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{{short description|American actor}} | |||
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| name = John Pankow | | name = John Pankow | ||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|4|28|mf=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|4|28|mf=y}} | ||
| birth_place = ], ], ] | | birth_place = ], ], ] | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| occupation = Actor | | occupation = Actor | ||
| spouse = {{marriage|]|1986}} | | spouse = {{marriage|]|1986}} | ||
| children = 1 | | children = 1 | ||
| relatives = ] (brother) | |||
| years_active = 1980–present}} | |||
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'''John Pankow''' (born April 28, 1954) is an American ]. He began his career on-stage in New York, in numerous ] and ] plays including ]'s ], ]'s ''],'' and ]'s ''Aristocrats.'' After a starring role in ]'s ''],'' he began appearing regularly in film and on television, playing Ira Buchman for all eight seasons of '']'' and later Merc Lapidus on ''].'' | |||
==Early life and education== | |||
'''John Pankow''' (born April 28, 1954) is an ] actor. He may be best known for his role as Ira Buchman for all seven seasons of '']'', and later for his role as series regular Merc Lapidus on '']''. | |||
Pankow was born in ], to a Catholic family of German and Irish descent,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/02/03/brother-act-4/|title=Brother Act|access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref> the sixth of nine siblings. His elder brother is trombonist/composer ], a founding member of the rock group ]. Pankow grew up in ], and attended ] and ]. | |||
He left the university in his junior year after he attended a performance of ]'s ''The American Buffalo'' at the St. Nicholas Theater. Inspired by the play, he enrolled in the theater's two-year theatrical training program in order to concentrate solely on acting. | |||
==Early life== | |||
Pankow was born in ], the sixth of nine siblings. His elder brother is trombonist/composer ], a founding member of the legendary rock group '']''. Pankow grew up in ], and attended ] and ]. He is from a Roman Catholic family of German and Irish descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-02-03/features/9802030036_1_cousin-ira-brother-act-garage-roof|title=Brother Act|publisher=|accessdate=10 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
{{BLP unsourced section|date=March 2017}} | {{BLP unsourced section|date=March 2017}} | ||
While visiting a friend in New York City, Pankow auditioned for, and won, a role in an episode of ]' '']'' entitled "Life on the Mississippi". He went on to perform in several ] productions including ''Aristocrats'', '']'', and the New York Shakespeare Festival's ''], ]'' and ]. He subsequently made it to Broadway with '']'', '']'', and as ] in '']'', replacing ] in the role and subsequently replacing him for a touring production. | |||
Pankow, a veteran actor of stage, film and television, appeared for seven seasons as Ira Buchman on the NBC sitcom '']''. Pankow was a series regular on the Showtime/BBC series '']'', playing American television executive Merc Lapidus. | |||
He played federal agent John Vukovich opposite ] and ] in '']'' | |||
After minor roles in '']'' and ''],'' he had his first large role on-screen in '']'' as rookie Secret Service agent John Vukovich, starring opposite ] and ]. Pankow was cast after director ] deliberately sought out young, relatively-unknown stage actors for the project. After casting fellow Chicagoan Petersen, the old friend reached out to Pankow, who brought him to Friedkin who cast him on the spot.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin|last=Segaloff|first=Nat|publisher=William Morrow & Company, Inc|year=1990|isbn=0-688-07852-4|location=New York|pages=226}}</ref> He landed another major supporting role in '']'' opposite ], and played ]'s husband in '']''. | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Pankow has been married to actress ] since 1985.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} | |||
He subsequently appeared for eight seasons as Ira Buchman on the NBC sitcom ''],'' where he was nominated for four ] Awards for ]. He was a series regular on the Showtime/BBC series '']'', playing American television executive Merc Lapidus. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series. | |||
==Filmography== | |||
== |
==Personal life== | ||
Pankow has been married to actress ] since 1986 and they have one daughter together.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He resides in ]. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
==Stage credits== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Year | !Year | ||
!Title | !Title | ||
!Role | !Role | ||
!Theatre | |||
!Notes | !Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1980 | |||
|1981 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
| | |||
|Bully | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1982-83 | |||
|1983 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
|] | |||
|1st Phone Booth Youth | |||
|] | |||
|Replaced ] | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="3" |1981 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Hector | |||
|] | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Forty-Deuce'' | |||
|1985 | |||
| | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Perry Street Theatre | |||
|POW #6 | |||
| | |||
|uncredited | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''Hunting Scenes From Lower Bavaria'' | |||
|1985 | |||
|Abram | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Stage 73 | |||
|John Vukovich | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |1982 | |||
|1987 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
| | |||
|Fred Melrose | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Jazz Poets at the Grotto'' | |||
|1987 | |||
| | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
|Kovacs | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1983 | |||
|1988 | |||
|'' |
|''Thornhill'' | ||
| | |||
|Lou Landers | |||
| | |||
|uncredited | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1984 | |||
|1988 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
| | |||
|Geoffrey Fisher | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1985 | |||
|1988 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
|Rocky Pioggi | |||
|Deitz | |||
|] | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |1987 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Speed | |||
|] | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''North Shore Fish'' | |||
|1991 | |||
| | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
|Arthur Kellogg | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |1988 | |||
|1991 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Zac Zackerman | |||
|Italo Bianchi | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Hugh Maximillian Bonfigliano | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1989 | |||
|''Aristocrats'' | |||
|Eamon | |||
|Theater Four | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
|1990 | |||
|''Ice Cream with Hot Fudge'' | |||
|Colin/Man in Devon/Shrink/Colleague/ | |||
Fellow Guest/Hitcher/Professor | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1992 | |1992 | ||
|''Scheherazade'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
|Levine | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1995 | |||
|1998 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
|] | |||
|Vince McBride | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1997 | |||
|''Baby Anger'' | |||
|Larry Paterson | |||
|Playwrights Horizons Wilder Theater | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2001-02 | |||
|''Barbra's Wedding'' | |||
|Jerry Schiff | |||
|] | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2001 | |2001 | ||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
|Lucio | |||
|Bryan Burke | |||
|] | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2003 | |||
|2002 | |||
|'' |
|''Barbra's Wedding'' | ||
|Jerry Schiff | |||
|Jeffrey Goldman | |||
|] | |||
|Short film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2004 | |||
|2009 | |||
|'' |
|''Good Canary'' | ||
|John | |||
| | | | ||
|Susan Stein Shiva Theater | |||
|Workshop | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2004-05 | |||
|2010 | |||
|'']'' | |'']'' | ||
|Juror No. 7 | |||
|George | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2006 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Gordon Lowther | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2007-08 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Pisanio | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |2009 | |||
|''Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them'' | |||
|Reverend Mike | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|''Keep Your Pantheon'' | |||
|Pelargon | |||
|Linda Gross Theater | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2010 | |2010 | ||
|] | |||
|'']'' | |||
|William Shagspeare | |||
|Lenny Bergman | |||
|] | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2012 | | rowspan="2" |2012 | ||
|'']'' | |||
|''Putzel'' | |||
|Grumio | |||
|Sid | |||
|] | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Medieval Play'' | |||
|2015 | |||
| | |||
|''The Favor'' | |||
|] | |||
|unknown role | |||
| | |||
|Short film | |||
|- | |||
|2013 | |||
|''Natural Affection'' | |||
|Vince Brinkman | |||
|Samuel Beckett Theatre | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2014 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|] | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2015-16 | |||
|''Dada Woof Papa Hot'' | |||
|Michael | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2017 | |||
|''Assisted Living'' | |||
| | |||
|] | |||
|Staged reading | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |2018 | |||
|''Turning Off The Morning News'' | |||
|Jimmy | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|''The True'' | |||
|Charlie Ryan | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2019 | |||
|'']'' | |||
|Gangster | |||
|] | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
==Filmography== | |||
===Film=== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Year | |||
!Title | |||
!Role | |||
!Notes | |||
|- | |||
| 1981 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Bully | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1983 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| 1st Phone Booth Youth | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1985 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| POW #6 | |||
| Uncredited | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Secret Service Agent John Vukovich | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1987 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Fred Melrose | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Kovacs | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1988 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lou Landers | |||
| Uncredited | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Geoffrey Fisher | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Deitz | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1991 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Arthur Kellogg | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Italo Bianchi | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1992 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Levine | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1998 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Vince McBride | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2001 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Bryan Burke | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2002 | |||
| ''Advice and Dissent'' | |||
| Jeffrey Goldman | |||
| Short film | |||
|- | |||
| 2009 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| John | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2010 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| George | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lenny Bergman | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2012 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Sid | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|TBA | | TBA | ||
|''Married Young'' | | ''Married Young'' | ||
|Dr. Levovitz | | Dr. Levovitz | ||
|''post-production'' | | ''post-production'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2020 | |||
|TBA | |||
|''Before/During/After'' | | ''Before/During/After'' | ||
|Jim Lonergan | | Jim Lonergan | ||
| Winner: ]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=2020 Filmmaker Awards {{!}} San Diego International Film Festival|url=https://sdfilmfest.com/2020-san-diego-intl-film-festival-filmmaker-awards-go-to/|access-date=2020-10-23|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023005735/https://sdfilmfest.com/2020-san-diego-intl-film-festival-filmmaker-awards-go-to/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
|''post-production'' | |||
] | |||
|} | |} | ||
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!Notes | !Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1980 | |||
|1982 | |||
| '']'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| George Richie | |||
|Danny Martin | |||
| Episode: "Life on the Mississippi" | |||
|recurring role (3 episodes) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1982 | |||
|1984 | |||
| '']'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Danny Martin | |||
|Floyd Higgins | |||
| Contract role. 1981-1982 | |||
|Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1984 | |||
|1985 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Floyd Higgins | |||
