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Dennis Boutsikaris

{{short description|American character actor (born 1952)}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Dennis Boutsikaris

| caption = Boutsikaris in 2016

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|21}}

| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1973–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Deborah Hedwall|1982|2002|end=divorced}}

| children = 2

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

Dennis Boutsikaris ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|uː|t|s|ɪ|'|k|ær|ɪ|s}}; 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.

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 father while his mother Jane was Jewish, with her parents immigrating from Minsk, Russian Empire.https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/starledger/name/jane-boutsikaris-obituary?id=14722150 He grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.https://greekreporter.com/2008/11/19/dennis-boutsikaris-aka-mr-wolfowitz-in-w/Staff. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105211,00.html "Play It Again, Dennis: In This Week's Mia Farrow TV Bio, Dennis Boutsikaris Shows He Nose Woody"], People, March 6, 1995. Accessed February 27, 2011. "His own life doesn't much resemble Allen's. He grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, the son of an ad exec and a homemaker." 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 Knutzen, Eirik. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/283871310/ "Stat star had no choice but to take part"], The Morning Call, May 26, 1991. Accessed April 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Boutsikaris, a five-foot-six flyweight who was born in Newark, N.J., and reared in nearby Berkeley Heights, claims he had no choice but to become an actor while a student at Governor Livingston Regional High School. 'That's because I was too short to do sports and incapable of doing a number of other things. The only thing I excelled at was acting, so I stuck with it.'"many others. His more recent films include Cherry Crush, The Education of Charlie Banks, Calling It Quits, and Money Monster.{{cite web|title=Guiding Light's Orlagh Cassidy in Calling It Quits|url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/guiding-light/news/2638/guiding-lights-orlagh-cassidy-in-calling-it-quits|website=soaps.sheknows.com|date=9 October 2008 |access-date=25 October 2016}} He played Paul Wolfowitz in Oliver Stone's W.{{cite web|title=Dennis Boutsikaris aka Mr. Wolfowitz in W. {{!}} Hollywood.GreekReporter.com|url=http://hollywood.greekreporter.com/2008/11/19/dennis-boutsikaris-aka-mr-wolfowitz-in-w/|website=hollywood.greekreporter.com|access-date=25 October 2016}} In 2012, he co-starred in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment of the successful Bourne franchise.{{cite web|title=The Bourne Legacy Premiere - Dennis Boutsikaris (2012)|url=http://www.traileraddict.com/the-bourne-legacy/premiere-dennis-boutsikaris|website=Trailer Addict|access-date=25 October 2016|date=31 July 2012}}

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.{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Crystal|title='Shameless' Star Spills Season 2 Secrets|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/shameless-jeremy-allen-white-lip-frank-karen-season-2_n_1206745.html|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=25 October 2016|date=15 January 2012}} Boutsikaris appeared in an episode of the second season of the show Person of Interest,{{cite web|title=Person of Interest In Extremis Review: Time for a Reboot|url=http://www.tv.com/news/person-of-interest-in-extremis-review-time-for-a-reboot-136699791964/|website=TV.com|access-date=25 October 2016}} the second season of Blue Bloods,{{cn|date=January 2025}} and in the pilot episode of State of Affairs.{{cite web |last1=Lloyd |first1=Robert |date=17 November 2014 |title='State of Affairs' an uneven comeback vehicle for Katherine Heigl |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-state-of-affairs-review-20141117-column.html |access-date=25 October 2016 |website=Los Angeles Times}} From 2015 to 2022, he played the role of lawyer Rich Schweikart in the American series Better Call Saul.{{cite web|title='Better Call Saul' is Becoming a Triple-Threat Drama|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/13170-better-call-saul-is-becoming-a-triple-threat-drama|website=Inverse|date=22 March 2016 |access-date=25 October 2016}} In 2017, Boutsikaris was cast in the recurring role of Henry Roarke on the ABC thriller series Quantico.{{cite web|title='Quantico' Season 2, Episode 19 Promo, Synopsis: The Task Force Meets The Collaborators|url=http://en.koreaportal.com/articles/31769/20170417/quantico-season-2-episode-19-promo-synopsis-the-task-force-meets-the-collaborators.htm|website=Korea Portal|date=17 April 2017 |access-date=19 April 2017}} 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,{{cite web|title=Beyond Betrayal (1994) starring Susan Dey, Richard Dean Anderson, Annie Corley, James Tolkan, Michael O'Neill, Dennis Boutsikaris directed by Carl Schenkel - movie review on The Movie Scene|url=http://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/beyond-betrayal/beyond-betrayal.html|website=www.themoviescene.co.uk|access-date=25 October 2016}} and as Woody Allen in the miniseries Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (with Patsy Kensit).{{cite web|last1=Loynd|first1=Ray|title=Review: 'Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story'|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/love-and-betrayal-the-mia-farrow-story-1200440489/|website=Variety|access-date=25 October 2016|date=28 February 1995}}

=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.{{cite web|title=AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Dennis Boutsikaris|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/dennis-boutsikaris/|website=AudioFile Magazine|access-date=25 October 2016}} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable mw-collapsible"

|+ List of Dennis Boutsikaris film credits

scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}

scope="row"|1973

|Jeremy

|Danny

|

scope="row"|1980

|The Exterminator

|Frankie

|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/257847-Dennis-Boutsikaris?sid=65713caa-d716-4d26-a471-432bafd88666&sr=11.000465&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false|title=Dennis Boutsikaris|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row"|1983

|Very Close Quarters

|Alex

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490084/very-close-quarters#credits|title=Very Close Quarters (1983)|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row"|1985

|War and Love

|Marek

|rowspan=3|

scope="row"|1987

|Batteries Not Included

|Mason Baylor

scope="row"|1988

|Crocodile Dundee II

|Bob Tanner

scope="row" rowspan=2|1989

|Thunderboat Row

|Tom Rampy

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/thunderboat-row/cast/2030086054/|title=Thunderboat Row - Full Cast & Crew|website=TV Guide|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

The Dream Team

|Dr. Jeffrey "Jeff" Weitzman

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|1991

|Talent for the Game

|Greg Rossi

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/talent-for-the-game/cast/2030011366/|title=Talent for the Game - Full Cast & Crew|website=TV Guide|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

The Boy Who Cried Bitch

|Orin Fell

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dennis_boutsikaris|title=Dennis Boutsikaris|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row"|1995

|Boys on the Side

|Massarelli

scope="row"|1996

|Surviving Picasso

|Kootz

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/surviving-picasso/cast/2030009289/|title=Surviving Picasso - Full Cast & Crew|website=TV guide|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|1999

|Taken

|Bill McMurtrey

|{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/taken-1999|title=Taken|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

In Dreams

|Dr. Stevens

|rowspan=2|

scope="row"|2001

|They Crawl

|Professor Jurgen

scope="row"|2002

|Crazy Little Thing

|Dr. Levy

|{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/crazy-little-thing/cast|title=Crazy Little Thing - Cast & Crew|website=Mubi|access-date=July 23, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|2007

|Cherry Crush

|Ben Wells

|rowspan=9|

The Education of Charlie Banks

|Mr. Banks

scope="row"|2008

|W.

|Paul Wolfowitz

scope="row"|2010

|My Soul to Take

|Principal Pratt

scope="row"|2012

|The Bourne Legacy

|Terrence Ward

scope="row"|2014

|She's Lost Control

|Dr. Alan Cassidy

scope="row"|2015

|Freeheld

|Pat Gerry

scope="row" rowspan=2|2016

|Money Monster

|Avery Goodloe CFO

The Inherited

|Sanders

scope="row" rowspan=2|2019

|Cliffs of Freedom

|Theodoros Kolokotronis

|{{Cite web |last=Papoutsis |first=Vasilis |date=2019-03-24 |title=Cliffs of Freedom’s arrives in theaters |url=https://hellenicnews.com/cliffs-of-freedoms-arrives-in-theaters/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Hellenic News of America |language=en-US}}

Impossible Monsters

|Steven

|rowspan=3|

scope="row"|2021

|Violet

|Tom Gaines

scope="row"|2022

|Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

|Mr. Sharpe

= Television series =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable mw-collapsible"

|+ List of Dennis Boutsikaris television series credits

scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}

scope="row"|1980

|The American Short Story

|Vito

|Episode: "Rappaccini's Daughter"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=michael&p=421&item=T:17540|title=Merican Short Story, The: Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" (TV)|website=Paley Center for Media|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row"|1981–1982

|Nurse

|Joe Calvo

|10 episodes

|

scope="row"|1987

|CBS Summer Playhouse

|Keith

|Episode: "In the Lion's Den"

|{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Patricia|date=August 30, 1987|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1987/08/30/redskins-rams-emmy-nominated-episodes/f1eef355-fec2-4e86-b5b1-ce6afde5e9d5/|title=Redskins Rams, Emmy-nominated Episodes|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row"|1987

|The Equalizer

|C.R. Heaton

| Episode: "In the Money"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_equalizer/s03/e04|title=In the Money|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|1988

|American Playhouse

|Christopher Boucher

|Episode: "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=law+&p=30&item=T:24041|title=American Playhouse: The Trial of Bernhard Goetz (TV)|website=Paley Center for Media|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

