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Scott Glenn

Highest Rated: 96% The Right Stuff (1983)

Lowest Rated: 12% Firestorm (1998)

Birthday: Jan 26, 1939

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

An intense and highly respected performer who excelled in a variety character roles, Scott Glenn struggled for nearly a decade before breaking through as the main antagonist in the box office hit, "Urban Cowboy" (1980). Prior to that, Glenn first became a known commodity with a standout turn in Robert Altman's large ensemble classic "Nashville" (1975), but in the ensuing decade he catapulted to fame as an Olympic track coach in "Personal Best" (1982), astronaut Alan Shepard in "The Right Stuff" (1983), and one of four accused outlaws out for revenge in "Silverado" (1985). After playing a submarine commander who joins "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), he was the head of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit in the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). Glenn kept busy with appearance in a variety of low-profile features before turning up with character parts as a murderous Secret Service agent in "Absolute Power" (1997), a cop-turned-drug dealer who meets a grizzly fate in "Training Day" (2001), and the Director of the CIA in both "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007) and "The Bourne Legacy" (2012). Though he never quite became a leading man, Glenn was a vibrant character actor who routinely surprised with the depth of his performances.

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Highest rated movies

96% 90% The Right Stuff
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95% 95% The Silence of the Lambs
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93% 91% Apocalypse Now Redux
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92% 91% The Bourne Ultimatum Watchlist
90% 94% Apocalypse Now
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89% 83% Nashville Watchlist
88% 80% Carla's Song
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88% 88% The Hunt for Red October
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86% 66% Courage Under Fire
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82% 52% Miss Firecracker
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
46% 97% The Hill Red Murff (Character) $5.4M 2023
77% 63% Greenland Dale (Character) - 2020
36% 24% Into the Grizzly Maze Sully (Character) - 2014
22% 26% The Barber Eugene Van Wingerdt (Character) - 2014
46% 33% The Paperboy W.W. James (Character) $628.2K 2012
56% 58% The Bourne Legacy Ezra Kramer (Character) $113.2M 2012
No Score Yet 40% Magic Valley Ed Halfner (Character) - 2011
22% 47% Sucker Punch Wise Man (Character) $36.4M 2011
64% 76% Secretariat Chris Chenery (Character) $59.7M 2010
No Score Yet 47% Camille Sheriff Foster (Character) - 2008
58% 42% W. Donald Rumsfeld (Character) $25.5M 2008
30% 52% Nights in Rodanthe Robert Torrelson (Character) $41.8M 2008
92% 91% The Bourne Ultimatum Ezra Kramer (Character) $227.4M 2007
70% 87% Freedom Writers Steve (Character) $36.6M 2007
No Score Yet 43% Journey to the End of the Night Sinatra (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 38% CodeBreakers Coach Earl "Red" Blaik (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 66% Faith of My Fathers Jack McCain (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 18% Homeland Security Joe Johnson (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 30% Puerto Vallarta Squeeze Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 62% A Painted House Eli "Pappy" Chandler (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Painted House Unknown (Character) - 2003
73% 72% Buffalo Soldiers Sgt. Robert Lee (Character) $353.7K 2001
No Score Yet 65% The Seventh Stream Owen Quinn (Character) - 2001
54% 61% The Shipping News Jack Buggit (Character) $11.4M 2001
74% 89% Training Day Roger (Character) $76.3M 2001
49% 41% Vertical Limit Montgomery Wick (Character) $68.5M 2000
80% 81% The Virgin Suicides Father Moody (Character) $4.9M 1999
No Score Yet 20% The Last Marshal Cole (Character) - 1999
12% 27% Firestorm Wynt Perkins (Character) $8.0M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larga distancia Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Naked City: A Killer Christmas Sgt. Daniel Muldoon (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Naked City: Justice With a Bullet Sgt. Daniel Muldoon (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 25% Lesser Prophets Iggy (Character) - 1998
56% 52% Absolute Power Bill Burton (Character) $50.0M 1997
No Score Yet 33% Edie & Pen Harry Hawkins (Character) - 1996
88% 80% Carla's Song Bradley (Character) $18.4K 1996
86% 66% Courage Under Fire Tony Gartner, Washington Post (Character) $59.0M 1996
No Score Yet 20% The Spy Within William B. Rickman (Character) - 1995
48% 52% Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill J.P. Stiles (Character) $8.2M 1995
14% 50% Reckless Lloyd (Character) $103.4K 1995
No Score Yet 50% Night of the Running Man David Eckhart (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ladrón que roba a ladrón Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 0% Past Tense Gene Ralston (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 31% Extreme Justice Dan Vaughn (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 36% Slaughter of the Innocents Stephen Broderick (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 44% Shadowhunter John Cain (Character) - 1992
33% 79% My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys H.D. Dalton (Character) $3.6M 1991
73% 75% Backdraft John "Axe" Adcox (Character) $75.7M 1991
95% 95% The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford (Character) $130.7M 1991
No Score Yet 50% Women & Men 2 Henry (Character) - 1991
88% 88% The Hunt for Red October Captain Bart Mancuso (Character) $119.1M 1990
82% 52% Miss Firecracker Mac Sam (Character) $646.9K 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outside Woman Jesse Smith (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intrigue Crawford (Character) - 1988
45% 32% Off Limits Colonel Dexter Armstrong (Character) $6.9M 1988
No Score Yet 69% Man on Fire Creasy (Character) $435.3K 1987
No Score Yet 0% Gangland Verne Miller (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 50% As Summers Die Willie Croft (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 19% Wild Geese II John Haddad (Character) $31.2K 1985
78% 80% Silverado Emmett (Character) - 1985
27% 49% The River Joe Wade (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Countdown to Looking Glass Michael Boyle (Character) - 1984
96% 90% The Right Stuff Capt. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Mercury Astronaut (Character) - 1983
39% 43% The Keep Glaeken Trismegestus (Character) - 1983
53% 70% The Challenge Rick (Character) - 1982
74% 52% Personal Best Terry Tingloff (Character) - 1982
70% 80% Urban Cowboy Wes Hightower (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 71% Cattle Annie and Little Britches Bill Dalton (Character) - 1980
90% 94% Apocalypse Now Colby (Character) $78.8M 1979
20% 33% More American Graffiti Newt (Character) - 1979
93% 91% Apocalypse Now Redux Colby (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 17% She Came to the Valley Bill Lester (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Texas in Flames Bill Lester (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 35% Fighting Mad Charlie Hunter (Character) - 1976
89% 83% Nashville Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hex Jimbang (Character) - 1973
33% 42% Gargoyles James Reeger (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 50% The Baby Maker Tad Jacks (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 21% Angels, Hard as They Come Long John (Character) - 1970

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Josh Gates Tonight Guest 2020
92% 89% Marvel's Daredevil Stick (Character) 2015-2016 2018
88% 79% Castle Rock Alan Pangborn (Character) 2018
91% 90% The Leftovers Kevin Garvey Sr. (Character),
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2014-2015 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2015
89% 88% Monk Sheriff Rollins (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sixth Sense Unknown (Guest Star) 1972