>
Jack Gilpin
Highest Rated: 91% Something Wild (1986)
Lowest Rated: 24% Commandments (1997)
Birthday: May 31, 1951
Birthplace: Boyce, Virginia, USA
With his expressive square jaw and long face, character actor Jack Gilpin has brought strong support to many films and television shows. From his start on the stage, Gilpin moved to small roles in film and television in the early 1980s, first making his mark as the gay neighbor on several episodes of the family sitcom "Kate & Allie." He appeared in such films as the comedy "The Dream Team," in which Michael Keaton takes patients at a sanitarium on an unsanctioned field trip; "Quick Change," as a hostage to Bill Murray's clown bank-robber; and "Quiz Show," the Robert Redford-directed story of the scandal surrounding a 1950s rigged game show. Amid many one-off appearances on TV series, Gilpin landed recurring roles on "New York Undercover" as a school headmaster, and on "Law & Order" as a defense attorney. Other film parts have included a supporting bit in the card-counting blackjack drama "21," and, more visibly, as the father of Jesse Eisenberg's character in the coming-of-age tale "Adventureland."
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51% | 66% | Trouble With the Curve | Schwartz (Character) | $35.8M | 2012 |
| 88% | 61% | Adventureland | Mr. Brennan (Character) | $16.0M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Boys of Sunset Ridge | Simon Longfellow (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo) | George (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 24% | 37% | Commandments | Gordon Bloom (Character) | $528.0K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss and Tell | Matt Sohigan (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Carter Glenn (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | White Mile | Peter Wiederhorn (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 81% | 80% | Barcelona | The Consul (Character) | $7.3M | 1994 |
| 50% | 61% | The Dream Team | Dr. Talmer (Character) | $26.8M | 1989 |
| 64% | 51% | Funny Farm | Bud Culbertson (Character) | $25.3M | 1988 |
| 45% | 46% | Heartburn | Ellis (Character) | $24.3M | 1986 |
| 91% | 69% | Something Wild | Larry Dillman (Character) | $6.4M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Found Money | McCallister (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | 56% | The Gilded Age | Church (Character) | 2022-2023 |
| 91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Mr. Fenberg (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| 94% | 93% | The Night Of | Doctor (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Elliot Klein (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 57% | 92% | Forever | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Frank Anderson (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Douglas (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 21% | No Score Yet | 3 Lbs. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ron Wolcott (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 1997-1998 2000-2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Apple | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aliens in the Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Allie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 1987 |