Jay Acovone
Born in 1955 just outside of New York City, Jay Acovone attended Mahopac High School, before attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1977. Notably, Acovone did not apply to the prestigious drama school until several years after his high school graduation, as he did not decide to become an actor until he was 19 years old. After AADA, he attended New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where he studied for eight months. His roles in the early 1980s were on rather unmemorable shows like "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," which has the odd honor of being the first show to be cancelled by the FOX television network, and the California cop drama "Hollywood Beat." His first major part came with the role of Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell on the hit 1987 series "Beauty and the Beast," which starred Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. Acovone has worked steadily as a character actor, and has appeared in a variety of productions from the sultry cop TV drama "Silk Stalkings," to the big-budget science fiction sequel "Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines," to the revamped horror entry "The Hills Have Eyes II." Showing a wide range of talents, Acovone has yet to garner awards, but has already managed over 100 appearances on television and film.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rattlesnakes | Jamie Jarret (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Gun | Ray Bruno (Character) | - | 2017 |
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A Stranger in Paradise | The Interrogator (Character) | - | 2013 |
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InAlienable | Gerhard (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Shadow People | Eerie Man (Character) | - | 2007 |
12% |
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The Hills Have Eyes 2 | Dr. Wilson (Character) | $20.8M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paved With Good Intentions | John Barrhauser (Character) | - | 2006 |
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Traci Townsend | Jesse (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sharkskin 6 | Molina (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Rancid | Capt. Peters (Character) | - | 2004 |
46% |
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The Amati Girls | Mr. Moltianni (Character) | $47.8K | 2001 |
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The Dukes of Hazzard -- Hazzard in Hollywood | B.B. Bascomb (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Murder She Wrote: A Story to Die For | Lt. Det. Bob Mankowski (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Line | Capt. Unander (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Lookin' Italian | Vinny Pallazzo (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods | Major Charles Kawalsky (Character) | - | 1997 |
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Crash Dive | Murphy (Character) | - | 1997 |
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Beneath the Bermuda Triangle | Schmidt (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Opposite Corners | Puggy (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crosscut | Frank (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo: Strange Bedfellows | Bruno Romano (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Born to Run | Richie (Character) | - | 1993 |
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Conflict of Interest | Det. Bob Falcone (Character) | - | 1993 |
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The Magician | David Katz (Character) | - | 1993 |
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Doctor Mordrid | Tony Gaudio (Character) | - | 1992 |
23% |
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Out for Justice | Bobby Arms (Character) | $36.8M | 1991 |
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Cold Steel | Cookie (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Women of Valor | Capt. Rader (Character) | - | 1986 |
49% |
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Cruising | Skip Lea (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
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89% | 76% | Lethal Weapon | Elliot (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 84% | NCIS | Frankie Dean (Guest Star) | 2013 |
67% | 62% | Vegas | Nicky Tomisano (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
92% | 88% | Leverage | Samuel Busey (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
84% | 85% | How I Met Your Mother | Vance (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
89% | 88% | Monk | Ray Galardi (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Paul Gionetti (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 2004 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Duffy Haskell (Guest Star) | 1997 2001 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Raymond DiSalvo (Guest Star) | 1995 2001 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Sliders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sentinel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Viper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Shoe Diaries | Goucho (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Bruno Romano (Guest Star) | 1995 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Fireman Charlie (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1995 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant Nick Acosta (Guest Star) | 1990 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commish | Nick Collette (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Growing Pains | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast | Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell (Character) | 1987-1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |