Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order
1997
NCIS
2006
The Good Wife
2012
Person of Interest
2012
Ghost Whisperer
2008
Chicago Hope
1994
Without a Trace
2006
White Collar
2011
Murder, She Wrote
1986
Blindspot
2015
Madam Secretary
2015
The Americans
2013

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
77
2026
Time of Death
as Pat
2026
CIA
as Peter Cooper
2025
Basic Psych
as Dr. Grant Harrison
2024
Unsinkable
as Senator Smith
2023
Rustin
as Chief Wells
2021
Things Heard & Seen
as Tom Claire
2021
Jack and the Treehouse
as Pap
2019
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
as Roman
2017
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
as Preacher (voice)
2017
The Post
as Under Secretary William Macomber
2017
MINDHUNTER
as Unit Chief Shepard
2015
The Following
as Nathan
2015
Blindspot
as General
2015
Madam Secretary
as Darren Hahn
2014
Burning Blue
as Admiral Lynch
2014
Revolution
as Jack Davis
2013
The Americans
as Deputy Attorney General
2012
Friends with Kids
as Phil Fryman
2012
Person of Interest
as Denton Weeks
2012
Unforgettable
as Jay Barrett
2012
The Good Wife
as Forrest Burke
2012
Damages
as Federal Investigator
2012
666 Park Avenue
as Mayor
2011
White Collar
as Adam Wilson
2010
Lunatics, Lovers & Poets
as Scotty MacGregor
2010
You Don't Know Jack
as Dick Thompson
2009
Brothers and Sisters
as Gordon Alexander
2008
Ghost Whisperer
as Gerald Lucas
2006
The Unit
as Bill Lachey
2006
Without a Trace
as Sean McGinnis
2006
Invasion
2006
NCIS
as Sam Stevens
2006
Commander in Chief
as Governor Stan Preston
2005
Sleeper
as Dr. Altman
2005
Night Stalker
as Tony Vincenzo
2004
Alias
as Hank Foster
2004
Tru Calling
as Richard Davies
2003
X2
as President McKenna
2003
Reeseville
as John Meyers
2001
Judging Amy
as ASA Jeremy Friedman
2000
Run the Wild Fields
as Silas Green
1999
The History of Glamour
as Loren Valentine (voice)
1998
Oz
as Judge Benjamin Fee
1997
Bridge of Time
as Robert Creighton
1997
Orleans
as Bill Brennecke
1997
Spy Game
1997
Law & Order
as Eric Martin
1996
Lifeform
as Dr. Case Montgomery
1995
Remember Me
as Adam Nichols
1995
Chicago Hope
as Bob Marinak
1994
Chicago Hope
1993
A Place to Be Loved
as Mike Caldwell
1993
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
as Steve
1993
With Hostile Intent
as Officer Rob Arnold
1993
L.A. Law
as Tony Henderson
1992
Midnight's Child
as Nick Cowan
1992
A Message from Holly
1991
The Last Prostitute
as Joe
1990
Equal Justice
as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
1989
K-9
as Gilliam
1988
Cameron's Closet
as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
1987
Lady Beware
as Mac Odell
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Robert Rhine
1986
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
1985
The Rape of Richard Beck
as Lt. Hugo
1985
A Bunny's Tale
as Ned Holcomb
1985
Moonlighting
1985
Moonlighting
as Brian Baker
1984
Master Ninja II
as Chad Webster
1984
Nickel Mountain
as Trucker
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1984
Mistral's Daughter
as Frank
1984
The Master
as Chad Webster
1983
Blood Feud
as Robert F. Kennedy
1983
Blood Feud
as Robert F. Kennedy
1982
St. Elsewhere
as Dr. Rowe
1982
Hill Street Blues