Gregory Martin Itzin (born April 20, 1948) is a well known and prolific American character actor of film and television is the younger Man #2 who barracks Chuck the Robot at the New York Deli, in Season 2's Dr. Morkenstein.
Biography[]
Itzin was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Evelyn Loretta (née Smith) and Martin Joseph Itzin. When he was in sixth grade, his family moved to Burlington, Wisconsin, where his father was mayor. Itzin studied and trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, intending to become a theatre actor.
Gregory has been married to his wife Judie for 39 years and has two children, son Wilke (also an actor) and daughter Julia. They are the proud grandparents of Wylder Itzin, son of Wilke and Talia Itzin.
Career[]
Gregory Itzin picked up his first TV credit for Mork & Mindy (1979), followed in short order by appearances in Charlie's Angels (1979) kicking off a 40+ year career on TV.
A frequent Star Trek actor, having played five different roles in the various series over the years; . He made his first Star Trek appearance in 1993, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax". He later guest starred on DS9 again, in the sixth-season episode "Who Mourns for Morn?". He also appeared as Doctor Dysek in the episode "Critical Care" in the 7th season of Star Trek: Voyager. His most recent appearance being Admiral Black in Star Trek: Enterprise.
Itzin has held recurring roles on popular TV series such as Friends as Theodore Hannigan, father of Mike Hannigan, Murder One, and NCIS. Itzin also appeared on Night Court, Matlock, Diagnosis: Murder, Jake and the Fatman, The O.C., Beverly Hills, 90210, Judging Amy, Boston Legal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, The Pretender and the short-lived science fiction series, Firefly. He also portrayed John Ashcroft in the 2003 television movie DC 9/11: Time of Crisis. He had a recurring role on Covert Affairs.
In 2005, Itzin joined the cast of 24, halfway through its fourth season, in the recurring role as Vice President Charles Logan. By the following season the character had become President and was expanded to become one of the leading figures in the storyline. Itzin received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for this performance. He didn't have to audition for the role, since he had previously auditioned for a role during the second season of the show, and knew one of the producers. Itzin returned for four episodes in season six. Itzin returned for a story arc during the eighth season of the show to help President Allison Taylor keep the Peace Treaty alive. This resulted in an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Somewhat coincidentally, before this role, Itzin played a Presidential Candidate in a commercial for cheese products, who was deemed a "doofus" for not liking cheese. He had a recurring role on The Mentalist, playing the head of the unit in the latter for 13 episodes, before leaving to return to 24 for its final season. [1] [2]
Television[]
| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Episode #1.1 | White House Tour Guide |
| 1979 | Mork & Mindy | Dr. Morkenstein | Man #2 |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Fallen Angel | Waiter |
| 1982 | Fame | To Soar and Never Falter | Dr. Reston |
| 1982 | Lou Grant | Unthinkable | Young Reporter |
| 1982-1983 | Voyagers! | 2 episodes | Ernst / Davis |
| 1983 | American Playhouse | Miss Lonelyhearts | Goldsmith |
| 1985 | Street Hawk | Vegas Run | Harvey |
| 1985 | Falcon Crest | The Trial | Dr. Bitters |
| 1985 | Santa Barbara | 3 episodes | Attorney Howard Otis |
| 1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | You Only Die Twice | Paul Cavanaugh |
| 1985 | Tales from the Darkside | Grandma's Last Wish | Newton |
| 1985 | Hunter | The Biggest Man in Town | Charlie Latimer |
| 1985 | Hill Street Blues | Seoul on Ice | Dr. Kaplan |
| 1985 | Hotel | Echoes | Ed Banner |
| 1986 | The A-Team | Wheel of Fortune | Howard |
| 1986 | Easy Street | Pride Goeth Before a Cheap Hotel | Mr. Haskell |
