Gregg Henry

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Gregg Henry
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Henry in 1976
Born (1952-05-06) May 6, 1952 (age 72)
Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
SpouseLisa James

Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) [1] is an American actor. [2]

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He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the television film The Hunt for the BTK Killer and for playing various "heavies" in various films, such as in Payback (1999), Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy films and Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), [3] who he has collaborated with frequently over the years, acting in six De Palma films.

Biography

Henry was born May 6, 1952, in Lakewood, Colorado. [1] He has been featured in over 75 television programs, including The Riches ; Firefly ; Chicago Med ; 24 ; Airwolf ; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; Murder, She Wrote ; Gilmore Girls ; Matlock ; In The Heat Of The Night ; L.A. Law ; Falcon Crest ; Designing Women ; Moonlighting ; Magnum, P.I. ; Rich Man, Poor Man Book II ; The Mentalist ; Castle ; Glee ; Burn Notice and Breakout Kings .

He played Hugh Pannetta alongside Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver on the FX television series The Riches . He played the role of Dobbs in the USA Network series White Collar and Hollis Doyle on the ABC series Scandal . Starting June 10, 2013, he played Detective Carl Reddick in The Killing .

Henry has frequently appeared in James Gunn's productions. He appeared as Peter Quill's grandfather Jason in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jack MacReady in Slither , John Felkner in Super , and Edward Mazursky in Creature Commandos . He also portrayed the title role in Julius Caesar as part of the Shakespeare in the Park theater program. [4]

