Wayne Dwyer Duvall (born May 29, 1958) is an American actor known for appearing as Homer Stokes in O Brother, Where Art Thou? , as well recurring roles as the television series Billions, The District , The Leftovers, BrainDead , The Righteous Gemstones . [1] [2] [3]
He has also appeared in films including Apollo 13 , Leatherheads , Duplicity , Lincoln , American Animals , Richard Jewell , The Hunt , and The Trial of the Chicago 7 , as well as in Broadway theatre productions, [4] [5] most notably the original New York run of 1984 .
He was born in Silver Spring, Maryland to Robert Andrew Duvall (1926–1971) and Mary Alida Carlson (1925–1997) and is a second cousin of actor Robert Duvall.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Final Approach | Doug Slessinger | |
1992 | Dark Vengeance | Veros | |
1993 | Falling Down | Paramedic | |
1994 | Disclosure | Executive #1 | |
1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Mr. Crispi | |
1995 | Apollo 13 | LEM Controller White | |
1995 | Baja | Husband | |
1996 | Two Guys Talkin' About Girls | Tow Truck Driver | |
1996 | The Fan | Detective Baker | |
1996 | My Fellow Americans | Chet | |
1998 | Hard Rain | Hank | |
1999 | The Deep End of the Ocean | McGuire | |
1999 | Suckers | Randall | |
1999 | The Last Marshal | Vanmeter | |
1999 | A Little Inside | Coach Steve | |
2000 | Tripfall | Alex | |
2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Homer Stokes | |
2000 | A Better Way to Die | Rifkin | |
2001 | Evolution | Dr. Paulson | |
2002 | Love Liza | Gas Station Employee | |
2002 | Emmett's Mark | Richard Wilkes | |
2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Detective Nugent | |
2008 | Leatherheads | Coach Ferguson | |
2008 | Pride and Glory | Bill Avery | |
2009 | Duplicity | Ned Guston | |
2009 | Star Crossed | Dr. Lawrence | |
2010 | Edge of Darkness | Chief of Police | |
2010 | 13 | Mr. Taylor | |
2010 | The Mulberry Tree | Benny | |
2012 | Breathless | Maurice Doucette | |
2012 | Lincoln | Benjamin Wade | |
2013 | West End | Fat Patty O'Hara | |
2013 | Prisoners | Captain Richard O'Malley | |
2014 | Hello, My Name Is Frank | Preacher | |
2015 | Home Run Showdown | Simpson | |
2016 | Wolves | Coach Ray | |
2016 | Greater | Pastor Rick | |
2018 | American Animals | Bill Welton | |
2019 | The Kitchen | Larry | |
2019 | Richard Jewell | Richard Rackleff | |
2020 | The Hunt | Don | |
2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Detective Deluca | |
2021 | Werewolves Within | Sam Parker | |
2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | Roger | Uncredited |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Matlock | Desk Clerk | Episode: "The Man of the Year" |
1991 | Stat | Paramedic #1 | Episode: "Psychosomatic" |
1991 | MacGyver | Victor Nesbitt | Episode: "The 'Hood" |
1992 | L.A. Law | Chris Flanagan | Episode: "Diet, Diet My Darling" |
1992 | Picket Fences | FBI Agent #2 | Episode: "The Green Bay Chopper" |
1992 | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Principal | Television film |
1993 | Getting By | Agent Branigan | Episode: "Letter to the President" |
1993 | The X-Files | Agent Jerry Lamana | Episode: "Ghost in the Machine" |
1994 | Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy | Officer Banks | Television film |
1995 | ER | Umpire | Episode: "Love Among the Ruins" |
1995 | Murder One | Police Officer | Episode: "Chapter Eight" |
1995, 2005 | JAG | Mayor Wayne Hazlett / Hobbs | 2 episodes |
1996 | Diagnosis: Murder | Mr. Nolan | Episode: "Murder in the Dark" |
1997 | Skeletons | Irish Sergeant | Television film |
1997 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Linus J. Skeezics | Episode: "The Great Mistake" |
1998 | Timecop | First Mate Lewis | Episode: "Lost Voyage" |
1998 | Seven Days | Major Nick Tobias | Episode: "Doppleganger: Part 1" |
1999 | Nash Bridges | Ferry | Episode: "Shoot the Moon" |
1999 | Chicago Hope | Kyle Corwin | Episode: "Home Is Where the Heartache Is" |
1999 | Profiler | Eric Stanley | Episode: "Blind Eye" |
2000 | Judging Amy | Officer Todd | Episode: "Blast from the Past" |
2000 | Normal, Ohio | Male Fan | Episode: "A Thanksgiving Episode" |
2000–2004 | The District | Sgt. Phil Brander | 43 episodes |
2003 | NYPD Blue | Dan Burleigh | Episode: "Porn Free" |
2004 | The West Wing | Bill Parsons | Episode: "Talking Points" |
2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter Beerly | Episode: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" |
2004–2010 | Law & Order | Various roles | 4 episodes |
2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kurt Plumm | Episode: "Stress Position" |
2005 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Doctor Gordon | Television film |
2005 | CSI: NY | John Grimes | Episode: "Trapped" |
2006 | Strong Medicine | Dixon | Episode: "Dr. Thornton Hears a Who?" |
2006 | Threshold | Restaurant Owner | Episode: "Alienville" |
2007 | Law & Order: SVU | Seth Milsted | Episode: "Loophole" |
2007 | K-Ville | Terrence Deville | Episode: "Cobb's Webb" |
2007 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Warden Poon (voice) | 3 episodes |
2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Donald Rutherford | Episode: "Ma Ke Kahakai" |
2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Edward I. Edwards | Episode: "A Dangerous Maid" |
2011 | The Good Wife | Detective Harcourt | 2 episodes |
2012 | Person of Interest | Councilman Seth Larsson | Episode: "Firewall" |
2012 | White Collar | Myrick | Episode: "Ancient History" |
2013 | Elementary | Duke Landers | Episode: "Dead Man's Switch" |
2013 | Hell on Wheels | Senator Metcalf | 3 episodes |
2014 | The Leftovers | Det. Louis Vitello | 4 episodes |
2014 | Gotham | Morry Quillan | Episode: "Selina Kyle" |
2015 | Madam Secretary | FBI Director Neil Hendricks | 2 episodes |
2015 | Fargo | Captain Jeb Cheney | Episode: "The Castle" |
2016 | BrainDead | Andre Amarant | 4 episodes |
2017 | Sneaky Pete | Charles McGregor | Episode: "Safe" |
2018 | Suits | Pat McGahan | Episode: "Good-Bye" |
2018 | One Dollar | Benjamin Walsh | 4 episodes |
2018 | The Finest | Commissioner Callahan | Television film |
2019 | The Code | Hermes Papademotropoulos | 3 episodes |
2019 | Pearson | Pat McGann | 8 episodes |
2021 | Evil | Louie Wolff | Episode: "C Is for Cop" |
2022 | The Righteous Gemstones | Glendon Marsh | 3 episodes |
2022 | Billions | Bud Lazzara [6] | 6 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Ghost Recon | Additional Voices | Xbox version |
2002 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder | Additional Voices | Credited as Wayne Duval |
2006 | Hitman: Blood Money | Joe Netberg, Southern Guards, Wedding Guards | |
2012 | Max Payne 3 | Anders Detling | Motion capture and voice |
2018 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | The Local Pedestrian Population |
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