| 1986 | MacGyver | Final Approach | Tom Cavanaugh |
| 1986 | St. Elsewhere | Lost Weekend | Ving Shalimar |
| 1987 | Outlaws | Hymn | Art Collier |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Deities | Gregory |
| 1987 | Frank's Place | Season's Greetings | Brandon |
| 1987–1992 | Matlock | 5 episodes | Various |
| 1987–1994 | L.A. Law | 3 episodes | D.D.A. Jack Angeletti |
| 1988 | 21 Jump Street | Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond | Principal Jack Garner |
| 1988 | A Year in the Life | Love Mother | Joel |
| 1988 | Something Is Out There | Gladiator | Dr. Wilcher |
| 1989 | Knots Landing | A Grave Misunderstanding | Val's Lawyer |
| 1989 | Jesse Hawkes | Eddy Street | Frank Keith |
| 1989 | The Nutt House | 10 episodes | Dennis |
| 1989-1991 | Night Court | 2 episodes | Mugger / Warren Karr |
| 1989-1992 | Empty Nest | 3 episodes | Judge Russell / Bill Wallace / Frank |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | On the Road Again | Gil Porter |
| 1990 | Head of the Class | Cement Hi-Tops | Meriner |
| 1990 | Coach | Hayden's in the Kitchen with Dinah | Tom |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body | 3 episodes | Cosby / Crosby |
| 1991 | Gabriel's Fire | A Prayer for the Goldsteins | Evan Stahl |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Dr. Mike Summers | Dr. Mike Summers |
| 1991 | Dark Justice | What Comes Around | Sterling Pope |
| 1991 | DEA | The Fat Lady Sings Alone | Sam Blankenship |
| 1991 | Homefront | Man, This Joint Is Jumping | Allan Carmichael |
| 1991–1992 | Eerie, Indiana | 4 episodes | The Mayor |
| 1992 | Davis Rules | Love at First Sighting: Part 2 | Host |
| 1992 | Bodies of Evidence | Time Served | Phillip Montgomery |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | 2 episodes | Tom Turnbull |
| 1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Destiny Rides Again | Father Chris |
| 1993 | Major Dad | Come Rain or Come Shine | Mitch Hewitt |
| 1993 | Shaky Ground | Asbestos and Costello | Repairman |
| 1993 | Quantum Leap | Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954 | Sam Phillips |
| 1993-1998 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Dax
Who Mourns for Morn? |
Hain
Ilon Tandro |
| 1994 | Dave's World | The Funeral | Alvin |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | 2 episodes | Michael Kramer |
| 1994–1995 | Something Wilder | 15 episodes | Jack Travis |
| 1995 | The Client | The Burning of Atlanta | George Sherman |
| 1995 | Strange Luck | Hat Trick | Ted Glenn |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Frozen Stiff | Ralph Brewer |
| 1995–1996 | Murder One | 17 episodes | D.A. Roger Garfield |
| 1996 | ER | The Healer | Burn Doctor |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope | Dr. Kyle Mitchell |
| 1996 | Arliss | The Client's Best Interest | Tom Gale |
| 1996 | Diagnosis: Murder | 2 episodes | Andrew King |
| 1996-1998 | Caroline in the City | 2 episodes | Hank Parsons / Mr. Lepner |
| 1997 | The Pretender | Jaroldo! | Phil Campbell |
| 1997 | Millennium | Walkabout | Hans Ingram |
| 1997 | JAG | Above and Beyond | Undersecretary of State Lawrence Culbertson |
| 1997 | Players | Three of a Con | Quentin Belkey |
| 1997–2003 | The Practice | 5 episodes | Various |
| 1998 | Suddenly Susan | Car Trouble" | Bob |
| 1998 | The Closer | My Best Friend's Funeral | Larry Colburn |
| 1998 | C-16: FBI | Green Card | Royce Bender |
| 1998 | Any Day Now | No Comment | Councilman Emmett Kearn |
| 1998 | Brother's Keeper | Who's Your Daddy? | Mr. Weaver |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Midnight in the Garden of Ronnie Beeman" | Ronnie Beeman |
| 1999 | Party of Five | 2 episodes | School Psychologist |
| 1999 | Wasteland | Double Date | Max Brody |
| 1999 | Early Edition | Camera Shy | Bruce Bryce |
| 1999 | It's Like, You Know... | 2 episodes | Chuck |
| 2000 | Family Law | Media Relations | Mr. Allero |
| 2000 | Profiler | 6 episodes | Joel Marks |
