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Ed Begley Jr.
Highest Rated: 100% Strange Darling (2023)
Lowest Rated: 9% Meet the Applegates (1990)
Birthday: Sep 16, 1949
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
While Ed Begley, Jr. is most widely recognized from his six-year run as Dr. Victor Ehrlich in beloved 80's TV drama "St. Elsewhere" (1982-1988), he has acted in over 200 films and television series in the past four decades. He is one of Hollywood's most prominent advocates of clean energy and environmental responsibility. In 2000, after a decade of low-key roles in short-lived television series and mainstream comedies, Begley Jr. appeared in Christopher Guest's improvisational hit "Best in Show," which breathed new life into his career. He has managed to keep quite busy ever since, playing sweetly zonked-out characters in hip comedies like "Arrested Development" (2005-2006) and "Veronica Mars"(2004-2007) while continuing to extol the virtues of a simple, ecologically sound existence. In 2007, he finally found a way to combine his careers as entertainer and advocate with "Living With Ed" (2007-), a popular reality series that starred Begley Jr, his wife, Rachelle Carson, their solar-powered house, and their frequently frazzled friends and neighbors. Amiable and always funny, Begley Jr. has deftly balanced his career and environmental concerns with such agility that the man and the cause have become one and the same.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | No Score Yet | Strange Darling | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Ghost Story | Charlie (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 94% | Reboot Camp | John Lehman (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 88% | 79% | Plus One | Chuck (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Bixler High Private Eye | Charlie DeWitt (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 25% | 51% | Making Babies | Dr. Remis (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 55% | 51% | Book Club | Tom (Character) | $68.5M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Amelia 2.0 | Paul Wesley (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 43% | 36% | Girlfriend's Day | Butler (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 97% | 81% | Lucky | Dr. Christian Kneedler (Character) | $955.7K | 2017 |
| 19% | 45% | CHIPS | Wasp Driver (Character) | $18.6M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Imperfections | Barry (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 48% | 36% | Mascots | A.J. Blumquist (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time Toys | Wiz (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 74% | 49% | Ghostbusters | Ed Mulgrave (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 38% | 69% | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Justice Harry Blackmun (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | The Arrested Development Documentary Project | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Women, Big Cars 2 | Principle Larry (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Fools on the Hill | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Adventures in Plymptoons! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Climate Refugees | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 44% | 47% | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | GreenPeace Worker (Voice) | - | 2010 |
| 52% | 74% | Cool It | Narrator | $62.7K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Tripping Forward | James (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | He's Such a Girl | Taylor's Father (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The Penthouse | Nicholas (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Balancing the Books | Rev. Vernon (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Georgia O'Keeffe | Dr. Lee Steiglita (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 50% | 61% | Whatever Works | John (Character) | $5.3M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | 21 and a Wakeup | Colonel Ritchie (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Next of Kin | Patrick (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 79% | 81% | Recount | David Boies (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 20% | 25% | Fly Me to the Moon | Poopchev (Voice) | - | 2008 |
| 68% | 73% | Pineapple Express | Robert (Character) | $87.3M | 2008 |
| 40% | 28% | Finding Amanda | Self | $56.4K | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Four | Governor Begley (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Long Night | Joel (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Elder Son | Leonard (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Pittsburgh | Self | - | 2006 |
| 89% | 84% | Who Killed the Electric Car? | Unknown (Character) | $1.7M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story | Frank Perdue (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Desolation Sound | Doug Shepard (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Raising Genius | Dr. Curly Weeks (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Life on Liberty Street | Richard Spencer (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 24% | 60% | Stateside | Father Concoff (Character) | $174.3K | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First Person | Detective Tom Burroughs (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | War Stories | Ed O'Brian (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Going Down | Oscar Earnest (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Net Games | John Fielding (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 71% | 61% | Auto Focus | Mel Rosen (Character) | $2.1M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 77% | Bug |
The Dept. of Health Inspector/ |
- | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Hounded | Ward Van Dusen (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Diary of a Sex Addict | Dr. Aaron Spencer (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 43% | 51% | Get Over It | Frank Landers (Character) | $11.6M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anthrax | Brent Krawford (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 93% | 88% | Best in Show | Mark Schaefer, Hotel Manager (Character) | $18.6M | 2000 |
