Dennis Boutsikaris
American character actor (born 1952)
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Dennis Boutsikaris (/ˌbuːtsɪˈkærɪs/; born December 21, 1952) is an American stage and film actor. A two-time Obie Award Winner, he has appeared on and off Broadway, being the first American to play Mozart in Amadeus. On television he is best known for his role on Better Call Saul as Rich Schweikart. He has also narrated over 200 audiobooks.
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Dennis Boutsikaris | |
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Boutsikaris in 2016 | |
| Born | December 21, 1952 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Spouse |
Deborah Hedwall
(m. 1982; div. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
Boutsikaris was born to William and Jane (née Burg) Boutsikaris in Newark, New Jersey. His father was a Greek-American Christian while his mother Jane was Jewish, with her parents immigrating from Minsk, Russian Empire.[1] He grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.[2][3] He took up acting while a student at Governor Livingston High School. A graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, Boutsikaris toured the country with John Houseman's The Acting Company.
Career
Boutsikaris' film credits include leading roles in *batteries not included, The Dream Team, Crocodile Dundee II, Boys on the Side and In Dreams, among [4] many others. His more recent films include Cherry Crush, The Education of Charlie Banks, Calling It Quits, and Money Monster.[5] He played Paul Wolfowitz in Oliver Stone's W.[6] In 2012, he co-starred in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment of the successful Bourne franchise.[7]
On television, he had the lead in the series Stat, The Jackie Thomas Show, and Misery Loves Company. He has also had recurring roles on Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street, Nurse, Trinity, ER, Law & Order and Showtime's Shameless.[8] Boutsikaris appeared in an episode of the second season of the show Person of Interest,[9] the second season of Blue Bloods,[citation needed] and in the pilot episode of State of Affairs.[10] From 2015 to 2022, he played the role of lawyer Rich Schweikart in the American series Better Call Saul.[11] In 2017, Boutsikaris was cast in the recurring role of Henry Roarke on the ABC thriller series Quantico.[12] In 2017–2018 Boutsikaris played a recurring role as Malcolm Croft, a professor at MIT and Liam's mentor in CBS's Salvation.
He has starred in over 20 TV movies, including Chasing the Dragon, And Then There Was One, Three Faces of Karen, Survival on the Mountain, Beyond Betrayal,[13] and as Woody Allen in the miniseries Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (with Patsy Kensit).[14]
Theater
On Broadway Boutsikaris became the first American to play Mozart in Amadeus, and was directed by Laurence Olivier in Filumena. He starred in the Off-Broadway production of Sight Unseen to great critical acclaim.
He has been seen on Broadway in Bent and Amadeus (as the first American to play Mozart) with Frank Langella. He was seen in the Delacorte Theatre's production of Julius Caesar as Cassius. He was in the original New York productions of The Boys Next Door, A Picasso, and the revival of That Championship Season.
Off-Broadway he is probably best known for playing Jonathan Waxman in the original production of Sight Unseen at the Manhattan Theatre Club and later at the Orpheum Theatre. For his performance he received an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination.. At the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles he appeared in the premiere of David Mamet's The Old Neighborhood and in 2007 Jane Anderson's The Quality of Life with Laurie Metcalf and Jo Beth Williams. For that performance he received the Backstage West Garland Award for Best Actor and was nominated for Best Actor by the L.A. Critics Drama Circle and by the LA Alliance Ovation Awards.
In 2009 he was in the Broadway revivals of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, again with Laurie Metcalf. The former opened to wide critical acclaim and then closed one week later. The latter never opened.
He continued his association with Laurie Metcalf, appearing with her in The Other Place Off-Broadway.
Voice work
He can be heard in over 200 audiobooks and has received eight Audie Awards and two Best Voices of the Year Awards from AudioFile Magazine.[15] He was voted Best Narrator of the Year by Amazon for The Gene.
Awards
Boutsikaris has received two Obie Awards: one in 1985 for Outstanding Performance in Nest of the Woodgrouse at the New York Shakespeare Festival, directed by Joseph Papp; and one in 1992 for Outstanding Performance in Sight Unseen at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He also received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Actor for Sight Unseen, as well as a Cable ACE nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Chasing the Dragon in 1995. He was nominated for a People's Choice Award as best Newcomer. He received the Best Actor Award at the Staten Island Film Festival and the Long island Film Festival for his role in Calling It Quits.
Personal life
Boutsikaris was married to actress Deborah Hedwall.[16]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Jeremy | Danny | |
| 1980 | The Exterminator | Frankie | [17] |
| 1983 | Very Close Quarters | Alex | [18] |
| 1985 | War and Love | Marek | [17] |
| 1987 | Batteries Not Included | Mason Baylor | |
| 1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | Bob Tanner | |
| 1989 | Thunderboat Row | Tom Rampy | [19] |
| The Dream Team | Dr. Jeffrey "Jeff" Weitzman | [17] | |
| 1991 | Talent for the Game | Greg Rossi | [20] |
| The Boy Who Cried Bitch | Orin Fell | [21] | |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side | Massarelli | |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Kootz | [22] |
| 1999 | Taken | Bill McMurtrey | [23] |
| In Dreams | Dr. Stevens | [21] | |
| 2001 | They Crawl | Professor Jurgen | |
| 2002 | Crazy Little Thing | Dr. Levy | [24] |
| 2007 | Cherry Crush | Ben Wells | [21] |
| The Education of Charlie Banks | Mr. Banks | ||
| 2008 | W. | Paul Wolfowitz | |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take | Principal Pratt | |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Terrence Ward | |
| 2014 | She's Lost Control | Dr. Alan Cassidy | |
| 2015 | Freeheld | Pat Gerry | |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Avery Goodloe CFO | |
| The Inherited | Sanders | ||
| 2019 | Cliffs of Freedom | Theodoros Kolokotronis | [25] |
| Impossible Monsters | Steven | [21] | |
| 2021 | Violet | Tom Gaines | |
| 2022 | Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game | Mr. Sharpe |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The American Short Story | Vito | Episode: "Rappaccini's Daughter" | [26] |
| 1981–1982 | Nurse | Joe Calvo | 10 episodes | [21] |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Keith | Episode: "In the Lion's Den" | [27] |
| 1987 | The Equalizer | C.R. Heaton | Episode: "In the Money" | [28] |
| 1988 | American Playhouse | Christopher Boucher | Episode: "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz" | [29] |
| Tattingers | Scott Spalding | Episode: "The Sonny Always Rises" | [30] | |
| 1989 | Dream Street | Michael | Episode: "Girl's Talk" | [31] |
| The Equalizer | Yorgi Kostov | Episode: "Time Present, Time Past" | [32] | |
| 1990 | Matlock | Professor John Gallagher | Episode: "The Student" | [33] |
| 1990–2004 | Law & Order | Various | 7 episodes | |
| 1991 | Stat | Dr. Tony Menzies | Main role; 6 episodes | [34] |
| Sisters | David Joseph Levitsky | Episode: "A Kiss is Still a Kiss" | [35] | |
| Palace Guard | Marshal | Episode: "Enchanted Simian Evening" | [36] | |
| Pros and Cons | Robert Wills | Episode: "Ho! Ho! Hold Up!" | [37] | |
| 1992–1993 | The Jackie Thomas Show | Jerry Harper | Main role; 18 episodes | [21] |
| 1994 | Murphy Brown | Marty Crane | Episode: "A Piece of the Auction" | [38] |
| Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Jerry Santana | Episode: "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor" | [39] | |
| 1995 | Misery Loves Company | Joe | Main role; 8 episodes | [40] |
| 1996 | The Burning Zone | Dr. Steven Rydell | Episode: "Touch of the Dead" | [41] |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Skippy Deere | Miniseries; 2 episodes | [42] |
| 1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | Neil Burnside | 2 episodes | [43] |
| ER | Dr. David Kotlowitz | 4 episodes | [21] | |
| 1998–1999 | Trinity | Josh Beekman | 7 episodes | [44] |
| 1999–2014 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Various | 3 episodes | |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Chief Koby | Miniseries; 2 episodes | [45] |
| Touched by an Angel | Alan Berger | Episode: "Bar Mitzvah" | [46] | |
| The X-Files | Dr. Peter Voss | Episode: "Brand X" | [47] | |
| Bull | Hal Bridgewater | Episode: "In the Course of Human Events" | [48] | |
| 2001 | Nash Bridges | Robert Saxon | Episode: "Slam Dunk!" | [49] |
| The Fugitive | Agent Gagomiros | 2 episodes | [50][51] | |
| 2001–2002 | 100 Centre Street | Gil Byrnes | 9 episodes | [52] |
