Titus Welliver | |
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Born | Titus B. Welliver March 12, 1962 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Neil Welliver (father) |
Titus B. Welliver [1] (born March 12, 1962) [2] is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of the Man in Black in Lost , Silas Adams in Deadwood , Jimmy O'Phelan in Sons of Anarchy , and the title role in the television series Bosch and Bosch: Legacy. He is also known for his collaborations with Ben Affleck, starring in his films Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), Argo (2012), and Live by Night (2016).
His father, Neil Welliver, was a well-known American landscape painter who was a professor of fine art at Yale University before becoming dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Art. His mother, Norma Cripps, was a fashion illustrator. [1] He studied drama at New York University in the early 1980s before his film and television career began. [3] He befriended Adam Sandler in a comedy writing class while attending New York University. [4]
He has worked on several film projects, including The Doors (1991), Mobsters (1991), Mulholland Falls (1996), Rough Riders (1997), Once in the Life (2000), Biker Boyz (2003), Twisted (2004), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). He was cast in the first four films of director Ben Affleck; Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), Argo (2012) and Live by Night (2016). He was also cast in director Michael Bay's film Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014.
On television, he had a recurring role as a doctor on NYPD Blue and was one of the stars of the CBS police drama Brooklyn South . Moreover, he is well known for playing the semi-regular character Silas Adams on the HBO series Deadwood . He played "The Representative" in two episodes of Prison Break , portrayed Kyle Hollis (a.k.a. Reverend Orson Parker) in the NBC series Life , and appeared in the season five finale of Lost as the "Man in Black", which he continued to portray during the sixth and final season. In 1999 he appeared in an episode of Touched by an Angel titled "The Occupant", where he played a man who was "occupied" by a demon. In 2002 he played Tom Landricks, a rapist, on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
He was introduced into FX's Sons of Anarchy midway through season two, in which he portrays Irish gun kingpin Jimmy O'Phelan. In 2009, he started playing the role of Prosecutor Glenn Childs, a rival of Chris Noth's character, in the CBS series The Good Wife . He joined the cast of the apocalyptic drama The Last Ship in a recurring role for its first two seasons, as Thorwald, a local warlord fighting underground in a dying world infected by a global pandemic.
He plays the title role in the TV series Bosch from Amazon Studios. The series is based on the novels centered on the character of the same name by Michael Connelly. The first season of the series was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 13, 2015. [5] The series was renewed for a seventh and final season on February 13, 2020. [6] The Bosch series was followed by a May 2022 spin off entitled Bosch: Legacy in which Bosch has left the LAPD and has become a private detective and his daughter, Madeline, (played by Madison Lintz) is a rookie police officer, still set in Los Angeles.
He had a cameo appearance as an Imperial captain in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian . [7]
He has narrated several audiobooks, including Robert B. Parker's series of American western novels, Appaloosa, Brimstone, Blue-Eyed Devil and Ironhorse. He has also narrated several of the Michael Connelly Bosch series of crime fiction novels, including The Crossing, The Burning Room and The Wrong Side of Goodbye.
He has been married five times (4 ending in divorce and 1 ended due to death of spouse). He has three children. [3] He is currently engaged to Samantha Edge. [8] [9]
He revealed in several interviews the link between his own experience of loss and his interpretation of Harry Bosch. [10]
Year | Production | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Navy SEALs | Redneck In Bar | |
The Lost Capone | Ralph Capone | ||
1991 | The Doors | Macing Cop | |
Mobsters | Al Capone | ||
1992 | An American Story | Jack Austin | |
1994 | Tick, Tick, Tick | Unknown | Short |
Zero Tolerance | Ray Manta | ||
Blind Justice | Sumner | ||
1995 | Born to Be Wild | Sergeant Markle | |
1996 | Mulholland Falls | Kenny Kamins, Mobster | |
1997 | The Clearing | Unknown | Short |
The Big Fall | Moe | ||
2000 | Cement | Mo | |
Once in the Life | Torch | ||
2003 | Biker Boyz | Max | |
2004 | Twisted | Dale Becker | |
2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Milos | |
2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Lionel McCready | |
2008 | The Narrows | Tony | |
The Human Contract | Mr. Praylis | ||
2009 | Other People's Parties | Pat “The Patriot” Prescott | |
Handsome Harry | Gebhardt | ||
2010 | Mafia II | Civilians | Video game voice role |
The Town | Detective Dino Ciampa | ||
2012 | Man on a Ledge | Captain Dante Marcus | |
Item 47 | Agent Felix Blake | Short Marvel Comics film, precursor to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. | |
Argo | Jon Bates | ||
Promised Land | Rob | ||
