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Gregg Henry
Henry in 1976
Born (1952-05-06) May 6, 1952 (age 72)
Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, musician
Years active1976–present
SpouseLisa 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.

Biography

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]

Personal life

Henry is married to American theatre director Lisa James.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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"
1987–1988 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

Video games

Year Title Role
1999 Star Trek: Hidden Evil Gal'na
2012 Lollipop Chainsaw Gideon Starling

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gregg Henry Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Gregg Henry". BuddyTV.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Rollins, Peter C. (2003). Hollywood's Indian: the portrayal of the Native American in film. University Press of Kentucky. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-8131-9077-8. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Shakespeare in the Park's Gregg Henry on Playing a Very Trumpian Julius Caesar". Backstage. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Henry, Gregg [@GreggHenry88] (September 4, 2013). "That's a wrap for me on #gotg..." (Tweet). Retrieved July 12, 2014 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ King, Jack (May 3, 2023). "The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 post-credits, explained". GQ. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
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