James Ortlieb | |
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Born | 19 June 1956 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
James Ortlieb (born June 19, 1956) [1] is an American film, television and theatre actor known for his roles in Roswell and Felicity. [2] Ortlieb has also appeared in Broadway productions of Guys and Dolls and Of Mice and Men, Billy Elliot the Musical , and The Farnsworth Invention . [3] [4] [5]
Raised in Hazlet, New Jersey, Ortlieb graduated from Raritan High School in 1974. He attended Glassboro State College (since renamed as Rowan University), planning to study music and play soccer, but dropped out shortly after suffering an injury on one of the first days of team practice and started acting. After a few years on the stage, he earned a degree in drama from the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University. [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Running Scared | Lab Technician | |
1989 | An Innocent Man | Convict - Robby's Death | |
1990 | Flatliners | Uncle Dave | |
1990 | Home Alone | Herb the Drugstore Clerk | |
1991 | Cold Justice | Illinois Troy | |
1992 | The Babe | Scribe | |
1994 | The Childhood Friend | Eddie 'Chuck' Greenberg | |
1996 | Chain Reaction | Orbit | |
1999 | Love and Action in Chicago | Business Man | |
1999 | The Opera Lover | Emcee | |
1999 | Magnolia | Middle Aged Guy | |
2002 | Crazy as Hell | Mr. Tobin | |
2002 | Bug | Louis - The Health Inspector | |
2003 | A Mighty Wind | David Kantor | |
2003 | Latter Days | Brother Farron Davis | |
2004 | Out for Blood | Doctor Blake | |
2005 | Say Uncle | David Berman | |
2005 | Dirty | Husband | |
2006 | The Enigma with a Stigma | Travis Lass | |
2008 | The Onion Movie | Bank Mr. Poniewicz | |
2008 | Ernesto | Don | |
2010 | Drunkboat | Morley | |
2010 | Black Mail | Rev. Madison | |
2011 | Contagion | Funeral Director | |
2014 | Of Mice and Men | The Boss | |
2017 | The Crash | Jeff Grillstein | |
2017 | Inheritance | Glen Crawford | |
2018 | Whisper | Desert Man | |
2022 | Next Exit | Milton |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Lady Blue | Thompson | Episode: "Designer White" |
1986 | Jack and Mike | Bob | Episode: "Ready or Not" |
1990 | Gabriel's Fire | Fecky | Episode: "Pilot" |
1990 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | MacLean | Television film |
1991 | Dillinger | Kahler | |
1993 | The Untouchables | Wobbly | Episode: "Deal with the Devil" |
1993 | Missing Persons | Eli Saltz | Episode: "Some People's Priorities" |
1997 | Early Edition | Prosecutor | Episode: "The Jury" |
1998 | ER | Cook | Episode: "The Good Fight" |
1999 | Arliss | Ring Announcer | Episode: "The Stories You Don't Hear About" |
2000 | Will & Grace | Ira | Episode: "An Affair to Forget" |
2000 | Judging Amy | Sidney Gilbert | Episode: "Blast from the Past" |
2000 | The West Wing | Dr. Keller | Episode: "In The Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I" |
2000 | Roswell | Ed Harding | 7 episodes |
2000 | Spin City | Jim | Episode: "Smile" |
2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Winston Barger | Episode: "Pledging Mr. Johnson" |
2000 | Boston Public | Judge Jeremy Allen | Episode: "Chapter Seven" |
2000, 2001 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Frederick Wilson | 2 episodes |
2001 | Any Day Now | Principal Sloan | Episode: "Life Isn't Fair" |
2001 | JAG | Miller Josephson | Episode: "Past Tense" |
2001 | Angel | Wolfram & Hart Translator | Episode: "Lullaby" |
2001 | Men, Women & Dogs | Dr. Baker | Episode: "Old Dog, New Tricks" |
2001–2002 | Felicity | Professor Bill Hodges | 7 episodes |
2002 | The Shield | Dr. Bernard Grady | Episode: "Pilot" |
2002 | The Court | Counsel | Episode: "Back in the Bottle" |
2002 | The Division | Sid Lockman | Episode: "Brave New World" |
2002 | Push, Nevada | The Middle Management Man | 3 episodes |
2003 | Gilmore Girls | Mr. Hunter | Episode: "Lorelai Out of Water" |
2003 | Six Feet Under | Andrew Wayne Milne | Episode: "You Never Know" |
2004 | Without a Trace | Claude Cleary | 2 episodes |
2005 | The Young and the Restless | Zoo Security Guard | |
2005 | CSI: NY | John Swinton | Episode: "Til Death Do We Part" |
2005 | Bones | Hal | Episode: "The Man in the Fallout Shelter" |
2006 | CSI: Miami | Dr. Kagen | Episode: "Rampage" |
2006 | Boston Legal | Dr. George Murrow | 2 episodes |
2007 | The Closer | Judd Whaley | Episode: "The Round Fire" |
2007 | The Unit | Principal | Episode: "Inside Out" |
2007 | American Body Shop | Floyd | Episode: "The Gift" |
2008 | Grey's Anatomy | Jack O'Brien | Episode: "Here Comes the Flood" |
2012 | Vegas | Gus Wilson | Episode: "Solid Citizens" |
2015 | Masters of Sex | Minister | Episode: "Three's a Crowd" |
2016 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Belka Maier | Episode: "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century" |
2017 | Chicago Justice | Judge | Episode: "Dead Meat" |
2017 | Do You Want to See a Dead Body? | Mr. Greer | Episode: "A Body and a Breakup (with Judy Greer)" |
2018 | How to Get Away with Murder | Dennis Cruz | Episode: "I Got Played" |
2019 | The Rookie | Judge Stevens | Episode: "Fallout" |
2021 | Chicago Med | Dr. Richard Cohen | Episode: "Better Is the Enemy of Good" |
2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Frank | Episode: "A Little Help from My Friends" |
2021 | American Horror Story: Double Feature | Ray Cunningham | Episode: "Blood Buffet" |
2022 | Station 19 | Harry | Episode: "The Little Things You Do Together" |
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