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Len Cariou
Highest Rated: 97% Spotlight (2015)
Lowest Rated: 15% Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
Birthday: Sep 30, 1939
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
As a Tony Award-winning performer in the early part of his career, Canadian actor Len Cariou later made a successful transition to the screen to become a recognizable fixture in numerous series and made-for-television movies. Following his Broadway triumphs in "Applause" (1970) and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (1979), Cariou crossed over to films and television with memorable appearances as a spy on "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS, 1984-1996) and as Walt Disney in "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story" (CBS, 1995). Despite his successful move over to the small screen, his Broadway star diminished throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But in 2002, Cariou hit his theatrical stride once again with a noted run in the embattled Broadway play, "Proof." Though the show itself was short-lived, Cariou enjoyed renewed career vigor and began turning in sharp performances on series television, while earning an Emmy Award nomination for his turn as Franklin D. Roosevelt in "Into the Storm" (BBC, 2008), proving that even in his seventies, he remained a vital performer.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 70% | Death Wish | Ben (Character) | $34.0M | 2018 |
| 97% | 93% | Spotlight | Cardinal Law (Character) | $45.0M | 2015 |
| 81% | 87% | Prisoners | Father Patrick Dunn (Character) | $61.0M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Into the Storm | President Franklin D Roosevelt (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Onion Movie | Norm Archer (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 80% | 61% | 1408 | Father (Character) | $72.0M | 2007 |
| 76% | 69% | Flags of Our Fathers | Mr. Beech (Character) | $33.6M | 2006 |
| 60% | 42% | Boynton Beach Club | Jack (Character) | $3.1M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Sex Traffic | Magnus Herzoff (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 45% | 65% | Secret Window | Sheriff Dave Newsome (Character) | $47.8M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Skulls III | Dean Lawton (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hemingway vs. Callaghan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 85% | 74% | About Schmidt | Ray Nichols (Character) | $65.0M | 2002 |
| 83% | 80% | Thirteen Days | Dean Acheson (Character) | $34.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | In the Company of Spies | The President (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Border Line | Jerry (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 63% | 53% | Executive Decision | Secretary of Defense Charles White (Character) | $55.7M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story | Harry Jansen (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Spencer Maitland (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 15% | 49% | Never Talk to Strangers | Henry Taylor (Character) | $6.7M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story | Walt Disney (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Derby | Henry Woods (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Man in the Attic | Joseph Heldmann (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Witness to the Execution | Jake Tyler (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Getting In |
Dr. Lionel Higgs/ |
- | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love on the Run | Noah Cross (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Class of '61 | Dr. Leland Peyton (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle on I-880 | Buck Helm (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | The Sea Wolf | Dr. Picard (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 71% | 68% | Lady in White | Phil Terragarossa (Character) | $282.7K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer in the Mirror | Jason Howell (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Surviving | David Brogan (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | There Were Times, Dear | Bob Millard (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 76% | 75% | The Four Seasons | Nick Callan (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madame X | John Abbott (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Frances Simpson | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who'll Save Our Children? | Matt Laver (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drying Up the Streets | Larry (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 17% | 29% | A Little Night Music | Frederick Egerman (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Man | Jason Brady (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Henry Reagan (Character) | 2010-2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wallander | Atkins (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Army Wives | Randall Meade (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 1996 2008 |
| 79% | No Score Yet | Brotherhood | Judd Fitzgerald (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Pharmaceutical Executive (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nuremberg | Francis Biddle (Character) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits |
Doc Wells (Character), Father Anton Jonascu (Guest Star) |
1995 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 76% | 79% | Star Trek: Voyager | Adm. Janeway (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swift Justice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Michael Hagarty (Guest Star) | 1985-1986 1988-1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Douglas (Character) | 1992 |