Michael Gaston | |
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Citizenship | United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse | Kate Fodor |
Children | 2 |
Michael Gaston is an American film and television actor. He played agent Quinn on the show Prison Break , Gray Anderson on the CBS drama series Jericho , and appeared in the first episode of The Sopranos as Alex Mahaffey, a compulsive gambler in trouble with Tony. He had a recurring role in The Mentalist as CBI Director Gale Bertram. [1]
Gaston started his professional career in a 1990 off-Broadway production of The Taming of the Shrew , continuing with other off-Broadway productions through the years, including a 1996 production of Henry V , and a 2018 production of I Was Most Alive With You, amongst others. He has also performed on Broadway, in a 2003 production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and a 2013 production of Lucky Guy . [2]
Gaston portrayed General Tommy Franks in W. He has appeared in more than twenty films, including Bridge of Spies , Sudden Death , Ransom , Cop Land , Thirteen Days , The Crucible , Double Jeopardy , High Crimes , Sugar and Body of Lies and Bless the Child . He has had roles in numerous TV dramas, including The Sopranos , The West Wing , Homicide: Life on the Street , Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Fringe , The Practice , and 24 .
Gaston has two children. His wife is the playwright and screenwriter Kate Fodor.
On October 10, 2017, during a wave of sexual assault allegations against several men in Hollywood, Gaston detailed in a series of tweets an incident in 1992 when the director of a play he was appearing in groped him sexually during a rehearsal. He stated "I give the benefit of what little doubt I have to any woman who claims a powerful man treated her inappropriately. Because it happened to me." [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | The Wedding Banquet | Justice of the Peace | |
1994 | Amateur | Sharpshooter | |
1995 | Hackers | Agent Bob | |
Sudden Death | Hickey | ||
1996 | Ransom | Agent Jack Sickler | |
The Crucible | Marshal Herrick | ||
1997 | Cop Land | Rubin | |
1999 | Wayward Son | Edgar | |
Double Jeopardy | Cutter | ||
2000 | Bless the Child | Det. Frank Bugatti | |
Thirteen Days | Captain of USS Pierce | ||
2002 | High Crimes | Maj. Lucas Waldron | |
Far from Heaven | Stan Fine | ||
2004 | Mind the Gap | Priest | |
2005 | Runaway | Jesse Adler | |
The Notorious Bettie Page | Mr. Gaughan | ||
Stay | Sheriff Kennelly | ||
2006 | Out There | Wayne | |
Lonely Hearts | D.A. Hunt | ||
2008 | Sugar | Stu Sutton | |
Home | Herman | ||
Body of Lies | Holiday | ||
W. | General Tommy Franks | ||
2009 | Hurricane Season | Coach Frank Landon | |
2010 | Inception | Immigration Officer | |
2012 | Big Miracle | Porter Beckford | |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | Williams | |
2017 | First Reformed | Edward Balq | |
2018 | Irreplaceable You | Crochet Master | |
The Land of Steady Habits | Mitchell Ashford | ||
2019 | Togo | Joe Dexter | |
2020 | Spenser Confidential | John Boylan | |
2021 | A Mouthful of Air | Ron |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | Mr. Markle | Episode: "Day of the Dot" |
1994 | Law & Order | Wheeler | Episode: "Old Friends" |
1995 | New York News | Charles Powell | Episode: "The Using Game" |
1996 | New York Undercover | Lt. Harding | Episode: "Fire Show" |
One Life to Live | Spike | 1 episode | |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Lt. Commander Alex Clifton | Episode: "Control" | |
1997 | Profiler | Art Behar | 3 episodes |
Law & Order | Ron Fletcher | Episode: "Entrapment" | |
1998 | Spin City | Detective | Episode: "Three Men and a Little Lady" |
1999 | The Sopranos | Alex Mahaffey | Episode: "Pilot" |
Nathan Dixon | Nathan Dixon | TV movie | |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Buddy | Episode: "A Single Life" | |
JAG | Makaway | Episode: "Shakedown" | |
Law & Order | Mr. Delany | Episode: "Harm" | |
2000 | Third Watch | Sergeant | Episode: "Spring Forward, Fall Back" |
Now and Again | Deputy Mayor | 2 episodes | |
Oz | Zeke Bellinger | Episode: "The Bill of Wrongs" | |
Cora Unashamed | Arthur Studevant | TV movie | |
Deadline | Walter | 5 episodes | |
2001 | The $treet | Jerry | Episode: "Junk Bonds" |
100 Centre Street | Detective Seger | Episode: "A Shot in the Dark" | |
Ed | Frank Kerwin | Episode: "Exceptions" | |
Law & Order | Major Jim Wyman | Episode: "White Lie" | |
