Gregg Henry | |
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Born | Lakewood, Colorado, U.S. | May 6, 1952
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
Years active | 1976–present |
Spouse | Lisa James |
Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) [1] is an American actor and rock, blues and country musician. [2]
He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the television film The Hunt for the BTK Killer and for playing various "heavies" in various films, such as in Payback (1999), Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy films and Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), [3] the latter of whom Henry has collaborated with frequently over the years, acting in six De Palma films.
Henry was born May 6, 1952 in Lakewood, Colorado. [1] He has been featured in over 75 television programs, including The Riches ; Firefly ; Chicago Med ; 24 ; Airwolf ; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; Murder, She Wrote ; Gilmore Girls ; Matlock ; In The Heat Of The Night ; L.A. Law ; Falcon Crest ; Designing Women ; Moonlighting ; Magnum, P.I. ; Rich Man, Poor Man Book II ; The Mentalist ; Castle ; Glee ; Burn Notice and Breakout Kings .
He played Hugh Pannetta alongside Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver on the FX television series The Riches . He played the role of Dobbs in the USA Network series White Collar and Hollis Doyle on the ABC series Scandal . Starting June 10, 2013, he played Detective Carl Reddick in The Killing . In 2014, he had a small role in the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy as well as its sequel as Peter Quill's grandfather. He appeared in recurring roles in Hell on Wheels and The Following . He also portrayed the title role in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in 2017's Shakespeare in the Park in New York City. [4]
Henry is married to American theatre director Lisa James. [1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Paul Ramsey | |
1979 | Hot Rod | Brian Edison | |
1981 | Just Before Dawn | Warren | |
1983 | Funny Money | Ben Turtle | |
1983 | Scarface | Charles Goodson | Uncredited[ citation needed ] |
1984 | Body Double | Sam Bouchard | |
1986 | The Last of Philip Banter | Robert Prescott | |
1988 | Fair Game | Gene | |
1989 | Casualties of War | Prosecutor | Scenes deleted |
1990 | Dark Avenger | Dr. Colin Tremaine | TV movie |
1992 | Raising Cain | Lieutenant Terri | |
1995 | Bodily Harm | J.D. Prejon | |
1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Gallatin | |
1999 | Payback | Val Resnick | |
2000 | Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes | Cotton Proudfit | |
2001 | Southlander | Lane Windbird | |
Layover | Jack Gillardo | ||
2002 | Femme Fatale | Shiff | |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | FBI Agent Clark / DIA Director Robert Gant | ||
2003 | Purgatory Flats | Dean Mecklin | |
Sin | Conrad | ||
Silent Partner | Ambassador LaFontaine | ||
2006 | Slither | Jack MacReady | |
United 93 | Colonel Robert Marr | ||
The Black Dahlia | Pete Lukins | ||
2010 | Super | Detective John Felkner | |
2011 | Isolation | Dr. Lawrence Moore | |
The Reunion | Kyle Wills | ||
2012 | Unfair and Imbalanced | Jim Moran | |
The Patriot of America | Samuel Burwell | Voice | |
Any Day Now | Lambert | ||
2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy [5] | Jason Quill | |
2016 | Jason Bourne | Richard Webb | |
The Belko Experiment | The Voice | Voice | |
2017 | Teen Titans: The Judas Contract | Brother Blood | Voice |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Jason Quill | ||
2018 | Office Uprising | Franklin Gantt | |
2019 | Stand! | Mike Sokolowski | |
2022 | Look Into the Fire | Professor Hirsch | |
2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Jason Quill | [6] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Wesley Jordache | miniseries |
1978 | Pearl | Lieutenant Doug North | |
1979 | Dummy | Assistant District Attorney Smith | television film |
1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Lester Bedell | miniseries |
1983 | The Love Boat | Gregory Steven Leonard | episode: "He Ain't Heavy" |
1984 | Airwolf | Robert Villers | episode: "The Hunted" |
1985 | Moonlighting | Paul McCain | episode: "The Next Murder You Hear" |
1985–1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Various roles | 7 episodes |
1987 | Bates Motel | Tom Fuller | television film |
1988–1994 | L.A. Law | Robert Cullen / Samuel Barkwell | 3 episodes |
