Jon Gries

Born: 1957-06-17

An American actor, writer and director. He is known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico, and more recently "Lost" as Roger Linus, "Taken" as Casey, and "The Pretender" as Broots. From early roles like Lazlo Hollyfeld in "Real Genius" to the suspicious Greg Hunt in "White Lotus" his career spans across genres, showcasing his talent in both comedic and dramatic roles.


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as Van driver
Released: 1997-07-02

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in...

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Taken 3

as (Mark) Casey
Released: 2014-12-16

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a...

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as Mark Casey
Released: 2008-02-18

While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human...

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Taken 2

as Casey
Released: 2012-09-27

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a...

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The Rundown

as Harvey
Released: 2003-09-26

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured...

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The Monster Squad

as Desperate Man
Released: 1987-08-14

Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy,...

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Real Genius

as Lazlo Hollyfeld
Released: 1985-08-07

Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid....

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Operation Chromite

as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg
Released: 2016-07-27

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

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Operation Chromite

as Hoyt Vandenberg
Released: 2016-07-27

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

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Stick It

as Brice Graham
Released: 2006-04-21

Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on...

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The Last Survivors

as Carson
Released: 2014-06-12

In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts...

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The Grifters

as Drunk's Friend
Released: 1990-08-08

A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal...

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as Uncle Rico
Released: 2004-06-11

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in...

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Fright Night Part 2

as Louie
Released: 1988-04-07

After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry...

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Get Shorty

as Ronnie Wingate
Released: 1995-10-20

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to...

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Will Penny

as Horace
Released: 1967-12-19

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the...

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The Astronaut Farmer

as FBI Agent Killbourne
Released: 2007-02-23

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad...

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More American Graffiti

as Ron
Released: 1979-08-03

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

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The Comebacks

as Barber
Released: 2007-10-19

Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them...

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Faults

as Terry
Released: 2014-03-06

Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with...

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Running Scared

as Det. Tony Montoya
Released: 1986-06-27

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West...

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Kill Me Again

as Alan Swayzie
Released: 1989-10-27

After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to...

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Crazy on the Outside

as Edgar
Released: 2010-01-08

A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of...

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Joysticks

as King Vidiot
Released: 1983-03-04

A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the...

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Skinwalker Ranch

as Hoyt
Released: 2013-10-30

In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of...

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The Snow Walker

as Pierce
Released: 2003-09-11

A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows...

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Elsewhere

as Mr. Tod
Released: 2009-01-15

A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town....

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All About the Money

as Jon Waters
Released: 2017-06-02

Two "down on their luck" buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. Only after landing...

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TerrorVision

as OD
Released: 1986-02-14

Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, soon unleashing a...

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The Big Empty

as Elron
Released: 2003-05-16

Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town...

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Helter Skelter

as William Garretson
Released: 1976-04-01

The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic...

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Falsely Accused

as Gus
Released: 2016-06-24

When a young woman is falsely accused of murdering her brother, she must catch the real killer...

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Ed and His Dead Mother

as Rob Sundheimer
Released: 1993-06-04

A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an...

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Bad Turn Worse

as Sheriff Shep
Released: 2014-08-15

Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate....

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High School U.S.A.

as Dirty Curt
Released: 1983-10-16

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique...

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Wish Upon a Unicorn

as Bud
Released: 2020-09-15

Two children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and...

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Northfork

as Arnold
Released: 2003-07-11

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is...

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The Axe Murders of Villisca

as Greg
Released: 2017-01-20

Three ghost-hunting high-schoolers visit the Moore House in Villisca, Iowa—the site of one of...

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Confessions of an Action Star

as Donald Buckheim
Released: 2005-01-23

A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star,...

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The Sasquatch Gang

as Chilcutt
Released: 2006-03-08

Young fantasy and science fiction aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge...

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The Pretender 2001

as Broots
Released: 2001-01-22

Picking up where the television series left off, "The Pretender 2001" features even deeper...

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Noobz

as Greg Lipstein
Released: 2013-01-25

Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will...

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3 Days with Dad

as Tim
Released: 2019-09-13

The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic...

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Natural Selection

as Peter
Released: 2011-03-13

When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered...

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Endgame

as Principal Thomas
Released: 2015-09-25

Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a...

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Twin Falls Idaho

as Lawyer Jay Harrison
Released: 1999-07-30

Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel....

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Number One with a Bullet

as Bobby Sweet
Released: 1987-02-27

Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A...

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The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

as Broots
Released: 2001-12-10

Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about his family. But...

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Unicorn City

as Shadow Hawk
Released: 2012-02-24

Voss entices local gamers to create a utopia to impress a potential employer, but paradise is...

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Glass Jaw

as Sam Austin
Released: 2018-10-26

Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison...

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Pass the Light

as Franklin
Released: 2015-02-06

Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who...

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Locker 13

as Archie
Released: 2014-03-29

The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west...

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Americons

as Billy
Released: 2015-01-19

A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's...