2002 | Ally McBeal | Mark Horace | 2 episodes |
The Practice | Roland Hubert | Episode: "The Cradle Will Rock" | |
2003 | Ed | Frank Kerwin | Episode: "Frankie" |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Malcolm Field | Episode: "Damaged" | |
John Doe | Gary Murchison | Episode: "Family Man" | |
Hack | Claymore | Episode: "Hidden Agenda" | |
2004 | The Guardian | Coach Steve Bernardo | Episode: "Legacy" |
NCIS | Major Dougherty | Episode: "One Shot, One Kill" | |
Malcolm in the Middle | Mel | Episode: "Softball" | |
The West Wing | Eric Hayden | Episode: "Eppur Si Muove" | |
Without a Trace | George Stanley | Episode: "Legacy" | |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Rick Chilson | Episode: "Bad Words" | |
JAG | Col. Lewis Atwater | Episode: "This Just in from Baghdad" | |
2005 | Blind Justice | Lt. Gary Fisk | 13 episodes |
Prison Break | Quinn | 2 episodes | |
2006 | Brotherhood | Mr. Speaker | 4 episodes |
2006–2008 | Jericho | Gray Anderson | 20 episodes |
2007–2012 | Damages | Roger Kastle | 8 episodes |
2008 | ER | Rick | Episode: "The Chicago Way" |
2009 | Law & Order | Pete Gardner | Episode: "Bailout" |
Numbers | Gil Fisher | Episode: "The Fifth Man" | |
Fringe | Sanford Harris | 4 episodes | |
Saving Grace | Charlie Hudson | Episode: "Am I Going to Lose Her?" | |
U.S. Attorney | Douglas G. Smith | TV movie | |
White Collar | Thompson | Episode: "Pilot" | |
Raising the Bar | Robert Shepherd | 2 episodes | |
Last of the Ninth | Lt. John "The Rug" White | TV movie | |
2009–2013 | Mad Men | Burt Peterson | 4 episodes |
2010 | 24 | General David Brucker | 2 episodes |
Rubicon | Donald Bloom | 4 episodes | |
Terriers | Ben Zeitlin | 4 episodes | |
2010–2013 | The Mentalist | Gale Bertram | 17 episodes |
2011–2012 | Unforgettable | Mike Costello | 22 episodes |
2012–2013 | Last Resort | Barton Sinclair | 5 episodes |
2013 | The Americans | Agent Bartholomew | Episode: "Pilot" |
2014 | Elementary | Kurt Yoder | Episode: "Paint It Black" |
Turn: Washington's Spies | General Charles Scott | 5 episodes | |
How to Get Away with Murder | Henry Williams | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2014–2015 | The Good Wife | Ernie Nolan | 2 episodes |
2014–2017 | The Leftovers | Dean | 7 episodes |
2014–2022 | Chicago P.D. | Parish / Chief Patrick O'Neal | 3 episodes |
2015 | The Following | Sheriff Windsor | Episode: "Reunion" |
Person of Interest | Mike Richelli | Episode: "Control-Alt-Delete" | |
NCIS: Los Angeles | CIA Agent Doug Emmerich | Episode: "Expiration Date" | |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Actor | Episode: "Infrastructure" | |
Royal Pains | Ed Harper | Episode: "Secret Asian Man" | |
Blue Bloods | Jim Voutay | Episode: "All the News That's Fit to Click" | |
2015–2018 | The Man in the High Castle | Mark Sampson | 13 episodes |
2015–2020 | Blindspot | Tom Carter | Recurring (season 1), guest (season 5); 8 episodes |
2016 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Donald Bazinski | Episode: "Catfishing Teacher" |
Bones | Agent Brandt Walker | Episode: "The Secret in the Service" | |
The Interestings | Gil Wolf | Pilot | |
BrainDead | Lawrence Boch | Episode: "Taking on Water: How Leaks in D.C. Are Discovered and Patched" | |
Murder in the First | Alfred Arkin | 8 episodes | |
Designated Survivor | James Royce | 2 episodes | |
2017 | Madam Secretary | Hugh Haymond | 5 episodes |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Richard Wilson | TV movie | |
2017–2020 | Power | Judge Tapper | 6 episodes |
2018 | Jack Ryan | President Andrew Pickett | 2 episodes |
2018–2019 | Strange Angel | Virgil Byrne | 15 episodes |
2019 | The Code | General H.H. Carrick IV | Episode: "Blowed Up" |
Treadstone | Dan Levine | Main cast | |
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Judge Wagaman | Episode: "It's the Sixties, Man!" | |
2020 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gary Wald | Episode: "The Longest Night of Rain" |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Gerald Sharpe | Episode: "Alien Commies from the Future!" | |
The Good Lord Bird | Mayor Fontaine Beckham | Episode: "Jesus Is Walkin'" | |
2020–2021 | For Life | Liam McClinchey | 2 episodes |
2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Arthur "Butch" Schafer | 6 episodes |
Fleishman Is in Trouble | Dr. Bartuck | 2 episodes | |
2025 | Daredevil: Born Again | TBA | Post-production |
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