Anthony Edwards | |
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![]() Edwards in 2018 | |
Born | Anthony Charles Edwards July 19, 1962 |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer |
Years active | 1973–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 4 |
Anthony Charles Edwards (born July 19, 1962) [2] is an American actor, director, and producer. [3] [4] He played Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER , for which he received a Golden Globe Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. He has appeared in various films and television series, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High , Top Gun , Zodiac , Gotcha! , Miracle Mile , Revenge of the Nerds , Planes , Northern Exposure , and Designated Survivor .
Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Erika Kem Edwards Plack (née Weber), an artist/landscape painter, and Peter Edwards, an architect to whom he was one of five children [5] [6] His maternal grandfather was designer Kem Weber. He is partly of German and Irish descent. He received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England and studied theatre at the University of Southern California. [7]
Edward's early film appearances included roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Gotcha! (1985) and The Sure Thing (1985). It was Edwards's role as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 film Top Gun that brought his first widespread public acknowledgement. [8] His character, who died in an aviation accident, was among the most prominent and popular in the film. Scenes with him and his film family (played by Meg Ryan and Aaron and Adam Weis) were later reprised as flashbacks in the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick .
Edwards's roles following Top Gun included Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Miracle Mile (1988), Downtown (1990), Pet Sematary Two (1992) and The Client (1994). He also had a recurring role on the TV series Northern Exposure from 1992-93.
His best-known role is as Dr. Mark Greene on the long-running TV series ER , from the series premiere in 1994 to the end of the eighth season in 2002. The series also afforded Edwards his first opportunity to direct. Edwards's desire to pursue directing led to his request to be written out of the series. He reportedly earned $35 million for three seasons on ER, which made him one of television's highest-paid actors. [9] Edwards received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ER. He won a Golden Globe Award For Best Performance by an Actor-In a TV Series after being nominated four times and he has two Screen Actor's Guild Awards. [10] In 2008, Edwards returned to ER to reprise his role as Dr. Greene (in flashback scenes, where he treats the dying son of character Catherine Banfield) for one episode during its 15th and final season. [11] Following ER, he took some time to raise his children, appreciating the privilege that his ER salary provided. [12]
His film appearances following ER included the science fiction film Thunderbirds (2004), the psychological thriller film The Forgotten (2004) and the crime thriller film Zodiac (2007). In 2010, Edwards appeared in the movie Motherhood , which set a record for the biggest bomb in British cinema history by garnering £88 on 11 tickets on opening weekend. [13] Motherhood did not fare much better in the United States, earning $93,388 in three weeks of release. [14] At the time, he said he took the role because "it seemed like a very organic and real thing. It really kind of reminded me of what the dynamic in a family is like." [15]
Edwards reunited with Val Kilmer, another actor from Top Gun, when he voiced one of the fighter jets in the Disneytoon Studios film Planes (2013). [16]
In 2018, Edwards was cast in the recurring role in the third season of Netflix's Designated Survivor as Mars Harper, the President's Chief of Staff. [17]
In 2020, he served as an Executive Producer of the film adaptation of Martin Moran's The Tricky Part . [4]
In 2022, Edwards was cast as Alan Reed in Netflix's docu-series Inventing Anna . [1]
Edwards received four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for ER and won as an executive producer on Outstanding Television Movie winner Temple Grandin . He earned a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series (1995); [11] and won six Screen Actors Guild Awards for: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1996 and 1998), and Best Ensemble Cast (1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Drama in 1998). [11]
Edwards also won a Daytime Emmy for the production of the underground rock documentary N.Y.H.C. (1999) and the telepic adaptation of Kimberly Willis Holt's 1998 coming of age novel My Louisiana Sky (2001), [18] and earned the Carnegie Medal Award for My Louisiana Sky (2003). [18]
After a long career in television, Edwards made his Broadway debut as his second act in 2018 in the revival of Children of a Lesser God at Studio 54. [10] [12] [19] In 2015 he appeared in Classic Stage Company's A Month in the Country but his stage acting career began when he was growing up in Santa Barbara. [20] [21]
On May 13, 2022, Edwards made his unexpected Broadway musical debut when he appeared as Dr. Walker in the Broadway production of Girl from the North Country due to COVID-19 cases impacting the cast. The show also stars his wife, Mare Winningham. [22] [23]
Edwards is slated to appear in the 2024 Broadway production of Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon. [24]
Edwards was married to Jeanine Lobell from 1994 to 2015. They have one son and three daughters. [1] [20] At the end of 2021, Edwards and longtime friend and fellow actor Mare Winningham eloped. [1] [25] [26]
On November 10, 2017, Edwards wrote an essay on Medium , in which he stated that producer and screenwriter Gary Goddard had befriended and for years sexually assaulted him and his friends, beginning when they were 12 years old. [27] [28]
Edwards has been a licensed private pilot since 2012. [29]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | Big Zapper | Kono's Boy | |
1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Stoner Bud | |
1983 | Heart Like a Wheel | John Muldowney (age 15-23) | |
1983 | High School U.S.A. | Bo Middleton (Age 18) | |
1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Gilbert Lowe | |
1985 | Gotcha! | Jonathan Moore | |
1985 | The Sure Thing | Lance | |
1986 | Top Gun | LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw | |
1987 | Summer Heat | Aaron | |
1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise [30] | Gilbert Lowe | |
1988 | Hawks | Deckermensky, 'Decker' | |
1988 | Miracle Mile | Harry Washello | |
1988 | Mr. North | Theophilus North | |
1989 | How I Got into College | Kip Hammett | |
1990 | Downtown | Alex Kearney | |
1992 | Pet Sematary Two | Chase Matthews | |
1992 | Delta Heat | Mike Bishop | |
1992 | Landslide | Bob Boyd | |
1993 | Sexual Healing | David | Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries |
1994 | The Client | Clint Von Hooser | |
1994 | Charlie's Ghost Story | Dave | |
1998 | Good Night, Gorilla | Zookeeper (voice) | |
1998 | Playing by Heart | Roger | |
1999 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Tony Dorfman | |
2000 | The Island of the Skog | Narrator (voice) | |
2001 | Jackpot | Tracy | |
2003 | Northfork | Happy | |
2004 | Thunderbirds | Ray "Brains" Hackenbacker | |
2004 | The Forgotten | Jim Paretta | |
2007 | Zodiac | Inspector William Armstrong | |
2009 | Motherhood | Avery Welsh | |
2010 | Flipped | Steven Loski | |
2012 | Big Sur | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | |
2013 | Planes | Echo (voice) | |
2015 | Experimenter | Miller | |
2015 | Consumed | Lab Scientist | |
2016 | My Dead Boyfriend [31] | Director |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster | Tommy Lee Swanson | Television film |
1981 | Walking Tall | Robbie | Episode: "The Fire Within" |
1982–1983 | It Takes Two | Andy Quinn | Main role, 22 episodes |
1983 | High School U.S.A. | Beau Middleton | Television film |
1984 | Call to Glory | Billy | 1 episode |
1985 | Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story | Bill Johnson | Television film |
1990 | El Diablo | Billy Ray Smith | Television film |
1990 | Hometown Boy Makes Good | Boyd Geary | Television film |
1992–1993 | Northern Exposure | Mike Monroe | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
1994–2002, 2008 | ER | Dr. Mark Greene | Main role, 180 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1998) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1996, 1998) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1996-1997–1998-1999) TV Land Award - Icon Award (2009) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1996–1997, 1999) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series (1995–98) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1997) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1997, 1999, 2001) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995, 2000–01) Nominated — TV Guide Award for Actor of the Year in a Drama Series (2001) |
1995 | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1 episode |
1996 | In Cold Blood | Dick Hickock | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
2001 | Cursed | Ricky | 1 episode |
2001 | Frasier | Tom | 1 episode |
2013 | Zero Hour [32] | Hank Galliston | Main role, 10 episodes |
2015 | Girls | Melvin Shapiro | 1 episode |
2015 | Blue Bloods | Owen Cairo [33] | 1 episode |
2016 | Billions | Judge Whit Wilcox | 2 episodes |
2016 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Patrick Griffin | 1 episode |
2016 | Drunk History | Giles Allen | 1 episode |
2017 | Law & Order True Crime | Judge Stanley Weisberg | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
2019 | Designated Survivor | White House Chief of Staff Mars Harper | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
2022 | Inventing Anna | Alan Reed | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
2022 | WeCrashed | Bruce Dunlevie | Miniseries, 7 episodes |
2022 | Tales of the Walking Dead | Dr. Chauncey Everett | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Executive producer | |
1999 | Border Line | Executive producer | Television film |
1999 | N.Y.H.C. | Executive producer | |
2001 | My Louisiana Sky | Executive producer | Television film Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video (2002) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special (2002) |
2003 | Die, Mommie, Die! | Producer | |
2010 | Temple Grandin | Executive producer | Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (2010) |
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Actor Anthony Edwards in 1962 (age 57)