horror film directed by Camilo Vila and starring Ben Cross, Nicole Fortier, and Ned Beatty. It also features Trevor Howard in his final role.-Plot:...


| Luke
|
|-
| 1989
| Disorganized Crime
Disorganized Crime
Disorganized Crime is a 1989 heist/comedy film set in Montana. It was written and directed by Jim Kouf and released through Touchstone Pictures...


| Nick Bartkowski
|
|-
| 1991
| Pastime
| Roy Dean Bream
|
|-
| 1992
| Traces of Red
Traces of Red
Traces of Red is a 1992 crime drama film that stars James Belushi, Lorraine Bracco and Tony Goldwyn. The film was released by The Samuel Goldwyn Company on November 11, 1992 and directed by Andy Wolk.-Plot:...


| Michael Dobson
|
|-
| 1993
| Aspen Extreme
Aspen Extreme
Aspen Extreme is a 1993 film about two ski buddies, TJ Burke and Dexter Rutecki , who move from Brighton, Michigan to Aspen to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship...


| Dave Ritchie
|
|-
| 1997
| When Danger Follows You Home
| Det. Tyler Barnes
|
|-
| 1998
| American History X
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema....


| Dennis Vinyard
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Buck Naked Arson
| Ranger Lightcap
|
|-
| Life as a House
Life as a House
Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film produced and directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Mark Andrus focuses on a man who is anxious to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and teenaged son after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer....


|
| Uncredited Role
|-
| rowspan="3"|2009
| Gary's Walk
| Vernon
|
|-
| Pawn
| Justin Elliot Randolph
| Short film
|-
| A Fork in the Road
| Det. Ross
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010
| 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position
| Evan
| post-production
|-
| Green Guys
| Peter Donnelly
| post-production
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1977–1978
| Another World
Another World (TV series)
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...


| Burt McGowan
|
|-
| 1981
| Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High was a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby....


| J.O. Powell
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="3"|1982
| CBS Library
| Rattlesnake
| Episode: Robbers, Rooftops and Witches
|-
| Rehearsal for Murder
Rehearsal for Murder
Rehearsal for Murder is a 1982 television movie of the thriller genre directed by David Greene from a script written by Richard Levinson and William Link, who won a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for their work.-Plot:...


| Frank Heller
| TV-Movie
|-
| The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard...


| Scroggins
| Episode: The New Dukes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1983
| Remington Steele
Remington Steele
Remington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic...


| Chance McCormick
| Episode: Steele's Gold
|-
| V
| Brad
| Miniseries
|-
| rowspan="5"|1985
| Riptide
Riptide (TV series)
Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...


| Mack McPherson
| Episode: Polly Want an Explanation
|-
| Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...


| Evan Freed
| Episode: Evan
|-
| Hunter
| Jack Lachman
| Episode: Fire Man
|-
| Command 5
| J.D. Smith
| TV-Movie
|-
| The Long Hot Summer
| Jody Varner
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="5"|1986
| St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...


| Patrick O'Casey
| Episode: Time Heals (1)
Episode: Time Heals (2)
|-
| Blood & Orchids
Blood & Orchids
Blood & Orchids is a 1986 made-for-TV crime-drama film. Written for the screen by Norman Katkov, it was an adaptation of Katkov's own novel which, in turn, was inspired by the 1932 Massie Trial in Honolulu, Hawaii...


| Lloyd Murdoch
| TV-Movie
|-
| Second Serve
Second Serve
Second Serve is an American biopic of eye surgeon, professional tennis player and male-to-female transgender woman Renée Richards. The made-for-television film is based on the book The Renée Richards Story: Second Serve by Richards with John Ames. The script is by Stephanie Liss and Gavin Lambert...


| Josh
| TV-Movie
|-
| Houston: The Legend of Texas
| William Travis
William B. Travis
William Barret Travis was a 19th-century American lawyer and soldier. At the age of 26, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army...


| TV-Movie
|-
| Crime Story
Crime Story (TV series)
Crime Story is an NBC TV drama created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically —...


| Det. Wes Connelly
| Episode: Pilot (1)
Episode: Pilot (2)
Episode: Crime Pays
|-
| 1987
| Tour of Duty
Tour of Duty (TV series)
Tour of Duty is an American drama television series on CBS. It ran for three seasons from September 1987 to April 1990 as 58 one–hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark, and produced by Zev Braun....


