
Cotter Smith
Biography
Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Unsinkable as Senator Smith
2023Rustin as Chief Wells
2021Jack and the Treehouse as Pap
2021Things Heard & Seen as Tom Claire
2019The Standoff at Sparrow Creek as Roman
2017The Post as Under Secretary William Macomber
2017MINDHUNTER as Unit Chief Shepard
2017The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner as Preacher (voice)
2015Blindspot as General
2014Madam Secretary as Darren Hahn
2014Burning Blue as Admiral Lynch
2013The Americans as Deputy Attorney General
2013The Following as Nathan
2012Revolution as Jack Davis
2012Friends with Kids as Phil Fryman
2011Person of Interest as Denton Weeks
2011Unforgettable as Jay Barrett
2010You Don't Know Jack as Dick Thompson
2010Lunatics, Lovers & Poets as Scotty MacGregor
2009White Collar as Adam Wilson
2009The Good Wife as Forrest Burke
2007Damages as Federal Investigator
2006Brothers and Sisters as Gordon Alexander
2006The Unit
2005Night Stalker as Tony Vincenzo
2005Commander in Chief as Governor Stan Preston
2005Ghost Whisperer as Gerald Lucas
2005Invasion
2005Sleeper as Dr. Altman
2003Tru Calling as Richard Davies
2003NCIS as Sam Stevens
2003X2 as President McKenna
2003Reeseville as John Meyers
2002Without a Trace as Sean McGinnis
2001Alias as Hank Foster
2000Run the Wild Fields as Silas Green
1999Judging Amy as ASA Jeremy Friedman
1999The History of Glamour as Loren Valentine (voice)
1997Oz as Judge Benjamin Fee
1997Bridge of Time as Robert Creighton
1997Spy Game
1997Orleans as Bill Brennecke
1996Lifeform as Dr. Case Montgomery
1995Remember Me as Adam Nichols
1995Courthouse as Andrew Rawson
1994Chicago Hope
1994Chicago Hope as Bob Marinak
1993Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story as Steve
1993With Hostile Intent as Officer Rob Arnold
1993A Place to Be Loved as Mike Caldwell
1992A Message from Holly
1992Midnight's Child as Nick Cowan
1991The Last Prostitute as Joe
1990Law & Order as Eric Martin
1990Equal Justice as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
1989K-9 as Gilliam
1988Cameron's Closet as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
1987Lady Beware as Mac Odell
1986L.A. Law as Tony Henderson
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
1985The Rape of Richard Beck as Lt. Hugo
1985Moonlighting
1985Moonlighting as Brian Baker
1985A Bunny's Tale as Ned Holcomb
1984Murder, She Wrote as Robert Rhine
1984Mistral's Daughter as Frank
1984Master Ninja II as Chad Webster
1984Nickel Mountain as Trucker
1983Blood Feud as Robert F. Kennedy
1983Blood Feud as Robert F. Kennedy
1982St. Elsewhere as Dr. Rowe
1982Cagney & Lacey
1981Hill Street Blues
—Basic Psych as Dr. Grant Harrison









