Jim Ortlieb

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James Ortlieb
Born (1956-06-19) 19 June 1956 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor

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]

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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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Running Scared Lab Technician
1989 An Innocent Man Convict - Robby's Death
1990 Flatliners Uncle Dave
1990 Home Alone Herb the Drugstore Clerk
1991Cold JusticeIllinois Troy
1992 The Babe Scribe
1994The Childhood FriendEddie 'Chuck' Greenberg
1996 Chain Reaction Orbit
1999 Love and Action in Chicago Business Man
1999The Opera LoverEmcee
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
2004Out for BloodDoctor Blake
2005 Say Uncle David Berman
2005 Dirty Husband
2006The Enigma with a StigmaTravis Lass
2008 The Onion Movie Bank Mr. Poniewicz
2008ErnestoDon
2010 Drunkboat Morley
2010Black MailRev. Madison
2011 Contagion Funeral Director
2014Of Mice and MenThe Boss
2017 The Crash Jeff Grillstein
2017 Inheritance Glen Crawford
2018WhisperDesert Man
2022 Next Exit Milton

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Lady Blue ThompsonEpisode: "Designer White"
1986 Jack and Mike BobEpisode: "Ready or Not"
1990 Gabriel's Fire FeckyEpisode: "Pilot"
1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in BostonMacLeanTelevision film
1991 Dillinger Kahler
1993 The Untouchables WobblyEpisode: "Deal with the Devil"
1993 Missing Persons Eli SaltzEpisode: "Some People's Priorities"
1997 Early Edition ProsecutorEpisode: "The Jury"
1998 ER CookEpisode: "The Good Fight"
1999 Arliss Ring AnnouncerEpisode: "The Stories You Don't Hear About"
2000 Will & Grace IraEpisode: "An Affair to Forget"
2000 Judging Amy Sidney GilbertEpisode: "Blast from the Past"
2000 The West Wing Dr. KellerEpisode: "In The Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I"
2000 Roswell Ed Harding7 episodes
2000 Spin City JimEpisode: "Smile"
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Winston BargerEpisode: "Pledging Mr. Johnson"
2000 Boston Public Judge Jeremy AllenEpisode: "Chapter Seven"
2000, 2001 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Frederick Wilson2 episodes
2001 Any Day Now Principal SloanEpisode: "Life Isn't Fair"
2001 JAG Miller JosephsonEpisode: "Past Tense"
2001 Angel Wolfram & Hart TranslatorEpisode: "Lullaby"
2001 Men, Women & Dogs Dr. BakerEpisode: "Old Dog, New Tricks"
2001–2002 Felicity Professor Bill Hodges7 episodes
2002 The Shield Dr. Bernard GradyEpisode: "Pilot"
2002 The Court CounselEpisode: "Back in the Bottle"
2002 The Division Sid LockmanEpisode: "Brave New World"
2002 Push, Nevada The Middle Management Man3 episodes
2003 Gilmore Girls Mr. HunterEpisode: "Lorelai Out of Water"
2003 Six Feet Under Andrew Wayne MilneEpisode: "You Never Know"
2004 Without a Trace Claude Cleary2 episodes
2005 The Young and the Restless Zoo Security Guard
2005 CSI: NY John SwintonEpisode: "Til Death Do We Part"
2005 Bones HalEpisode: "The Man in the Fallout Shelter"
2006 CSI: Miami Dr. KagenEpisode: "Rampage"
2006 Boston Legal Dr. George Murrow2 episodes
2007 The Closer Judd WhaleyEpisode: "The Round Fire"
2007 The Unit PrincipalEpisode: "Inside Out"
2007 American Body Shop FloydEpisode: "The Gift"
2008 Grey's Anatomy Jack O'BrienEpisode: "Here Comes the Flood"
2012 Vegas Gus WilsonEpisode: "Solid Citizens"
2015 Masters of Sex MinisterEpisode: "Three's a Crowd"
2016 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Belka MaierEpisode: "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century"
2017 Chicago Justice JudgeEpisode: "Dead Meat"
2017 Do You Want to See a Dead Body? Mr. GreerEpisode: "A Body and a Breakup (with Judy Greer)"
2018 How to Get Away with Murder Dennis CruzEpisode: "I Got Played"
2019 The Rookie Judge StevensEpisode: "Fallout"
2021 Chicago Med Dr. Richard CohenEpisode: "Better Is the Enemy of Good"
2021 9-1-1: Lone Star FrankEpisode: "A Little Help from My Friends"
2021 American Horror Story: Double Feature Ray CunninghamEpisode: "Blood Buffet"
2022Station 19HarryEpisode: "The Little Things You Do Together"

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  6. "Hazlet native's career taking off", Asbury Park Press , July 29, 1986. Accessed April 25, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The part of the lab technician who examines the confiscated narcotics in the movie Running Scared is a brief one, but the actor manages to make a strong impact on the audience with his humorous performance. The actor is Jim Ortlieb, a native of Hazlet Township.... Nevertheless, acting is a serious pursuit for the 1974 Raritan High School graduate."