Tattingers

|Scott Spalding

|Episode: "The Sonny Always Rises"

|{{cite web|url=https://trakt.tv/shows/tattingers/seasons/1/episodes/2|title=Tattingers 1x02 "The Sonny Also Rises"|website=Trakt|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|1989

|Dream Street

|Michael

|Episode: "Girl's Talk"

|{{cite episode|title=Girl's Talk|series=Dream Street|season=1|number=4|date=May 5, 1989|credits=Corr, Eugene (director) Iacone, Jeremy (writer)|station=NBC}}

The Equalizer

|Yorgi Kostov

| Episode: "Time Present, Time Past"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-equalizer--time-present-time-past-vm854143/cast-crew|title=The Equalizer : Time Present, Time Past (1989)|publisher=AllMovie|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row"|1990

|Matlock

|Professor John Gallagher

|Episode: "The Student"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/151909/matlock-4x15-the-student|title=The Student|website=TV Maze|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row"|1990–2004

|Law & Order

|Various

|7 episodes

|

scope="row" rowspan=4|1991

|Stat

|Dr. Tony Menzies

|Main role; 6 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/stat-television/|title=STAT (television)|website=D23|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

Sisters

|David Joseph Levitsky

|Episode: "A Kiss is Still a Kiss"

|{{cite web|url=https://trakt.tv/shows/sisters/seasons/2/episodes/5|title=2x05 A Kiss is Still a Kiss|website=Trakt|access-date=July 19, 2023}}

Palace Guard

|Marshal

|Episode: "Enchanted Simian Evening"

|{{cite episode|title=Enchanted Simian Evening|series=Palace Guard|season=1|number=3|date=October 25, 1991|credits=Siebert, Charles (director); Canell, Stephen J., Epstein, Jacob and Solarz, Ken (writer)|station=CBS}}

Pros and Cons

|Robert Wills

|Episode: "Ho! Ho! Hold Up!"

|{{cite episode|title=Ho! Ho! Hold |series=Pros and Cons|date=December 19, 1991|season=1|number=11|station=ABC|credits=Thorpe, Jerry (director)}}

scope="row"|1992–1993

|The Jackie Thomas Show

|Jerry Harper

|Main role; 18 episodes

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|1994

|Murphy Brown

|Marty Crane

|Episode: "A Piece of the Auction"

|{{cite episode|title=A Piece of the Auction|series=Murphy Brown|date=January 3, 1994|season=6|number=14|station=CBS|credits=Chemel, Lee Shallat (director); English, Diane and Bragin, Rob (writer)}}

Murder, She Wrote

|Dr. Jerry Santana

|Episode: "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/murder_she_wrote/s10/e15|title=Murder on the Thirteenth Floor|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 19, 2023}}

scope="row"|1995

|Misery Loves Company

|Joe

|Main role; 8 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/misery-loves-company-television/|title=Misery Loves Company|website=D23|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

scope="row" |1996

|The Burning Zone

|Dr. Steven Rydell

|Episode: "Touch of the Dead"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_burning_zone/s01/e07|title=Touch of the Dead|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

scope="row" |1997

|The Last Don

|Skippy Deere

|Miniseries; 2 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_last_don/s01/e02|title=Last Don: Season 1, Episode 2|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_last_don/s01/e03|title=Last Don: Season 1, Episode 3|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|1998

|Diagnosis: Murder

|Neil Burnside

|2 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/diagnosis_murder/s05/e24|title=Obsession|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/diagnosis_murder/s05/e25|title=Obsession|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

ER

|Dr. David Kotlowitz

|4 episodes

|

scope="row" |1998–1999

|Trinity

|Josh Beekman

|7 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/419319/trinity-josh-beekman|title=Josh Beekman|website=TV Maze|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

scope="row"|1999–2014

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Various

|3 episodes

|

scope="row" rowspan=4|2000

|Perfect Murder, Perfect Town

|Chief Koby

|Miniseries; 2 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/perfect-murder-perfect-town/cast/2030349599/|title=Perfect Murder, Perfect Town - Full Cast & Crew|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

Touched by an Angel

|Alan Berger

|Episode: "Bar Mitzvah"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/touched-by-an-angel--bar-mitzvah-vm1163598/cast-crew|title=Touched by an Angel : Bar Mitzvah (2000)|publisher=AllMovie|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

