Ed Begley Jr.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

302

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-09-16 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

  • אד בגלי הבן
  • اد بیگلی. جی‌آر

Ed Begley Jr.

Biography

Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmental activist. He has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). The role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Equally prolific in cinema, his film appearances include Blue Collar (1978), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), She-Devil (1989), Batman Forever (1995), and Pineapple Express (2008). He is a recurring cast member in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, including Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show titled Living with Ed (2007–2010).

He has been married to actress Rachelle Carson since August 23, 2000, and they have one child.

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Known For

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

Ghostbusters
5.3%

Ghostbusters

Jul 14, 2016

Better Call Saul
8.7%

Better Call Saul

Feb 8, 2015

Batman Forever
5.4%

Batman Forever

Jun 16, 1995

The Office
8.6%

The Office

Mar 24, 2005

Pineapple Express
6.6%

Pineapple Express

Aug 6, 2008

Modern Family
7.9%

Modern Family

Sep 23, 2009

Young Sheldon
8.1%

Young Sheldon

Sep 25, 2017

What's Your Number?
6.5%

What's Your Number?

Sep 30, 2011

Regular Show
8.6%

Regular Show

Sep 6, 2010

Scrubs
8.0%

Scrubs

Oct 2, 2001

Whatever Works
7.1%

Whatever Works

Jun 19, 2009

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Acting

Don't Tell Larry
Let's Have Kids!
2024
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story as Paul Higman
2024
To the Journey - Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager as Self
2024
Strange Darling as Frederick
2024
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
2023
Not Dead Yet as Bill
2022
Amsterdam as General Bill Meekins
2022
Queer as Folk as Winston
2021
Mr. Mayor as Chet Danville
2020
Dear Christmas as Randy Morgan
2020
Reboot Camp as John Lehman
2020
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? as Self
2019
Human Discoveries as Marsh (voice)
2019
Plus One as Chuck King
2019
Bless This Mess as Rudy
2019
Making Babies as Dr. Remis
2019
Bixler High Private Eye as Charlie DeWitt
2018
Imperfections as Barry
2018
The Cool Kids as Karl
2018
Big City Greens as Mr. Whistler (voice)
2018
Book Club as Tom
2017
And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017
Future Man as Gabe Futturman
2017
Lucky as Dr. Kneedler
2017
Young Sheldon as Grant Linkletter
2017
Amelia 2.0 as Paul Wesley
2017
CHiPS as Wasp Driver
2017
Girlfriend's Day as Rupert
2016
Party Girl as Philip
2016
Mascots as A.J. Blumquist
2016
Ghostbusters as Ed Mulgrave
2016
Vegan: Everyday Stories as Himself
2016
Bad Internet
2016
Chelsea as Self
2016
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words as Self
2016
Time Toys as Wiz
2016
Angie Tribeca as Bonnie
2015
Clint Howard Reboots Pippi Longstocking with Milla Jovovich and Fred Willard as Ed
2015
Grace and Frankie as Mark
2015
Your Family or Mine as Gil
2015
Better Call Saul as Clifford Main
2014
You're Not You as Uncle Roger
2014
Wish Wizard as Wish Wizard
2014
In Security as Officer Krupke
2014
Little Women Big Cars 2 as Principle Larry
2013
How to Succeed at Birth as Dr. Finch
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Justice Harry Blackmun
2013
Beverly Hills Pawn as Self
2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project as Self
2013
Betas as Murch
2012
Little Women Big Cars as Mr. Hughes
2012
Common Law as Dr. Van Waals
2011
What's Your Number? as Mr. Darling
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons! as Himself
2011
Happy Endings as Ed Begley Jr.
2011
Portlandia as Priest
2011
Portlandia as Dr Ravich
2011
Portlandia as Cafe Owner
2010
What is the Electric Car? as Himself
2010
$#*! My Dad Says as Terry
2010
Raising Hope as Ed Begley Jr.
2010
Regular Show as William (voice)
2010
Rizzoli & Isles as Dr. T. Pike
2010
Hot in Cleveland as Yogi
2010
The Penthouse as Nicholas
2009
Big Time Rush as Self
2009
Modern Family as Jerry
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe as Dr. Lee Steiglita
2009
The Jay Leno Show as Self
2009
Whatever Works as John
2009
Tripping Forward as James
2009
Party Down as Bruce Nesbitt
2009
Fatal Secrets as Reverend Vernon
2008
Childrens Hospital as Senator Throman
2008
The Suite Life on Deck as Mayor Ragnar / Ragnar I
2008
Gary Unmarried as Walter Krandall
2008
