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Ryan Cutrona | |
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| Born | July 29, 1949 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–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.
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1986 | No Picnic | Live Pimp | |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Captain Margolis | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Harp, The Bartender | |
| 1992 | Kuffs | Florist | |
| 1992 | Inside Out III | Emcee | Video |
| 1993 | Sliver | Detective Ennis | |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | LAPD Brass | |
| 1993 | Memories of Joe Frank | Short | |
| 1994 | In the Army Now | Colonel | |
| 1994 | Wagons East! | Tom | |
| 1994 | Flashfire | Older Detective | |
| 1996 | The Quest | Officer O'Keefe | |
| 1996 | The Glimmer Man | Captain Harris | |
| 1998 | Psycho | Chief of Police | |
| 1999 | Deterrence | Agent Dexter | |
| 2000 | Militia | The President | |
| 2000 | Rangers | General Smith | Video |
| 2002 | Shark Attack 3: Megalodon | Chuck Rampart | Video |
| 2003 | King of the Ants | Coach Brown | |
| 2003 | Gods and Generals | General Marsena Patrick | |
| 2005 | Lincoln's Eyes | Short | |
| 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 | |
| 2015 | Control | Nick Barnes Sr | Short |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Pup | |
| 2019 | Miller & Son | Al Miller | Short |
| TBA | The Return of Mike and Ike | Chairman | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1963 | General Hospital | Carmichael | Unknown episodes |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Lawyer | Episode: "A Matter of Conscience" |
| 1990 | Alien Nation | Phillip Dunaway | Episode: "Generation to Generation" |
| 1990 | Hunter | Sgt. Dave Peterson | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | DEA | Lt. Fadiman | Episode: "Bloodsport" |
| 1991 | Equal Justice | Dunn | Episode: "Without Prejudice" |
| 1991 | My Life and Times | Man #1 | Episode: "Fare on Park Avenue" |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | FBI Agent O Hearn | Episode: "Badfellas" |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Wing Commander | TV movie |
| 1993 | Knots Landing | William Reed | Episode: "The Invisible Man" |
| 1993 | Murder in the Heartland | C. Lauer Ward | TV mini-series |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | Doctor | Episode: "Remote Control" |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Franklin Boggs | Episode: "Brooklyn Dodgers" |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Wilson | Episode: "24 Hours" |
| 1995 | Babylon 5 | Sgt. Major Plug | Episode: "GROPOS" |
| 1997 | Millennium | Sheriff Paul Gerlach | Episode: "Weeds" |
| 1997 | Dark Skies | Detective | Episode: "To Pray in Darkness" |
| 1997 | Almost Perfect | Ben | Episode: "Where No Woman Has Gone Before" |
| 1998 | Nothing Sacred | Resnick | Episode: "Kindred Spirits" |
| 1998 | Brooklyn South | Detective Bill Larkin | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Simon Paley | Episode: "Dead Men Talk" |
| 1998–2002 | The Practice | Pathologist, Dr. Fine, Forensics Expert, Doctor | 6 episodes |
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors | Ron Swift | Episode: "O Captain, My Captain" |
| 1999 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Fire Chief | Episode: "On the Tee" |
| 1999 | The '60's | Chairman of Draft Board | TV movie |
| 2000 | Running Mates | Reporter #2 | TV movie |
| 2000 | Blood Money | Victor Tenolari | TV movie |
| 2000 | Becker | Tony | Episode: "Old Yeller" |
| 2000 | JAG | General Piper | Episode: "Body Talk" |
| 2000 | Providence | Episode: "Trick or Treat" | |
| 2000–2005 | The West Wing | CIA Director George Rollie | 7 episodes |
| 2001 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Det. Curtis | Episode: "Crossing the Line" |
| 2001 | The X-Files | The Captain | Episode: "Nothing Important Happened Today II" |
| 2002 | Diagnosis: Murder | Malcolm Adams | Episode: "Without Warning" |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Cut Man | Episode: "Fight Night" |
| 2002 | Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning | Malcolm Adams | TV movie |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Gene Cardillo | Episode: "Healthy McDowell Movement" |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Episode: "Clare de Lune" | |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Bradley's Attorney | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2004 | The Bernie Mac Show | Episode: "Stiff Upper Lip" | |
| 2005 | Head Cases | Grant Morgan | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | E-Ring | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Congressman Raymond Jacobs | Episode: "A Whiff and a Prayer" |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Eamon 'Big Mac' McCallister | Episode: "Sandhogs" |
| 2006 | Bones | FBI Deputy Director Robert Kirby | Episode: "Judas on a Pole" |
| 2007 | Smith | Fred Cole | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2009 | Mad Men | Gene Driscoll / Gene Hofstadt | 6 episodes |
| 2007–2010 | 24 | Admiral John Smith | 12 episodes |
| 2008 | Medium | Reginald Smythe | Episode: "Wicked Game: Part:Two" |
| 2008 | Mask of the Ninja | Lt. Hill | TV movie |
| 2009 | Lincoln Heights | Police Commissioner Hugh Volker | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Dad's Home | Ron Staunton | TV movie |
| 2010 | NCIS | Ray Beringer | Episode: "Jet Lag" |
| 2011 | Breakout Kings | Ellis Beaumont | Episode: "Like Father, Like Son" |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Episode: "Bad to Worse" | |
| 2012 | The Finder | Henry Coleman | Episode: "Bullets" |
| 2012 | The Inbetweeners | Police Chief | Episode: "Fire!" |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | Sam | Episode: "Pay It Forward" |
| 2013 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Jack Battershell | Episode: "Dead and Alive" |
| 2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Griffin | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Brink | James Donaldson | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Scandal | Roger | Episode: "The Belt" |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1995 | The Dark Eye | |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Police Chief William Worrell |
| 2012 | Dishonored | Samuel Beechworth |
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