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Jeffrey DeMunn

Highest Rated: 89% The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Lowest Rated: 4% 6 Souls (2010)

Birthday: Apr 25, 1947

Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, USA

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.

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Highest rated movies

89% 98% The Shawshank Redemption
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86% 86% Citizen X
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84% 76% Ragtime
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83% 75% Resurrection
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79% 94% The Green Mile
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78% 65% Burn After Reading
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75% 49% Blaze
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73% 65% The Mist Watchlist
71% 75% Barbarians at the Gate
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68% 59% The Blob Watchlist

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 35% The Amaranth Richard Kendrick (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 60% Halfway Walt (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. Unknown (Character) - 2016
47% 44% Another Happy Day Lee (Character) $9.1K 2011
4% 45% 6 Souls Dr. Harding (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 36% Cayman Went Rodgers Bowman (Character) - 2009
78% 65% Burn After Reading Cosmetic Surgeon (Character) $60.3M 2008
73% 65% The Mist Dan Miller (Character) $25.6M 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucky Ones Simon (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 70% Swimming Upstream Dr. Henry Berkson (Character) - 2001
42% 60% The Majestic Ernie Cole (Character) $27.8M 2001
50% 30% Noriega: God's Favorite Nuncio (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 29% Harvest Jake Yates (Character) - 1999
79% 94% The Green Mile Harry Terwilliger (Character) $136.8M 1999
No Score Yet 44% Black Cat Run Bill Grissom (Character) - 1998
66% 72% The X-Files Dr. Ben Bronschweig (Character) $83.9M 1998
18% 20% Turbulence Brooks (Character) $11.5M 1997
No Score Yet 66% A Christmas Memory Seabone (Character) - 1997
20% 72% RocketMan Paul Wick (Character) $15.4M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Sins SAC Bruce Di Palma (Character) - 1997
49% 59% Phenomenon Prof. John Ringold, Seismologist (Character) $104.6M 1996
No Score Yet 83% Hiroshima J. Robert Oppenheimer (Character) - 1995
86% 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 58% Ebbie Jake Marley (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Betrayal of Trust Dick Shelton (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 55% Eyes of an Angel Georgie (Character) - 1994
89% 98% The Shawshank Redemption District Attorney (Character) $27.3M 1994
71% 75% 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 65% The Haunted Jack Smurl (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 42% Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 Scott Cody (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 74% By Dawn's Early Light Harpoon (Character) - 1990
75% 49% Blaze Eldon Tuck (Character) $19.0M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Settle the Score Dr. Josh Longcrest (Character) - 1989
68% 59% The Blob Sheriff Herb Geller (Character) $7.8M 1988
36% 56% 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% 74% The Hitcher Captain Esteridge (Character) $2.1M 1986
20% 44% 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% 80% 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% 78% Frances Clifford Odets (Character) - 1982
84% 76% Ragtime Harry Houdini (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Keeping On George (Character) - 1981
83% 75% Resurrection Joe (Character) - 1980
57% 36% Christmas Evil Philip Stadling (Character) - 1980
63% 30% 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

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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