| 86% | 74% | Homicide: The Movie | Dr. Victor Ehrlich (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 40% | 27% | I'm Losing You | Zev (Character) | $12.7K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Addams Family Reunion | Phillip Adams (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery | Fitz-Gilbert Hamilton (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Alone | Gerald (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ms. Bear | Greg Bradley (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Joey | Ambassador Ted Ross (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not in This Town | Henry Whitcomb (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Student Affair | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lay of the Land | Harvey Dankworth (Character) | $4.1K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Hourglass | Det. Cecil Dish (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | The Late Shift | Rod Perth (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Santa With Muscles | Ebner Frost (Character) | $219.3K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Project: ALF | Dr. Warner (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 41% | 32% | Batman Forever | Fred Stickley (uncredited) (Character) | $182.5M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | The Crazysitter | Paul Van Arsdale (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Incident at Deception Ridge | Jack Davis (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Sensation | Earl Strauber (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 19% | 49% | The Pagemaster | Alan Tyler (Character) | $12.0M | 1994 |
| 32% | 48% | Greedy | Carl (Character) | $12.4M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | World War II: When Lions Roared | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo: Undercover | Irving Krutch (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rave Review | Bert (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shaggy Dog | Ron Daniels (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 17% | 28% | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Rupert (Character) | $1.7M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cooperstown | Dave Cormeer (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners | "Grave Squad" Lawyer (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Dark Horse | Jack Mills (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Running Mates | Chapman Snow (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exclusive | Allen (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion | Lt. Fred House (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mastergate | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | The Story Lady | Otis (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chance of a Lifetime | Darrel (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 9% | 48% | Meet the Applegates | Richard P. Applegate (Character) | $274.8K | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Best Interest of the Child | Howard Feldon (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Applegates | Richard P. Applegate (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Stephen Bradley (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Jerry Soloway (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 48% | 48% | She-Devil | Bob (Character) | $12.8M | 1989 |
| 78% | 61% | Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Peter (Character) | $1.9M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs | Alan (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 82% | 60% | The Accidental Tourist | Charles Leary (Character) | $30.3M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places | Dr. Jack Brooker (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 65% | 58% | Amazon Women on the Moon | Griffin (Character) | $388.2K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebration Family | Jake Foreman (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roman Holiday | Leonard Lupo (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 18% | 41% | Transylvania 6-5000 | Gil Turner (Character) | $7.2M | 1985 |
| 69% | 70% | Streets of Fire | Ben Gunn (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 33% | 38% | Protocol | Hassler (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 96% | 92% | This Is Spinal Tap | John "Stumpy" Pepys (Character) | $188.8K | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Get Crazy | Colin Beverly (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 64% | 45% | Cat People | Joe Creigh (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 86% | 71% | Eating Raoul | Hippie (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 65% | 43% | Buddy Buddy | Lieutenant 1 (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 90% | 83% | The In-Laws | Barry Lutz (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 60% | 65% | Elvis | D J Fontana (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 35% | 61% | Battlestar Galactica | Flight Sgt. Greenbean (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 25% | 13% | The Concorde: Airport '79 | Rescuer 1 (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 55% | 57% | The One and Only | Arnold (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 69% | 49% | Goin' South | Whitey Haber (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 96% | 88% | Blue Collar | Bobby Joe (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Dead of Night | Frank (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Record City | Pokey (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 100% | 69% | Citizens Band | The Priest (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 67% | 40% | Stay Hungry | Lester (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Superdad | The Gang (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 86% | 82% | Cockfighter | Tom Peeples (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Showdown | Pook (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Charley and the Angel | Derwood Moseby (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Flight | Driver (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Kitchen With Harry Hamlin | Guest | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Young Sheldon | Dr. Linkletter (Guest Star) | 2019-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Mr. Mayor | Chet Danville (Guest Star) | 2021-2022 |
