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John Heard

John Heard

Highest Rated: 100% The Trip to Bountiful (1985)

Lowest Rated: 0% The End of Innocence (1990)

Birthday: Mar 7, 1945

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA

An Obie-winning theater star of the 1970s, John Heard made the leap to motion pictures during that decade with leading roles in such overlooked cult favorites as "Between the Lines" (1977), "Chilly Scenes of Winter" (1979) and "Cutter's Way" (1981) before transitioning to character roles in Hollywood, most notably as Macaulay Culkin's dad in "Home Alone" (1990). Heard excelled as men in turmoil, whether romantic, moral or criminal, and brought gravity and complexity to even minor roles in films like "Awakenings" (1992) and "In the Line of Fire" (1993). Recurring roles on television provided him the time to flesh out his roles, including an Emmy-nominated turn as a crooked cop on "The Sopranos" (HBO, 1999-2007). His versatility made him one of the business's most recognizable and dependable actors, and his death on July 21, 2017 at the age of 72 brought a much-lauded career to a close.

Highest rated movies

100% Rambling Rose
100% The Trip to Bountiful
99% The Tale 98% Big 96% In the Line of Fire
94% Between the Lines
92% Cutter's Way
90% Torn

Photos

HEAVEN HELP US, John Heard, 1985. ©TriStar Pictures CUTTER'S WAY, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichhorn, John Heard, 1981, ©United Artists END OF INNOCENCE, Dyan Cannon, John Heard, 1990 HEART BEAT, John Heard (as Jack Kerouac), Nick Nolte (as Neal Cassady), 1980. ©Warner Bros HEART BEAT, (aka GENERACION PERDIDA), from left: John Heard as Jack Kerouac, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte as Neal Cassady, 1980, © Orion HEART BEAT, (aka GENERACION PERDIDA), from left: John Heard as Jack Kerouac, Nick Nolte as Neal Cassady, 1980, © Orion HEART BEAT, (aka GENERACION PERDIDA), Ann Dusenberry, Nick Nolte as Neal Cassady (at window), John Heard as Jack Kerouac, 1980, © Orion HEART BEAT, (aka GENERACION PERDIDA), from left: John Heard as Jack Kerouac, Nick Nolte (as Neal Cassady, 1980, © Orion AFTER HOURS, John Heard, Griffin Dunne, 1985 Modern Family, from left: John Heard, Rob Riggle, Ty Burrell, Ed O'Neill, Ryder Bucaro, Nolan Gould, 'The Feud', Season 5, Ep. #15, 02/26/2014, ©ABC IS THAT A GUN IN YOUR POCKET?, John Heard (gun), David Denman (right), 2016. © The Vault C.H.U.D. John Heard, 1984 Mistresses, John Heard, 'Coming Clean', Season 2, Ep. #9, 08/04/2014, ©ABC Modern Family, John Heard (L), Rob Riggle (R), 'The Feud', Season 5, Ep. #15, 02/26/2014, ©ABC Modern Family, from left: John Heard, Rob Riggle, Ty Burrell, Ed O'Neill, 'The Feud', Season 5, Ep. #15, 02/26/2014, ©ABC Modern Family, from left: John Heard, Rob Riggle, Ty Burrell, Ed O'Neill, 'The Feud', Season 5, Ep. #15, 02/26/2014, ©ABC Modern Family, from left: Rob Riggle, John Heard, Ty Burrell, Ed O'Neill, 'The Feud', Season 5, Ep. #15, 02/26/2014, ©ABC Modern Family, Ty Burrell (L), Ed O'Neill (C), John Heard (R), 'The Feud', Season 5, Ep. #15, 02/26/2014, ©ABC CHUMSCRUBBER, John Heard, 2005,©Newmarket Releasing CUTTER'S WAY, John Heard, 1981. ©United Artists
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
99% 81% The Tale Bill - Older (Character) - 2018
14% 68% Living Among Us Andrew (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Searching for Fortune Denton Sr. (Character) - 2017
64% 48% Last Rampage Blackwell (Character) - 2017
45% 91% So B. It Thurman Hil (Character) $46.0K 2016
No Score Yet 50% After the Reality Bob (Character) - 2016
0% 92% Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Sheriff Parsons (Character) $39.4K 2016
83% 78% Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero JP Monroe (Character) $201.6K 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Counting for Thunder Garrett Stalworth (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 23% Tell-Tale Lies John LaSalle (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nurse Frank (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 33% Warren Jack Cavanee (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 86% Boiling Pot Tim Davis (Character) - 2014
86% 75% Animals Albert (Character) $14.5K 2014
30% 61% Boys of Abu Ghraib Sam Farmer (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 43% The Insomniac Paul Epstein (Character) - 2013
80% 71% Snake and Mongoose Wally Parks (Character) $129.3K 2013
90% 72% Torn Detective Kalkowitz (Character) - 2013
7% 33% Runner Runner Harry Furst (Character) $19.3M 2013
77% 34% Sharknado George (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stealing Roses Walter (Character) - 2012
25% 42% Assault on Wall Street Jeremy Stancroft (Character) - 2012
61% 37% Would You Rather Conway (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 43% The Legends of Nethiah Nethiah's Father (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 49% A Perfect Ending Mason Westridge (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whisper Me a Lullaby Poppy (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 13% The Truth Jonathan Davenport (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 9% Little Hercules Coach Nimms (Character) - 2009
33% 55% Formosa Betrayed Tom Braxton (Character) $124.6K 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet P.J. Dr. Alan Shearson (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 41% Generation Gap Principal Winters (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 24% Brothers Three: An American Gothic Father (Character) - 2007
80% 86% The Great Debaters Sheriff Dozier (Character) $30.2M 2007
No Score Yet 41% Gamers Unknown (Character) - 2006
83% 53% Steel City Carl Lee (Character) $10.2K 2006
No Score Yet 11% Dead Lenny Dr. Robert Hooker (Character) - 2006
37% 80% The Guardian Capt. Frank Larson (Character) $55.0M 2006
No Score Yet 43% Tracks Prison Warden (Character) - 2005
85% 83% Sweet Land Rev. Sorrensen (Character) $1.7M 2005
11% 36% Edison Tilman (Character) - 2005
21% 18% The Deal Professor Roseman (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 47% Locusts Dr. Peter Axelrod (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 43% My Tiny Universe Bobby (Character) - 2004
56% 89% Mind the Gap Henry Richards (Character) $9.5K 2004
15% 55% White Chicks Warren Vandergeld (Character) $69.1M 2004
No Score Yet 50% Word of Honor Dr. Steven Brandt (Character) - 2003
67% 73% Monday Night Mayhem Roone Arledge (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 42% The Pilot's Wife Jack Lyons (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fair Play Owen (Character) - 2002
65% 58% O Dean Brable (Character) $16.4M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dangerous Attraction John Fuller (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 50% The Boys of Sunset Ridge John Burroughs (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Heist Richard Woods (Character) - 2001
83% 59% Animal Factory James Decker (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 57% The Photographer Marcello (Character) - 2000
79% 74% Pollock Tony Smith (Character) $8.6M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wednesday Woman Bill Davidson (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dying on the Edge John Fuller (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pact Jerome Carver (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Witness Unknown (Character) - 1999
50% No Score Yet Freak Weather David (Character) - 1999
43% 35% Snake Eyes Gilbert Powell (Character) $55.6M 1998
37% 47% Desert Blue Professor Lance Davidson (Character) $99.1K 1998
30% 67% One Eight Seven Dave Childress (Character) $5.7M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Executive Power Cyrus Walker (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Cradle Dr. Brittain (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 22% Men George Babbington (Character) $3.1K 1997
32% 35% Before and After Wendell Bye (Character) $8.8M 1996
47% 64% My Fellow Americans Vice President Ted Matthews (Character) $22.3M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spoils of War Andrew (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Because Mommy Works Ted Forman (Character) - 1994
55% 61% The Pelican Brief Gavin Vereek (Character) $100.7M 1993
