John Heard
Biography
John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was a European-American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).
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Acting History
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (figure)
2019Imprisoned
2018The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as George (archive footage)
2018Living Among Us as Andrew
2018Buoyancy as Frank
2018The Tale as William P. Allens
2017Last Rampage as Blackwell
2017Pray for Rain as Markus Gardner
2017Searching for Fortune as Michael Denton Sr.
2017APB as Joe
2016MacGyver as Arthur Ericson
2016Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? as Sheriff Parsons
2016So B. It as Thurman
2016After the Reality as Bob
2016Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as JP Monroe
2015Counting for Thunder as Garrett Stalworth
2015The Murder Pact as John LaSalle
2015Boiling Pot as Tim Davis
2014The Nurse as Frank
2014Animals as Albert
2014Witches Blood as Himself
2014Sister
2014Boys of Abu Ghraib as Sam Farmer
2014Warren as Jack Cavanee
2013The Insomniac as Paul Epstein
2013Adam Devine's House Party as Dregory
2013Torn as Detective Kalkowitz
2013Runner Runner as Harry Furst
2013Snake & Mongoose as Wally Parks
2013Sharknado as George
2013Assault on Wall Street as Jeremy Stancroft
2013Would You Rather as Conway
2013Whisper Me a Lullaby
2012Elementary as Henry Watson
2012Perception as Congressman Evan Rickford
2012A Perfect Ending as Mason Westridge
2012Stealing Roses as Walter
2012The Legends of Nethiah as Nethiah's Father
2011Too Big to Fail as Joe Gregory
2011Person of Interest as Roger McCourt
2010The Truth as Jonathan Davenport
2010Gravity as B.C.
2010Formosa Betrayed as Tom Braxton
2009Little Hercules as Coach Nimms
2009Modern Family as Gunther Thorpe
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Michael Thomas
2009Southland as Ben Sherman Sr.
2008P.J. as Dr. Alan Shearson
2008Generation Gap as Principal Winters
2008The Lucky Ones as Bob
2008Justice League: The New Frontier as Ace Morgan (voice)
2007The Great Debaters as Sheriff Dozier
2007Battlestar Galactica: Razor as Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007Cavemen
2007Dead Lenny as Dr. Robert Hooker
2007Brothers Three: An American Gothic as Father
2006The Guardian as Capt. Frank Larson
2006Gamers as Gordon's Dad
2006Steel City as Carl Lee
2005Sweet Land as Minister Sorrensen
2005Tracks as Prison Warden
2005Prison Break as Frank Tancredi
2005Edison as Tilman
2005The Deal as Professor Roseman
2005The Chumscrubber as Officer Lou Bratley
2005Locusts as Peter Axelrod
2005Freak Weather as David
2005Numb3rs as Peter Houseman
2004My Tiny Universe as Bobby
2004Battlestar Galactica as Commander Barry Garner
2004Jack & Bobby
2004Entourage as Richard Wimmer
2004White Chicks as Warren Vandergeld
2004Mind the Gap as Henry Richards
2003Word of Honor as Dr. Steven Brandt
2002Hack as Paul 'Webster' Ballinger
2002CSI: Miami as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne
2002The Pilot's Wife as Jack Lyons
2002Monday Night Mayhem as Roone Arledge
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Larry Wiegert
2001O as Dean Brable
2001Dying on the Edge as John Fuller
2001The Big Heist as Richard Woods
2001The Boys of Sunset Ridge as John Burroughs
2000Animal Factory as James Decker
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Roger Ridley
2000Pollock as Tony Smith
2000The Wednesday Woman as Bill Davidson
2000The Photographer as Marcello
2000Perfect Murder, Perfect Town as Larry Mason
2000Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Larry Mason
2000The Witness as Gregor
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Sipes
1999Desert Blue as Prof. Lance Davidson
1999The Sopranos as Vin Makazian
1999The Pact as Jerome Carver
1998Snake Eyes as Gilbert Powell
1997Men as George
1997Executive Power as Walker
1997One Eight Seven as Dave Childress
1997Silent Cradle as Dr. Britain
1996My Fellow Americans as Vice President Ted Matthews
1996Before and After as Wendell Bye
1995The Client as Roy Foltrigg
1995The Outer Limits as Paul Stein
1994Because Mommy Works as Ted Forman
1994Touched by an Angel as Allen Lowry
1994Spoils of War as Andrew
1993Me and Veronica as Frankie
1993The Pelican Brief as Gavin Vereek
1993In the Line of Fire as Professor Riger
1993There Was a Little Boy as Gregg
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Peter
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Dan Lawn - State of Alaska
1992Waterland as Lewis Scott
1992Gladiator as John Riley
1992Radio Flyer as Daugherty
1991Mindwalk as Thomas Harriman
1991Deceived as Jack
1991Rambling Rose as Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
1990The End of Innocence as Dean
1990Awakenings as Dr. Kaufman
1990Home Alone as Peter
1990Law & Order as Mitch Burke
1990Law & Order as Walter Grobman
1989Cross of Fire as David 'D.C.' Stephenson
1989The Package as Col. Glen Whitacre
1989Virtuoso as Michael Johnson
1988Beaches as John Pierce
1988Betrayed as Michael Carnes
1988Big as Paul
1988Necessity as Charlie
1988The Seventh Sign as Reverend
1988The Milagro Beanfield War as Charlie Bloom
1988The Telephone as Telephone Man
1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Johnny Boy (voice)
1987Out on a Limb as David Manning
1985The Trip to Bountiful as Ludie Watts
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bill Callahan
1985Tender Is the Night as Abe North
1985The Equalizer as Ron Parrish
1985After Hours as Tom the Bartender
1985Heaven Help Us as Brother Timothy
1984Best Revenge as Charlie
1984Tales from the Darkside as Billy Malone
1984Too Scared to Scream as Sid
1984Miami Vice as Laurence Thurmond
1984C.H.U.D. as George Cooper
1984Kate & Allie
1984Violated as Skipper
1984Rock and Roll: The Early Days as Narrator
1983Legs as Dan Foster
1983Will There Really Be a Morning? as Clifford Odets
1982Cat People as Oliver Yates
1981Cutter's Way as Alex Cutter
1980Heart Beat as Jack Kerouac
1979Chilly Scenes of Winter as Charles
1979The Scarlet Letter as Arthur Dimmesdale
1978On the Yard as Juleson
1978Rush It as Byron
1977First Love as David Bonner
1977Between the Lines as Harry
1975Valley Forge
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Harvie
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