Ryan Cutrona
Introduction '''Ryan Cutrona''' (born July 29, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for playing gruff authority figures and military men in both dramatic and comedic roles in films and on television.
Career The second son of Joseph F. H. "Pro Joe" Cutrona, an Army general and combat veteran (Silver Star), he was a native of West Point and spent much of his early life in a military setting. His first law enforcement roles came on the TV dramas ''Hunter'' and ''DEA'' in 1990.He was Captain Margolis in the ''Top Gun'' parody ''Hot Shots!'' and played a detective in the Sharon Stone thriller ''Sliver''. He had larger supporting roles in the 1996 action film ''The Glimmer Man'' and the 1999 thriller ''Deterrence'' while continuing to make frequent guest appearances in all genres of TV shows. He satirized his military roles in a TV commercial for the KAYAK travel site and showed up in sitcoms like ''Becker'' and in crime dramas like ''Brooklyn South''. He had one of his most notable recurring roles on the political drama ''The West Wing'' as the CIA director from 2000 until 2005 and in 2007 begin two other significant TV roles. He was Admiral John Smith on the thriller ''24'' and played Betty's ailing father on the 1960s era hit ''Mad Men''. He collaborated with Joe Frank on his Peabody Award-winning series' on National Public Radio produced by KCRW: ''Work in Progress'', ''Somewhere Out There'', ''In The Dark'',''The Other Side'' and ''Unfictional'' from 1987 until 2016.He has performed at noted theater festivals including The Theatre of Nations. In New York City he appeared at the New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, with The Alliance Francais at the John Houseman Theater, The Dia Foundation, Performance Space 122, NYSF, and WP Theater (The Women's Project) at The American Place Theater. In Los Angeles he appeared at The Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, and the defunct but bracing Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival.Samuel Beckett granted him rights to perform three theatrical solo premieres of his prose texts ''All Strange Away'' at La MaMa.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1986''No Picnic''Live Pimp1991''Hot Shots! ''Captain Margolis1991''The Last Boy Scout''Harp, The Bartender 1992''Kuffs''Florist1992''Inside Out III''EmceeVideo1993''Sliver''Detective Ennis1993''In the Line of Fire''LAPD Brass1993''Memories of Joe Frank''Short1994''In the Army Now'' Colonel1994''Wagons East! ''Tom1994''Flashfire''Older Detective1996''The Quest'' Officer O'Keefe1996''The Glimmer Man''Captain Harris1998''Psycho'' Chief of Police1999''Deterrence'' Agent Dexter2000''Militia'' The President2000''Rangers''General SmithVideo2002''Shark Attack 3: Megalodon''Chuck RampartVideo2003''King of the Ants''Coach Brown2003''Gods and Generals'' General Marsena Patrick2005''Lincoln's Eyes''Short2006''Americanese''Hank Crane2007''Look'' Mr. Bates2007''Sex and Death 101''Officer Krupke2008''Changeling'' Judge2009''Stolen'' Bill Byrnes 2012''The Collection'' Police Spokesperson2014''The Taking of Deborah Logan''Harris 2015''Control''Nick Barnes SrShort2017''The Most Hated Woman in America''Pup2019''Miller & Son''Al MillerShortTBA''The Return of Mike and Ike''ChairmanPost-production=== Television ===YearTitleRoleNotes1963''General Hospital''CarmichaelUnknown episodes1989''CBS Schoolbreak Special''LawyerEpisode: "A Matter of Conscience"1990''Alien Nation'' Phillip