|Fred | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|TV Movie | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1985 | |||
|1986 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Fred | |||
|Father O'Hanlan (uncredited) | |||
| Television film | |||
|Episode: "Finale" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1986 | |||
|1987 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Father O'Hanlan | |||
|Billy Hanratty | |||
|Episode: " |
| Episode: "Finale" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1987 | | rowspan="2" | 1987 | ||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Billy Hanratty | |||
|Chuck Savin | |||
|Episode: " |
| Episode: "The Song of Orpheus" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
|1990–91 | |||
| Chuck Savin | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Episode: "Pilot" | |||
|Ron Luchesse | |||
|series regular (8 episodes) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1990–1991 | |||
|1992 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Ron Luchesse | |||
|Charles Meadow | |||
| |
| Series regular (8 episodes) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1992 | |||
|1993–99 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Charles Meadow | |||
|Ira Buchman | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|series regular (143 episodes) | |||
Nominated — ] (1995–98) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1993–2019 | |||
|1995 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Ira Buchman | |||
|unknown (voice role) | |||
| Series regular (143 episodes) | |||
|Episode: "]" | |||
Nominated—] (1995–98) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1995 | |||
|1996 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Additional Characters (voices) | |||
|Blook the Granfaloon (voice role) | |||
|Episode: "]" | | Episode: "]" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1996 | |||
|2002 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Blook The Granfaloon (voice) | |||
|Barry Dekumbis | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|2 episodes | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2002 | |||
|2004 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Barry Dekumbis | |||
|Brian Owen | |||
| 2 episodes | |||
|Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2004 | |||
|2006 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Brian Owen | |||
|Phil Lambier | |||
|Episode: "]" | | Episode: "]" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2006 | | rowspan="2" | 2006 | ||
| '']'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Phil Lambier | |||
|Charlie Conlin | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|2 episodes | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
|2008 | |||
| Charlie Conlin | |||
|''Law & Order'' | |||
| 2 episodes | |||
|A.D.A. Josh Lethem | |||
|Episode: "Illegal" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2008 | |||
|2009 | |||
| '']'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Assistant District Attorney Josh Lethem | |||
|Stan Flea | |||
|Episode: " |
| Episode: "Illegal" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2009 | |||
|2011 | |||
| '']'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Stan Flea | |||
|Attorney Byron | |||
|Episode: " |
| Episode: "Mighty Bright Fight" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2011 | | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Attorney Byron | |||
|Judge Cyril Handley | |||
|Episode: " |
| Episode: "East Pasadena" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
|2011–17 | |||
| Judge Cyril Handley | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|Merc Lapidus | |||
|series regular (40 episodes) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2011–2017 | |||
|2012 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Merc Lapidus | |||
|Edgar Knowles | |||
| |
| Series regular (40 episodes) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2012 | |||
|2013 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Edgar Knowles | |||
|Herman Mackey | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|TV Movie | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2013 | | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ||
|'' |
| ''The Arrangement'' | ||
| Herman Mackey | |||
|Mr. Syd Newman | |||
| rowspan="2" | Television film | |||
|TV Movie | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''Doubt'' | |||
|2014–19 | |||
| Mr. Syd Newman | |||
|'']'' | |||
|NASA Administrator Glenn / Glenn | |||
|recurring role (4 episodes) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2014–2019 | |||
|2015 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| NASA Administrator Glenn | |||
|Lenny Simmons | |||
| Recurring role (4 episodes) | |||
|Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2015 | |||
|2015–16 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Lenny Simmons | |||
|Jimmy Barnes | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|2 episodes | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2015–2016; 2021 | |||
|2017–18 | |||
|'']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Jimmy Barnes | |||
|Tommy Wells | |||
|2 episodes | | rowspan="2" | 3 episodes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2017–2018 | |||
|2018 | |||
| '']'' | |||
|''Unorganized Crime'' | |||
| Tommy Wells | |||
|Fr. Anthony Corso | |||
|TV Movie | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2018 | | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ||
| ''Unorganized Crime'' | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Father Anthony Corso | |||
|John Romano | |||
| Television film | |||
|Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| John Romano | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|} | |} | ||
===New York stage=== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*{{IMDb name|0659601}} | * {{IMDb name|0659601}} | ||
*{{IBDB name}} | * {{IBDB name}} | ||
*{{iobdb name|4108}} | * {{iobdb name|4108}} | ||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pankow, John}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Pankow, John}} | ||
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John Pankow | |
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Born | (1954-04-28) April 28, 1954 (age 70) St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse |
Kristine Sutherland (m. 1986) |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | James Pankow (brother) |
John Pankow (born April 28, 1954) is an American actor. He began his career on-stage in New York, in numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway plays including Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation, and Brian Friel's Aristocrats. After a starring role in William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A., he began appearing regularly in film and on television, playing Ira Buchman for all eight seasons of Mad About You and later Merc Lapidus on Episodes.
Early life and education
Pankow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Catholic family of German and Irish descent, the sixth of nine siblings. His elder brother is trombonist/composer James Pankow, a founding member of the rock group Chicago. Pankow grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, and attended Maine South High School and Northeastern Illinois University.
He left the university in his junior year after he attended a performance of David Mamet's The American Buffalo at the St. Nicholas Theater. Inspired by the play, he enrolled in the theater's two-year theatrical training program in order to concentrate solely on acting.
Career
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While visiting a friend in New York City, Pankow auditioned for, and won, a role in an episode of PBS' Great Performances entitled "Life on the Mississippi". He went on to perform in several Off-Broadway productions including Aristocrats, Italian American Reconciliation, and the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Henry VIII. He subsequently made it to Broadway with Serious Money, The Iceman Cometh, and as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus, replacing Tim Curry in the role and subsequently replacing him for a touring production.
After minor roles in The Hunger and Rambo: First Blood Part II, he had his first large role on-screen in To Live and Die in L.A. as rookie Secret Service agent John Vukovich, starring opposite William Petersen and Willem Dafoe. Pankow was cast after director William Friedkin deliberately sought out young, relatively-unknown stage actors for the project. After casting fellow Chicagoan Petersen, the old friend reached out to Pankow, who brought him to Friedkin who cast him on the spot. He landed another major supporting role in The Secret of My Success opposite Michael J. Fox, and played Demi Moore's husband in Mortal Thoughts.
He subsequently appeared for eight seasons as Ira Buchman on the NBC sitcom Mad About You, where he was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He was a series regular on the Showtime/BBC series Episodes, playing American television executive Merc Lapidus. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series.
Personal life
Pankow has been married to actress Kristine Sutherland since 1986 and they have one daughter together. He resides in New York City.
Stage credits
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Notes |
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1980 | Merton of the Movies | |||
1982-83 | Amadeus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Broadhurst Theatre | Replaced Tim Curry |
1981 | The Slab Boys | Hector | Hudson Guild Theatre | |
Forty-Deuce | Perry Street Theatre | |||
Hunting Scenes From Lower Bavaria | Abram | Stage 73 | ||
1982 | Cloud Nine | |||
Jazz Poets at the Grotto | ||||
1983 | Thornhill | |||
1984 | Henry V | |||
1985 | The Iceman Cometh | Rocky Pioggi | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Performance |
1987 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Speed | Delacorte Theater | |
North Shore Fish | ||||
1988 | Serious Money | Zac Zackerman | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | |
Italian American Reconciliation | Hugh Maximillian Bonfigliano | Manhattan Theatre Club | ||
1989 | Aristocrats | Eamon | Theater Four | Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer |
1990 | Ice Cream with Hot Fudge | Colin/Man in Devon/Shrink/Colleague/
Fellow Guest/Hitcher/Professor |
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1992 | Scheherazade | |||
1995 | The Tempest | Stephano | Delacorte Theater | |
1997 | Baby Anger | Larry Paterson | Playwrights Horizons Wilder Theater | |
2001-02 | Barbra's Wedding | Jerry Schiff | Plays and Players Theatre | |
2001 | Measure for Measure | Lucio | Delacorte Theater | |
2003 | Barbra's Wedding | Jerry Schiff | Westside Theatre | |
2004 | Good Canary | Susan Stein Shiva Theater | Workshop | |
2004-05 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror No. 7 | American Airlines Theatre | |
2006 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Gordon Lowther | Acorn Theatre | |
2007-08 | Cymbeline | Pisanio | Vivian Beaumont Theater | |
2009 | Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them | Reverend Mike | The Public Theater | |
Keep Your Pantheon | Pelargon | Linda Gross Theater | ||
2010 | Equivocation | William Shagspeare | New York City Center | |
