Ned Schmidtke
Biography
Ned Schmidtke was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Edwin Christian Schmidtke, Jr. He attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia and then studied at the Beloit College in Wisconsin. Schmidtke graduated in 1964.
Schmidtke began his acting career appearing in a recurring role as Greg Barnard in Another World. Other shows he has appeared in are The West Wing (with Devika Parikh and Peter James Smith), NYPD Blue (with Currie Graham), NCIS (with Pauley Perrette and Francesco Quinn), The Unit (with Dennis Haysbert, Max Martini, and Michael Irby), and Heroes (with Zachary Quinto).
Schmidtke has also had recurring and regular roles in shows like Texas, Point Pleasant (with Richard Burgi and Alex Carter), Medium (with Tony Curran), and Days of Our Lives.
Aside of TV, Schmidtke has worked on films like The Change-Up (with Gregory Itzin), The Express, Accepted, Wedding Crashers, xXx: State of the Union, Mercury Rising (with Kirk B. R. Woller), The Relic (with Tom Sizemore), Chain Reaction (with Tzi Ma), and The Crazies.
Known For
Acting History
2011
The Change-Up as Ted Norton
2008The Express as Bill Clark
2008Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery as Donald Merit
2007Dirt as O'Connor
2006Heroes as Martin Gray
2006Accepted as Dr. J. Alexander
2006The Unit as Don Rohmer
2005Wedding Crashers as Frank Meyers
2005xXx: State of the Union as Col. Jack Pettibone
2005Point Pleasant
2005Medium as Terry Cavanaugh
2003Uncle Nino as Executive
2003NCIS as Frank Getz
2002Without a Trace as Greg
2002Fastlane as Sheriff Groves
200124 as Dr. Lee Schulman
2001Crossing Jordan as Richard Daniels
2000Malcolm in the Middle as Manfred Schmidt
1999Roswell as Pit Boss
1999The West Wing as Industry Leader
1999The West Wing as Admiral, Navy Chief of Staff
1998March in Windy City as Police Chief Mills
1998Mercury Rising as Senator
1997My Best Friend's Wedding as Captain
1997The Practice as Dr. Donald Sideman
1997The Relic as Capt. Martin
1997Tangled as Pauley
1996Early Edition as Ralph Stites
1996Early Edition as Mr. Roberts
1996Chain Reaction as Wisconsin Chief Schmidke
1995JAG as Harold Fetzer
1994ER
1994Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent as Madigan
1991Shaking the Tree as Mr. Jack
1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston as Mayor Flynn
1989Music Box as Dean Talbot
1987Rent-a-Cop as Lindy
1987Murder Ordained as Jeff Ellis
1985First Steps as Dr. Chandler Phillips
1982Come Along with Me as Man at Bus Stop
1981Skokie as Reporter
1981Chicago Story
1975Where Is Dead? as Father
1973The Crazies as Sgt. Tragesser








