Gregory Itzin
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Born | Gregory Martin Itzin April 20, 1948 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Gregory Martin Itzin[1] (born April 20, 1948) is an American character actor of film and television.
Early life[]
Itzin was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Evelyn Loretta (née Smith) and Martin Joseph Itzin.[2] When he was in sixth grade, his family moved to Burlington, Wisconsin, where his father was mayor. Itzin originally intended to become a theater actor, receiving training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He has appeared on many stages across the country.
Career[]
Itzin has appeared in guest starring roles on various television shows like in "MacGyver" Final Approach (TV Episode 1986). He received a Tony Award nomination for his role in the Pulitzer Prize–winning play The Kentucky Cycle. In the movie Airplane!, Itzin plays Religious Zealot #1, and has the first lines in the movie, but disappears after the first scene. He had a short role in The A-Team episode 'Wheel of Fortune', as accountant Howard for a casino-owner.
In 2005, Itzin joined the cast of 24, halfway through its fourth season, in the recurring role as Vice President Charles Logan. By the following season the character had become President and was expanded to become one of the leading figures in the storyline. Itzin received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for this performance. He didn't have to audition for the role, since he had previously auditioned for a role during the second season of the show, and knew one of the producers.[3] Itzin returned for four episodes in season six. Itzin returned for a story arc during the eighth season of the show to help President Allison Taylor keep the Peace Treaty alive.[4] This resulted in an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.[5] Somewhat coincidentally, before this role, Itzin played a Presidential Candidate in a commercial for cheese products, who was deemed a "doofus" for not liking cheese.
In 2007, he made a guest appearance as William Adama, Dick Tracy, and a police officer at Randy's Halloween night in an episode of Robot Chicken.
Itzin has held recurring roles on popular TV series such as Friends as Theodore Hannigan, father of Mike Hannigan, Murder One, NCIS, and The Mentalist. He played the head of the unit in the latter for 13 episodes, before leaving to return to 24 for its final season. Itzin also appeared on Night Court, Matlock, Diagnosis: Murder, Jake and the Fatman, The O.C., Beverly Hills, 90210, Judging Amy, Boston Legal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, The Pretender and the short-lived science fiction series, Firefly. He also portrayed John Ashcroft in the 2003 television movie DC 9/11: Time of Crisis. He had a recurring role on Covert Affairs.
He is also a frequent Star Trek actor, having played five different roles in the various series over the years; his most recent Trek role was Admiral Black in Star Trek: Enterprise. He made his first Star Trek appearance in 1993, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax". He later guest starred on DS9 again, in the sixth-season episode "Who Mourns for Morn?". He also appeared as Doctor Dysek in the episode "Critical Care" in the 7th season of Star Trek: Voyager.
He also starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a Mint Hotel clerk, who looked and sounded a lot like actor McLean Stevenson on M*A*S*H. He played a psychiatrist in the Lindsay Lohan thriller I Know Who Killed Me and, most recently, as a prison warden in Law Abiding Citizen.
On stage, he has appeared in numerous theatrical venues across the country, and is a member of the Matrix Theatre Company in Los Angeles, where he has acted in award-winning productions of Waiting for Godot, The Homecoming, and The Birthday Party (each earning him an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for performance). For his work in the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Kentucky Cycle (which he performed in the world premiere at the Intiman Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, the Kennedy Center, and on Broadway), he received Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations.
He recently appeared on stage as Louis de Rougemont in the world premiere of Donald Margulies' Shipwrecked! An Entertainment at South Coast Repertory, and subsequently revived at the Geffen Playhouse.
Itzin was a special guest star on the Disney Channel hit show Hannah Montana in the season two episode "Test Of My Love" as a billionaire whose son becomes a romantic interest of Miley's.
He hosted ACME: This Week! at the ACME Comedy Theatre on February 23, 2008 appearing in several sketches as well as a short film, "Law and Order: Really Special Victims Unit".
He has played in several radio plays with The L.A. Theatre Works, and most recently played the Archbishop in the Hollywood Theater of the Ear's 2010 audio production of Saint Joan.