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Four Eyes and Six-Guns

as uncredited
Released: 1992-12-07

Ernest Albright opens his eyeglass store in what he thinks is a thriving community, but soon...

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Fever

as Bobby
Released: 1991-05-11

Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship...

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September Dawn

as John D. Lee
Released: 2007-05-17

A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which...

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South of Heaven

as Hood 1
Released: 2008-09-21

A man returning from a tour of duty is mistaken for his brother by debt-collecting gangsters,...

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Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

as Steve
Released: 1996-01-01

The true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's...

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Sunnyside

as Wild Child
Released: 1979-06-01

Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence...

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Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

as Self
Released: 2020-06-23

The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we...

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Casualties

as Bill Summers
Released: 1997-04-15

A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her...

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Durant's Never Closes

as Dizzy Dean
Released: 2016-01-22

The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia...

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Swap Meet

as Doug
Released: 1979-09-21

The plot: Roy is jealous of Sigi, who attracts Nancy's attention, and has two clumsy guys...

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Car Babes

as Gary
Released: 2006-12-26

A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.

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Bar Starz

as Ricky Fabulous
Released: 2008-03-07

Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny...

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Waterborne

as Ritter
Released: 2005-03-13

Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son,...

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Waterborne

as Carlton
Released: 2005-03-13

Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son,...

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The Maze

as Dr. Holmes
Released: 1997-01-01

People are trapped in a solitary building of infinite corridors and rooms where there appears to...

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Jackpot

as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
Released: 2001-07-27

Sunny Holiday, a middle-aged country singer with dreams of stardom, walks out on his wife and...

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American Pastime

as Ed Tully
Released: 2007-05-11

American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps...

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Good Intentions

as Sheriff Ernie
Released: 2010-03-09

Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows...

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September Gun

as Brian Brian
Released: 1983-10-08

Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The...

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You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

as Himself
Released: 2016-12-02

An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring...

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Eternity: The Movie

as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
Released: 2014-03-08

Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a...

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Deep in the Heart

as Dick Wallrath
Released: 2012-01-01

An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship...

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Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

as Tom Sutter
Released: 2011-10-16

For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least...

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A True Story

as Richard Simpkins
Released: 2013-09-20

Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which...

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Rainbow Drive

as Azzolini
Released: 1990-01-01

A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to...

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Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
Released: 1989-12-29

A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a...

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Frank

as Colin York
Released: 2007-11-02

A young urban family spends summers on an idyllic island. When an abandoned, mangy mutt wanders...

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The Chicken Chronicles

as Tom
Released: 1977-10-01

A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off...

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Only the Good Survive

as Cult Leader
Released: 2023-03-10

After a heist gone wrong and results in the deaths of all three of her friends, Brea finds...

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Five Time Champion

as Melvin Glee
Released: 2012-01-24

While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his...

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Byron's Theme

as uncredited
Released: 2013-09-24

Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He...

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Supernatural

as Martin Creaser
First aired: 2005-09-13

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic...

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Psych

as Strabinsky
First aired: 2006-07-07

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a...

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Lost

as Roger Linus
First aired: 2004-09-22

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay...

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Seinfeld

as Homeless Man
First aired: 1989-07-05

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in...

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Hawaii Five-0

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-09-20

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...

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The X-Files

as Salvatore Matola
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Sons of Anarchy

as Magoo
First aired: 2008-09-03

An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle...

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Quantum Leap

as Flash McGrath
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Quantum Leap

as Roscoe (uncredited)
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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24

as Joseph Wald
First aired: 2001-11-06

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each...

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Beverly Hills, 90210

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...

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CSI: NY

as Jim Warren
First aired: 2004-09-22

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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ER

as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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The White Lotus

as Greg Hunt
First aired: 2021-07-11

Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the...

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Cold Case

as Bill Shepard
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Cold Case

as Bill Shepard (1978)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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L.A. Law

as Hotel Desk Clerk
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Falcon Crest

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-12-04

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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The Pretender

as Broots
First aired: 1996-09-19

Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can...

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Las Vegas

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-22

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President...

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Nikita

as The Engineer
First aired: 2010-09-09

Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained...

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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Tour of Duty

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-24

The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Martin

as Shawn McDermott
First aired: 1992-08-27

Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his...

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The Jeffersons

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-18

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as...

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Carnivàle

as Texas Ranger
First aired: 2003-09-14

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression...

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The Bridge

as Bob
First aired: 2013-07-10

A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya...

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Dream Corp LLC

as Dr. Roberts
First aired: 2016-10-23

Helmed by the easily distracted Dr. Roberts, a psychotherapeutic facility treats patients with...

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Bakersfield P.D.

as Ray Coombs
First aired: 1993-09-14

Bakersfield P.D. is a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox...

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Napoleon Dynamite

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-01-15

Napoleon Dynamite is an American animated sitcom based on the 2004 cult film of the same name....

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240-Robert

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-08-28

240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a...

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Strange Luck

as Henry Bloom
First aired: 1995-09-15

Strange Luck is an American television series, starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance...

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