John Carroll Lynch

Born: 1963-08-01

John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on The Drew Carey Show, and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in Fargo. In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, and Ann Cusack. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. He also had a recurring role in the HBO show Carnivàle, playing escaped convict Varlyn Stroud. Lynch appeared as a district attorney in the CBS series Close to Home and as NASA official Bob Gilruth in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. Lynch appeared in the 2003 thriller Gothika and the 2007 biopic Zodiac.


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Crazy, Stupid, Love.

as Bernie
Released: 2011-07-29

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children...

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Shutter Island

as Deputy Warden McPherson
Released: 2010-02-14

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a...

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Ted 2

as Tom Jessup
Released: 2015-06-25

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent,...

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Zodiac

as Arthur Leigh Allen
Released: 2007-03-02

The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

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Miracles from Heaven

as Pastor Scott
Released: 2016-03-17

When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes...

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The Founder

as Mac McDonald
Released: 2016-11-24

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were...

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Hot Pursuit

as Captain Emmett
Released: 2015-05-08

Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is...

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as Impound Manager
Released: 2000-06-09

Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his...

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as Moses Buggs
Released: 2011-02-14

For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret...

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Babes

as Dr. Morris
Released: 2024-05-17

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend...

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as Norm Gunderson
Released: 1996-03-08

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a...

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as Prison Guard Walton
Released: 1997-06-27

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes...

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Gran Torino

as Barber Martin
Released: 2008-12-12

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong...

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as Moving Man
Released: 1993-12-25

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults...

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Camp X-Ray

as Col. Drummond
Released: 2014-10-17

A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town...

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The Highwaymen

as Lee Simmons
Released: 2019-03-15

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end...

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The Invitation

as Pruitt
Released: 2016-04-08

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s...

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The Fan

as Shopkeeper
Released: 1996-08-15

When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team...

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as David Dellinger
Released: 2020-09-25

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What...

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Volcano

as Stan Olber
Released: 1997-04-25

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth,...

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Beautiful Girls

as Frank Womack
Released: 1996-02-09

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of...

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Gothika

as Sheriff Ryan
Released: 2003-11-21

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find...

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The Good Girl

as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
Released: 2002-08-07

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the...

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Mercury Rising

as Martin Lynch
Released: 1998-04-03

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the...

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Love Happens

as Walter
Released: 2009-09-18

Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he...

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Jackie

as Lyndon B. Johnson
Released: 2016-12-02

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F....

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The Cure

as Skipper #1
Released: 1995-04-21

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a...

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The Next Best Thing

as Abbie's Lawyer
Released: 2000-03-03

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert -...

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Things We Lost in the Fire

as Howard Glassman
Released: 2007-09-26

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children....

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The Pretty One

as Frank
Released: 2014-02-07

When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place....

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as Doctor Freeze
Released: 1999-04-23

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on...

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Bubble Boy

as Mr. Livingston
Released: 2001-08-24

Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a...

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Catch That Kid

as Mr. Hartman
Released: 2004-02-06

A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by...

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Outlaw Posse

as Carson
Released: 2024-03-01

1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in...

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Confidence

as Grant Ashby
Released: 2003-04-25

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has...

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Tuesdays with Morrie

as Walter
Released: 1999-12-05

A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers...

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Waking the Dead

as Father Mileski
Released: 2000-03-24

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead,...

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Private Life

as Charlie Grimes
Released: 2018-10-05

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as...

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Late Last Night

as Sgt. Van Wyck
Released: 1999-06-20

After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He...

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Full of It

as Mr. Leonard
Released: 2007-03-01

A teenager tells outrageous lies at his new high school, only to have them suddenly come true.

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Mozart and the Whale

as Gregory
Released: 2005-09-10

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions...

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Feeling Minnesota

as Cop
Released: 1996-09-13

Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match...

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Hesher

as Larry
Released: 2010-01-22

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him....

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Lay the Favorite

as Dave Greenberg
Released: 2012-06-22

A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a...

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The Minus Man

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1999-02-25

When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies...

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Anywhere but Here

as Jack Irwin
Released: 1999-11-12

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions....

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Kiss Me Before It Blows Up

as Ron Shalev
Released: 2020-09-10

A subversive love story between clashing cultures and families, KISS ME BEFORE IT BLOWS UP is a...

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Live from Baghdad

as Josh Holliman
Released: 2002-12-07

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of...

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A Thousand Acres

as Ken LaSalle
Released: 1997-09-19

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath...

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The White Orchid

as Sheriff Mann
Released: 2018-02-01

A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful...

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The Architect

as Conway
Released: 2016-05-20

When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising...

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Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

as uncredited
Released: 1996-06-20

Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a...

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Restaurant

as John English
Released: 2000-01-28

A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or...

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Bug

as Wallace Gregory
Released: 2002-02-28

A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include...

