J.T. Walsh
Highest Rated: 98% Red Rock West (1993)
Lowest Rated: 4% Wired (1989)
Birthday: Sep 28, 1943
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
A prolific and versatile character performer who excelled at playing the heavy, actor J.T. Walsh enjoyed a fruitful career until his life was cut short in 1998. Walsh came up in the theater world and had successful turns in several of David Mamet's plays before making the jump to the screen with antagonist roles in "Tin Men" (1987) and "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987). He played con men in "House of Games" (1987) and "The Grifters" (1990), and stepped up to blockbusters with Ron Howard's "Backdraft" (1991). After delivering a fine turn in "A Few Good Men" (1992), he had one of his best performances as a salesman who makes a pact with the devil in "Needful Things" (1993). Walsh followed up by playing an attorney prosecuting Santa Claus in "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994) and Watergate co-conspirator John Erlichman in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" (1995). Poised for greater recognition, Walsh triumphed as an evil trucker in the taut thriller, "Breakdown" (1997), but was unable to enjoy the fruits of his success when he died of a heart attack early the next year. His last films, "The Negotiator" (1998) and "Pleasantville" (1998), were dedicated to his memory, all of which left friends and fans wondering what could have been.
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J.T. Walsh
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Agenda | Jonathan Zanuck (Character) | - | 1998 |
86% |
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Pleasantville | Big Bob (Character) | $40.6M | 1998 |
74% |
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The Negotiator | Insp. Terence Niebaum (Character) | $44.7M | 1998 |
83% |
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Breakdown | Warren "Red" Barr (Character) | $50.2M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope | Ray Percy (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Little Death | Ted Hannon (Character) | - | 1996 |
14% |
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Persons Unknown | Cake (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Gang in Blue | Lt. William Eyler (Character) | - | 1996 |
97% |
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Sling Blade | Charles Bushman (Character) | $24.5M | 1996 |
62% |
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Executive Decision | Senator Mavros (Character) | $55.7M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime of the Century | Col. Norman Schwarzkopf (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sacred Cargo | Father Stanislav (Character) | - | 1996 |
56% |
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The Low Life | Mike Sr. (Character) | $40.9K | 1995 |
75% |
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Nixon | John Ehrlichman (Character) | $13.7M | 1995 |
29% |
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The Babysitter | Harry Tucker (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Day Blue Night | Lt. John Quinn (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Star Struck | Greer (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Charlie's Ghost Story | Darryl (Character) | - | 1994 |
60% |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Ed Collins (Character) | $17.2M | 1994 |
26% |
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Silent Fall | Sheriff Mitch Rivers (Character) | $2.7M | 1994 |
94% |
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The Last Seduction | Frank Griffith (Character) | $1.8M | 1994 |
80% |
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The Client | Jason McThune (Character) | $90.8M | 1994 |
40% |
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Blue Chips | Happy (Character) | $21.8M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
32% |
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Needful Things | Danforth Keeton III (Character) | $15.1M | 1993 |
98% |
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Red Rock West | Wayne Brown aka Kevin McCord (Character) | - | 1993 |
36% |
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Sniper | Chester Van Damme (Character) | $17.9M | 1993 |
21% |
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Desk Clerk (Character) | $28.0M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
52% |
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Hoffa | Frank Fitzsimmons (Character) | $23.3M | 1992 |
84% |
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A Few Good Men | Lt. Col. Matthew Markinson (Character) | $141.3M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Defenseless | Steven Seldes (Character) | $6.4M | 1991 |
73% |
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Backdraft | Alderman Marty Swayzak (Character) | $75.7M | 1991 |
50% |
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True Identity | Houston (Character) | $4.7M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Iron Maze | Jack Ruhle (Character) | $64.2K | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Why Me? | Francis Mahoney (Character) | $49.9K | 1990 |
70% |
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The Russia House | Quinn (Character) | $22.6M | 1990 |
35% |
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Crazy People | Drucker (Character) | - | 1990 |
91% |
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The Grifters | Cole (Character) | $10.1M | 1990 |
91% |
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Misery | State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited) (Character) | $54.7M | 1990 |
63% |
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Narrow Margin | Walsh (Character) | $10.1M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Locos, Locos de Remate | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
58% |
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Dad | Dr. Santana (Character) | $19.7M | 1989 |
88% |
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The Big Picture | Allen Habel (Character) | $33.1K | 1989 |
4% |
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Wired | Bob Woodward (Character) | $681.1K | 1989 |
53% |
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Tequila Sunrise | DEA Agent Hal Maguire (Character) | $39.7M | 1988 |
85% |
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Things Change | Hotel Manager (Character) | $2.3M | 1988 |
90% |
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Good Morning, Vietnam | Sgt. Maj. Phillip 'Dick' Dickerson (Character) | $123.9M | 1987 |
97% |
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House of Games | The businessman (Character) | $416.5K | 1987 |
50% |
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Power | Jerome Cade (Character) | $3.1M | 1986 |
91% |
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Hannah and Her Sisters | Ed Smythe (Character) | $37.3M | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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The Beniker Gang | Principal Stoddard (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Right to Kill? | Maj. Eckworth (Character) | - | 1985 |
TV
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43% | No Score Yet | C-16 | Jules Rozack (Guest Star) | 1997 |
67% | No Score Yet | Dark Skies | Capt. Frank Bach (Character) | 1996-1997 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Warden Leo Brodeur (Guest Star) | 1995 |
86% | 86% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Andrew Banks (Guest Star) | 1985 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |