Ryan Cutrona

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Ryan Cutrona
Born (1949-07-29) July 29, 1949 (age 76)
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present

Ryan Cutrona (born July 29, 1949 [1] ) is an American actor. He is best known for playing gruff authority figures and military men in both dramatic and comedic roles in films and on television.

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Career

The second son of Joseph F. H. "Pro Joe" Cutrona, an Army general and combat veteran (Silver Star), he was a native of West Point and spent much of his early life in a military setting. His first law enforcement roles came on the TV dramas Hunter and DEA in 1990. He was Captain Margolis in the Top Gun parody Hot Shots! and played a detective in the Sharon Stone thriller Sliver . He had larger supporting roles in the 1996 action film The Glimmer Man and the 1999 thriller Deterrence while continuing to make frequent guest appearances in all genres of TV shows. He satirized his military roles in a TV commercial for the KAYAK travel site and showed up in sitcoms like Becker and in crime dramas like Brooklyn South . He had one of his most notable recurring roles on the political drama The West Wing as the CIA director from 2000 until 2005 and in 2007 begin two other significant TV roles. He was Admiral John Smith on the thriller 24 and played Betty's ailing father on the 1960s era hit Mad Men .

He collaborated with Joe Frank on his Peabody Award-winning series' on National Public Radio produced by KCRW: Work in Progress, Somewhere Out There, In The Dark, The Other Side and Unfictional from 1987 until 2016.

He has performed at noted theater festivals including The Theatre of Nations. In New York City he appeared at the New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, with The Alliance Francais at the John Houseman Theater, The Dia Foundation, Performance Space 122, NYSF, and WP Theater (The Women's Project) at The American Place Theater. In Los Angeles he appeared at The Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, and the defunct but bracing Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival.

Samuel Beckett granted him rights to perform three theatrical solo premieres of his prose texts All Strange Away at La MaMa.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 No Picnic Live Pimp
1991 Hot Shots! Captain Margolis
1991 The Last Boy Scout Harp, The Bartender
1992 Kuffs Florist
1992Inside Out IIIEmceeVideo
1993 Sliver Detective Ennis
1993 In the Line of Fire LAPD Brass
1993Memories of Joe FrankShort
1994 In the Army Now Colonel
1994 Wagons East! Tom
1994FlashfireOlder Detective
1996 The Quest Officer O'Keefe
1996 The Glimmer Man Captain Harris
1998 Psycho Chief of Police
1999 Deterrence Agent Dexter
2000MilitiaThe President
2000RangersGeneral SmithVideo
2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Chuck RampartVideo
2003 King of the Ants Coach Brown
2003 Gods and Generals General Marsena Patrick
2005Lincoln's EyesShort
2006 Americanese Hank Crane
2007 Look Mr. Bates
2007 Sex and Death 101 Officer Krupke
2008 Changeling Judge
2009 Stolen Bill Byrnes
2012 The Collection Police Spokesperson
2014 The Taking of Deborah Logan Harris
2015ControlNick Barnes SrShort
2017 The Most Hated Woman in America Pup
2019 Miller & Son Al MillerShort
TBAThe Return of Mike and IkeChairmanPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 General Hospital CarmichaelUnknown episodes
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special LawyerEpisode: "A Matter of Conscience"
1990 Alien Nation Phillip DunawayEpisode: "Generation to Generation"
1990 Hunter Sgt. Dave Peterson2 episodes
1990 DEA Lt. FadimanEpisode: "Bloodsport"
1991 Equal Justice DunnEpisode: "Without Prejudice"
1991 My Life and Times Man #1Episode: "Fare on Park Avenue"
1991 L.A. Law FBI Agent O HearnEpisode: "Badfellas"
1992 Afterburn Wing CommanderTV movie
1993 Knots Landing William ReedEpisode: "The Invisible Man"
1993 Murder in the Heartland C. Lauer WardTV mini-series
1994 Picket Fences DoctorEpisode: "Remote Control"
1994 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Franklin BoggsEpisode: "Brooklyn Dodgers"
1994 ER Mr. WilsonEpisode: "24 Hours"
1995 Babylon 5 Sgt. Major PlugEpisode: "GROPOS"
1997 Millennium Sheriff Paul GerlachEpisode: "Weeds"
1997 Dark Skies DetectiveEpisode: "To Pray in Darkness"
1997 Almost Perfect BenEpisode: "Where No Woman Has Gone Before"
1998 Nothing Sacred ResnickEpisode: "Kindred Spirits"
1998 Brooklyn South Detective Bill Larkin2 episodes
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Simon PaleyEpisode: "Dead Men Talk"
1998–2002 The Practice Pathologist, Dr. Fine, Forensics Expert, Doctor6 episodes
1999 L.A. Doctors Ron SwiftEpisode: "O Captain, My Captain"
1999 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Fire ChiefEpisode: "On the Tee"
1999The '60'sChairman of Draft BoardTV movie
2000 Running Mates Reporter #2TV movie
2000Blood MoneyVictor TenolariTV movie
2000 Becker TonyEpisode: "Old Yeller"
2000 JAG General PiperEpisode: "Body Talk"
2000 Providence Episode: "Trick or Treat"
2000–2005 The West Wing CIA Director George Rollie7 episodes
2001 18 Wheels of Justice Det. CurtisEpisode: "Crossing the Line"
2001 The X-Files The CaptainEpisode: "Nothing Important Happened Today II"
2002 Diagnosis: Murder Malcolm AdamsEpisode: "Without Warning"
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Cut ManEpisode: "Fight Night"
2002 Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning Malcolm AdamsTV movie
2002 NYPD Blue Gene CardilloEpisode: "Healthy McDowell Movement"
2003 Without a Trace Episode: "Clare de Lune"
2003 Miss Match Bradley's AttorneyEpisode: "Pilot"
2004 The Bernie Mac Show Episode: "Stiff Upper Lip"
2005 Head Cases Grant MorganEpisode: "Pilot"
2005 E-Ring Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Boston Legal Congressman Raymond JacobsEpisode: "A Whiff and a Prayer"
2006 Cold Case Eamon 'Big Mac' McCallisterEpisode: "Sandhogs"
2006 Bones FBI Deputy Director Robert KirbyEpisode: "Judas on a Pole"
2007 Smith Fred Cole2 episodes
2007–2009 Mad Men Gene Driscoll / Gene Hofstadt6 episodes
2007–2010 24 Admiral John Smith12 episodes
2008 Medium Reginald SmytheEpisode: "Wicked Game: Part:Two"
2008Mask of the NinjaLt. HillTV movie
2009 Lincoln Heights Police Commissioner Hugh Volker2 episodes
2010Dad's HomeRon StauntonTV movie
2010 NCIS Ray BeringerEpisode: "Jet Lag"
2011 Breakout Kings Ellis BeaumontEpisode: "Like Father, Like Son"
2011 Harry's Law Episode: "Bad to Worse"
2012 The Finder Henry ColemanEpisode: "Bullets"
2012 The Inbetweeners Police ChiefEpisode: "Fire!"
2013 Criminal Minds SamEpisode: "Pay It Forward"
2013 Franklin & Bash Judge Jack BattershellEpisode: "Dead and Alive"
2013 Sons of Anarchy Griffin2 episodes
2015 The Brink James Donaldson5 episodes
2017 Scandal RogerEpisode: "The Belt"

Video games

YearTitleRole
1995 The Dark Eye
2011 L.A. Noire Police Chief William Worrell
2012 Dishonored Samuel Beechworth

References

  1. "Ryan Cutrona Fan Casting". myCast - Fan Casting Your Favorite Stories. Retrieved January 1, 2024.