2012 | The Taming of the Shrew | Grumio | New 42nd Street | |
Medieval Play | Pershing Square Signature Center | |||
2013 | Natural Affection | Vince Brinkman | Samuel Beckett Theatre | |
2014 | Much Ado About Nothing | Dogberry | Delacorte Theater | |
2015-16 | Dada Woof Papa Hot | Michael | Vivian Beaumont Theater | |
2017 | Assisted Living | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Staged reading | |
2018 | Turning Off The Morning News | Jimmy | McCarter Theatre | |
The True | Charlie Ryan | Pershing Square Signature Center | ||
2019 | Kiss Me, Kate | Gangster | Studio 54 |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | The Chosen | Bully | |
1983 | The Hunger | 1st Phone Booth Youth | |
1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | POW #6 | Uncredited |
To Live and Die in L.A. | Secret Service Agent John Vukovich | ||
1987 | The Secret of My Success | Fred Melrose | |
*batteries not included | Kovacs | ||
1988 | Johnny Be Good | Lou Landers | Uncredited |
Monkey Shines | Geoffrey Fisher | ||
Talk Radio | Deitz | ||
1991 | Mortal Thoughts | Arthur Kellogg | |
Year of the Gun | Italo Bianchi | ||
1992 | A Stranger Among Us | Levine | |
1998 | The Object of My Affection | Vince McBride | |
2001 | Life as a House | Bryan Burke | |
2002 | Advice and Dissent | Jeffrey Goldman | Short film |
2009 | Bride Wars | John | |
2010 | The Extra Man | George | |
Morning Glory | Lenny Bergman | ||
2012 | Putzel | Sid | |
TBA | Married Young | Dr. Levovitz | post-production |
2020 | Before/During/After | Jim Lonergan | Winner: Best Ensemble Cast |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Great Performances | George Richie | Episode: "Life on the Mississippi" |
1982 | The Doctors | Danny Martin | Contract role. 1981-1982 |
1984 | Miami Vice | Floyd Higgins | Episode: "Glades" |
1985 | First Steps | Fred | Television film |
1986 | Search for Tomorrow | Father O'Hanlan | Episode: "Finale" |
1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Billy Hanratty | Episode: "The Song of Orpheus" |
Leg Work | Chuck Savin | Episode: "Pilot" | |
1990–1991 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Ron Luchesse | Series regular (8 episodes) |
1992 | Law & Order | Charles Meadow | Episode: "Wedded Bliss" |
1993–2019 | Mad About You | Ira Buchman | Series regular (143 episodes)
Nominated—SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1995–98) |
1995 | Duckman | Additional Characters (voices) | Episode: "Research and Destroy" |
1996 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Blook The Granfaloon (voice) | Episode: "The Master Monster/Slumber Scare" |
2002 | Ally McBeal | Barry Dekumbis | 2 episodes |
2004 | Without a Trace | Brian Owen | Episode: "Exposure" |
2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Phil Lambier | Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere" |
The Book of Daniel | Charlie Conlin | 2 episodes | |
2008 | Law & Order | Assistant District Attorney Josh Lethem | Episode: "Illegal" |
2009 | The Electric Company | Stan Flea | Episode: "Mighty Bright Fight" |
2011 | Law & Order: LA | Attorney Byron | Episode: "East Pasadena" |
The Good Wife | Judge Cyril Handley | Episode: "Getting Off" | |
2011–2017 | Episodes | Merc Lapidus | Series regular (40 episodes) |
2012 | Elementary | Edgar Knowles | Episode: "The Long Fuse" |
2013 | The Arrangement | Herman Mackey | Television film |
Doubt | Mr. Syd Newman | ||
2014–2019 | Madam Secretary | NASA Administrator Glenn | Recurring role (4 episodes) |
2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lenny Simmons | Episode: "Agent Provocateur" |
2015–2016; 2021 | Lucifer | Jimmy Barnes | 3 episodes |
2017–2018 | Chicago P.D. | Tommy Wells | |
2018 | Unorganized Crime | Father Anthony Corso | Television film |
Blue Bloods | John Romano | Episode: "The Devil You Know" |
References
- "Brother Act". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- Segaloff, Nat (1990). Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc. p. 226. ISBN 0-688-07852-4.
- "2020 Filmmaker Awards | San Diego International Film Festival". 2020-10-21. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
External links
- John Pankow at IMDb
- John Pankow at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Pankow at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- Northeastern Illinois University alumni
- Male actors from St. Louis
- Actors from Park Ridge, Illinois
- American people of German descent
- American people of Irish descent
- 1954 births
- Living people