Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

164

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-03-07

Deathday

2017-07-21 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

John Heard

Biography

John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).

Known For

7.4%

Home Alone

Nov 16, 1990

6.8%

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Nov 15, 1992

8.1%

Prison Break

Aug 29, 2005

6.9%

White Chicks

Jun 23, 2004

7.9%

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sep 20, 1999

7.2%

Big

Jun 3, 1988

8.7%

The Sopranos

Jan 10, 1999

7.9%

Modern Family

Sep 23, 2009

7.8%

Awakenings

Dec 4, 1990

8.1%

Person of Interest

Sep 22, 2011

7.6%

Elementary

Sep 27, 2012

6.6%

The Pelican Brief

Sep 17, 1993

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20 Questions

2019		The Movies That Made Us as Self (figure)
2019		Imprisoned

2018		The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as George (archive footage)
2018		Living Among Us as Andrew
2018		Buoyancy as Frank
2018		The Tale as William P. Allens

2017		Last Rampage as Blackwell
2017		Pray for Rain as Markus Gardner
2017		Searching for Fortune as Michael Denton Sr.
2017		APB as Joe

2016		MacGyver as Arthur Ericson
2016		Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? as Sheriff Parsons
2016		So B. It as Thurman
2016		After the Reality as Bob
2016		Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as JP Monroe

2015		Counting for Thunder as Garrett Stalworth
2015		The Murder Pact as John LaSalle
2015		Boiling Pot as Tim Davis

2014		The Nurse as Frank
2014		Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Lawyer
2014		Animals as Albert
2014		Witches Blood as Himself
2014		Sister
2014		Boys of Abu Ghraib as Sam Farmer
2014		Warren as Jack Cavanee

2013		The Insomniac as Paul Epstein
2013		Adam Devine's House Party as Dregory
2013		Torn as Detective Kalkowitz
2013		Runner Runner as Harry Furst
2013		Snake & Mongoose as Wally Parks
2013		Sharknado as George
2013		Assault on Wall Street as Jeremy Stancroft
2013		Would You Rather as Conway
2013		Whisper Me a Lullaby

2012		Elementary as Henry Watson
2012		Perception as Congressman Evan Rickford
2012		A Perfect Ending as Mason Westridge
2012		Stealing Roses as Walter
2012		The Legends of Nethiah as Nethiah's Father

2011		Too Big to Fail as Joe Gregory
2011		Person of Interest as Roger McCourt

2010		The Truth as Jonathan Davenport
2010		Gravity as B.C.
2010		Formosa Betrayed as Tom Braxton

2009		Little Hercules as Coach Nimms
2009		Modern Family as Gunther Thorpe
2009		NCIS: Los Angeles as Michael Thomas
2009		Southland

2008		P.J. as Dr. Alan Shearson
2008		Generation Gap as Principal Winters
2008		The Lucky Ones as Bob
2008		Justice League: The New Frontier as Ace Morgan (voice)

2007		The Great Debaters as Sheriff Dozier
2007		Battlestar Galactica: Razor as Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007		Cavemen
2007		Dead Lenny as Dr. Robert Hooker
2007		Brothers Three: An American Gothic as Father

2006		The Guardian as Capt. Frank Larson
2006		Steel City as Carl Lee
2006		Gamers as Gordon's Dad

2005		Sweet Land as Minister Sorrensen
2005		Tracks as Prison Warden
2005		Prison Break as Frank Tancredi
2005		Edison as Tilman
2005		The Deal as Professor Roseman
2005		The Chumscrubber as Officer Lou Bratley
2005		Locusts as Peter Axelrod
2005		Numb3rs as Peter Houseman

2004		My Tiny Universe as Bobby
2004		Battlestar Galactica as Commander Barry Garner
2004		Jack & Bobby
2004		White Chicks as Warren Vandergeld
2004		Mind the Gap as Henry Richards

2003

Word of Honor as Dr. Steven Brandt

2002		Hack as Paul 'Webster' Ballinger
2002		CSI: Miami as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne
2002		The Pilot's Wife as Jack Lyons
2002		Monday Night Mayhem as Roone Arledge

2001		Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Larry Wiegert
2001		O as Dean Brable
2001		Dying on the Edge as John Fuller
2001		The Big Heist as Richard Woods
2001		The Boys of Sunset Ridge as John Burroughs

2000		Animal Factory as James Decker
2000		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Roger Ridley
2000		Pollock as Tony Smith
2000		The Wednesday Woman as Bill Davidson
2000		The Photographer as Marcello
2000		Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Larry Mason
2000		Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Larry Mason
2000		The Witness as Gregor

1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Sipes
1999		Desert Blue as Prof. Lance Davidson
1999		Freak Weather as David
1999		The Sopranos as Vin Makazian
1999		The Pact as Jerome Carver

1998

Snake Eyes as Gilbert Powell

1997		Men as George
1997		Executive Power as Walker
1997		One Eight Seven as Dave Childress
1997		Silent Cradle as Dr. Britain

1996		My Fellow Americans as Vice President Ted Matthews
1996		Before and After as Wendell Bye

1995		The Client as Roy Foltrigg
1995		The Outer Limits as Paul Stein

1994		Because Mommy Works as Ted Forman
1994		Touched by an Angel as Allen Lowry
1994		Spoils of War as Andrew

1993		Me and Veronica as Frankie
1993		The Pelican Brief as Gavin Vereek
1993		In the Line of Fire as Professor Riger
1993		There Was a Little Boy as Gregg

1992		Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Peter
1992		Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Dan Lawn - State of Alaska
1992		Waterland as Lewis Scott
1992		Gladiator as John Riley
1992		Radio Flyer as Daugherty

1991		Mindwalk as Thomas Harriman
1991		Deceived as Jack
1991		Rambling Rose as Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer

1990		The End of Innocence as Dean
1990		Awakenings as Dr. Kaufman
1990		Home Alone as Peter
1990		Law & Order as Mitch Burke
1990		Law & Order as Walter Grobman

1989		Cross of Fire as David 'D.C.' Stephenson
1989		Virtuoso as Michael Johnson
1989		The Package as Col. Glen Whitacre

1988		Beaches as John Pierce
1988		Betrayed as Michael Carnes
1988		Big as Paul
1988		Necessity as Charlie
1988		The Seventh Sign as Reverend
1988		The Milagro Beanfield War as Charlie Bloom
1988		The Telephone as Telephone Man

1987		Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Johnny Boy (voice)
1987		Out on a Limb as David Manning

1985		The Trip to Bountiful as Ludie Watts
1985		The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bill Callahan
1985		Tender Is the Night as Abe North
1985		The Equalizer as Ron Parrish
1985		After Hours as Tom the Bartender
1985		Heaven Help Us as Brother Timothy

1984		Best Revenge as Charlie
1984		Tales from the Darkside as Billy Malone
1984		Too Scared to Scream as Sid
1984		Miami Vice
1984		C.H.U.D. as George Cooper
1984		Kate & Allie
1984		Violated as Skipper

1983		Legs as Dan Foster
1983		Will There Really Be a Morning? as Clifford Odets

1982

Cat People as Oliver Yates

1981

Cutter's Way as Alex Cutter

1980

Heart Beat as Jack Kerouac

1979		Chilly Scenes of Winter as Charles
1979		The Scarlet Letter as Arthur Dimmesdale

1978		On the Yard as Juleson
1978		Rush It as Byron

1977		First Love as David Bonner
1977		Between the Lines as Harry

1975

Valley Forge

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Harvie

Crew

2017

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming as In Memory Of