Personal life

Henry is married to American theatre director Lisa James. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978 Mean Dog Blues Paul Ramsey
1979 Hot Rod Brian Edison
1981 Just Before Dawn Warren
1983 Funny Money Ben Turtle
Scarface Charles GoodsonUncredited[ citation needed ]
1984 Body Double Sam Bouchard
1986 The Last of Philip Banter Robert Prescott
1988 Fair Game Gene
1989 Casualties of War ProsecutorScenes deleted
1990Dark AvengerDr. Colin TremaineTV movie
1992 Raising Cain Lieutenant Terri
1995 Bodily Harm J.D. Prejon
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Gallatin
1999 Payback Val Resnick
2000Sleep Easy, Hutch RimesCotton Proudfit
2001 Southlander Lane Windbird
LayoverJack Gillardo
2002 Femme Fatale Shiff
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever FBI Agent Clark, DIA Director Robert Gant
2003Purgatory FlatsDean Mecklin
Sin Conrad
Silent PartnerAmbassador LaFontaine
2006 Slither Jack MacReady
United 93 Colonel Robert Marr
The Black Dahlia Pete Lukins
2010 Super Detective John Felkner
2011IsolationDr. Lawrence Moore
The Reunion Kyle Wills
2012Unfair and ImbalancedJim Moran
The Patriot of AmericaSamuel BurwellVoice
Any Day Now Lambert
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Jason Quill [5]
2016 Jason Bourne Richard Webb
The Belko Experiment The Voice
2017 Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Brother Blood (voice)Direct-to-video [6]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Jason Quill
2018 Office Uprising Franklin Gantt [7]
2019 Stand! Mike Sokolowski [8]
2022Look Into the FireProfessor Hirsch
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Jason Quill [9]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man Book II Wesley JordacheMiniseries
1978 Pearl Lieutenant Doug North
1979 Dummy Assistant District Attorney SmithTelevision film
1982 The Blue and the Gray Lester BedellMiniseries
1983 The Love Boat Gregory Steven LeonardEpisode: "He Ain't Heavy"
1984 Airwolf Robert VillersEpisode: "The Hunted"
1985 Moonlighting Paul McCainEpisode: "The Next Murder You Hear"
1985–1996 Murder, She Wrote Various roles7 episodes
1986 Hardcastle and McCormick Tommy KitchensEpisode: "Poker Night"
1987 Designing Women Jack DentEpisode: "Grand Slam Thank You Ma'am"
The Law & Harry McGraw Walter WinstonEpisode: "Beware the Ides of May"
Bates Motel Tom FullerTelevision film
1987–1988 Werewolf Officer RitterEpisode: "Nightmare in Blue"
1988–1994 L.A. Law Robert Cullen, Samuel Barkwell3 episodes
1990 Matlock Nick BeloitEpisode: "The D.A."
1992 Civil Wars Gordon DallekEpisode: "Oboe Phobia"
1993 In the Heat of the Night George Deschamps2 episodes
Kiss of a Killer RichardTelevision film
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr StoryDet. Don BrooksTelevision film
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Reid StedlerEpisode: "Stolen Lullaby"
1996TerminalBrianTelevision film
1997 Tidal Wave: No Escape Edgar Purcell
1999–2001 Family Law Michael Holt7 episodes
2000 Cover Me: Based on the True Life
of an FBI Family 		Henry CroweEpisode: "Absolution"
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Special Agent Rick CulpepperEpisode: "The Strip Strangler"
2001–2002 Boston Public Detective McGill2 episodes
2002 Firefly Sheriff BourneEpisode: "The Train Job"
Boomtown Robert ColsonEpisode: "The Squeeze"
The Agency Senator BowdenEpisode: "Heartless"
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise Zho'KaanEpisode: "Dawn"
Judging Amy Morgan SimmonsEpisode: "Wild Card"
24 Jonathan Wallace4 episodes
The Lyon's Den A.U.S.A2 episodes
WindfallBill Trasktelevision film
2004 The Handler Griffin KleinEpisode: "Acts of Congress"
2005 Heartless Lieutenant Russ CarterTelevision film
The Hunt for the BTK Killer Dennis Rader
2005–2007 Eyes Clay Burgess7 episodes
Gilmore Girls Mitchum Huntzberger20 episodes
2006 CSI: Miami William PrestonEpisode: "Death Eminent"
2007–2008 The Riches Hugh PanettaSeries regular
2008 ER Officer Mark DowneyEpisode: "Haunted"
The Mentalist Cal TraskEpisode: "Red-Handed"
Sparky & MikaelaMikaela's DadEpisode: "Pilot"
2009 The Beast Frank Oland, Mike ParksEpisode: "Hothead"
Dollhouse William BashfordEpisode: "Haunted"
Dark Blue Jimmy BoydEpisode: "Guns, Strippers and Wives"
Numb3rs Pete FoxEpisode: "Friendly Fire"
Castle Winston WellesleyEpisode: "Kill the Messenger"
Glee Russell FabrayEpisode: "Ballad"
2009–2011 Hung Mike Hunt25 episodes
2010 Grey's Anatomy Dr. GracieEpisode: "The Time Warp"
Three Rivers Lester DimesEpisode: "Case Histories"
The Good Guys Wayne YoungEpisode: "$3.52"
Medium Coach SwansonEpisode: "Talk to the Hand"
CSI: Miami Roger CavanaughEpisode: "Blood Sugar"
2011 Harry's Law Mitchell EavesEpisode: "With Friends Like These..."
CHAOS Kurt NeimeyerEpisode: "Glory Days"
Mr. Sunshine Chuck FergusonEpisode: "Family Business"
Burn Notice Ian CoveyEpisode: "Acceptable Loss"
2011–2012 Breakout Kings Richard Wendell2 episodes
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Alex HarrisEpisode: "Blye, K."
Leverage Trent HazlitEpisode: "The Toy Job"
White Collar Henry Dobbs, Robert MacLeish2 episodes
2012–2013 Bunheads Rico4 episodes
2012–2017 Scandal Hollis Doyle22 episodes
2013–2014 The Killing Carl Reddick16 episodes
2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax Hosea M. Knowlton Television film
2014–2015 The Following Dr. Arthur Strauss6 episodes
2014–2016 Hell on Wheels Brigham Young 7 episodes
2015–2016 CSI: Cyber Calvin Mundo3 episodes
2016 Chicago Med Dr. David Downey8 episodes
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Mitchum HuntzbergerEpisode: "Spring"
Those Who Can't Bryce's DadEpisode: "Mid-Bryce Crisis"
2017 Supergirl Peter ThompsonEpisode: "Alex"
2018 Black Lightning Agent Martin Proctor7 episodes
2019 The Rookie JudgeEpisode: "Homefront"
2021 Hit & Run Martin Wexler9 episodes [10]
The Resident Aaron KranepoolEpisode: "Now What?"
Law & Order: Organized Crime Edmund Ross3 episodes
2021–2022 Blade Runner: Black Lotus Senator Bannister (voice)4 episodes [11]
2025 Creature Commandos Edward Mazursky (voice)Episode: "A Very Funny Monster" [12] [6]

Video games

YearTitleRole
1999 Star Trek: Hidden Evil Gal'na [6]
2012 Lollipop Chainsaw Gideon Starling [6]

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  2. ↑ "Gregg Henry". BuddyTV.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Rollins, Peter C. (2003). Hollywood's Indian: the portrayal of the Native American in film . University Press of Kentucky. p.  143. ISBN   978-0-8131-9077-8 . Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Shakespeare in the Park's Gregg Henry on Playing a Very Trumpian Julius Caesar". Backstage. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Henry, Gregg [@GreggHenry88] (September 4, 2013). "That's a wrap for me on #gotg..." (Tweet). Retrieved July 12, 2014– via Twitter.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Gregg Henry (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 11, 2025. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  7. ↑ Cranswick, Amie (June 23, 2018). "Horror-comedy Office Uprising gets a red band trailer". Flickering Myth. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ Pauls, Karen (November 29, 2019). "Winnipeg General Strike inspires gritty love story for the silver screen". CBC News . Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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