Jeffrey DeMunn
Versatile performer Jeffrey DeMunn was among a select group of stage, screen and television talents who defined the term "character actor." For over three decades, he moved effortlessly between roles as varied as Harry Houdini in "Ragtime" (1981) and playwright Clifford Odets in "Frances" (1982) to a fiendish serial killer in "Citizen X" (HBO, 1995) and a zombie hunter on "The Walking Dead" (AMC, 2010- ). His extensive theatrical background, which included a Tony-nominated turn in "K2" (1983), brought a strength of presence and oratory to his screen turns, making him a favorite for complex figures of authority like doctors, lawyers, professors and fathers of all moral stripes. He was a particular favorite of writer-director Frank Darabont, who cast him in nearly all of his films, as well as audience members who appreciated his apparently limitless skills, even if his name escaped them.
Photos
Jeffrey DeMunn
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Score Yet |
|
The Amaranth | Richard Kendrick (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
|
Halfway | Walt (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
47% |
|
Another Happy Day | Lee (Character) | $9.1K | 2011 |
4% |
|
6 Souls | Dr. Harding (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
|
Cayman Went | Rodgers Bowman (Character) | - | 2009 |
78% |
|
Burn After Reading | Cosmetic Surgeon (Character) | $60.3M | 2008 |
73% |
|
The Mist | Dan Miller (Character) | $25.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucky Ones | Simon (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
|
Swimming Upstream | Dr. Henry Berkson (Character) | - | 2001 |
42% |
|
The Majestic | Ernie Cole (Character) | $27.8M | 2001 |
50% |
|
Noriega: God's Favorite | Nuncio (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
|
Harvest | Jake Yates (Character) | - | 1999 |
79% |
|
The Green Mile | Harry Terwilliger (Character) | $136.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
|
Black Cat Run | Bill Grissom (Character) | - | 1998 |
66% |
|
The X-Files | Dr. Ben Bronschweig (Character) | $83.9M | 1998 |
18% |
|
Turbulence | Brooks (Character) | $11.5M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
|
A Christmas Memory | Seabone (Character) | - | 1997 |
20% |
|
RocketMan | Paul Wick (Character) | $15.4M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Sins | SAC Bruce Di Palma (Character) | - | 1997 |
49% |
|
Phenomenon | Prof. John Ringold, Seismologist (Character) | $104.6M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
|
Hiroshima | J. Robert Oppenheimer (Character) | - | 1995 |
86% |
|
Citizen X | Andrei Chikatilo (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story | Mel Korn (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
|
Ebbie | Jake Marley (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Betrayal of Trust | Dick Shelton (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
|
Eyes of an Angel | Georgie (Character) | - | 1994 |
89% |
|
The Shawshank Redemption | District Attorney (Character) | $27.3M | 1994 |
71% |
|
Barbarians at the Gate | H. John Greeniaus (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted | Frank Moore (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treacherous Crossing | Dr. Johnston (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Haunted | Jack Smurl (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
|
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 | Scott Cody (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
|
By Dawn's Early Light | Harpoon (Character) | - | 1990 |
75% |
|
Blaze | Eldon Tuck (Character) | $19.0M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Settle the Score | Dr. Josh Longcrest (Character) | - | 1989 |
68% |
|
The Blob | Sheriff Herb Geller (Character) | $7.8M | 1988 |
36% |
|
Betrayed | Flynn (Character) | $24.6M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Harry Houdini | Adult Harry Houdini (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Is Julia? | Dr. David Matthews (Character) | - | 1986 |
64% |
|
The Hitcher | Captain Esteridge (Character) | $2.1M | 1986 |
20% |
|
Warning Sign | Dr. Dan Fairchild (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Time to Live | Larry Weisman (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doubletake | Andrew Lane (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When She Says No | Brian Garvey (Character) | - | 1984 |
14% |
|
Windy City | Bobby (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Ricardo (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sessions | Dr. Walter Hemmings (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Married Wyatt Earp | Doc Holliday (Character) | - | 1983 |
67% |
|
Frances | Clifford Odets (Character) | - | 1982 |
84% |
|
Ragtime | Harry Houdini (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeping On | George (Character) | - | 1981 |
83% |
|
Resurrection | Joe (Character) | - | 1980 |
57% |
|
Christmas Evil | Philip Stadling (Character) | - | 1980 |
63% |
|
The First Deadly Sin | Sergeant Fernandez Correlli (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Word of Honor | District Attorney Burke (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King Crab | Sam Campana (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanctuary of Fear | Whitney Fowler (Character) | - | 1979 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
79% | 78% | The Walking Dead | Dale (Character) | 2010-2012 2024 |
87% | 67% | Billions | Chuck Roades, Sr. (Character) | 2020-2023 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Earl King (Guest Star) | 2015 |
66% | 80% | Mob City | Hal Morrison (Character) | 2013 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Chief Justice Virgil Ryvlan (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Chicago Fire | Peter (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God in America | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 1999 2001 2003-2004 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cashmere Mafia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire Falls | Horace (Character) | 2005 |
20% | No Score Yet | Hack | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Treatment Center Doctor (Guest Star) | 2002 |
50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
67% | No Score Yet | D.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
83% | 85% | Stephen King's Storm of the Century | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Dr. Adam Pike (Character) | 1998 |
60% | No Score Yet | Cracker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear John | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Jerry Goff (Guest Star) | 1985 |