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John Heard

Character actor John Heard Jr. made his debut film appearance in Valley Forge (1975), followed by Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films including Beaches (1988), Deceived (1991), Big (1988), The Pelican Brief (1993), White Chicks (2004), and his role as Peter McCallister in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). He is remembered for his roles as Governor Frank Tancredi in Prison Break, Vin Makazian in The Sopranos and Roy Foltrigg in The Client

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Filmography

Home Alone

1990
as Peter McCallister

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992
as Peter McCallister

White Chicks

2004
as Warren Vandergeld

Big

1988
as Paul

Awakenings

1990
as Dr. Kaufman

The Guardian

2006
as Capt. Frank Larson

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Gavin Vereek

Justice League: The New Frontier

2008
as Ace Morgan

Sharknado

2013
as George

Would You Rather

2012
as Conway

In the Line of Fire

1993
as Professor Riger

Cavemen

2007
as Tripp

Assault on Wall Street

2013
as Jeremy Stancroft

The Telephone

1988
as Telephone Man

187

1997
as Dave Childress

Chilly Scenes of Winter

1979
as Charles

The Seventh Sign

1988
as Reverend

Mindwalk

1990
as Thomas Harriman

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987
as Johnny Boy? (voice)

There Was a Little Boy

1993
as Gregg

Tender Is the Night

1985
as Abe North

Animal Factory

2000
as James Decker

Edison

2005
as Capt. Brian Tilman

Desert Blue

1999
as Prof. Lance Davidson

Heart Beat

1980
as Jack Kerouac

Heaven Help Us

1985
as Brother Timothy

The Trip to Bountiful

1985
as Ludie Watts

Sweet Land

2005
as Minister Sorrensen

Rambling Rose

1991
as Willcox Hillyer (Buddy as an adult)

Best Revenge

1984
as Charlie

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988
as Charlie Bloom

Cutter's Way

1981
as Alex Cutter

O

2001
as Dean Brable

The Package

1989
as Col. Glen Whitacre

Runner Runner

2013
as Harry Furst

First Love

1977
as David Bonner

My Fellow Americans

1996
as Vice President Ted Matthews

Animals

2014
as Albert

Locusts

2005
as Dr. Peter Axelrod

The Chumscrubber

2005
as Officer Lou Bratley

Radio Flyer

1992
as Daugherty

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

2000
as Larry Mason

Men

1997
as George

Formosa Betrayed

2010
as Tom Braxton

So B. It

2016
as Thurman

The Legends of Nethiah

2012
as Nethiah's Father

Stealing Roses

2012
as Walter

Legs

1983
as Dan Foster

Warren

2014
as Jack Cavanee

Beaches

1988
as John Pierce

Brothers Three: An American Gothic

2007
as Father

Between the Lines

1977
as Harry Lucas

Out on a Limb

1987
as David Manning

Dying on the Edge

2001
as John Fuller

Steel City

2006
as Carl Lee

The Big Heist

2001
as Richard Woods

The Client

1995
as Roy Foltrigg

Silent Cradle

1997
as Dr. Britain

Mind the Gap

2004
as Henry Richards

Counting for Thunder

2015
as Garrett Stalworth

On the Yard

1978
as Juleson

The Wednesday Woman

2000
as Bill Davidson

Searching for Fortune

2018
as Michael Denton Sr.