| 2000 | Bull | What the Past Will Bring | Lloyd Styner |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Critical Care | Dr. Dysek |
| 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | It's Only Personal | Matty Stillman |
| 2000-2001 | Strip Mall | 21 episodes | Sergei |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Boom | Norman Stirling |
| 2001-2005 | Judging Amy | 3 episodes | ASA Ethan Donahue |
| 2002 | Wolf Lake | Leader of the Pack | Gerald Carter |
| 2002 | Philly | Thanks for the Mammaries | Paul Cabretti |
| 2002 | The West Wing | Enemies Foreign and Domestic | State Dept. Representative |
| 2002 | For the People | The Double Standard | Judge Donald Kingman |
| 2002 | Firefly | Jaynestown | Magistrate Higgins |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Healthy McDowell Movement | Martin Walsh |
| 2002–2004 | Friends | 2 episodes | Theodore Hannigan |
| 2002, 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | In a Mirror, Darkly Part II"; "Shadows of P'Jem | Adm. Black / Capt. Sopek |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Fallout: Part 1 | Sydney's co-worker |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | The Other Side of Caution | Mr. Thomas |
| 2003-2020 | NCIS | 3 episodes | Director Charlie / Spencer Downing |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Progeny | Howard Lewson |
| 2004 | The O.C. | The New Era | Stephen Herbert |
| 2005 | Crossing Jordan | Gray Murders | Andrew Helm |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | 2 episodes | A.D.A. Todd Milken |
| 2005–2010 | 24 | 44 episodes | Charles Logan |
| 2007 | Robot Chicken | Rabbits on a Roller Coaster | William Adama / Dick Tracy / Police Officer |
| 2008 | Medium | Aftertaste | Senator Jed Garrity |
| 2008 | Hannah Montana | The Test of My Love | William Harris |
| 2008–2012 | The Mentalist | 15 episodes | Virgil Minelli |
| 2010–2013 | Covert Affairs | 25 episodes | Henry Wilcox |
| 2011 | Big Love | 9 episodes | Senator Dwyer |
| 2011 | Desperate Housewives | 2 episodes | Dick Barrows |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | In the Name of the Brother | Alphonse Frankenstein |
| 2013 | Mob City | 6 episodes | Mayor Fletcher Bowron |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Poina 'ole | Alex Mackey |
| 2016 | 12 Deadly Days | Love Bites | Grandpa |
| 2018 | Code Black | Hell's Heart | Dr. David Stoval |
| 2018 | America 2.0 | Ice | President Ward Baker |
| 2019 | The Resident | The Unbefriended | Sunflower |
His first big screen appearance a small part in Airplane! (1980)
Filmography (Movies)[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Airplane! | Religious Zealot #1 |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Melvin's Crew |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Young Man |
| 1984 | Hard to Hold | Owen |
| 1985 | Teen Wolf | English Teacher |
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Vince Nancy |
| 1989 | Dad | Ralph Kramer |
| 1989 | How to Get... Revenge | Officer P.F. |
| 1993 | Young Goodman Brown | George Burroughs |
| 1995 | Born to Be Wild | Walter Mallinson |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Clerk at Mint Hotel |
| 1999 | One Last Flight | Joe |
| 1999 | Making Contact | Hans |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? | James Moore |
| 2000 | Boys Life 3 | Scott's Father |
| 2001 | Evolution | Cartwright |
| 2001 | Original Sin | Colonel Worth |
| 2002 | Life or Something Like It | Dennis |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Eulogist #2 |
| 2002 | Adaptation | Prosecutor |
| 2007 | I Know Who Killed Me | Dr. Greg Jameson |
| 2008 | Float | Ray Fulton |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Warden Iger |
| 2009 | The Job | Mr. D |
| 2010 | Autopilot | Dr. Brian |
| 2011 | L.A., I Hate You | George |
| 2011 | The Change-Up | Flemming Steel |
| 2011 | The Ides of March | Jack Stearns |
| 2012 | Lincoln | John Archibald Campbell |
| 2014 | Small Time | Lennie |
| 2016 | Sensitivity Training | Barry |
| 2018 | Ice: The Movie | Joe Grantham |