1986 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Tommy Kitchens | episode: "Poker Night" |
1987 | Designing Women | Jack Dent | episode: "Grand Slam Thank You Ma'am" |
1987 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Walter Campbell | episode: "Beware the Ides of May" |
1987–1988 | Werewolf | Officer Ritter | episode: "Nightmare in Blue" |
1990 | Matlock | Nick Beloit | episode: "The D.A." |
1992 | Civil Wars | Gordon Dallek | episode: "Oboe Phobia" |
1993 | In the Heat of the Night | George Deschamps | 2 episodes |
1993 | Kiss of a Killer | Richard | television film |
1994 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Reid Stedler | episode: "Stolen Lullaby" |
1996 | Terminal | Brian | television film |
1997 | Tidal Wave: No Escape | Edgar Purcell | |
1999–2001 | Family Law | Michael Holt | 7 episodes |
2000 | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Henry Crowe | episode: "Absolution" |
2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Special Agent Rick Culpepper | episode: "The Strip Strangler" |
2001, 2002 | Boston Public | Detective McGill | 2 episodes |
2002 | Firefly | Sheriff Bourne | episode: "The Train Job" |
Boomtown | Robert Colson | episode: "The Squeeze" | |
The Agency | Senator Bowden | episode: "Heartless" | |
2003 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Zho'Kaan | episode: "Dawn" |
Judging Amy | Morgan Simmons | episode: "Wild Card" | |
24 | Jonathan Wallace | 4 episodes | |
The Lyon's Den | A.U.S.A | 2 episodes | |
Windfall | Bill Trask | television film | |
2004 | The Handler | Griffin Klein | episode: "Acts of Congress" |
2005 | Heartless | Lieutenant Russ Carter | television film |
The Hunt for the BTK Killer | Dennis Rader | ||
2005–2007 | Eyes | Clay Burgess | 7 episodes |
Gilmore Girls | Mitchum Huntzberger | 20 episodes | |
2006 | CSI: Miami | William Preston | episode: "Death Eminent" |
2007–2008 | The Riches | Hugh Panetta | series regular |
2008 | ER | Officer Mark Downey | episode: "Haunted" |
The Mentalist | Cal Trask | episode: "Red-Handed" | |
Sparky & Mikaela | Mikaela's Dad | episode: "Pilot" | |
2009 | The Beast | Frank Oland / Mike Parks | episode: "Hothead" |
Dollhouse | William Bashford | episode: "Haunted" | |
Dark Blue | Jimmy Boyd | episode: "Guns, Strippers and Wives" | |
Numb3rs | Pete Fox | episode: "Friendly Fire" | |
Castle | Winston Wellesley | episode: "Kill the Messenger" | |
Glee | Russell Fabray | episode: "Ballad" | |
2009–2011 | Hung | Mike Hunt | 25 episodes |
2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Gracie | episode: "The Time Warp" |
Three Rivers | Lester Dimes | episode: "Case Histories" | |
The Good Guys | Wayne Young | episode: "$3.52" | |
Medium | Coach Swanson | episode: "Talk to the Hand" | |
CSI: Miami | Roger Cavanaugh | episode: "Blood Sugar" | |
2011 | Harry's Law | Mitchell Eaves | episode: "With Friends Like These..." |
CHAOS | Kurt Neimeyer | episode: "Glory Days" | |
Mr. Sunshine | Chuck Ferguson | episode: "Family Business" | |
Burn Notice | Ian Covey | episode: "Acceptable Loss" | |
2011, 2012 | Breakout Kings | Richard Wendell | 2 episodes |
2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Alex Harris | episode: "Blye, K." Part 1 & 2 |
Leverage | Trent Hazlit | episode: "The Toy Job" | |
White Collar | Henry Dobbs / Robert MacLeish | 2 episodes | |
2012–2013 | Bunheads | Rico | 4 episodes |
2012–2017 | Scandal | Hollis Doyle | 22 episodes |
2013–2014 | The Killing | Carl Reddick | 16 episodes |
2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Hosea M. Knowlton | television film |
2014–2015 | The Following | Dr. Arthur Strauss | 6 episodes |
2014–2016 | Hell on Wheels | Brigham Young | 7 episodes |
2015–2016 | CSI: Cyber | Calvin Mundo | 3 episodes |
2016 | Chicago Med | Dr. David Downey | 8 episodes |
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Mitchum Huntzberger | episode: "Spring" | |
Those Who Can't | Bryce's Dad | episode: "Mid-Bryce Crisis" | |
2017 | Supergirl | Peter Thompson | episode: "Alex" |
2018 | Black Lightning | Agent Martin Proctor | 7 episodes |
2019 | The Rookie | Judge | episode: "Homefront" |
2021–2022 | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Senator Bannister | 4 episodes |
2021 | Hit & Run | Martin Wexler | 9 episodes |
2021 | The Resident | Dr Aaron Kranepool | episode: "Now What?" |
2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Edmund Ross | 3 episodes |
Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | Star Trek: Hidden Evil | Gal'na |
2012 | Lollipop Chainsaw | Gideon Starling |
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