Gamers

2006
as Gordon's Dad

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

2016
as Sheriff Parsons

The Murder Pact

2015
as John LaSalle

Deceived

1991
as Jack Sanders

A Perfect Ending

2012
as Mason Westridge

Violated

1984
as Skipper

The Pact

1998
as Jerome Carver

Living Among Us

2018
as Andrew

Word of Honor

2003
as Dr. Steven Brandt

Because Mommy Works

1994
as Ted Forman

The Truth

2010
as Jonathan Davenport

My Tiny Universe

2004
as Bobby

Me and Veronica

1992
as Frankie

Last Rampage

2017
as Blackwell

Executive Power

1997
as Walker

The Witness

1999
as Gregor

The Pilot's Wife

2002
as Jack Lyons

The Boys of Sunset Ridge

2001
as John Burroughs

Boys of Abu Ghraib

2014
as Sam Farmer

After Hours

1985
as Thomas 'Tom' Schorr

Generation Gap

2008
as Principal Winters

Monday Night Mayhem

2002
as Roone Arledge

Rush It

1978
as Byron

Pollock

2000
as Tony Smith

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

1992
as Dan Lawn - State of Alaska

The Great Debaters

2007
as Sheriff Dozier

Dead Lenny

2007
as Dr. Robert Hooker

C.H.U.D.

1984
as George Cooper

Too Scared to Scream

1985
as Sid

Betrayed

1988
as Michael Carnes

After the Reality

2016
as Bob

Necessity

1988
as Charlie

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time

2018
as George (archive footage)

Torn

2013
as Detective Kalkowitz

The Deal

2005
as Professor Roseman

The End of Innocence

1990
as Dean

Snake Eyes

1998
as Gilbert Powell

The Tale

2018
as Older Bill Allens

Cat People

1982
as Oliver Yates

Before and After

1996
as Wendell Bye

The Scarlet Letter

1979
as Arthur Dimmesdale

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

2016
as JP Monroe

The Making of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992
as John Heard

P.J.

2008
as Dr. Alan Shearson

Snake & Mongoose

2013
as Wally Parks

Freak Weather

1999
as David

The Lucky Ones

2008
as Bob

Sister

2014

Too Big to Fail

2011
as Joe Gregory

Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983
as Clifford Odets

Gladiator

1992
as John Riley

Producer

Movie Steel City 2006

Guest Star

Episode Screen One
Disaster at Valdez 		1992
Episode Prison Break
Subdivision 		2006
Episode Perception
Warrior (2) 		2013
Episode Elementary
Miss Taken 		2016
Episode Hack
Songs in the Night 		2002
Episode APB
Daddy's Home 		2017
Episode Prison Break
The Rat 		2006
Episode Kate & Allie
A Weekend to Remember 		1984
Episode Person of Interest
Death Benefit 		2014
Episode Law & Order
Doubles 		1994
Episode Miami Vice
One Way Ticket 		1986
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Disappearing Acts 		2002
Episode NCIS: Los Angeles
Inelegant Heart 		2014
Episode Adam DeVine's House Party
Dregory 		2013
Episode Prison Break
Buried 		2006
Episode Prison Break
Flight 		2006
Episode Numb3rs
Soft Target 		2005
Episode CSI: Miami
Recoil 		2005
Episode CSI: Miami
Under the Influence 		2004
Episode NCIS: Los Angeles
Praesidium 		2014
Episode Prison Break
Riots, Drills and the Devil (1) 		2005
Episode CSI: Miami
Double Cap 		2003
Episode Prison Break
Tonight 		2006
Episode MacGyver (2016)
Pliers 		2016
Episode The Sopranos
Meadowlands 		1999
Episode Perception
Wounded (1) 		2013
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Pardoner's Tale 		2001
Episode The Outer Limits (1995)
Dark Matters 		1995
Episode Jack & Bobby
Better Days 		2004
Episode Jack & Bobby
Friends with Benefits 		2005
Episode Prison Break
Scan 		2006
Episode Jack & Bobby
The Kindness of Strangers 		2004
Episode NCIS: Los Angeles
The 3rd Choir 		2014
Episode CSI: Miami
The Best Defense 		2003
Episode Law & Order
DNR 		1999
Episode Entourage
Snow Job 		2007
Episode Prison Break
Riots, Drills and the Devil (2) 		2005
Episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Love for Sale 		2014
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Breakdown 		1985
Episode The Equalizer
In the Money 		1987
Episode Prison Break
Map 1213 		2006
Episode Jack & Bobby
Into the Woods 		2005