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Christian Clemenson

Highest Rated: 98% Broadcast News (1987)

Lowest Rated: 5% Almost Heroes (1998)

Birthday: Mar 17, 1958

Birthplace: Humboldt, Iowa, USA

A consummate actor with a gift for playing intelligent, occasionally reserved men in positions of authority, Christian Clemenson was an Emmy-winning performer whose work in features like "United 93" (2006) and television series like "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08) made him among the busiest character actors in the 1990s and 2000s. He earned his training at Harvard and Yale before heading West to try his hand at screen acting; a lengthy career in supporting roles preceded his breakthrough with "Boston Legal," on which his turn as the psychologically troubled lawyer Jerry "Hands" Esperson earned him critical acclaim and an Emmy Award in 2006. Further accolades from his performance on the series signaled that Clemenson was on the cusp of making the leap from solid supporting to leading man, promising that the best was yet to come.

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Highest rated movies

98% 79% Broadcast News Watchlist
96% 87% Apollo 13
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90% 83% United 93
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81% 62% No Man of God Watchlist 77% 52% Malignant Watchlist
67% 51% Hero
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65% 51% Bad Influence
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41% 32% Legal Eagles
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13% 28% Lost & Found
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5% 64% Almost Heroes
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
77% 52% Malignant Dr. Victor Fields (Character) $13.4M 2021
81% 62% No Man of God Dobson (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 28% Not Safe for Work Alan Z. Emmerich (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ashley's Ashes Father Tim (Character) - 2010
90% 83% United 93 Thomas E. Burnett Jr. (Character) $31.5M 2006
13% 28% Lost & Found Ray (Character) $6.5M 1999
5% 64% Almost Heroes Father Girard (Character) $6.1M 1998
96% 87% Apollo 13 Dr. Chuck (Character) $173.8M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Socrates Poole (Character) - 1993
67% 51% Hero Conklin (Character) $18.2M 1992
65% 51% Bad Influence Pismo Boll (Character) $11.3M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daddy's Boys Otis (Character) - 1988
98% 79% Broadcast News Bobby (Character) $49.2M 1987
41% 32% Legal Eagles Clerk (Character) $47.2M 1986

TV

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No Score Yet 68% The Good Doctor Dr. Silas Chambers (Guest Star) 2021
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ADA Forreston Graham (Guest Star) 2019
86% 77% 9-1-1 Franklin (Guest Star) 2019
81% 92% TURN: Washington's Spies Martin DeYoung (Guest Star) 2014-2017
92% 79% Colony Dan Bennett (Guest Star) 2017
84% 90% American Crime Story Bill Hodgman (Character) 2016
84% 85% Masters of Sex Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
57% 78% Californication Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 63% Mike & Molly Mr. O'Donnell (Guest Star) 2013
82% 82% Shameless Christopher Collier (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2009-2012
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Dr. Roy Carmen (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Perry Sterling (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 85% ER Dr. Kurtag (Guest Star) 2009
86% 90% Boston Legal Jerry Espenson (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2005-2008
92% 80% Veronica Mars Abel Koontz (Guest Star) 2004-2005
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Method & Red Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
83% 95% NYPD Blue Timothy Bosham (Guest Star) 2003
81% 95% The West Wing Evan Woodkirk (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The District Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
8% No Score Yet Ladies Man Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
62% No Score Yet Bette Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
85% 92% Buffy the Vampire Slayer Balthazar (Guest Star) 1999
19% No Score Yet Vengeance Unlimited Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Jared (Guest Star) 1997
91% 71% Murder One Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cybill Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
86% 88% Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
92% 100% The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Socrates Poole (Character) 1993-1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Civil Wars Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Designing Women Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 89% Family Ties Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 86% Beauty and the Beast Jonathan Gould (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mary Tim Flowers (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Salesman (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Unknown (Guest Star) 1985