Easy to Assemble
2008
Fly Me to the Moon as Poopchev (voice)
2008
Pineapple Express as Robert
2008
Finding Amanda as Self
2008
Recount as David Boies
2008
Going To Whatstock?
2007
Hard Four as Governor Begley
2007
Back to the Grind
2007
One Long Night as Joel
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self (uncredited)
2007
Rules of Engagement as Reverend Todd
2007
Living With Ed as Self
2006
For Your Consideration as Sandy Lane
2006
Pittsburgh as Self
2006
Who Killed the Electric Car? as Self
2006
Relative Strangers as Mr. Manoire
2006
Hannah Montana as Woody
2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine as Pastor Ed
2006
The Elder Son as Leonard
2006
The Legend of William Tell as James
2005
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story as Frank Perdue
2005
Desolation Sound as Doug Shepard
2005
The Office as Erin's Biological Father
2005
Back By Midnight as Robert Wade
2004
Center of the Universe
2004
Boston Legal as Clifford Cabot
2004
Veronica Mars as Cyrus O'Dell
2004
Jack & Bobby
2004
Stateside as Father Concoff
2004
Hair High as Rev. Sidney Cheddar (voice)
2004
Raising Genius as Dr. Curly Weeks
2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Jesse James
2004
Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Jesse James
2004
Life on Liberty Street as Richard Spencer
2003
Arrested Development as Stan Sitwell
2003
Las Vegas
2003
A Mighty Wind as Lars Olfen
2003
Going Down as Oscar Earnest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003
Net Games as John Fielding
2003
War Stories as Ed O'Brian
2002
Auto Focus as Mel Rosen
2002
CSI: Miami as Scott O'Shay
2002
Monk as Dr. Malcolm Nash
2002
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) as Paul Weffler
2002
Bug as The Dept. of Health Inspector / 'The Hand'
2001
Diary of a Sex Addict as Dr. Aaron Spencer
2001
Scrubs as Dr. Bailey
2001
Six Feet Under as Hiram Gunderson
2001
Hounded as Ward Van Dusen
2001
Get Over It as Frank Landers
2001
Anthrax as Brent Krawford
2000
The Michael Richards Show as Imposter Vic
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Winocur / Dr. Winokur
2000
Gideon's Crossing as Haley's Father
2000
Best in Show as Hotel Manager
2000
Static Shock as Donald Todd (voice)
2000
The Beat
2000
Titus
2000
Pigs Next Door as Bradley
2000
Homicide: The Movie as Victor Ehrlich
1999
The West Wing as Seth Gillette
1999
Family Law as Attorney Ethan Beal
1999
Batman Beyond as Dr. Corso (voice)
1999
Providence as Chuck Chance
1998
Addams Family Reunion as Phillip Adams
1998
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery as Fitz-Gilbert Hamilton
1998
I'm Losing You as Zev
1997
Joey as Ambassador Ted Ross
1997
Alone as Gerald
1997
Ms. Bear as Greg Bradley
1997
Dharma & Greg as Self
1997
Meego
1997
Not in This Town as Henry Whitcomb
1997
Gun as The Director
1997
The Practice
1997
Hourglass as Det. Cecil Dish
1997
King of the Hill as Stephens Davies (voice)
1996
Santa with Muscles as Ebner Frost
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mr. Rothwell
1996
7th Heaven as Hank Hastings
1996
The Late Shift as Rod Perth
1996
Project: ALF as Dr. Warner
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun as Jeff
1995
The Drew Carey Show as Dr. Chris Vanderkamp
1995
Rave Review as Bert
1995
Batman Forever as Fred Stickley (uncredited)
1995
Star Trek: Voyager as Henry Starling
1995
Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time as Ned Kincaid
1994
The Crazysitter as Paul Van Arsdale
1994
The Pagemaster as Alan Tyler
1994
The Shaggy Dog as Ron Daniels
1994
Touched by an Angel as Chris Carpenter
1994
Incident at Deception Ridge as Jack Davis
1994
The Magic School Bus as (voice)
1994
Sensation as Earl Strauber
1994
Renaissance Man as Jack Markin
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Rupert
1994
World War II: When Lions Roared as Harry Hopkins
1994
Ellen as Ed Begley Jr.
1994
Winnetka Road as Glenn Barker
1994
Greedy as Carl
1994
Storybook as Pouch
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Partners as "Grave Squad" Lawyer
1993
Dave's World as Watterson
1993
Cooperstown as Dave Cormeer
1992
Mastergate as Steward Butler
1992
Running Mates as Chapman Snow
1992
Exclusive as Allen
1992
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992
Mickey's Audition as Assistant Director #1
1992
Cruise Control
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Germs (voice)
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Charlie Collins (voice)
1992
The Larry Sanders Show as Ed Begley Jr.
1992
Dark Horse as Jack Mills
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice)
1992
