Jonathan Banks

This article is about the actor. For the boxer, see Johnathon Banks.

Jonathan Banks
Banks at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International.
Born	(1947-01-31) January 31, 1947 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouse(s)	Gennera Banks (1990-present) Marnie Fausch Banks (1968-1970; divorced)

Jonathan Ray Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor in film and television. His first notable film roles were in the films Airplane!, 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. Banks has received critical acclaim for the TV series Wiseguy and Breaking Bad.

Early life

Banks was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947. His mother worked for the CIA. Banks attended Indiana University Bloomington where he was a classmate of Kevin Kline. During that time, they participated together in a production of The Threepenny Opera.

Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there.

Career

In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Buckaroo Banzai. Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His most recent film to date is the 2013 film Identity Thief.

His biggest break on television came in 1987 with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981, he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Nuveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up.

Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Castle, Day Break, Dexter, Highlander: The Series, Hunter, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House, Walker Texas Ranger, ER, Cold Case, Shark, Modern Family, CSI:Miami, Lie to me,Two and a Half Men, and Vegas.

In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as "fixer" Mike Ehrmantraut. His character became a series regular for the third, fourth, and fifth seasons. For the fifth season, Banks received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Banks guest starred in Parks and Recreation as Ben Wyatt's father in the fifth season.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Macahans	Woodward	Television movie
1977	Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn	Michael	Television movie
1978	Coming Home	Marine at Party
1978	The Cheap Detective	Cabbie
1978	Who'll Stop the Rain	Marine
1979	The Rose	Television Promoter
1980	Airplane!	Gunderson
1980	Stir Crazy	Jack Graham
1981	The Gangster Chronicles	Dutch Schultz	Television movie
1981	Gangster Wars	Dutch Schultz
1982	Frances	Hitchhiker
1982	48 Hrs.	Algren
1983	The Invisible Woman	Darren	Television movie
1983	Murder Me, Murder You	Janos Saracen	Television movie
1984	Gremlins	Deputy Brent
1984	Nadia	Gheorge Comaneci	Television movie
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	Lizardo Hospital guard
1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Zack
1986	The Fifth Missile	Ray Olson	Television movie
1986	Assassin	Earl Dickman	Television movie
1986	Armed and Dangerous	Clyde Klepper
1987	Cold Steel	Iceman
1992	Freejack	Michelette
1992	There Goes the Neighborhood	Handsome Harry
1993	Blind Side	Aaron	Television movie
1993	Boiling Point	Max Waxman
1995	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Scotty
1996	Flipper	Dirk Moran
1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Satch
1999	Foolish	Numbers
1999	Trash	Judge Callum
2001	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Milos Drubnik
2001	Proximity	Price
2002	Dark Blue	James Barcomb
2006	Puff, Puff, Pass	Lance
2007	Reign Over Me	Stelter
2008	Proud American	Mr. Moretti
2012	Watercolor Postcards	Ledball
2013	Identity Thief	Paolo	Uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Barnaby Jones	Vince Gentry	Episode: "Dead Heat"
1977	Family	Attendant	Episode: "Taking Chances: Part I"
1977	Barnaby Jones	Car Salesman	Episode: "Duet for Dying"
1977	Carter Country	Bob Phillips	Episode: "The Fireside Burnside Budget Chat"
1979	Lou Grant	Clay Starkes	Episode: "Kidnap"
1979	The Waltons	Jeb Sanders	Episode: "The Wager"
1979	Lou Grant	Cyrus	Episode: "Sweep"
1980	Little House on the Prairie	Jed	Episode: "Darkness Is My Friend"
1981	Lou Grant	Intruder	Episode: "Rape"
1981	Sanford	Al	Episode: "Cal the Coward"
1981	Best of the West	Hombre	2 episodes
1982	Report to Murphy	Vinny	Episode: "Papillon"
1982	T.J. Hooker	Danny Scott	Episode: "The Witness"
1983	T.J. Hooker	Freddy Baker	Episode: "The Hostages"
1983	Hill Street Blues	Reggie	2 episodes
1984	Jessie	Ernie Ross	Episode: "Pilot"
1984	Cagney & Lacey	Keith Edsin	Episode: "Old Debts"
1985	Otherworld	Kommander Nuveen Kroll	8 episodes
1985	Hunter	Detective Gary Krewson	Episode: "The Big Fall"
1987	Falcon Crest	Kolinksi	8 episodes
1987	Designing Women	Eldon Ashcroft IV	Episode: "101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station"
1987-1990	Wiseguy	Frank McPike	74 episodes
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Shel-la	Episode: "Battle Lines"
1994	Highlander	Mako	Episode: "Under Colour of Authority"
1994	Matlock	Jack Starling	Episode: "The P.I."
1994	Walker, Texas Ranger	Shelby Valentine	Episode: "Deadly Reunion"
1994	Tales from the Crypt	William	Episode: "The Assassin"
1995	Due South	Garret	Episode: "Heaven and Earth"
1995	Women of the House	Jim Sugarbaker	2 episodes
1994-1995	SeaQuest 2032	Maximillian Scully	2 episodes
1996	Diagnosis: Murder	Max Jupe	Episode: "Murder by Friendly Fire"
1997-1998	Fired Up	Guy Mann	28 episodes
2000	Diagnosis: Murder	Bruce Locatelli	Episode: "Murder by Remote"
2000-2001	The Trouble With Normal	Dr. Lowell	2 episodes
2001	The District	Monya Pastov	Episode: "Fools Russian: Part I"
2003	Alias	Frederick Brandon	2 episodes
2003	Strong Medicine	Frank Hardwyck	Episode: "Skin"
2004	Joan of Arcadia	Sheriff Mike Rakowski	Episode: "Jump"
2004-2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Bobby Jensen	2 episodes
2005	E-Ring	Adm. Cooper	4 episodes
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Lyle Chase	Episode: "Friendly Neighborhood Ghost"
2006	Without a Trace	Sal Marcello	Episode: "Check Your Head"
2006-2007	Day Break	Shadow Man	7 episodes
2007	Dexter	FBI Deputy Director Max Adams	2 episodes
2008	ER	Robert Truman	Episode: "Atonement"
2008	Shark	Jason Normandy	2 episodes
2008	Life	Nathan Gray	Episode: "Crushed"
2008	Eli Stone	Agent Johnathan Maine	Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
2009	Lie to Me	Ex-FBI Agent Bitcher	Episode: "Sacrifice"
2009	Cold Case	John Clark	Episode: "Jackals"
2009	Castle	Bruce Kirby	Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
2009-2013	Breaking Bad	Mike Ehrmantraut	29 episodes
2011	Modern Family	Donnie Pritchett	Episode: "The Musical Man"
2011	CSI: Miami	Oscar Duarte	Episode: "Long Gone"
2012	Parks and Recreation	Steve Wyatt	Episode: "Ben's Parents"
2012	Vegas	Angelo LaFlatta	2 episodes
2013	Body of Proof	Glenn Fitz	Episode: "Daddy Issue"
2013	Axe Cop	Book Cop	Episode: "An American Story"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1989	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Wiseguy	Nominated
2012	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated
2013	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actor on Television	Breaking Bad	Won
2013	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated

External links

• Jonathan Banks at IMDb
• Jonathan Banks at AllMovie
• Jonathan Banks at Memory Alpha