Kevin Chapman
Boston-born character actor Kevin Chapman found a long career playing hard-bitten characters and rough-hewn everymen, most on the wrong end of society. A familiar figure on television dramas, his most high-profile film role was in Clint Eastwood's film "Mystic River," set in the same hardscrabble working-class neighborhoods in which he grew up. Among his other signature roles were mob boss Freddie Cork in Blake Masters' crime saga "Brotherhood" (Showtime 2006-08) and corrupt cop Lionel Fusco on Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams' crime thriller "Person of Interest" (CBS 2011-16). Chapman's first role was in director Ted Demme's Denis Leary-starring film "Monument Avenue" (1998); his large build and gruff Boston accent caught had Demme's attention when he met Chapman, who at the time was working for the City of Boston's Film Commission. Already a middle-aged man by that point, Chapman credited Leary and Demme for his acting career; he went on to appear in seven episodes of Leary's firefighter drama-comedy "Rescue Me" (FX 2004-2011) a decade later. After his film debut, Chapman took small roles in several high-profile movies, many of them crime thrillers. Among them were the cult favorite "Boondock Saints" (1999), Demme's thriller "Blow" (2001), and the divisive "21 Grams" (2003). He also appeared in an uncredited role in the John Irving adaptation "The Cider House Rules" (1999) and in the cult Blaxploitation spoof "Black Dynamite" (2009). However, television was the medium in which he flourished. Early guest roles on various hour-long dramas soon gave way to his meatier recurring roles in "Brotherhood" and "Rescue Me." The commercially-successful procedural series "Person of Interest" was the first show on which Chapman gained a regular supporting role as the corrupt but relatable Detective Lionel Fusco.
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Kevin Chapman
Filmography
Movies
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66% |
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Outlaw Johnny Black | US Marshall Cove (Character) | $319.8K | 2023 |
83% |
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Last Night in Rozzie | Jim Donovan (Character) | - | 2021 |
94% |
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CODA | Brady (Character) | - | 2021 |
73% |
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Saint Judy | Officer King (Character) | $78.5K | 2018 |
8% |
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Slender Man | Mr. Jensen (Character) | $30.5M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fastest Man in the State | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stevie D | Lenny (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Exeter | Greer (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Country |
Morris (Character), Producer |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Assassination Games | Culley (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Street Kings 2: Motor City | Detective Jimmy Rogan (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Madso's War | Gerry walker (Character) | - | 2010 |
87% |
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Unstoppable | Bunny (Character) | $81.6M | 2010 |
83% |
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Black Dynamite | O'Leary (Character) | $228.5K | 2009 |
74% |
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Sunshine Cleaning | Carl (Character) | $12.1M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Hard Luck | Franklin (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Long Distance | Joe (Character) | - | 2005 |
22% |
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Two for the Money | Southie (Character) | $22.9M | 2005 |
82% |
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In Good Company | Lou (Character) | $45.5M | 2004 |
41% |
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Ladder 49 | Lt. Frank Mckinny (Character) | $74.5M | 2004 |
89% |
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Mystic River | Val Savage (Character) | $90.1M | 2003 |
10% |
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What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Bartender (Character) | $32.3M | 2001 |
56% |
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Blow | DEA Eastham (Character) | $53.1M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Vig | Dave (Character) | - | 1998 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 88% | Chicago Fire | Ron (Guest Star) | 2024 |
92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Lionel Fusco (Character) | 2011-2016 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Strange Addiction: Still Addicted? | Self | 2023 |
88% | 86% | City on a Hill | J.R. Minogue (Character) | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Billy Doyle (Guest Star) | 2022 |
91% | 61% | Kevin Can F**k Himself | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Equalizer | Zev Petrus (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Art Bancroft (Guest Star) | 2019 |
35% | 76% | APB | Raymond Hauser (Guest Star) | 2017 |
97% | 76% | Survivor's Remorse | Joe Connelly (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Rizzoli and Isles | Chief Merck (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
92% | 88% | Leverage | Brandon O'Hare (Guest Star) | 2009 |
88% | 90% | Rescue Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
86% | 90% | Lost | Mitch (Guest Star) | 2009 |
79% | No Score Yet | Brotherhood | Freddie Cork (Character) | 2006-2008 |
87% | 90% | Sons of Anarchy | Michael McKeavey (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Officer Wayne Kirkland (Guest Star) | 2005 |
96% | 73% | Joan of Arcadia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
15% | No Score Yet | dr. vegas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Warden Kevin Mitchell (Guest Star) | 2002-2003 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Brad Riggs (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Bartender (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
57% | No Score Yet | The Whole Truth | Unknown (Guest Star) |