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John Heard Biography (1945?-)

Born March 7, 1945 (some sources say 1946), in Washington, DC; son of Helen Heard; married Margot Kidder (an actress), 1979 (divorced, 1979); married Melissa Leo (an actress; divorced); married Sharon (separated, c. 1995); children: (second marriage) John Matthew; (third marriage) two. Addresses: Manager: Overview Management, 3928 Carpenter Ave., Suite 202, Studio City, CA 91604.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

March 7, 1945?

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Byron, Rush It, Unicorn Video, 1976
• Harry Lucas, Between the Lines, Midwest, 1977
• David, First Love, Paramount, 1977
• Juleson, On the Yard, Midwest, 1979
• Charles Richardson, Head Over Heels (also known as Chilly Sceneof Winter), United Artists, 1979
• Rhythm player, The Last of the Blue Devils, 1979
• Jack Kerouac, Heartbeat (also known as Heart Beat), WarnerBros., 1980
• Alex Cutter, Cutter's Way (also known as Cutter and Bone),United Artists, 1981
• Oliver Yates, Cat People, Universal, 1982
• Charlie Grainger, Best Revenge (also known as Misdeal), Orion Home Video, 1984
• George Cooper, C.H.U.D., New World Pictures, 1984
• Brother Timothy, Heaven Help Us (also known as Catholic Boys), TriStar, 1985
• Ludie Watts, The Trip to Bountiful, Island, 1985
• Thomas "Tom" Schorr, After Hours, Geffen, 1985
• Lab technician, Too Scared to Scream (also known as The Doorman), Movie Store, 1985
• Skipper, Violated (also known as Victimized), Cinematronics, 1986
• Paul Davenport, Big, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Michael "Mike" Carnes, Betrayed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
• Telephone man, The Telephone, New World, 1988
• Charlie Bloom, The Milagro Beanfield War, Universal, 1988
• Reverend, The Seventh Sign, TriStar, 1988
• John Pierce, Beaches (also known as Forever Friends), BuenaVista, 1988
• Colonel Glen Whitacre, The Package, Orion, 1989
• Peter McCallister, Home Alone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
• Dr. Kaufman, Awakenings, Columbia, 1990
• Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer, Rambling Rose, Seven Arts, 1991
• Dean, The End of Innocence, Skouras Pictures, 1991
• Jack Saunders, Deceived, Buena Vista, 1991
• Thomas Harriman, Mindwalk, Triton Pictures, 1991
• Daugherty, Radio Flyer, Columbia, 1992
• John Riley, Gladiator, Columbia, 1992
• Peter McCallister, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (also known as Home Alone II), Fine Line Features, 1992
• Lewis Scott, Waterland, Fine Line Features, 1992
• Frankie, Me and Veronica, Arrow Releasing, 1992
• Professor Riger, In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993
• Gavin Verheek, The Pelican Brief, Warner Bros., 1993
• Wendell Bye, Before and After, Buena Vista, 1996
• Vice President Ted Matthews, My Fellow Americans, Warner Bros., 1996
• Dave Childress, 187 (also known as One Eight Seven), WarnerBros., 1997
• Cy Walker, Executive Power, Naegle-Derrick Productions, 1997
• George Babbington, Men, Sullivan Releasing, 1997
• Gilbert Powell, Snake Eyes, Paramount, 1998
• Father, Desert Blue, Samuel Goldwyn, 1998
• Doctor, Freak Weather, 1999
• Gregor, Fish Out of Water (also known as The Witness), Lions Gate Films, Inc., 1999
• John Little, Jazz Night, 1999
• James Decker, The Animal Factory, New City Releasing, 2000
• Marcello, The Photographer, HBO Films, 2000
• Dean Brable, O (also known as The One), Lions Gate Films, 2000
• Tony Smith, Pollock, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000
• Juvno, Aboveground, 2000
• Dying on the Edge, 2001
• John Burroughs, The Boys of Sunset Ridge, PorchLight Entertainment, 2001
• Jerome Carver, The Secret Pact (also known as The Pact andLa pacte secret), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 2001
• Raymond Burke, Researching Raymond Burke (short), 2002
• Prison warden, Tracks, 2002
• Owen, Fair Play (short), 2002
• Scova, Under the City, 2004
• Henry Richards,Mind the Gap, Sky Island Films, 2004
• Warren Vandergeld, White Chicks, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
• The Producer/Bobby, My Tiny Universe, 2004
• Officer Lou Bratley, The Chumscrubber, Newmarket Films, 2005
• Himself, Return to Bountiful (documentary short), MCM Video, 2005
• Professor Roseman, The Deal, Front Street Productions, 2005
• Tilman, Edison, Nu Image Films, 2005
• Minister Sorrensen, Sweet Land, 2005
• Father, American Gothic, 2005
• Dr. Robert Hooker, Dead Lenny, 2006
• Carl Lee, Steel City, 2006
• Gordon's dad, Gamers, 2006
• Little Hercules in 3-D, 2006
• The Guardian, Buena Vista, 2006
• Film Work
• Associate producer, Steel City, 2006
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Roy Foltrigg, John Grisham's "The Client" (also known as The Client), CBS, 1995
• Detective Vin Makazian, The Sopranos, HBO, 1999, 2004
• Dennis Morgenthal, Jack and Bobby, The WB, 2004-2005
• Miniseries
