John Michael Bolger

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John Michael Bolger
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Years active1986-present

John Michael Bolger is an American actor who resides in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan's Westside.

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Bolger appeared in Michael Mann's Public Enemies , portraying 1930s East Chicago, Indiana detective Martin Zarkovich. [1]

Bolger has also been seen on television in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , [2] Law & Order: Criminal Intent [3] and Blind Justice. [3] Bolger is perhaps most well known for his three-season run in the NBC hit series Third Watch where series fans know him as Lieutenant Johnson. [2] His television credits span twenty years and include NYPD Blue , [3] Brooklyn South , [3] Beauty and the Beast [3] and ER [2] among others. Bolger has been seen in the films Carlito's Way (starring Al Pacino) and Twins (starring Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger). Bolger starred in several independently released films including Rounding First, [4] Closer to Home, [5] and Artists of Hell's Kitchen. Bolger, a vocal supporter of President Trump, claims he has been ostracized and denied work after he berated his "woke" peers at a meeting of the Actor's Studio.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Twins Security Guard #2
1991 Delirious Len [6]
1993 Carlito's Way Cop #1
1995 Closer to Home (film) Dean [3]
1997 Private Parts Music Awards Technician
2000SeedFrancis Seed [7]
2005 War of the Worlds Man Holding Woman [8]
2005 Rounding First Gene Pierce
2009 Public Enemies Martin Zarkovich
2016 Wolves Irish

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References

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