James Rebhorn
Highest Rated: 93% Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Lowest Rated: 5% The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Birthday: Sep 1, 1948
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Character actor James Rebhorn essayed countless flinty professionals in a wide variety of projects, from dramas like "Silkwood" (1983) and "Scent of a Woman" (1992) to broad comedies like "My Cousin Vinny" (1992) and "Baby Mama" (2008) over the course of a three-decade career in films and on television. The Pennsylvania native began acting on the New York stage before graduating to TV and features in the late 1970s; by the middle of the 1980s, he had established his screen persona and worked tirelessly for the next three decades. Like many character actors, Rebhorn was frequently cast in similar roles - what the New York Times called "men in suits" - but in doing so, established himself as a consummate professional in some of the most popular and memorable projects of the 1990s and 2000s, including the final episode of "Seinfeld" (NBC 1989-1998) and hit shows like "Law & Order" (NBC 1990-2008) and "Homeland" (Showtime 2011- ). Rebhorn was busy with numerous recurring projects when he died on March 21, 2014 after a long battle with skin cancer. His self-penned obit, published after his death, displayed the gentler, deeply human nature of the actor - qualities that, while not always an element of his screen roles, made him a well-regarded and prolific figure in the industry for many years.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 67% | Before I Sleep | Priest (Character) | - | 2013 |
84% | 71% | Sleepwalk With Me | Frank (Character) | $2.2M | 2012 |
36% | 67% | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Franklin's Father (Character) | $51.9M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 45% | The Perfect Wedding | Richard (Character) | - | 2012 |
60% | 73% | Real Steel | Marvin Barnes (Character) | $85.5M | 2011 |
38% | 23% | Don McKay | Dr. Lance Pryce (Character) | - | 2009 |
43% | 24% | The Box | Norm Cahill (Character) | $15.0M | 2009 |
17% | 41% | An American Affair | Lucian Carver (Character) | - | 2009 |
58% | 37% | The International | New York D.A. (Character) | $25.5M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Bernard and Doris | Waldo Taft (Character) | - | 2008 |
63% | 55% | Baby Mama | Judge (Character) | $60.3M | 2008 |
16% | 32% | Spinning Into Butter | Winston Garvey (Character) | $5.5K | 2007 |
27% | 24% | Anamorph | Chief Lewellyn Brainard (Character) | $5.9K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Candles on Bay Street | Farmer Frieden (Character) | - | 2006 |
61% | 47% | How to Eat Fried Worms | Principal Burdock (Character) | $13.0M | 2006 |
62% | 32% | The Last Shot | Abe White (Character) | $463.7K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Reversible Errors | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Trade | John Torman (Character) | - | 2003 |
70% | 77% | Cold Mountain | Doctor (Character) | $95.6M | 2003 |
30% | 46% | Head of State | Senator Bill Arnot (Character) | $37.8M | 2003 |
87% | 79% | Far From Heaven | Dr. Bowman (Character) | $15.9M | 2002 |
5% | 20% | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Belcher (Character) | $4.4M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vacuums | Dirk Bentley (Character) | - | 2002 |
59% | 74% | Scotland, Pa. | Norm Duncan (Character) | $384.1K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Amy and Isabelle | Avery Clark (Character) | - | 2001 |
85% | 79% | Meet the Parents | Larry Banks (Character) | $166.2M | 2000 |
42% | 21% | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | President Signoff (Voice) | $26.0M | 2000 |
39% | 67% | Snow Falling on Cedars | Alvin Hooks (Character) | $14.4M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All of It | Bill Holbeck (Character) | - | 1999 |
85% | 80% | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Herbert Greenleaf (Character) | $81.3M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 52% | A Bright Shining Lie | Ambassador (Character) | - | 1998 |
77% | 84% | The Game | Jim Feingold (Character) | $48.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 5% | Mistrial | Mayor Taylor (Character) | - | 1996 |
32% | 66% | Up Close & Personal | John Merino (Character) | $51.1M | 1996 |
47% | 64% | My Fellow Americans | Charlie Reynolds (Character) | $22.3M | 1996 |
68% | 75% | Independence Day | Secretary of Defense Albert Nimzicki (Character) | $306.2M | 1996 |
18% | 52% | If Lucy Fell | Simon Ackerman (Character) | $2.2M | 1996 |
22% | 33% | I Love Trouble | Mando (Character) | $30.8M | 1994 |
31% | 94% | 8 Seconds | Clyde Frost (Character) | $19.6M | 1994 |
57% | 47% | Guarding Tess | Howard Schaeffer (Character) | $26.2M | 1994 |
9% | 34% | Blank Check | Fred Waters (Character) | $30.6M | 1994 |
84% | 91% | Carlito's Way | Dist. Atty. Norwalk (Character) | $36.5M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Skylark | William Wheaton (Character) | - | 1993 |
93% | 80% | Lorenzo's Oil | Ellard Muscatine (Character) | $6.9M | 1992 |
85% | 92% | Scent of a Woman | Mr. Trask (Character) | $62.1M | 1992 |
44% | 41% | White Sands | FBI Agent Flynn (Character) | $8.2M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Dead and Alive | Timothy Lanigan (Character) | - | 1991 |
80% | 71% | Sarah, Plain and Tall | William Wheaton (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Heart of Midnight | Richard (Character) | $71.1K | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Deadly Business | Corbett (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rockabye | Arthur Reardon (Character) | - | 1986 |
69% | 53% | Cat's Eye | Drunk Businessman (Character) | - | 1985 |
76% | 79% | Silkwood | Los Alamos Doctor (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sessions | Harry (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy | Peter Maroulis (Character) | - | 1981 |
30% | 32% | He Knows You're Alone | Prof. Carl Mason (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
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85% | 86% | Homeland | Frank Mathison (Guest Star) | 2011-2013 |
96% | 92% | White Collar |
Reese Hughes (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2009-2013 |
88% | 88% | Enlightened | Charles Szidon (Guest Star) | 2013 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Wilkes Ingersol (Guest Star) | 2013 |
33% | No Score Yet | Made in Jersey | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coma | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Dr. Kaplan (Guest Star) | 2010 |
94% | 75% | Royal Pains | Will (Guest Star) | 2009 |
86% | 94% | Boston Legal | Wade Mathis (Guest Star) | 2008 |
58% | No Score Yet | Canterbury's Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 1995 1997 1999 2001-2002 2008 |
74% | No Score Yet | The Knights of Prosperity | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
54% | No Score Yet | The Book of Daniel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reversible Errors | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
20% | No Score Yet | Hack | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
100% | No Score Yet | Now and Again | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 83% | From the Earth to the Moon | Harrison Storms (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiseguy | Agent White (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Gant (Guest Star) | 1986 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Allie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985-1986 |
No Score Yet | 71% | North and South | Major Anderson (Guest Star) | 1985 |