Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Bernsen made it look so easy to play the bad guy, especially with his career-defining role of divorce lawyer Arnie Becker on the 1980s legal drama behemoth, "L.A. Law" (NBC, 1986-1994). With his steely exterior and unrivaled intensity, the actor made a career out of portraying charming yet unsavory characters. But the talented Bernsen was not all 'bad boy' business - he navigated between genres seamlessly, appearing in countless made-for-TV dramas like the biopic "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story" (NBC, 1991) and thrillers like "Shattered" (1991), but also delivered the laughs as a prima donna baseball player in the feature comedy "Major League" (1989). He gave a chilling performance as an insane dentist exacting revenge in the cult horror film "The Dentist" (1996) and was pitch-perfect as a stern ex-cop on the dramedy series "Psych" (USA Network, 2006-14). But it was Bernsen's memorable turn as the sleazy, womanizing Becker on the hit drama "L.A. Law" that catapulted him to fame and punctuated his long career as a truly talented and multi-layered actor.
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Corbin Bernsen
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beldham | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
85% |
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Herd | Robert Miller (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas at Keestone | Clint Baker (Character) | - | 2023 |
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Repeater | Edgar Mann (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Psych 3: This Is Gus | Henry Spencer (Character) | - | 2022 |
69% |
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The Hating Game | Bexley (Character) | - | 2021 |
17% |
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Roe v. Wade | Justice Harry Blackmun (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weekend Warriors |
Chief Baumgardner (Character), Producer |
- | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Past Shadows | Lewis Samuels (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Taking the Reins | Preston (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland | Gran'Poppy (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bennett Song Holiday | Aiden Neville (Character) | - | 2020 |
85% |
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Psych 2: Lassie Come Home | Henry Spencer (Character) | - | 2020 |
40% |
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A Deadly Legend | Matthias Leary (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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First Lady | King Max (Character) | $85.2K | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary for Mayor |
Pat (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Project Reunion | Grandpa George (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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When We Last Spoke | Walt (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Good Things | Pop-pop (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cadia: The World Within | George (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Sunrise in Heaven | Jim (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Swell | Harold (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Faith, Hope & Love | Brian Fuller (Character) | $210.0K | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunting Evil | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surviving Theater 9 | Tom (Character) | - | 2018 |
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The Russian Bride | Karl Frederick (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life With Dog |
Joe Bigler (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Alone We Fight | Colonel Bradley Armstrong (Character) | - | 2018 |
20% |
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Reach | Charles (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eco-Teens Save the World! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Daddy Is in Heaven | Vernon (Character) | - | 2017 |
100% |
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Psych: The Movie | Henry Spencer (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Larceny | Price (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Distortion | Dr. Eli Sutton (Character) | - | 2017 |
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Dead Man Rising | Buck (Character) | - | 2016 |
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Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance | Pops (Character) | - | 2016 |
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Prayer Never Fails | Joseph T. Harrington (Character) | - | 2016 |
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Love's Complicated | Dublin Sr. (Character) | - | 2016 |
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In-Lawfully Yours |
Father Grayson (Character), Producer |
- | 2016 |
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God's Club | Max Graves (Character) | - | 2015 |
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On the Wing | Senator Jeremy Ryburn (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Had to Be You | Nolan Powell (Character) | - | 2015 |
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The Last Straw | Mr. G. (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Heart of the Matter | Tyler Mason (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Came From Connemara! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Christian Mingle: The Movie |
Matt (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$19.8K | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Born to Race: Fast Track | Liam Sterling (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Heavens |
Gus Henry (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Gordon Family Tree | Ron Goodson (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Lizzie | Dr. Fredricks (Character) | - | 2012 |
18% |
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Lay the Favorite | Jerry (Character) | $21.0K | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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3 Day Test |
Tom (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Stolen Child | George (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ascension | Carl (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calendar Girl | District Attorney (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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25 Hill |
Roy Gibbs (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2011 |
41% |
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The Big Year | Gil Gordon (Character) | $7.2M | 2011 |
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Suing the Devil | Barry Polk (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Across the Line | FBI Director Hill (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Rust |
James Moore (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Closets | Grant Erickson (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapped | Edward Roth Hutton (Character) | - | 2009 |
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Dead Air | Director | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Donna on Demand |
Ben Corbin (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2009 |
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Confessions of a Go-Go Girl | Nick Harvey (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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House of Fallen | Rowland (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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For the Love of Grace | Captain Washington (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Vipers | Burton (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Pirate Camp | Hookbeard (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Sex & Consequences | John Wayne (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paid | William Montague (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Ordinary Miracles | David Woodbury (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Raging Sharks | Capt. Riley (Character) | - | 2005 |
86% |
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang | Harlan Dexter (Character) | $4.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Carpool Guy |
Michael (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Naked Ape | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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They Are Among Us | Norbert (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Steve (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare Boulevard | Jerry Martin (Character) | - | 2004 |
75% | No Score Yet | Death and Texas | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain | Fog Benson (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Love Comes Softly | Ben Graham (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commission | Rep. Gerald R. Ford (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Gentle Ben | Fog Benson (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Atomic Twister | Sheriff C.B. Bishop (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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The Santa Trap | Chief Spivak (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law: The Movie | Arnie Becker (Character) | - | 2002 |
