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Ryan Cutrona

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Ryan Cutrona
Born (1949-07-29) July 29, 1949 (age 75)
OccupationActor
Years active1975–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.

Career

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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.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
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"

Video games

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Year Title Role
1995 The Dark Eye
2011 L.A. Noire Police Chief William Worrell
2012 Dishonored Samuel Beechworth

References

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  1. ^ "Ryan Cutrona Fan Casting". myCast - Fan Casting Your Favorite Stories. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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