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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Chair (2021)
Starring as Professor Elliot Rentz
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: The Chair (Aug 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: The Last Bus in Town (Aug 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Don't Kill Bill (Aug 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: The Town Hall (Aug 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: The Faculty Party (Aug 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Brilliant Mistake (Aug 20, 2021)
The Politician (2019)
Starring as Keaton Hobart
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: The Assassination of Payton Hobart: Part 2 (Sep 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Gone Girl (Sep 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: The Harrington Commode (Sep 27, 2019)
Condor (2018)
Starring as Reuel Abbott
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Not Necessarily to Lose (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x09: The Greatest Hazard (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x08: The Road We Take (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x07: A Perspective, Not the Truth (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x06: An Offer of Enrollment (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x05: Out of His Exile (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x04: Not What He Thinks He Is (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x03: A Former KGB Man (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x02: If It Serves a Greater Good (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x01: Exile is a Dream (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x10: Mistrust Blossoms (Aug 15, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Death is the Harvest (Aug 8, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: A Question of Compromise (Aug 1, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: No Such Thing (Jul 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: A Diamond with a Flaw (Jul 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Trapped in History (Jun 27, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: A Good Patriot (Jun 20, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: What Loneliness (Jun 6, 2018)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Guest starring as Actor - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Episode 1x01: Alien Life (Apr 30, 2018)
Wormwood (2017)
Starring as Dr. Harold Abramson
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 2: A Terrible Mistake (Dec 15, 2017)
Graves (2016)
Guest starring as Secretary Burns
- Episode 1x03: Nothing Can Come from Nothing (Oct 30, 2016) [Co-Star]
Pitch (2016)
Guest starring as Frank Reid
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Beanball (Oct 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: The Interim (Sep 29, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 22, 2016)
Broad City (2014)
Guest starring as Arthur Wexler
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x07: Shenanigans (Mar 7, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x08: Burning Bridges (Apr 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Knockoffs (Feb 4, 2015) [Special Guest Star]
Alpha House (2013)
Guest starring as Senator Elliot Robeson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: The Civility Zone (Oct 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: The Contest (Oct 24, 2014)
The Good Wife (2009)
Guest starring as Gordon Higgs
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Bitcoin for Dummies (Jan 15, 2012)
- Episode 3x07: Executive Order 13224 (Nov 6, 2011)
Now and Again (1999)
Guest starring as Frederick Lizzard
- Episode 1x18: Lizzard's Tale (Mar 31, 2000)
The West Wing (1999)
Guest starring as Ted Marcus
- Episode 1x16: 20 Hours in L.A. (Feb 23, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
Legend (1995)
Guest starring as Harry Parver
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Revenge of the Herd (Jul 4, 1995)
- Episode 1x02: Birth of a Legend (2) (Apr 18, 1995)
- Episode 1x01: Birth of a Legend (1) (Apr 18, 1995)
Friends (1994)
Guest starring as Frank Buffay Sr.
- Episode 5x13: The One With Joey's Bag (Feb 4, 1999)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Narrator
- Episode 32x11: The Dad-Feelings Limited (Jan 3, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
Seinfeld (1989)
Guest starring as Russell Dalrymple
(6 episodes)
- Episode 4x24: The Pilot (2) (May 20, 1993)
- Episode 4x23: The Pilot (1) (May 20, 1993)
- Episode 4x16: The Shoes (Feb 4, 1993)
- Episode 4x06: The Watch (2) (Sep 30, 1992)
- Episode 4x04: The Ticket (Sep 16, 1992)
- Episode 4x03: The Pitch (Sep 16, 1992)
Miami Vice (1984)
Guest starring as Ira Stone
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: Stone's War (Oct 3, 1986)
- Episode 2x10: Back in the World (Dec 6, 1985)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Guest starring as Tony
- Episode 5x14: Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum (Dec 7, 1972)
Crew Credits
Graves (2016)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: That Dare Not Speak (Nov 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Nothing Can Come from Nothing (Oct 30, 2016)
Alpha House (2013)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Prayer Brunch (Dec 13, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Zingers (Dec 6, 2013)
Nurse Jackie (2009)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: No-Kimono-Zone (May 13, 2012)
- Episode 4x05: One-Armed Jacks (May 6, 2012)
- Episode 3x08: The Astonishing (May 16, 2011)
- Episode 3x07: Orchids and Salami (May 9, 2011)