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Raptor | Dr. Hyde (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | David Carver (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Judgment | Mitch Kendrick (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Fangs | Carl Hart (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Tomorrow Man | Larry (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Killer Instinct | Jennings Wilhite (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Rangers | Senator (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Borderline Normal | Benjiman Walling (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Two of Hearts | Bruce Saunders (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Final Payback | Mayor Richardson (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House | Secret Service Agent John Gray (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An American Affair | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
0% |
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The Dentist II |
Dr. Lawrence Caine/ |
- | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riddler's Moon | George (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Recipe for Revenge | Dr. Chester Winnifield (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Hearts Unlimited | Brian (Character) | - | 1998 |
22% |
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Major League: Back to the Minors | Roger Dorn (Character) | $3.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Misadventures of Margaret | Art Turner (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spacejacked | Barnes (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss of a Stranger | Mason (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Tidal Wave: No Escape | John Wahl (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Kounterfeit | Marty Hopkins (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cold Heart of a Killer | Alex Jensen (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Full Circle | Harrison Winslow (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Menno's Mind | Felix Medina (Character) | - | 1996 |
0% |
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The Dentist | Dr. Alan Feinstone (Character) | - | 1996 |
42% |
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The Great White Hype | Peter Prince (Character) | $7.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloodhounds II | Harrison Coyle (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circulo Cerrado | Harrison Winslow (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Baja | John Stone (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inhumanoid | Foster Carver (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloodhounds | Harrison Coyle (Character) | - | 1996 |
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Dangerous Intentions | Tom Williamson (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound | Frank Cole (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aurora: Operation Intercept | Flight Engineer Murphy (Character) | - | 1995 |
58% |
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Tales From the Hood | Duke Metger (Character) | $10.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cover Me | Andre Solloway (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead |
Neil Jones/ |
- | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Temptress | Nick (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Someone to Die For | Jack Davis (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murderous Intent | Brice (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Brilliant Disguise | Dr. Martin (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Final Mission | General Morgan Breslaw (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Are My Children? | Tom Scott (Character) | - | 1994 |
67% |
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The New Age | Kevin Bulasky (Character) | $203.6K | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Savage Land | Quint (Character) | - | 1994 |
33% |
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Radioland Murders | Dexter Morris (Character) | $1.2M | 1994 |
5% |
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Major League II | Roger Dorn (Character) | $29.4M | 1994 |
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The Soft Kill | Lewis (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Voices From Within | Mark Reichard (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trigger Fast | Brent Mallick (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Know My Son Is Alive | Dr. Mark Elshant (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Ring of the Musketeers | Harry (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghost Brigade | Col. Nehemiah Strayn (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fatal Inheritance | Woodward Dawes (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Suspicion | Stan (Character) | - | 1993 |
0% |
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Frozen Assets | Zach Shepard (Character) | $124.0K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grass Roots | Will Lee (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Can Be Murder | Nick Peyton (Character) | - | 1992 |
36% |
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Shattered | Jeb Scott (Character) | $11.1M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Morris Dees (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead on the Money | Carter Matthews (Character) | - | 1991 |
40% |
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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Jim Shirley (Character) | $40.5K | 1989 |
83% |
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Major League | Roger Dorn (Character) | $49.8M | 1989 |
50% |
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Disorganized Crime | Frank Salazar (Character) | $7.4M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breaking Point | Pike (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fairy King of Ar | Rob Preston (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mace | Webster (Character) | - | 1987 |
10% |
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Hello Again | Jason Chadman (Character) | $20.3M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Aim | Webster (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law | Arnie Becker (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doubletake | Tennis Pro (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Eat My Dust! | Roy Puire (Character) | - | 1976 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 75% | The Resident | Kyle Nevin (Guest Star) | 2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Magnum P.I. | Icepick (Guest Star) | 2018-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2018 2020 |
68% | 68% | Tommy | Milt Leakey (Guest Star) | 2020 |
94% | 79% | Fresh Off the Boat | Mervin (Guest Star) | 2019 |
94% | 88% | Hap and Leonard | Chief Cantuck (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle of the Network Stars | Guest | 2017 |
61% | 72% | Powerless | Vanderveer Wayne Sr. (Guest Star) | 2017 |
90% | 87% | Grace and Frankie | Dr. Paul Mason (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 64% | NCIS: New Orleans | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
23% | 55% | Anger Management | Roger (Guest Star) | 2014 |
81% | 83% | The League | Bruce (Guest Star) | 2014 |
61% | 78% | Scorpion | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Motive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Henry Spencer (Character) | 2006-2014 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young and the Restless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 2013 |
59% | 88% | The Glades | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Switched at Birth | James Wilkerson (Guest Star) | 2012 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
89% | 77% | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Family Feud | Contestant | 2008 |
63% | 80% | Masters of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cuts | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Attorney Eli Granger (Guest Star) | 2006 |
27% | No Score Yet | Twins | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | General Hospital | Unknown (Character) | 2004-2005 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Bob Cavanaugh (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 2002 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mole |
Self, Contestant |
2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
27% | No Score Yet | Presidio Med | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Citizen Baines | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Henry Shallick (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yes, Dear | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Virgil Nygard (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twice in a Lifetime |
Roger Stovall/ |
1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7th Heaven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cape | Unknown (Character) | 1996-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Whole New Ballgame | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Iron Chef |
Roger Stovall/ |
1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law | Arnie Becker (Character) | 1986-1994 |
89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Himself (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear John | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1990 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Q2 (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anything but Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
31% | No Score Yet | Battery Park | Unknown (Guest Star) |