
Anthony Heald
Biography
An American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public. He also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's The Practice and Boston Legal.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
A Man in Full as Judge Taylor
2020Alone as Robert
2018Every Act of Life as Self
2015Old?!
2013Monday Mornings as Mitch Tompkins
2010Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs as Self
2006Accepted as Dean Van Horne
2006X-Men: The Last Stand as FBI Mystique Interrogator
2005The Closer as Howard Pierce
2005Numb3rs as Walt Merrick
2004Boston Legal as Judge Harvey Cooper
2003NCIS as Guyman Purcell
2002Benjamin Franklin as Jonathan Austin
2002Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
2002Red Dragon as Dr. Chilton
2001Crossing Jordan as Attorney McBride
2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
2001The Ruby Princess Runs Away as King Regal
2000Proof of Life as Ted Fellner
2000Boston Public as Scott Guber
19998MM as Longdale
1998Deep Rising as Simon Canton
1997Liberty! as Philip Vickers Fithian
1997The Practice as Judge Wallace Cooper
1997The Practice as Scott Guber
1996Cosby
1996A Time to Kill as Wilbert Rodeheaver
1996Poltergeist: The Legacy as Damon Ballard
1995New York News
1995Bushwhacked as Reinhart Bragdon
1995Kiss of Death as Jack Gold
1994The Client as Larry Trumann
1993The Pelican Brief as Marty Velmano
1993Frasier as Corkmaster
1993The X-Files as Harold Piller
1993The Ballad of Little Jo as Henry Grey
1993Searching for Bobby Fischer as Fighting Parent
1993Class of '96 as Professor Davis
1992Whispers in the Dark as Paul
1991The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Frederick Chilton
1990Postcards from the Edge as George Lazan
1990Law & Order as Ian O'Connell
1990Law & Order as Councilman Spencer Talbert
1987Orphans as Man in Park
1987Happy New Year as Dinner Guest
1987Outrageous Fortune as Weldon
1986Fresno as Kevin Kensington
1986Kay O'Brien
1986A Case of Deadly Force as Dave O'Brian
1985Spenser: For Hire
1984The Beniker Gang as Mr. Uldrich
1984Teachers as Narc
1984Murder, She Wrote as Bob Kendall
1984Tales from the Darkside as Englebert Ames
1984Miami Vice as Commander René
1983Silkwood as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
1982Cheers as Kevin
1976Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys as Lawyer Crony
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee







