Paul Guilfoyle
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Paul Guilfoyle | |
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.jpg) Guilfoyle in 2016 | |
| Born | Paul Vincent Guilfoyle April 28, 1949 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle (/ˈɡɪlfɔɪl/) (born April 28, 1949)[1] is an American television and film actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He returned for the series finale, "Immortality", in 2015.[2] He also returned for two episodes in the sequel CSI: Vegas.[3]
Early life
Guilfoyle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College High School and spoke at the 2005 commencement of the school's seniors. He would later appear in Spotlight, which features the school. Guilfoyle graduated from Lehigh University in 1972.[citation needed]
He is a member of The Actors Studio and established a substantial theatrical reputation on and off Broadway, including 12 years with the Theatre Company of Boston, appearances on Broadway include in David Rabe's The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Those The River Keeps, Richard III with Al Pacino, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Death Defying Acts, and Search and Destroy.
Career
Guilfoyle appeared in Three Men and a Baby, and in an early episode of Crime Story, where he played a criminal who takes a hostage, getting into a shootout with the Major Crimes Unit. He has since become one of the industry's leading character actors specializing in roles on both the good and bad side of law enforcement.
His television appearances most notably include guest roles on Miami Vice, Law & Order, Wiseguy, New York Undercover, Ally McBeal and Justice League Unlimited as Travis Morgan, the Warlord. His film credits are numerous, spanning nearly three decades. His appearances in notable films include Howard the Duck, Wall Street, Celtic Pride, Beverly Hills Cop II, Quiz Show, Final Analysis, Hoffa, Mrs. Doubtfire, Air Force One, Striptease, Amistad, The Negotiator, Extreme Measures, Session 9, Primary Colors, and L.A. Confidential.
Guilfoyle also appears in Alter Bridge's video for their single "Broken Wings", and the HBO original film Live from Baghdad.
Guilfoyle is best known for his role as L.V.P.D. Captain James "Jim" Brass in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which he performed from the show's inception in 2000.
In 2014, it was announced that Guilfoyle would be leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after 14 years, but returned in 2015 for the two-hour series finale "Immortality".[4]
In 2020, he guest-starred on Star Trek: Discovery in the two-part story "Terra Firma", as Carl, the humanoid avatar of the Guardian of Forever.
Personal life
In 1989, Guilfoyle married choreographer and aerial artist Lisa Giobbi. They have one child and live in New York City.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Next Door | Unknown | Short film |
| 1976 | The Murderer | Brock | |
| 1981 | The Dark End of the Street | Unknown | |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Lieutenant Welker | |
| Billy Galvin | Nolan | ||
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Nikos Thomopolis | |
| Three Men and a Baby | Vince | ||
| Wall Street | Stone Livingston | ||
| 1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Dr. Andrew Cassedy | |
| 1989 | Dealers | Lee Peters | |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic | Ray | |
| Cadillac Man | Jack 'Little Jack' Turgeon | ||
| 1991 | True Colors | John Laury | |
| 1992 | Final Analysis | Mike O'Brien | |
| Hoffa | Ted Harmon, Reporter | ||
| 1993 | The Night We Never Met | Sparrow's Nest Salesman | |
| Naked in New York | Roman, Jake's Father | ||
| Mother's Boys | Mark Kaplan, Robert's Attorney | ||
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Head Chef | ||
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Boris Volkoff | |
| Quiz Show | Lishman | ||
| 1995 | Gospa | Miodrag Dobrovic | |
| Cafe Society | Anthony Liebler | ||
| 1996 | Manny & Lo | Country House Owner | |
| Looking for Richard | 2nd Murderer | Documentary | |
| A Couch in New York | Dennis | ||
| Celtic Pride | Kevin O'Grady | ||
| Heaven's Prisoners | Detective Magelli | ||
| Striptease | Malcolm Moldovsky | ||
| Extreme Measures | Dr. Jeffrey Manko | ||
| Ransom | FBI Agent Wallace | ||
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | McGovern | |
| L.A. Confidential | Mickey Cohen | ||
| Air Force One | Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd | ||
| Amistad | Attorney | ||
| 1998 | Peppermills | Owner of Restaurant | Short film |
| Primary Colors | Howard Gerguson | ||
| The Negotiator | Detective Nathan Roenick (uncredited) | ||
| One Tough Cop | Frankie 'Hot' Salvino | ||
| 1999 | In Dreams | Detective Jack Kay | |
| Entropy | Andy | ||
| Anywhere but Here | George Franklin | ||
| Random Hearts | Dick Montoya | ||
| 2000 | A Question of Faith | Francis | |
| Company Man | Officer Hickle | ||
| 2001 | Hemingway, the Hunter of Death | Alex Smith | |
| Session 9 | Bill Griggs | ||
| 2002 | Pharoh's Heart | Angelo | Short film |
| 2004 | Tempesta | Taddeo Rossi | |
| 2008 | American Violet | Judge Belmont | |
| 2012 | That Guy... Who Was in That Thing | Himself | |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Pete Conley | |
| 2016 | Pandemic | Dr. Greer | |
| 2019 | Turnover | Peter Parveau | |
| 2019 | William | Bob Claybourn | |
| 2020 | Recondition | Gerry Sanders | Short film |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up | General Themes | |
| 2022 | The Good House | Henry Barlow | |
| 2022 | The Man from Rome | Monsignor Paolo Spada |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Ephriam McDowell's Kentucky Ride | Unknown | Television film |
| 1986 | American Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "Roanoak: Part 1" |
| Crime Story | Deranged Gunman | Episode: "Hide and Go Thief" | |
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Ross Bates | Episode: "The Man Who Wasn't There" |
| Miami Vice | Milton Glantz | Episode: "Death and the Lady" | |
| 1988 | Kate & Allie | Benny Rinaldi | Episode: "My Day with Paul Newman" |
| Internal Affairs | The Watcher | Television film | |
| Wiseguy | Calvin Hollis | 3 episodes | |
| 1989 | Unsub | Joe | Episode: "White Bone Demon" |
| Miami Vice | John Baker | Episode: "Victims of Circumstance" | |
| The Equalizer | Max Gorman | Episode: "Heart of Justice" | |
| A Man Called Hawk | Stan | Episode: "Life After Death" | |
| Big Time | Ted | Television film | |
| Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Hood | ||
| 1990 | Curiosity Kills | Ortley | |
| Against the Law | Shraker | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Law & Order | Anthony Scalisi | Episode: "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" | |
| 1991 | The Great Pretender | Martin Brinkman | Television film |
| Darrow | Bert Franklin | ||
| Civil Wars | Jerry Bennett | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1992 | Notorious | Norman Prescott | Television film |
| Those Secrets | Leonard | ||
| Unnatural Pursuits | Larry Leitz | Episode: "I'm the Author" | |
| Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Commander Steve Mccall, US Coast Guard | Television film | |
| 1993 | Anna Lee: Headcase | Dr. Frank | |
| Class of '61 | Unknown | ||
| Fallen Angels | Steve Prokowski | Episode: "Dead-End for Delia" | |
| 1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Paul Mantz | Television film |
| M.A.N.T.I.S. | Michael Rompath | Episode: "Soldier of Misfortune" | |
| New York Undercover | Remmy Powers | Episode: "Eyewitness Blues" | |
| 1996 | September | Conrad | Television film |
| C.P.W. | Detective | 2 episodes | |
| The Burning Zone | Dr. Arthur Glyndon | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1997 | New York Undercover | Alex Pratt | Episode: "Hubris" |
| Path to Paradise | Lou Napoli | Television film | |
| 1998 | Ally McBeal | Harold Lee | Episode: "Theme of Life" |
| Exiled: A Law & Order Movie | Detective Sammy Kurtz | Television film | |
| 2000 | Now and Again | Ed Bernstadt | Episode: "The Eggman Cometh" |
| Secret Agent Man | Brubeck | Recurring | |
| 2000-2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Captain Jim Brass | Main |
| 2001 | Night Visions | John (segment "The Passenger List") | Episode: "The Passenger List/The Bokor" |
| 2002 | Live from Bagdad | Ed Turner | Television film |
| 2003 | Coyote Waits | FBI Agent Jay Kennedy | |
| 2005 | Justice League Unlimited | Travis Morgan / Warlord | Voice, episode: "Chaos at the Earth's Core" |
| 2015 | The Fourth Man | Liska 'The Bear' | Television miniseries; episode: "#1.2" |
| CSI: Immortality | Jim Brass | Television film | |
| Stanistan | Ambassador Matthews | ||
| 2016 | Colony | Quayle | Recurring |
| 2017 | Blindspot | Rosmond Ott | Episode: "Gunplay Ricochet" |
| 2017-2018 | The Good Fight | Henry Rindell | Recurring |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Reid | Episode: "Lonely at the Top" |
| A Million Little Things | Lenny | Episode: "Daisy" | |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Discovery | Carl, The Guardian of Forever | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | CSI: Vegas | Jim Brass | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Can't Go Home | Detective Peter Bartlett | pre-production |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Las Vegas Police Department Captain James "Jim" Brass | |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives | ||
| 2006 | CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder | ||
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence | ||
| 2009 | Prototype | Dr. Raymond McMullen | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent | Captain Jim Brass | ||
| 2010 | CSI: Fatal Conspiracy |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Title | Accolade | Category | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2003 | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 2005 | Won | |||
| 2016 | Spotlight | Independent Spirit Award | Best Ensemble |
References
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Upadhyaya, Ruchinka (July 24, 2015). "CSI finale will feature a 'pivotal death'; find out which original character will return in two-hour episode". International Business Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "'CSI: Vegas' Jamie McShane To Recur In CBS Sequel, Paul Guilfoyle To Reprise Jim Brass Role". Deadline Hollywood. May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ Bricker, Tierney (March 24, 2014). "CSI Shocker: Find Out Which Original Castmember Is Leaving the CBS Drama". E! Online. E! Entertainment Television, LLC.
- ^ "Bios: Paul Guilfoyle as Capt. Jim Brass". CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. CBS. Archived from the original on April 4, 2010.
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