Ned Bellamy

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Ned Bellamy
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Bellamy in 2011
Born (1957-05-07) May 7, 1957 (age 67)
OccupationActor
Years active1979present

Ned Bellamy (born May 7, 1957) [1] is an American actor.

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Early life and education

Bellamy was educated at UCLA. His brother, Mark Bellamy, was the United States Ambassador to Kenya from 2003 until 2006. [2]

Career

After graduating from UCLA, Bellamy founded the Los Angeles–based theater company The Actors' Gang with fellow actor Tim Robbins. [3]

Bellamy has appeared in numerous films and television series, including Scrubs , Treme , 24 , Chicago P.D. , Justified , Criminal Minds , Gotham , and Paradise City . He portrayed the Reverend Lester Coggins in the first season of the CBS adaptation of Stephen King's Under the Dome.

Bellamy became a fan-favorite on an episode of Seinfeld , portraying Eddie, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ army veteran co-writer in "The Fatigues". His television career began with another veteran—Paul, an American-born German soldier, in the final season of The Waltons .

Bellamy played Wilson in Quentin Tarantino’s seventh film, Django Unchained . In 2021, he appeared as Ross on the Amazon Prime series Paradise City.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1988 The Night Before Tuff #2
1989 Wired Paul Forrest
1990 Fatal Charm Adolph
1992 Bob Roberts Uzi Kornhauser
Universal Soldier FBI Agent
House IV Lee
1993 Twenty Bucks Bowling Alley Entrepreneur
Carnosaur Fallon
1994 Cobb Ray
Ed Wood Dr. Tom Mason
Floundering Phonebook
The Shawshank Redemption Youngblood
1997 Con Air Chopper Pilot
That Darn Cat Agent #1
1999 Being John Malkovich Derek Mantini
Angel's Dance Police Detective
Cradle Will Rock Paul Edwards
Mystery Men Funk
2000 Charlie's Angels Red Star Systems Director
2001 Antitrust Phil Grimes
2003 Runaway Jury Jerome
2004 Saw Jeff
2005 Lords of Dogtown Peter Darling
The Ice Harvest Sidney
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Security Guard
2007 Wind Chill Snowplow Driver
Skills like This Uncle Morris
2008 Twilight Waylon Forge
War, Inc. Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini/Zubleh
2011 Crazy Eyes Bob
2012 The Paperboy Tyree Van Wetter
Django Unchained Wilson
2013 Wish You Well George Davis
2018 An L.A. Minute Ross Brandt
2022 Blonde Doc Fell
Father Stu Dr. Novak

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 The Waltons PaulEpisode: "The Spirit"
1982 The Greatest American Hero R.J.Episode: "The Shock Will Kill You"
1982 M*A*S*H G.I.Episode: "Where There's a Will, There's a War"
1984 The Dukes of Hazzard HobyEpisode "Play It Again, Luke"
1985 Diff'rent Strokes Undercover Police OfficerEpisode: "Sam's Missing"
1986 Remington Steele ErnieEpisode: "Steele in the Running"
1986 The Twilight Zone ManEpisode: "The After Hours"
1986 MacGyver LarkinEpisode: "Ugly Duckling"
1987 21 Jump Street RiordanEpisode: "Next Generation"
1988 MacGyver RemickEpisode: "The Negotiator"
1989 Matlock LyleEpisode: "The Thoroughbred"
1991 Matlock Jimmy GilesEpisode: "The Trial" Pt. 1
1992 In the Deep Woods Jerome SpearsTV film
1992 Unsolved Mysteries CoronerEpisode 5.8
1993 Murder, She Wrote Captain Elgin MeyersEpisode: "The Survivor"
1995 Dumb and Dumber Announcer (voice)2 episodes
1996 Seinfeld EddieEpisode: "The Fatigues"
1996 Boy Meets World LutherEpisode: "Turkey Day"
2004 CSI: Miami Rick BinghamEpisode: "Rap Sheet"
2004 Scrubs Dr. Green2 episodes
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Peter CarsonEpisode: "Birthright"
2005 The Closer Mr. SchillerEpisode: "Flashpoint"
2006 ER Detective2 episodes
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Police OfficerEpisode: "Dependent"
2007 Jericho Deputy Perkins2 episodes
2008–2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Ed Winston 3 episodes
20082009; 2011 WordGirl The Coach, Fish Selling Guy (voices)4 episodes
2009 24 Attorney GeneralEpisode: "Day 7: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m."
2011 Treme Vincent AbreuRecurring role
2013 Justified Gerald Johns3 episodes
2013 Under The Dome Reverend Lester Coggins4 episodes
2014 Criminal Minds Alan AndersonEpisode: "Mr. and Mrs Anderson"
2014 Resurrection Samuel Catlin3 episodes
2016 Gotham Warden Carlson GreyEpisode: "Wrath of the Villains: Prisoners"
2017 Chicago P.D. Arlen PfisterEpisode: "Last Minute Resistance"
2021 Paradise City RossRecurring role

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