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion as Lt. Fred House
1991
The Story Lady as Otis
1991
Chance of a Lifetime as Darrel
1990
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Jerry Soloway
1990
Meet the Applegates as Richard P. Applegate
1990
Parenthood
1990
In the Best Interest of the Child as Howard Feldon
1990
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Stephen Bradley
1989
The Simpsons as Ed Begley Jr. (voice)
1989
She-Devil as Bob Patchett
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Judd Campbell (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")
1989
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills as Peter
1989
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places as Dr. Jack Brooker
1988
The Accidental Tourist as Charles Leary
1988
Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs as Alan
1988
Roseanne
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987
Roman Holiday as Leonard Lupo
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon as Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
1987
The Incredible Ida Early as Paul Sutton
1987
Rip Van Winkle as Brom Dutcher
1986
Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays as Self
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce as Self
1985
Transylvania 6-5000 as Gil Turner
1985
The Pound Puppies as Arnold (voice)
1985
Tall Tales & Legends as Ichabod Crane
1985
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Ichabod Crane
1984
Protocol as Hassler
1984
Streets of Fire as Ben Gunn
1984
This Is Spinal Tap as John 'Stumpy' Pepys
1984
Voyager from the Unknown as Wilbur Wright
1983
An Uncommon Love as Matt Randolph
1983
Get Crazy as Colin Beverly
1983
Still the Beaver as Whitey
1982
St. Elsewhere as Victor Ehrlich
1982
Voyagers!
1982
Not Just Another Affair as Warren Krantz
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Wilhelm Grimm
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Brom Dutcher
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman as Altitude Chamber Instructor
1982
Young Doctors in Love as The Flashback - Young Simon's Father
1982
Cat People as Joe Creigh
1982
Eating Raoul as Hippie
1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Jeb
1982
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang as Amos Tucker
1981
Private Lessons as Jack Travis
1981
Buddy Buddy as Lieutenant #1
1979
A Shining Season as John Haaland
1979
The Concorde... Airport '79 as Rescuer #1
1979
The In-Laws as Barry Lutz
1979
Hot Rod as Clay
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as George Princey
1979
Elvis as D.J. Fontana
1979
Hardcore as Soldier
1979
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill as Moss Tillis
1978
Goin' South as Mr. Haber
1978
Battlestar Galactica as Ensign Greenbean
1978
Battlestar Galactica as Flight Sergeant Greenbean
1978
Battlestar Galactica as Flight Sgt. Greenbean
1978
Blue Collar as Bobby Joe
1978
Record City as Pokey
1978
The One and Only as Arnold - The King
1978
Fantasy Island as Jamie
1977
Citizens Band as The Priest
1977
Dead of Night as Frank
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Kit Sawyer
1976
Quincy, M.E. as David Phillips
1976
Charlie's Angels as Kenny Daniels
1976
Stay Hungry as Lester
1976
Laverne & Shirley
1975
Wonder Woman as Harold Farnum
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Starsky & Hutch as Harv Schwab
1975
Baretta
1974
Cockfighter as Tom Peeples
1974
Happy Days
1973
Superdad as The Gang
1973
Roll Out
1973
Showdown as Pook
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973
Charley and the Angel as Derwood Moseby
1972
Family Flight as Driver
1972
M*A*S*H
1972
Maude as Young Man
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Druffle
1972
Evil Roy Slade as Husband Making Fun of Stool (uncredited)
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Howard Dubberly
1971
Columbo as Officer Stein
1971
Columbo as Irving Krutch
1970
The Immortal
1970
Nanny and the Professor
1970
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? as Bellhop
1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Student (uncredited)
1969
Room 222
1969
The Lottery as Jack Watson
1968
Adam-12 as Bud
1967
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1965
The F.B.I. as Youngblood
1963
Weltspiegel as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1960
Insight as Father John
1952
Today as Self
1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as Self

Camera

1970
Equinox as Camera Operator

Crew

2014
Inherent Vice as Thanks
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