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A Friend's Betrayal

as Mr. Franks
Released: 1996-05-19

Old feelings of betrayal resurface, renewing a bitter rift between two girlfriends when one...

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Anything

as Early Landry
Released: 2018-05-11

After the death of his wife, a man moves from Mississippi to a run-down Hollywood apartment,...

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Sympathy for Delicious

as Evangelist Carroll
Released: 2010-04-09

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

as Stewart
Released: 2006-01-20

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian...

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Highland Park

as Rory
Released: 2013-06-08

A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten...

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Shangri-La Suite

as Colonel Tom Parker
Released: 2016-10-28

Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack...

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The Naked Man

as Driver
Released: 1998-08-02

A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to...

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In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

as The Major
Released: 1995-10-01

When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out...

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Dead Men Can't Dance

as Plonder
Released: 1997-04-17

To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry...

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Par 6

as Dour O'Dowell
Released: 2002-04-16

A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his...

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Freak Weather

as uncredited
Released: 1999-02-02

In this harrowing character study, Jacqueline McKenzie portrays Penny, a young woman lost in a...

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Voice from the Grave

as Prosecutor O'Gane
Released: 1996-03-20

A segment from the 'Unsolved Mysteries' TV series inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan...

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Be Absolute for Death

as uncredited
Released: 2020-04-21

In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Buddy Arnold
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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The Walking Dead

as Eastman
First aired: 2010-10-31

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by...

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American Dad!

as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-06

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...

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Monk

as Kurt Pressman
First aired: 2002-07-12

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using...

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American Horror Story

as Twisty the Clown
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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American Horror Story

as John Wayne Gacy
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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American Horror Story

as Benjamin Richter
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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Frasier

as Franklin
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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Star Trek: Voyager

as Gerald Moss
First aired: 1995-01-16

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...

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Evil

as Henry Stick
First aired: 2019-09-26

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and...

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Billions

as Mr. Gilbert
First aired: 2016-01-17

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S....

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The West Wing

as Jack Reese
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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The Americans

as Fred
First aired: 2013-01-30

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip...

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Veep

as Lloyd Hennick
First aired: 2012-04-22

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice...

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Lie to Me

as Mr. Reed
First aired: 2009-01-21

The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body...

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The Practice

as Dr. Robert Larson
First aired: 1997-03-04

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...

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The Drew Carey Show

as Steve Carey
First aired: 1995-09-13

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck...

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Big Sky

as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
First aired: 2020-11-17

Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who...

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Big Sky

as Rick Legarski
First aired: 2020-11-17

Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who...

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Body of Proof

as Det. Bud Morris
First aired: 2011-03-29

Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But...

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American Horror Stories

as Larry Bitterman
First aired: 2021-07-15

An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.

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Manhattan

as Daniel Ellis
First aired: 2014-07-27

Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science...

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The Glades

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-07-11

This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and...

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The Glades

as Mike Ogletree
First aired: 2010-07-11

This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and...

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Carnivàle

as Varlyn Stroud
First aired: 2003-09-14

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

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Talking Dead

as Self
First aired: 2011-10-16

Host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series The Walking Dead with...

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Big Love

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-03-12

The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his...

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Murder One

as Officer Carl Bickley
First aired: 1995-09-20

Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law...

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Family Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-20

Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...

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Channel Zero

as John Sleator
First aired: 2016-10-11

A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales.

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From the Earth to the Moon

as Bob Gilruth
First aired: 1998-04-05

The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon...

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Close to Home

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-20

Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros....

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Close to Home

as Steve Sharpe
First aired: 2005-09-20

Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros....

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The Good Cop

as Sherman Smalls
First aired: 2018-09-21

Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr.,...

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The Visitor

as Joe York
First aired: 1997-09-19

The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin...

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White House Plumbers

as John Mitchell
First aired: 2023-05-01

The true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally...

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Gaslit

as L. Patrick Gray
First aired: 2022-04-24

A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten...

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The Client

as Frank
First aired: 1995-09-17

The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August...

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Perfect Harmony

as Pastor Magnus
First aired: 2019-09-26

When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice...

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Do No Harm

as Will Hayes
First aired: 2013-01-31

Jason Cole, a brilliant neurosurgeon has to battle with his own alter-ego, Ian Price, in order...

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Life's Work

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-17

Life's Work is an American situation comedy series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997...

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K-Ville

as Captain James Embry
First aired: 2007-09-17

K-Ville is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco,...

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One Dollar

as Bud Carl
First aired: 2018-08-30

In a small rust belt town in post-recession America, a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a...

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The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-24

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire is an American drama series created by David E. Kelley...

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Crawford

as Owen
First aired: 2018-02-02

A comedy about a dysfunctional family with 3 children. Oldest Wendy is trying to figure out...

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