He had a recurring role in seasons 1–4 of USA Network's series, Covert Affairs.[6]
In 2010, he appeared as the Earl of Kent in the Antaeus Company's production of King Lear. He won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for this performance.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Airplane! | Religious Zealot #1 | |
1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Melvin's Crew | |
1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Young Man | Uncredited |
1984 | Hard to Hold | Owen | |
1985 | Teen Wolf | English Teacher | |
1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Vince Nancy | |
1989 | Dad | Ralph Kramer | |
1989 | How to Get... Revenge | Officer P.F. | Uncredited |
1993 | Young Goodman Brown | George Burroughs | |
1995 | Born to Be Wild | Walter Mallinson | |
1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Clerk at Mint Hotel | |
1999 | One Last Flight | Joe | |
1999 | Making Contact | Hans | |
2000 | What's Cooking? | James Moore | |
2000 | Boys Life 3 | Scott's Father | |
2001 | Evolution | Cartwright | |
2001 | Original Sin | Colonel Worth | |
2002 | Life or Something Like It | Dennis | |
2002 | Igby Goes Down | Eulogist #2 | Uncredited |
2002 | Adaptation | Prosecutor | |
2007 | I Know Who Killed Me | Dr. Greg Jameson | |
2008 | Float | Ray Fulton | |
2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Warden Iger | |
2009 | The Job | Mr. D | |
2010 | Autopilot | Dr. Brian | |
2011 | L.A., I Hate You | George | |
2011 | The Change-Up | Flemming Steel | |
2011 | The Ides of March | Jack Stearns | |
2012 | Lincoln | John Archibald Campbell | |
2014 | Small Time | Lennie | |
2016 | Sensitivity Training | Barry | |
2018 | Ice: The Movie | Joe Grantham |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Backstairs at the White House | White House Tour Guide | Episode #1.1 |
1979 | Mork & Mindy | Man #2 | Episode: "Dr. Morkenstein" |
1979 | Charlie's Angels | Waiter | Episode: "Fallen Angel" |
1981 | Thornwell | Polygraph Tester | Television film |
1981 | Murder in Texas | Newsman | |
1981 | Bulba | V. Ogelthorpe | |
1982 | Fame | Dr. Reston | Episode: "To Soar and Never Falter" |
1982 | Lou Grant | Young Reporter | Episode: "Unthinkable" |
1982, 1983 | Voyagers! | Ernst / Davis | 2 episodes |
1983 | American Playhouse | Goldsmith | Episode: "Miss Lonelyhearts" |
1983 | The Other Woman | Mario | Television film |
1985 | Street Hawk | Harvey | Episode: "Vegas Run" |
1985 | Falcon Crest | Dr. Bitters | Episode: "The Trial" |
1985 | Santa Barbara | Attorney Howard Otis | 3 episodes |
1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Paul Cavanaugh | Episode: "You Only Die Twice" |
1985 | Tales from the Darkside | Newton | Episode: "Grandma's Last Wish" |
1985 | Hunter | Charlie Latimer | Episode: "The Biggest Man in Town" |
1985 | Hill Street Blues | Dr. Kaplan | Episode: "Seoul on Ice" |
1985 | Hotel | Ed Banner | Episode: "Echoes" |
1986 | The A-Team | Howard | Episode: "Wheel of Fortune" |
1986 | Easy Street | Mr. Haskell | Episode: "Pride Goeth Before a Cheap Hotel" |
1986 | MacGyver | Tom Cavanaugh | Episode: "Final Approach" |
1986 | St. Elsewhere | Ving Shalimar | Episode: "Lost Weekend" |
1987 | Outlaws | Art Collier | Episode: "Hymn" |
1987 | Max Headroom | Gregory | Episode: "Deities" |
1987 | Frank's Place | Brandon | Episode: "Season's Greetings" |
1987–1992 | Matlock | Various | 5 episodes |
1987–1994 | L.A. Law | D.D.A. Jack Angeletti | 3 episodes |
1988 | 21 Jump Street | Principal Jack Garner | Episode: "Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond" |
1988 | A Year in the Life | Joel | Episode: "Love Mother" |
1988 | Something Is Out There | Dr. Wilcher | Episode: "Gladiator" |
1989 | Knots Landing | Val's Lawyer | Episode: "A Grave Misunderstanding" |
1989 | Jesse Hawkes | Frank Keith | Episode: "Eddy Street" |