• Reverend Arthur Dimsdale, The Scarlet Letter, PBS, 1979
• Abe North, Tender Is the Night, Showtime, 1985
• David Manning, Out on a Limb, ABC, 1987
• David Curtis "Steve" Stevenson, Cross of Fire, NBC, 1989
• Detective Larry Mason, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (also known asPerfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenet and the City of Boulder), CBS,2000
• Jack Lyons, The Pilot's Wife (also known as La femme du pilot), CBS, 2002
• Movies
• Mr. Harvie, Valley Forge, 1975
• Clifford Odets, Will There Really Be a Morning?, CBS, 1983
• Dan Foster, Legs, ABC, 1983
• Charlie, Necessity, CBS, 1988
• Blown Away, 1990
• Michael Johnson, Virtuoso, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
• Dan Lawn, Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (also known as Disaster at Valdez), 1992
• Greg Warner, There Was a Little Boy, CBS, 1993
• Andrew, Spoils of War (also known as In Spite of Love), ABC, 1994
• Ted Forman, Because Mommy Works, NBC, 1994
• Dr. Brittain, Silent Cradle, Lifetime, 1997
• Jerome Carver, The Pact, Cinemax, 1999
• Bill Davidson, The Wednesday Woman, CBS, 2000
• Richard Woods, The Big Heist, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Roone Arledge, Monday Night Mayhem, TNT, 2002
• Dr. Steven Brandt, Word of Honor, TNT, 2003
• Dr. Peter Axelrod, Locusts, CBS, 2005
• Specials
• Voice, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (also known as Dear America), 1987
• The Making of "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York", Fox, 1992
• Host and narrator, "Hunt for the Giant Bluefin," World of Audubon Specials, TBS, 1994
• Motresor ("The Cask of Amontillado"), "Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul," American Masters, PBS, 1995
• John Little, Jazz Night, Lifetime, 1999
• Intimate Portrait: Margot Kidder, Lifetime, 1999
• Episodic
• Max McArdle, "A Weekend to Remember," Kate and Allie, CBS, 1984
• Businessman, "Breakdown," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985
• Billy, "Ring Around the Redhead," Tales from the Darkside, 1985
• Laurence Thurmond, "One Way Ticket," Miami Vice, 1986
• Ron Parrish, "In the Money," The Equalizer, CBS, 1987
• Mitch Burke, "Doubles," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
• Paul Stein, "Dark Matters," The Outer Limits (also known as TheNew Outer Limits), Showtime, 1995
• Walter Grobman, "DNR," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
• Detective Vin Makazian, "Nobody Knows Anything," The Sopranos, HBO, 1999
• Larry Wiegert, "The Pardoner's Tale," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001
• Allen, "Secrets and Lies," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2002
• Peter Sipes/Gregory Rossovitch, "Disappearing Acts," Law & Order:Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2002
• Paul "Webster" Ballinger, "Songs in the Night," Hack, CBS, 2002
• Kenwall "Duke" Duquesne, "Double Cap," CSI: Miami, CBS, 2003
• Kenwall "Duke" Duquesne, "The Best Defense," CSI: Miami, CBS, 2003
• Kenwall "Duke" Duquesne, "Under the Influence," CSI: Miami, CBS, 2004
• Kenwall "Duke" Duquesne, "Recoil," CSI: Miami, CBS, 2005
• Governor Frank Tancredi, "Riots, Drills and the Devil," Prison Break, Fox, 2005
• Peter Houseman, "Soft Target," Numb3rs, CBS, 2005
• Commander Barry Garner, "The Captain's Hand," Battlestar Galactica, Sci-Fi Channel and Sky One, 2006
• Stage Appearances
• Lord Cumulus and David Carson, Warp, Chicago, then Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1973
• Ron, The Wager, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1974
• Dane, Fishing, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New YorkCity, 1975
• Guildenstern, priest, and understudy Hamlet and Ghost, Hamlet, Delcacorte Theatre, New York City, 1975-76
• Micah, G.R. Point, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Adolf, The Creditors (double-bill with The Stronger), New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, 1977
• Cassio, Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre,New York City, 1979
• Paul, Split, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Title role, "The Vagabond," and Savely, "The Witch," in The Chekhov Sketchbook, Harold Clurman Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Henry Hirsch, Total Abandon, Perry Street Theatre, New York City,1982, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 1983
• Gentleman caller, The Glass Menagerie, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NewYork City, 1983-84
• Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1989
• Leroy, The Last Yankee, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1991, then Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 1993
• Made stage debut with the Organic Theatre; also appeared as Billy, Streamers, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; in Macbeth; The Promise.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• New York Times, June 3, 1977