An American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public. He also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's The Practice and Boston Legal.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order
1991
NCIS
2005
The X-Files
2000
Frasier
2000
Cheers
1993
The Practice
2000
The Closer
2006
Murder, She Wrote
1994
Boston Legal
2005
Crossing Jordan
2006
Numb3rs
2005
Miami Vice
1985

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
59
2024
A Man in Full
as Judge Taylor
2020
Alone
as Robert
2018
Every Act of Life
as Self
2015
Old?!
2013
Monday Mornings
as Mitch Tompkins
2010
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
as Self
2006
Accepted
as Dean Van Horne
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
as FBI Mystique Interrogator
2006
Crossing Jordan
as Attorney McBride
2006
The Closer
as Howard Pierce
2005
Boston Legal
as Judge Harvey Cooper
2005
NCIS
as Guyman Purcell
2005
Numb3rs
as Walt Merrick
2002
Red Dragon
as Dr. Chilton
2002
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
2002
Benjamin Franklin
as Jonathan Austin
2001
The Ruby Princess Runs Away
as King Regal
2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
2001
The Practice
as Scott Guber
2000
Proof of Life
as Ted Fellner
2000
Boston Public
as Scott Guber
2000
Frasier
as Corkmaster
2000
The Practice
as Wallace Cooper
2000
The X-Files
as Harold Piller
1999
8MM
as Longdale
1998
Deep Rising
as Simon Canton
1997
Cosby
1997
Liberty!
as Philip Vickers Fithian
1996
A Time to Kill
as Wilbert Rodeheaver
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Damon Ballard
1995
Bushwhacked
as Reinhart Bragdon
1995
Kiss of Death
as Jack Gold
1995
New York News
1994
The Client
as Larry Trumann
1994
Murder, She Wrote
as Bob Kendall
1994
Law & Order
as Councilman Spencer Talbert
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Henry Grey
1993
The Pelican Brief
as Marty Velmano
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Fighting Parent
1993
Cheers
as Kevin
1993
Class of '96
as Professor Davis
1992
Whispers in the Dark
as Paul
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
as Dr. Frederick Chilton
1991
The Super
as Ron Nessim
1991
Law & Order
as Ian O'Connell
1990
Postcards from the Edge
as George Lazan
1987
Happy New Year
as Dinner Guest
1987
Outrageous Fortune
as Weldon
1987
Orphans
as Man in Park
1986
A Case of Deadly Force
as Dave O'Brian
1986
Kay O'Brien
1986
Tales from the Darkside
as Englebert Ames
1986
Fresno
as Kevin Kensington
1985
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Miami Vice
as Commander René
1984
The Beniker Gang
as Mr. Uldrich
1984
Teachers
as Narc
1983
Silkwood
as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
as Lawyer Crony