DunawayEpisode: "Generation to Generation"1990''Hunter''Sgt. Dave Peterson2 episodes1990''DEA'' Lt. FadimanEpisode: "Bloodsport"1991''Equal Justice'' DunnEpisode: "Without Prejudice"1991''My Life and Times''Man #1Episode: "Fare on Park Avenue"1991''L.A. Law''FBI Agent O HearnEpisode: "Badfellas"1992''Afterburn'' Wing CommanderTV movie1993''Knots Landing''William ReedEpisode: "The Invisible Man"1993''Murder in the Heartland''C. Lauer WardTV mini-series1994''Picket Fences''DoctorEpisode: "Remote Control"1994''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.''Franklin BoggsEpisode: "Brooklyn Dodgers"1994''ER'' Mr. WilsonEpisode: "24 Hours"1995''Babylon 5''Sgt. Major PlugEpisode: "GROPOS"1997''Millennium'' Sheriff Paul GerlachEpisode: "Weeds"1997''Dark Skies''DetectiveEpisode: "To Pray in Darkness"1997''Almost Perfect''BenEpisode: "Where No Woman Has Gone Before"1998''Nothing Sacred''ResnickEpisode: "Kindred Spirits"1998''Brooklyn South''Detective Bill Larkin2 episodes1998''Mike Hammer, Private Eye''Simon PaleyEpisode: "Dead Men Talk"1998–2002''The Practice''Pathologist, Dr. Fine, Forensics Expert, Doctor6 episodes1999''L.A. Doctors''Ron SwiftEpisode: "O Captain, My Captain"1999''Pensacola: Wings of Gold''Fire ChiefEpisode: "On the Tee"1999''The '60's''Chairman of Draft BoardTV movie2000''Running Mates'' Reporter #2TV movie2000''Blood Money''Victor TenolariTV movie2000''Becker'' TonyEpisode: "Old Yeller"2000''JAG'' General PiperEpisode: "Body Talk"2000''Providence'' Episode: "Trick or Treat" 2000–2005''The West Wing''CIA Director George Rollie7 episodes 2001''18 Wheels of Justice''Det. CurtisEpisode: "Crossing the Line" 2001''The X-Files''The CaptainEpisode: "Nothing Important Happened Today II"2002''Diagnosis: Murder''Malcolm AdamsEpisode: "Without Warning" 2002''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''Cut ManEpisode: "Fight Night"2002''Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning''Malcolm AdamsTV movie2002''NYPD Blue''Gene Cardillo Episode: "Healthy McDowell Movement"2003''Without a Trace''Episode: "Clare de Lune"2003''Miss Match''Bradley's AttorneyEpisode: "Pilot"2004''The Bernie Mac Show''Episode: "Stiff Upper Lip"2005''Head Cases''Grant MorganEpisode: "Pilot"2005''E-Ring''Episode: "Pilot"2005''Boston Legal''Congressman Raymond JacobsEpisode: "A Whiff and a Prayer"2006''Cold Case''Eamon 'Big Mac' McCallisterEpisode: "Sandhogs"2006''Bones'' FBI Deputy Director Robert KirbyEpisode: "Judas on a Pole"2007''Smith'' Fred Cole2 episodes2007–2009''Mad Men''Gene Driscoll / Gene Hofstadt 6 episodes2007–2010''24'' Admiral John Smith12 episodes2008''Medium'' Reginald SmytheEpisode: "Wicked Game: Part:Two"2008''Mask of the Ninja''Lt. HillTV movie2009''Lincoln Heights'' Police Commissioner Hugh Volker2 episodes2010''Dad's Home''Ron StauntonTV movie2010''NCIS'' Ray Beringer Episode: "Jet Lag"2011''Breakout Kings''Ellis Beaumont Episode: "Like Father, Like Son"2011''Harry's Law''Episode: "Bad to Worse"2012''The Finder'' Henry ColemanEpisode: "Bullets"2012''The Inbetweeners''Police ChiefEpisode: "Fire! "2013''Criminal Minds''SamEpisode: "Pay It Forward"2013''Franklin & Bash''Judge Jack Battershell Episode: "Dead and Alive"2013''Sons of Anarchy''Griffin 2 episodes2015''The Brink''James Donaldson5 episodes2017''Scandal''RogerEpisode: "The Belt"=== Video games ===YearTitleRole1995''The Dark Eye'' 2011''L.A. Noire''Police Chief William Worrell2012''Dishonored''Samuel Beechworth
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