| Sgt. Early Ray Michaels
| Episode: War Lover
|-
| 1988
| The Loner
| Jake Wilis
|
|-
| 1988–1990
| Wiseguy
Wiseguy
Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to December 8, 1990 for a total of four seasons. Starring Ken Wahl, the series was produced by Stephen J...


| Rodger Lococco
|
|-
| 1989
| Nasty Boys
Nasty Boys (film)
-Synopsis:The film was about a North Las Vegas narcotic unit of six undercover police officers who fought crimes against drugs and illegal automatic weapons. It became a series the following year....


| Ben Farlow
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|1990
| Capital News
Capital News
Capital News is a short-lived American drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. Starring Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater, Capital News was created by David Milch and Christian Williams.-Synopsis:...


| Redmond Dunne
|
|-
| A Promise to Keep
| Carl
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="3"|1991
| Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.-Overview:...


| Brad Fixx
| Episode: Truth and Consequences
|-
| The Young Riders
The Young Riders
The Young Riders is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War...


|
| Episode: Daisy
|-
| Crazy From the Heart
| Dewey Whitcomb
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="3"|1992
| Bad City Story
| Jim Malone
| Unsold TV-Pilot
|-
| Drive Like Lightning
| Boll Donner
| TV-Movie
|-
| Middle Ages
| Terry
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1993
| The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., often referred to as just Brisco or Brisco County,The series is referred to as just Brisco or by Brisco County by the creator and executive producer Carlton Cuse, actors involved with the show, and by many critics. Some examples include:* Cuse, Carlton, DVD extra...


| Jack Randolph
| Episode: Socrates' Sister
|-
| CBS Schoolbreak Special
After school special
The American Broadcasting Company coined the term after school special in 1972 with a series of made for television movies, usually dealing with controversial or socially relevant issues, that were generally broadcast in the late afternoon and meant to be viewed by school age children, particularly...


| Coach Jim Doane
| Episode: Other Mothers
|-
| seaQuest DSV
SeaQuest DSV
seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...


| Rusty Thomas
| Episode: Brothers and Sisters
|-
| 1993–2000
| Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...


| Alan Matthews
| 120 episodes
|-
| 1994
| Viper
Viper (TV series)
Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that...


| Mr. Townsend
| Episode: Pilot
|-
| rowspan="4"|1995
| Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story is a 1995 television biopic about the life of country music singer Dottie West portrayed by Michele Lee...


| Bill West
| TV-Movie
|-
| The Marshal
The Marshal
The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation...


| Loyal Truscott
| Episode: Pilot
|-
| Legend
Legend (TV series)
Legend was a science fiction Western television show that ran on UPN from April 18, 1995 until August 22, 1995, with one final re-airing of the pilot on July 3, 1996. It was Richard Dean Anderson's first major role after the successful MacGyver series, and also starred John de Lancie, best known...


| Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
James Butler Hickok , better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized.Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach...


| Episode: The Life, Death, and Life of Wild Bill Hickok
|-
| Trail of Tears
| David
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="3"|1996
| Have You Seen My Son
| Van Stein
| TV-Movie
|-
| A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
| Art Maskin
| TV-Movie
|-
| Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...


| Scott Lamont/"The Monk"
| Episode: Trackdown
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997
| Night Sins
| Sheriff Steiger
| Miniseries
|-
| Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...


| Capt. Jonas Hansen
| Episode: The First Commandment
|-
| rowspan="3"|1999
| A Secret Life
| Mark Whitman
| TV-Movie
|-
| Replacing Dad
Replacing Dad
Replacing Dad is a 1999 television film directed by Joyce Chopra. Based on a Shelley Fraser Mickle novel, the film stars Mary McDonnell, William Russ, and Jack Coleman.- Plot :...


| George Marsh
| TV-Movie
|-
| Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story
| Joseph Bonaduce
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...


| Michael Bassett
| Episode: Two's a Crowd
Episode: Without a Net
|-
| Level 9
Level 9 (TV series)
Level 9 is an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2000. The plot revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.Thirteen episodes...


| Agent Colter
| Episode: A Price to Pay
|-
| 2001
| Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...


| Prof. Thomas North
| Episode: Holy of Hollies
|-
| rowspan="4"|2002
| The Division
The Division
The Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...