2013 | Red 2 | Senior Director of Military Intelligence | Uncredited [11] |
2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | James Savoy | |
Poker Night | Maxwell | ||
2016 | Live by Night | Tim Hickey | |
2018 | Escape Plan 2: Hades | Gregor Faust | |
2019 | An Affair to Die For | Russell | |
Shaft | Special Agent Vietti | ||
2021 | Batman: The Long Halloween | Carmine Falcone | Voice, direct-to-video [12] [13] [14] |
2024 | Watchmen Chapter 1 | Rorschach / Walter Kovacs | |
2025 | Watchmen Chapter 2 |
Year | Production | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Matlock | Johnny Bauer | Episode: "The Narc" |
1992 | L.A. Law | William Boyd | Episode: "Steal It Again, Sam" |
Beverly Hills, 90210 | Doug | Episode: "Cardio-Funk" | |
The Commish | Michael Harris | Episode: "Video Vigilante" | |
1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Salucci | Episode: "Forever Ambergris" |
1994 | The X-Files | Doug Spinney | Episode: "Darkness Falls" |
One Woman's Courage | Television movie | ||
1995 | New York Undercover | Frankie | Episode: "Innocent Bystanders" |
1995–1998 | NYPD Blue | Dr. Mondzac | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | Cameron | Episode: "Cabin in the Woods" |
High Incident | Sergeant Crispo | 2 episodes | |
Murder One | Larry White | 3 episodes | |
1997 | Nash Bridges | Richard Drake | Episode: "The Web" |
The Practice | Gordon | Episode: "Hide and Seek" | |
Rough Riders | B.F. Goodrich | Miniseries | |
1997–1998 | Brooklyn South | Officer Jake Lowery | Main role; 22 episodes |
1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Lewis Thornton Powell | Television movie |
Spy Game | Sebastian Dane | Episode: "Necessity Is the Mother of Infection" | |
1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Henry Sumers | Episode: "Personal Effects" |
Star Trek: Voyager | Lieutenant Maxwell Burke | Episode: Equinox Part 1 & 2 | |
Touched by an Angel | Gregory / Lonnie | Episode: "The Occupant" | |
Mind Prey | John Mail | Television movie | |
2000 | Falcone | Santino 'Sonny' Napoli | Episode: "Windows" |
2001 | Big Apple | FBI Special Agent Jimmy Flynn | 8 episodes |
Blonde | The Baseball Player | Television miniseries | |
UC: Undercover | Rick Jansen | Episode: "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" | |
2001–2002 | That's Life | Dr. Eric Hackett | Recurring role; 17 episodes |
2002 | Third Watch | Cameron | Episode: "Ladies' Day" |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Tom Landricks | Episode: "Resilience" | |
2003 | The Twilight Zone | Dylan | Episode: "The Monsters Are on Maple Street" |
Hack | Zachary | 2 episodes | |
2004–2006 | Deadwood | Silas Adams | 26 episodes |
2006 | Law & Order | Bill Whitney | Episode: "Profiteer" |
2007 | Numb3rs | Agent Graves | Episode: "Finders Keepers" |
Kidnapped | Senator Bill Ross | 2 episodes | |
Jericho | Colonel Robert Hoffman | Episode: "Why We Fight" | |
NCIS | Navy Captain Roger Walsh | Episode: "Leap of Faith" | |
Shark | Dexter Modene / Javier | Episode: "In Absentia" | |
2007–2008 | Life | Kyle Hollis | 2 episodes |
2008 | Prison Break | Representative Scott | 2 episodes |
2009 | Monk | Daniel Reese | Episode: "Mr. Monk's Other Brother" |
Raising the Bar | Nate Chrisman | Episode: "No Child's Left Behind" | |
Kings | Bartender | Episode: "Chapter One" | |
Supernatural | Roger / War | Episode: "Good God, Y'All" | |
2009–2010 | Lost | Man In Black | 3 episodes |
2010 | The Closer | Gregory Drisken | Episode: "Help Wanted" |
2009–2010 | Sons of Anarchy | Jimmy O'Phelan | 13 episodes |
2010 | True Blue | John Leeson | Television movie |
Lost: The Final Journey | Himself / narrator | Television documentary | |
2011 | Law & Order: LA | Attorney Kennedy | Episode: "Angel's Knoll" |
2011, 2015 | Suits | Dominic Barone | 3 episodes |
2009–2011 | The Good Wife | Glenn Childs | Recurring role; 16 episodes |
2011–2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mark Gabriel / Matt Gabriel | 3 episodes |
2011 | Awakening | The Hunter | Television movie |
Good Morning, Killer | Mike Donato | Television movie | |
2012 | Grimm | Farley Kolt | Episode: "Three Coins in a Fuchsbau" |
Touch | Randall Meade | 3 episodes | |
Powers | Triphammer | Television movie | |
Midnight Sun | Bennett Maxwell | Television movie | |
2013 | White Collar | Senator Terence Pratt | 2 episodes |
2013–2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Felix Blake | 3 episodes |
2014 | The Mentalist | Michael Ridley | 3 episodes |
2014–2015 | The Last Ship | Thorwald | 4 episodes |
2014–2021 | Bosch | Detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch | Lead role; 68 episodes |
2018 | Chicago P.D. | Ronald Booth | Episode: "Ghosts" |
Hell's Kitchen | Himself | Guest diner Episode: "Hot Potato" | |
2019 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Attorney Rob Miller | 3 episodes |
2020 | The Mandalorian | Imperial Captain | Episode: "Chapter 11: The Heiress" |
2021 | Castlevania | Ratko | Voice, 5 episodes |
2021 | Nova Vita | Dr. Dexter Luis | 9 episodes |
2022–present | Bosch: Legacy | Harry Bosch | Lead role; 20 episodes |
2022 | Titans | Lex Luthor | Episode: "Lex Luthor" |
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my fiancé, Samantha Edge, and I divide our time between our homes in Topanga, Calif., and our Connecticut farmhouse.