| 2002 | The Practice | U.S. Attorney Greg Mitchell | Episode: "Judge Knot" | [53] |
| Third Watch | Ray Henry | 2 episodes | [54] | |
| Monk | Dr. Morris Lancaster | Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum" | [55] | |
| The Agency | DEA Agent Riddick | Episode: "Heartless" | ||
| 2003 | 7th Heaven | Dr. Norton | Episode: "The One Thing" | |
| 2004 | Dragnet | LaPlatt | Episode: "Frame of Mind" | |
| 2005 | Crossing Jordan | Dr. Bernard Krump | Episode: "You Really Got Me" | |
| Las Vegas | Lance Marshall | Episode: "Down and Dirty" | ||
| 2005–2006 | Related | Professor Kasnov | 4 episodes | |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Lance Wagner | Episode: "A Real Rain" | |
| 2006–2007 | Close to Home | Paul Ramont | 2 episodes | |
| Six Degrees | Leonard Ralston | 4 episodes | ||
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Sidney Buckman | Episode: "Leapin' Lizards" | |
| 2008 | Shark | D.A. Lester Rivers | Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas" | |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Ernst | Episode: "In Treatment" | |
| Kings | Minister Fawkes | 2 episodes | ||
| 2010 | Medium | Dr. Anthony Woodel | Episode: "Psych" | |
| Grey's Anatomy | Don Taylor | Episode: "Push" | ||
| House | Artie | Episode: "Black Hole" | ||
| Outlaw | Prosecutor | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
| 2011–2012 | Shameless | Professor Hearst | 5 episodes | [8] |
| The Good Wife | Tommy Segarra | 2 episodes | ||
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Jack Quayle | Episode: "Collateral Damage" | |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Dr. Rubin | Episode: "Days of Wine and Roses" | |
| Elementary | Gerald Lydon | Episode: "Possibility Two" | ||
| Body of Proof | John Anderson | Episode: "Disappearing Act" | ||
| Person of Interest | Dr. Richard Nelson | Episode: "In Extremis" | ||
| 2014 | Satisfaction | Preston | Episode: "...Through Self Discovery" | |
| State of Affairs | CIA Director Skinner | Episode: "Pilot" | [10] | |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Gary Coomer | Episode: "The Time Is at Hand" | |
| 2015–2022 | Better Call Saul | Rich Schweikart | Recurring role; 15 episodes | [56] |
| 2016 | Rectify | Bernie | Episode: "Yolk" | |
| 2016–2018 | Billions | Kenneth Malverne | 4 episodes | |
| 2017 | Quantico | Henry Roarke | 6 episodes | [12] |
| 2017–2018 | Salvation | Dr. Malcolm Croft | 11 episodes | |
| 2018 | MacGyver | Elliot Lambeau | Episode: "Bozer + Booze + Back to School" | |
| 2019 | FBI | President Edgar Whitman | Episode: "A New Dawn" | |
| Blindspot | Lucas Nash | 2 episodes | ||
| 2020 | Prodigal Son | William Voight | Episode: "Wait & Hope" | |
| Bull | Judge Thornton | Episode: "Quid Pro Quo" | ||
| The Blacklist | Judge Leonard Borns | Episode: "Gordon Kemp (No. 158)" | ||
| 2022 | The Equalizer | Judge Clemmens | Episode: "D.W.B." | |
| 2023–present | Mayfair Witches | Alan Albrecht | 7 episodes | [57] |
| 2024 | Sugar | Bernie Siegel | Main role |
Television films
| Year | Title | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Liberty | Joseph Pulitzer | [58] |
| 1988 | Internal Affairs | Jerry Renfrew | [59] |
| 1989 | Big Time | Michael | [60] |
| 1991 | The Hit Man | Unnamed Hollywood producer | [61] |
| Love, Lies and Murder | Baruch | [62] | |
| 1992 | The Keys | Leeson | [21] |
| 1993 | Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story | Jack Mandel | [63] |
| 1994 | Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story | Screenplay writer | [64] |
| The Yarn Princess | Steven Hoffman | [21] | |
| Beyond Betrayal | Sam | ||
| And Then There Was One | Vinnie Ventola | ||
| 1995 | Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story | Woody Allen | |
| 1996 | Chasing the Dragon | Nat | |
| Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus No. 17 | Frank Caldwell | ||
| 1997 | The Three Lives of Karen | Paul | |
| Survival on the Mountain | Joe Hoffman | ||
| 2000 | Custody of the Heart | Nick Brody |