1989 | The Nutt House | Dennis | 10 episodes |
1989, 1991 | Night Court | Mugger / Warren Karr | 2 episodes |
1989, 1991,
1992 |
Empty Nest | Judge Russell / Bill Wallace / Frank | 3 episodes |
1990 | Murphy Brown | Gil Porter | Episode: "On the Road Again" |
1990 | Head of the Class | Meriner | Episode: "Cement Hi-Tops" |
1990 | Coach | Tom | Episode: "Hayden's in the Kitchen with Dinah" |
1990 | Over My Dead Body | Cosby / Crosby | 3 episodes |
1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Evan Stahl | Episode: "A Prayer for the Goldsteins" |
1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Dr. Mike Summers | Episode: "Dr. Mike Summers" |
1991 | Dark Justice | Sterling Pope | Episode: "What Comes Around" |
1991 | DEA | Sam Blankenship | Episode: "The Fat Lady Sings Alone" |
1991 | Hi Honey – I'm Dead | Phil | Television film |
1991 | Homefront | Allan Carmichael | Episode: "Man, This Joint Is Jumping" |
1991–1992 | Eerie, Indiana | The Mayor | 4 episodes |
1992 | Davis Rules | Host | Episode: "Love at First Sighting: Part 2" |
1992 | Bodies of Evidence | Phillip Montgomery | Episode: "Time Served" |
1992 | Civil Wars | Tom Turnbull | 2 episodes |
1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Father Chris | Episode: "Destiny Rides Again" |
1993 | Major Dad | Mitch Hewitt | Episode: "Come Rain or Come Shine" |
1993 | Shaky Ground | Repairman | Episode: "Asbestos and Costello" |
1993 | Quantum Leap | Sam Phillips | Episode: "Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954" |
1993 | Donato and Daughter | Cornell | Television film |
1993 | Moment of Truth: Stalking Back | Rick Boyer | |
1993, 1998 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Hain / Ilon Tandro | Episodes: "Who Mourns for Morn?"; "Dax" |
1994 | Dave's World | Alvin | Episode: "The Funeral" |
1994 | Picket Fences | Michael Kramer | 2 episodes |
1994–1995 | Something Wilder | Jack Travis | 15 episodes |
1995 | The Client | George Sherman | Episode: "The Burning of Atlanta" |
1995 | Strange Luck | Ted Glenn | Episode: "Hat Trick" |
1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Ralph Brewer | Episode: "Frozen Stiff" |
1995–1996 | Murder One | D.A. Roger Garfield | 17 episodes |
1996 | ER | Burn Doctor | Episode: "The Healer" |
1996 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Kyle Mitchell | Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope" |
1996 | Arliss | Tom Gale | Episode: "The Client's Best Interest" |
1996 | Diagnosis: Murder | Andrew King | 2 episodes |
1996, 1998 | Caroline in the City | Hank Parsons / Mr. Lepner | |
1997 | Friends 'Til the End | Mr. Romley | Television film |
1997 | The Pretender | Phil Campbell | Episode: "Jaroldo!" |
1997 | Millennium | Hans Ingram | Episode: "Walkabout" |
1997 | JAG | Undersecretary of State Lawrence Culbertson | Episode: "Above and Beyond" |
1997 | Players | Quentin Belkey | Episode: "Three of a Con" |
1997–2003 | The Practice | Various | 5 episodes |
1998 | Suddenly Susan | Bob | Episode: "Car Trouble" |
1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Mr. Crook | Television film |
1998 | The Closer | Larry Colburn | Episode: "My Best Friend's Funeral" |
1998 | C-16: FBI | Royce Bender | Episode: "Green Card" |
1998 | Any Day Now | Councilman Emmett Kearn | Episode: "No Comment" |
1998 | Brother's Keeper | Mr. Weaver | Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?" |
1999 | V.I.P. | Ronnie Beeman | Episode: "Midnight in the Garden of Ronnie Beeman" |
1999 | Party of Five | School Psychologist | 2 episodes |
1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Arlen Specter | Television film |
1999 | Johnny Tsunami | Headmaster Pritchard | |
1999 | Wasteland | Max Brody | Episode: "Double Date" |
1999 | Early Edition | Bruce Bryce | Episode: "Camera Shy" |