96% 79% In the Line of Fire Professor Riger (Character) $102.2M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet There Was a Little Boy Gregg (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Me and Veronica Frankie (Character) $2.0K 1993
53% 62% Waterland Lewis Scott (Character) $1.1M 1992
35% 72% Radio Flyer Daugherty (Character) $4.0M 1992
31% 69% Gladiator John Riley (Character) $8.1M 1992
35% 62% Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Peter McCallister (Character) $172.7M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Dan Lawn (Character) - 1992
38% 47% Deceived Jack Saunders (Character) $28.7M 1991
100% 54% Rambling Rose Willcox Hillyer (Character) $6.3M 1991
78% 88% Mindwalk Jack Edwards (Character) $7.6K 1991
82% 89% Awakenings Dr. Kaufman (Character) $49.4M 1990
66% 80% Home Alone Peter McCallister (Character) $281.5M 1990
0% 40% The End of Innocence Dean (Character) $16.5K 1990
No Score Yet 69% Cross of Fire David "D.C" Stephenson (Character) - 1989
68% 44% The Package Col. Glen Whitacre (Character) $9.3M 1989
No Score Yet 44% The Telephone Telephone Man (Character) $54.8K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Necessity Charlie (Character) - 1988
61% 74% The Milagro Beanfield War Charlie Bloom, Activist Lawyer & Publisher of La Vos Del Norte (Character) $12.7M 1988
42% 88% Beaches John Pierce (Character) $56.4M 1988
36% 56% Betrayed Michael Carnes (Character) $24.6M 1988
98% 82% Big Paul (Character) $113.5M 1988
15% 49% The Seventh Sign Reverend (Character) $16.5M 1988
No Score Yet 75% Out on a Limb David Manning (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 21% Too Scared to Scream Sid (Character) - 1985
29% 75% Heaven Help Us Brother Timothy (Character) - 1985
100% 86% The Trip to Bountiful Ludie Watts (Character) $6.0M 1985
90% 87% After Hours Thomas "Tom" Schorr (Character) $10.9M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doorman Sid (Character) - 1985
29% 33% C.H.U.D. George Cooper (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Will There Really Be a Morning? Clifford Odets (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Legs Dan (Character) - 1983
65% 45% Cat People Oliver Yates (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Best Revenge Charlie (Character) - 1982
92% 70% Cutter's Way Alex Cutter (Character) - 1981
20% 40% Heart Beat Jack Kerouac (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 67% On the Yard Juleson (Character) - 1979
90% 92% Head Over Heels Charles (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 57% First Love David (Character) - 1977
94% 52% Between the Lines Harry Lucas (Character) - 1977

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Unknown (Character) 2019
35% 76% APB Joe (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
95% 89% Elementary Henry Watson (Guest Star) 2016
50% 67% The Lizzie Borden Chronicles William Almy (Character) 2015
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 62% Mistresses Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
92% 78% Person of Interest Congressman Roger McCourt (Guest Star) 2014
85% 90% Modern Family Gunther Thorpe (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
100% 84% The Chicago Code Mayor McGuinness (Guest Star) 2011
65% 82% Entourage Richard Wimmer (Guest Star) 2007 2010
90% 98% Southland Ben Sherman Sr. (Guest Star) 2009
61% No Score Yet The Beast Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
61% 77% Prison Break Governor Frank Tancredi (Guest Star) 2005-2006
95% 94% Battlestar Galactica Cmdr. Barry Garner (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2003-2005
92% 96% The Sopranos Det. Vin Makazian (Guest Star) 1999 2004
20% No Score Yet Hack Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
78% 82% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Peter Sipes/Gregory Rossovitch (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 71% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 1994 1999
25% No Score Yet The Client Roy Foltrigg (Character) 1995-1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Paul Stein (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Ron Parrish (Guest Star) 1987
71% 85% Miami Vice Laurence Thurmond (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kate & Allie Unknown (Guest Star) 1984