| Jesse Whalen
| Episode: Shelby
|-
| Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...


| D.A. Jack Olson
| Episode: There's No Place Like Home
|-
| MDs
| James Wiles
| Episode: A La Casa
|-
| Robbery Homicide Division
Robbery Homicide Division
Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann.-Premise:...


| Elliot Ayers
| Episode: City of Strivers
|-
| rowspan="4"|2003
| Mister Sterling
Mister Sterling
Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Noroña, and James Whitmore as members of his staff...


| Tommy Doyle
| 9 episodes
|-
| Dragnet
Dragnet (series)
Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners...


| Ted Paris
| Episode: Redemption
|-
| The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire is an American drama series created by David E. Kelley that aired on CBS. The show offers the typical quirkiness and eccentric humor that have become synonymous with David E. Kelley's shows...


| Rev. Deeker
| Episode: Sleeping Lions
|-
| Finding John Christmas
Finding John Christmas
Finding John Christmas is a 2003 television movie that first aired on CBS. The film is a sequel to the 2001 television movie A Town Without Christmas.-Plot:...


| Hank McAllister
| TV-Movie
|-
| rowspan="5"|2004
| Silver Lake
| Phil Patterson
| TV-Movie
|-
| Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...


| Otis Russell
| Episode: Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking
Episode: Sold Under Sin
|-
| CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...


| Mr. Prescott
| Episode: Creatures of the Night
|-
| JAG
JAG (TV series)
JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...


| Maj. Gen. Earl Watson
| Episode: Fighting Words
Episode: This Just in from Baghdad
|-
| NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...


| Hal Matheson
| Episode: I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid
|-
| rowspan="2"|2005
| The West Wing
| Dan
| Episode: Message of the Week
Message of the Week
-Plot:It's three weeks into the presidential campaign and Vinick meets with Frost out on the trail. Santos pulls a stunt which leads to higher approval ratings and jolts the Vinick camp...


|-
| Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...


| Max Cassidy
| Episode: Freefall
|-
| 2005–2008
| Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...


| A.D.A Christopher Palmer
| 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|2006
| The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...


| Paul Calviano
| Episode: Moe n' Joe
|-
| Just Legal
Just Legal
Just Legal is a television courtroom drama that stars Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as two courtroom lawyers in Venice, California. The series premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005 and was canceled on October 3, 2005 after only three episodes had been aired. Almost a year later The WB decided...


| Bartender
| Episode: The Bar
|-
| Reunion
Reunion (TV series)
Reunion is an American television series that aired on FOX in late 2005. The series was intended to chronicle 20 years in the lives of a group of six high school friends from Bedford, New York, with each episode following one year in the lives of the six, beginning with their high school graduation...


| Congress Clark
| Episode: 1995
Episode: 1996
|-
| rowspan="5"|2007
| Demons
| Senator Carney
| Unsold 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...


| Bill Bristow
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| 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...


| Michael Shannon
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| Standoff
Standoff (TV series)
Standoff is an American drama series that premiered on the Fox network on September 5, 2006. Created by Craig Silverstein, the series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Television...


| Warren Keegan
| Episode: Road Trip
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| 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...


| Jonah Quinn
| Episode: The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
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| Wildfire
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Wildfire is a US television series that aired on ABC Family, which was produced by Lions Gate Television, Piller2 and The Segan Company . The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended May 16, 2008 due to low ratings...


| Congressman Dean Nichols
| Episode: The More Things Change (1)
Episode: The More Things Change (2)
Episode: Friendship/Passion
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| The Ex List
| Jimmy Bloom
| 6 episodes
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| 2009
| The Mentalist
The Mentalist
The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...


| Dooley Gerber
| Episode: Black Gold and Red Blood
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| 2009–2010
| The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...


| Tucker McCall
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| 2011
| Home At Last
Home at Last
Home at Last is a song by Steely Dan, and is the fifth track on their 1977 album Aja. It is inspired by the epic poem The Odyssey, reflecting the feelings associated with a long-awaited homecoming; Walter Becker and Donald Fagen referenced this on the video The Making Of Aja.Original Steely Dan...


| Bob
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|2011
|90210
90210
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| Salty's Place owner
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Awards and nominations

Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
The Independent Spirit Awards , founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit...

  • 1992: Nominated, "Best Male Lead" - Pastime

External links

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