1999 | It's Like, You Know... | Chuck | 2 episodes |
2000 | Family Law | Mr. Allero | Episode: "Media Relations" |
2000 | Profiler | Joel Marks | 6 episodes |
2000 | Bull | Lloyd Styner | Episode: "What the Past Will Bring" |
2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Dr. Dysek | Episode: "Critical Care" |
2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Matty Stillman | Episode: "It's Only Personal" |
2000–2001 | Strip Mall | Sergei | 21 episodes |
2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Norman Stirling | Episode: "Boom" |
2001–2005 | Judging Amy | ASA Ethan Donahue | 3 episodes |
2002 | Wolf Lake | Gerald Carter | Episode: "Leader of the Pack" |
2002 | Philly | Paul Cabretti | Episode: "Thanks for the Mammaries" |
2002 | The West Wing | State Dept. Representative | Episode: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" |
2002 | For the People | Judge Donald Kingman | Episode: "The Double Standard" |
2002 | Firefly | Magistrate Higgins | Episode: "Jaynestown" |
2002 | NYPD Blue | Martin Walsh | Episode: "Healthy McDowell Movement" |
2002–2004 | Friends | Theodore Hannigan | 2 episodes |
2002, 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Adm. Black / Capt. Sopek | Episodes: "In a Mirror, Darkly Part II"; "Shadows of P'Jem" |
2003 | Without a Trace | Sydney's co-worker | Episode: "Fallout: Part 1" |
2003 | DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | John Ashcroft | Television film |
2003 | The Lyon's Den | Mr. Thomas | Episode: "The Other Side of Caution" |
2003, 2020 | NCIS | Director Charlie / Spencer Downing | 3 episodes |
2004 | Medical Investigation | Howard Lewson | Episode: "Progeny" |
2004 | The O.C. | Stephen Herbert | Episode: "The New Era" |
2005 | Crossing Jordan | Andrew Helm | Episode: "Gray Murders" |
2005 | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Todd Milken | 2 episodes |
2005–2010 | 24 | Charles Logan | 44 episodes |
2007 | Robot Chicken | William Adama / Dick Tracy / Police Officer | Episode: "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" |
2007 | Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office | Stone | Television film |
2008 | Medium | Senator Jed Garrity | Episode: "Aftertaste" |
2008 | Hannah Montana | William Harris | Episode: "The Test of My Love" |
2008–2012 | The Mentalist | Virgil Minelli | 15 episodes |
2010 | Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment | David Blankenhorn | Television documentary |
2010–2013 | Covert Affairs | Henry Wilcox | 25 episodes |
2011 | Big Love | Senator Dwyer | 9 episodes |
2011 | Desperate Housewives | Dick Barrows | 2 episodes |
2013 | Once Upon a Time | Alphonse Frankenstein | Episode: "In the Name of the Brother" |
2013 | Mob City | Mayor Fletcher Bowron | 6 episodes |
2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Alex Mackey | Episode: "Poina 'ole" |
2016 | 12 Deadly Days | Grandpa | Episode: "Love Bites" |
2018 | Code Black | Dr. David Stoval | Episode: "Hell's Heart" |
2018 | America 2.0 | President Ward Baker | Episode: "Ice" |
2019 | The Resident | Sunflower | Episode: "The Unbefriended" |
References[]
- ^ "Gregory Itzin Official Website". Gregorymartinitzin.com. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ "Fourteenth Generation". Itzin.com. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ Head of the (White) House Archived March 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Barrett, Annie (2009-11-01). "'24' scoop: President Logan returns! | Inside TV | EW.com". Ausiellofiles.ew.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ Emmy nomination list (p. 21)
- ^ "24's Gregory Itzin Heading to Covert Affairs". TVGuide.com.
External links[]
- 1948 births
- Male actors from Wisconsin
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Living people
- People from Greater Los Angeles