William Devane

🎂 Data nașterii: 1939-09-05 (Albany, New York, USA)

William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1937) is an American film, television and theater actor, known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing and as James Heller on the Fox serial drama 24, the role he reprised in Live Another Day. He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Family Plot), Marathon Man, Rolling Thunder and Space Cowboys. Devane began his acting career with the New York Shakespeare Festival where he performed in 15 plays. In 1966, Devane portrayed Robert F. Kennedy in the Off-Broadway spoof MacBird. He gained acclaim for his role as President John F. Kennedy in a television docudrama about the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Missiles of October, and again when he played blacklisted radio personality John Henry Faulk in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie Fear on Trial. He is widely known for his ten years as the ambitious and hardnosed politician-turned-corporate titan Greg Sumner on Knots Landing. In 1994, Devane appeared as Al Capone in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in an episode entitled "That Old Gang of Mine". He also had a recurring role on the CBS show Early Edition as the lead character's father. Devane appeared in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Lady Liberty; Family Plot; Marathon Man; Rolling Thunder; Yanks; Testament; Timestalkers; Forgotten Sins; Exception to the Rule; Payback; Hollow Man and Space Cowboys. Devane has played members of the Presidential Cabinet on two evening dramas. In 2004, on The West Wing, he guest-starred as the Secretary of State and potential Vice-Presidential nominee. Devane appeared in several scenes with Martin Sheen; they also appeared together as President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, respectively, 30 years earlier in The Missiles of October. In 2005, he joined the cast of 24 as Secretary of Defense James Heller for seasons 4, 5 and 6.

Filme în care a jucat

William Devane

Filme în care a jucat

The Badge

După faptă și răsplată

Marathon Man

Văcari spațiali

Rolling Thunder

Yankeii

Complotul de familie

A Christmas Visitor

Poarta stelară: Continuum

McCabe și domnișoara Miller

Report to the Commissioner

Monte Walsh

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

Poor White Trash

Night Watch

Murder C.O.D.

Vital Signs

The Least Among You

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

Timestalkers

Freefall: Flight 174

The Missiles of October

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

Leprechaun's Revenge

Întunericul

Chips, the War Dog

For the Love of Nancy

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Flag of My Father

Obsessed

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

Red Alert

The Dealership

50 to 1

Bad Turn Worse

La mortadella

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

The Bait

Lady in Waiting

Cursă spațială

Fear on Trial

Testament

Interstellar: Călătorind prin univers

Forgotten Sins

Doomsday Rock

Victim of Beauty

The Other Victim

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

The Man Who Used to Be Me

Exception to the Rule

Hadley's Rebellion

Deceit

The Fall

Omul invizibil

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

Cavalerul negru: Legenda renaște

Good Morning, Killer

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

In the Country

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

Threat of Exposure

Ancient Secrets of the Bible

The Preppie Murder

Plotting 'Family Plot'

My Old Man's Place

Misiunea lui Jesse Stone

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

The Absolute Truth

Crime Club

Adevăr

The President's Child

Honky Tonk Freeway

Virus

The 300-Year Weekend

The River Why

Rubdown

Jane Doe