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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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Highest rated movies

97% 93% Spotlight Watchlist
86% 74% About Schmidt
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83% 80% Thirteen Days
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81% 87% Prisoners
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79% 61% 1408
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76% 69% Flags of Our Fathers Watchlist
76% 75% The Four Seasons
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71% 69% Lady in White
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62% 42% Boynton Beach Club
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62% 53% Executive Decision
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
17% 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
79% 61% 1408 Father (Character) $72.0M 2007
76% 69% Flags of Our Fathers Mr. Beech (Character) $33.6M 2006
62% 42% Boynton Beach Club Jack (Character) $3.1M 2005
No Score Yet 83% Sex Traffic Magnus Herzoff (Character) - 2004
46% 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
86% 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
62% 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/Dr. Ezekial Higgs (Character) - 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% 69% 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

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No Score Yet 81% 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 80% 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% 80% 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