| 82% | 77% | Bless This Mess | Rudy (Character) | 2019-2020 |
| 85% | 90% | Modern Family | Jerry (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2016 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2019 |
| 65% | 79% | The Cool Kids | Karl (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| 63% | 89% | Me, Myself & I |
Older Justin (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2017-2018 |
| 75% | 85% | Arrested Development | Stan Sitwell (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 2013 2018 |
| 94% | 80% | Portlandia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 2014-2015 2018 |
| 91% | 83% | Future Man | Gabe Futturman (Character) | 2017 |
| 97% | 80% | Lady Dynamite | Joel Bamford (Character) | 2017 |
| 92% | 90% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Winocur (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 90% | 87% | Grace and Frankie | Mark (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 96% | 74% | Angie Tribeca | Bonnie (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bold And The Beautiful, The Beginning | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 98% | 96% | Better Call Saul | Clifford Main (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Your Family or Mine | Gil Durin (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jazzy Vegetarian | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Regular Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 85% | 85% | Betas | George Murchison (Character) | 2013-2014 |
| 81% | 93% | Family Tree | Al Chadwick (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Rules of Engagement | Reverend Todd (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 81% | 89% | The Office | Erin's Biological Father (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Yogi (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Rizzoli and Isles | Dr. T. Pike (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 |
| 96% | 90% | Raising Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 76% | 84% | Happy Endings | Himself (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 2011 |
| 47% | No Score Yet | CHAOS | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents | Double-Chief O'Shambley (Character) | 2011 |
| 18% | 67% | Off the Map | Hank (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 0% | 50% | $..! My Dad Says | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 9% | No Score Yet | Outlaw | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Garage Mahal | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2010 |
| 89% | 77% | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Living With Ed | Self | 2007 2009-2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Phil | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | The Suite Life on Deck | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | The Wanda Sykes Show | Guest | 2009 |
| 89% | 89% | Monk | Dr. Malcolm Nash (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
| 24% | 40% | Gary Unmarried | Dr. Walter Krandall (Character) | 2008-2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Free Radio | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 94% | 92% | Party Down | Bruce Nesbitt (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | HImself (Guest Voice) | 1999 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Hannah Montana | Woody (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Stephens Davies (Guest Voice) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Back to the Grind | Self | 2007 |
| 91% | 78% | Veronica Mars | Cyrus O'Dell (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Moons Over Milford | Walt Deekins (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Las Vegas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Hiram Gunderson (Guest Star) | 2001 2005 |
| 88% | No Score Yet | Jack & Bobby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004-2005 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Director | 2003 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingdom Hospital | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7th Heaven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wednesday at 9:30 (8:30 Central) | Paul Weffler (Character) | 2002 |
| 83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dr. Bailey (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Seth Gillette (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | The Michael Richards Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Rugrats |
Bob/ |
1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellen | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 100% | 66% | The Larry Sanders Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meego | Dr. Edward Parker (Character) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 76% | 78% | Star Trek: Voyager | Henry Starling (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Afterschool Special | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dave's World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | 3rd Rock From the Sun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Columbo | Officer Stein (Guest Star) | 1978 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The New Adventures of Captain Planet | Preston (Guest Voice) | 1993 |
| 82% | 97% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
| 76% | 76% | Roseanne | Mr. Alexander (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Parenthood | Gil Buckman (Character) | 1990-1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Stephen Bradley (Character) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Victor Ehrlich (Character) | 1982-1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | George Princey (Character) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Pvt. Paul Conway (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| 100% | 79% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Hank (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roll Out! | Lt. Robert W. Chapman (Character) | 1973-1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969-1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maude | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Attendant (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| 92% | No Score Yet | The Beat | Unknown (Guest Star) |