Gregg Henry
American theatre, film and television character actor and rock, blues and country musician
Biography
Gallery (1)
Filmography (202)
Lists
Also Viewed
The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | American theatre, film and television character actor and rock, blues and country musician | ||
| A.K.A. | Gregg Lee Henry | ||
| A.K.A. | Gregg Lee Henry | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| is | Actor Singer Stage actor Television actor Songwriter Film actor | ||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music | ||
| Gender |
| ||
| Genres: | Country music | ||
| Instruments: | Voice | ||
| Profiles |  | ||
| Birth | 6 May 1952, Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA | ||
| Age | 72 years | ||
| Star sign | Taurus | ||
| Residence | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA | ||
| Stats |
|
The details
Biography
Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American character actor and rock, blues and country musician.
He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the made-for-television film The Hunt for the BTK Killer, and for playing various "heavies" in various films, such as in Payback (1999) and Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), the latter of whom Henry has collaborated with frequently over the years, acting in six De Palma films .
Biography
Henry was born May 6, 1952, in Lakewood, Colorado, United States. He has been featured in over 75 television programs, including The Riches; Firefly; Gilmore Girls; 24; Airwolf; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Murder, She Wrote; Matlock; In The Heat Of The Night; L.A. Law; Falcon Crest; Designing Women; Moonlighting; Magnum, P.I.; Rich Man, Poor Man Book II; The Mentalist; Castle; Glee; Burn Notice and Breakout Kings.
He played Hugh Pannetta alongside Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver on the FX television series The Riches. He played the role of Dobbs in the USA Network series White Collar and Hollis Doyle on the ABC series Scandal. Starting June 10, 2013, he played Detective Carl Reddick in The Killing. In 2014, he had a small role in the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy as well as its sequel as Peter Quill's grandfather. He appeared in recurring roles in Hell on Wheels and The Following. He also portrayed the title role in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in 2017's Shakespeare in the Park in New York City.
Personal life
Henry is married to American theatre director Lisa James.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Paul Ramsey | |
| 1979 | Hot Rod | Brian Edison | |
| 1981 | Just Before Dawn | Warren | |
| 1983 | Funny Money | Ben Turtle | |
| 1983 | Scarface | Charles Goodson | Uncredited |
| 1984 | Body Double | Sam Bouchard | |
| 1986 | The Last of Philip Banter | Robert Prescott | |
| 1988 | Fair Game | Gene | |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Prosecutor | Scenes deleted |
| 1992 | Raising Cain | Lieutenant Terri | |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Gallatin | |
| 1999 | Payback | Val Resnick | |
| 2001 | Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician | Lane Windbird | |
| Layover | Jack Gillardo | ||
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Shiff | |
| Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | FBI Agent Clark / DIA Director Robert Gant | ||
| 2003 | Purgatory Flats | Dean Mecklin | |
| Sin | Conrad | ||
| 2004 | Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes | Cotton Proudfit | |
| 2005 | Heatless | Lieutenant Russ Carter | |
| Silent Partner | Ambassador LaFontaine | ||
| The Hunt for the BTK Killer | Dennis Rader | ||
| 2006 | Slither | Jack MacReady | |
| United 93 | Colonel Robert Marr | ||
| The Black Dahlia | Pete Lukins | ||
| 2011 | Super | Detective John Felkner | |
| Isolation | Dr. Lawrence Moore | ||
| The Reunion | Kyle Wills | ||
| 2012 | Unfair and Imbalanced | Jim Moran | |
| The Patriot of America | Samuel Burwell | Voice | |
| Any Day Now | Lambert | ||
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill's Grandfather | |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Richard Webb | |
| The Belko Experiment | The Voice | Voice | |
| 2017 | Teen Titans: The Judas Contract | Brother Blood | Voice |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Peter Quill's Grandfather | ||
| 2018 | Office Uprising | Franklin Gantt | |
| 2019 | Stand! | Mike Sokolowski |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Wesley Jordache | TV Miniseries |
| 1978 | Pearl | Lieutenant Doug North | TV Miniseries |
| 1979 | Dummy | Assistant District Attorney Smith | TV Movie |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Lester Bedell | TV Miniseries |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | Gregory Steven Leonard | Episode: "He Ain't Heavy" |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Robert Villers | Episode: "The Hunted" |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Paul McCain | Episode: "The Next Murder You Hear" |
| 1985–1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Barry Bristol / Sheriff Lynn Childs / Richard Wellstood / Carl Ward / Lars Anderson / Mark Reisner | Episode: "Broadway Malady" Episode: "Death Stalks the Big Top: Parts 1 & 2" Episode: "The Taxman Cometh" Episode: "The Big Kill" Episode: "Crimson Harvest" Episode: "Mrs. Parker's Revenge" |
| 1987 | Bates Motel | Tom Fuller | TV movie |
| 1988–1994 | L.A. Law | Robert Cullen / Samuel Barkwell | Episode: "The Son Also Rises" Episode: "To Live and Diet in L.A." Episode: "Cold Cuts" |
| 1986 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Tommy Kitchens | Episode: "Poker Night" |
| 1987 | Designing Women | Jack Dent | Episode: "Grand Slam Thank You Ma'am" |
| 1987-1988 | Werewolf (TV series) | Officer Ritter | Episode: "Nightmare in Blue" |
| 1990 | Matlock | Nick Beloit | Episode: "The D.A." |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Gordon Dallek | Episode: "Oboe Phobia" |
| 1993 | In the Heat of the Night | George Deschamps | Episodes: "Leftover Man Part 1 and Part II" |
| 1996 | Terminal | Brian | TV movie |
| 1997 | Tidal Wave: No Escape | Edgar Purcell | TV movie |
| 1999–2001 | Family Law | Michael Holt | Recurring |
| 2000 | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Henry Crowe | Episode: "Absolution" |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Special Agent Rick Culpepper | Episode: "The Strip Strangler" |
| 2001–2002 | Boston Public | Detective McGill | Episode: "Chapter Nine" Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five" |
| 2002 | Firefly | Sheriff Bourne | Episode: "The Train Job" |
| Boomtown | Robert Colson | Episode: "The Squeeze" | |
| The Agency | Senator Bowden | Episode: "Heartless" | |
| 2003 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Zho'Kaan | Episode: "Dawn" |
| Judging Amy | Morgan Simmons | Episode: "Wild Card" | |
| 24 | Jonathan Wallace | Episodes 40–43: Day 2 ("11:00 pm" – "3:00 am") | |
| The Lyon's Den | A.U.S.A | Episode: "Blood" Episode: "Separation Anxiety" | |
| Windfall | Bill Trask | TV movie | |
| 2004 | The Handler | Griffin Klein | Episode: "Acts of Congress" |
| 2005–2007 | Eyes | Clay Burgess | 7 episodes |
| Gilmore Girls | Mitchum Huntzberger | Recurring character | |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | William Preston | Episode: "Death Eminent" |
| 2007–2008 | The Riches | Hugh Panetta | Series regular |
| 2008 | ER | Officer Mark Downey | Episode: "Haunted" |
| The Mentalist | Cal Trask | Episode: "Red-Handed" | |
| Sparky & Mikaela | Mikaela's Dad | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2009 | The Beast | Frank Oland / Mike Parks | Episode: "Hothead" |
| Dollhouse | William Bashford | Episode: "Haunted" | |
| Dark Blue | Jimmy Boyd | Episode: "Guns, Strippers and Wives" | |
| Numb3rs | Pete Fox | Episode: "Friendly Fire" | |
| Castle | Winston Wellesley | Episode: "Kill the Messenger" | |
| Glee | Russell Fabray | Episode: "Ballad" | |
| 2009–2011 | Hung | Mike Hunt | Recurring season 1; Regular seasons 2–3 |
| 2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Gracie | Episode: "The Time Warp" |
| Three Rivers | Lester Dimes | Episode: "Case Histories" | |
| The Good Guys | Wayne Young | Episode: "$3.52" | |
| Medium | Coach Swanson | Episode: "Talk to the Hand" | |
| CSI: Miami | Roger Cavanaugh | Episode: "Blood Sugar" | |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Mitchell Eaves | Episode: "With Friends Like These..." |
| CHAOS | Kurt Neimeyer | Episode: "Glory Days" | |
| Mr. Sunshine | Chuck Ferguson | Episode: "Family Business" | |
| Burn Notice | Ian Covey | Episode: "Acceptable Loss" | |
| 2011–2012 | Breakout Kings | Richard Wendell | Episode: "There Are Rules" Episode: "Served Cold" |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Alex Harris | Episode: "Blye, K." Part 1 & 2 |
| Leverage | Trent Hazlit | Episode: "The Toy Job" | |
| White Collar | Henry Dobbs / Robert MacLeish | Episodes: "Wanted"; "Most Wanted" | |
| 2012–2013 | Bunheads | Rico | 4 episodes |
| 2012–2017 | Scandal | Hollis Doyle | 22 episodes. Recurring, season 2; Guest, season 3, season 5 |
| 2013–2014 | The Killing | Carl Reddick | 16 episodes. Recurring, season 3; Main, season 4 |
| 2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Hosea Knowlton | TV movie |
| 2014–2015 | The Following | Dr. Arthur Strauss | 6 episodes. Recurring, season 2; Main, season 3 |
| 2014–2016 | Hell on Wheels | Brigham Young | 7 episodes. Recurring seasons 4–5 |
| 2015–2016 | CSI: Cyber | Calvin Mundo | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Chicago Med | Dr. David Downey | 8 episodes. Recurring, season 1. |
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Mitchum Huntzberger | Episode: "Spring" | |
| Those Who Can't | Bryce's Dad | Episode: "Mid-Bryce Crisis" | |
| 2017 | Supergirl | Peter Thompson | Episode: "Alex" |
| 2018 | Black Lightning | Agent Martin Proctor | 7 episodes |
| 2019 | The Rookie | Judge | Episode: "Homefront" |
| 2021 | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Senator Bannister | Voice |
| 2021 | Hit & Run | Martin Wexler | Recurring, season 1. |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Star Trek: Hidden Evil | Gal'na |
| 2012 | Lollipop Chainsaw | Gideon Starling |