The X-Files

|Dr. Peter Voss

|Episode: "Brand X"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_x_files/s07/e18|title=Brand X|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 20, 2023}}

Bull

|Hal Bridgewater

|Episode: "In the Course of Human Events"

|{{cite episode|title=In the Course of Human Events|series=Bull|date=August 15, 2000|station=TNT|season=1|number=1}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|2001

|Nash Bridges

|Robert Saxon

|Episode: "Slam Dunk!"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/nash_bridges/s06/e12|title=Slam Dunk!|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 21, 2023}}

The Fugitive

|Agent Gagomiros

|2 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_fugitive_2000/s01/e21|title=Gotterdammerung|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 21, 2023}}{{cite episode|title=Thanatos|series=The Fugitive|season=1|number=22|date=May 25, 2001|credits=Goodwin, R.W. (director); Huggins, Roy, Carnahan, Matthew and McNamara, John (writer)|station=CBS}}

scope="row"|2001–2002

|100 Centre Street

|Gil Byrnes

|9 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/dennis-boutsikaris|title=Dennis Boutsikaris|website=LA Theatre Works|access-date=July 23, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=4|2002

|The Practice

|U.S. Attorney Greg Mitchell

|Episode: "Judge Knot"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_practice_1997/s06/e14|title=Judge Knot|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 23, 2023}}

Third Watch

|Ray Henry

|2 episodes

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/third-watch/episodes-season-3/1000284332/|title=Third Watch Season 3 Episodes|website=TV Guide|access-date=July 23, 2023}}

Monk

|Dr. Morris Lancaster

|Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum"

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/monk/s01/e06|title=Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 23, 2023}}

The Agency

|DEA Agent Riddick

|Episode: "Heartless"

|

scope="row"|2003

|7th Heaven

|Dr. Norton

|Episode: "The One Thing"

|

scope="row"|2004

|Dragnet

|LaPlatt

|Episode: "Frame of Mind"

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|2005

|Crossing Jordan

|Dr. Bernard Krump

|Episode: "You Really Got Me"

|

Las Vegas

|Lance Marshall

|Episode: "Down and Dirty"

|

scope="row"|2005–2006

|Related

|Professor Kasnov

|4 episodes

|

scope="row"|2006

|Criminal Minds

|Lance Wagner

|Episode: "A Real Rain"

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|2006–2007

|Close to Home

|Paul Ramont

|2 episodes

|

Six Degrees

|Leonard Ralston

|4 episodes

|

scope="row"|2007

|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Dr. Sidney Buckman

|Episode: "Leapin' Lizards"

|

scope="row"|2008

|Shark

|D.A. Lester Rivers

|Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas"

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|2009

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|Dr. Ernst

|Episode: "In Treatment"

|

Kings

|Minister Fawkes

|2 episodes

|

scope="row" rowspan=4|2010

|Medium

|Dr. Anthony Woodel

|Episode: "Psych"

|

Grey's Anatomy

|Don Taylor

|Episode: "Push"

|

House

|Artie

|Episode: "Black Hole"

|

Outlaw

|Prosecutor

|Episode: "Pilot"

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|2011–2012

|Shameless

|Professor Hearst

|5 episodes

|

The Good Wife

|Tommy Segarra

|2 episodes

|

scope="row"|2012

|Blue Bloods

|Jack Quayle

|Episode: "Collateral Damage"

|

scope="row" rowspan=4|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"

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|2014

|Satisfaction

|Preston

|Episode: "...Through Self Discovery"

|

State of Affairs

|CIA Director Skinner

|Episode: "Pilot"

|

scope="row"|2015

|Madam Secretary

|Gary Coomer

|Episode: "The Time Is at Hand"

|

scope="row"|2015–2022

|Better Call Saul

|Rich Schweikart

|Recurring role; 15 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3032476/characters/nm0100381?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t14|title=

Better Call Saul (2015–2022) Dennis Boutsikaris: Rick Schweikart|website=IMDb|access-date=July 19, 2023}}

scope="row"|2016

|Rectify

|Bernie

|Episode: "Yolk"

|

scope="row"|2016–2018

|Billions

|Kenneth Malverne

|4 episodes

|

scope="row"|2017

|Quantico

|Henry Roarke

|6 episodes

|

scope="row"|2017–2018

|Salvation

|Dr. Malcolm Croft

|11 episodes

|

scope="row"|2018

|MacGyver

|Elliot Lambeau

|Episode: "Bozer + Booze + Back to School"

|

scope="row" rowspan=2|2019

|FBI

|President Edgar Whitman

|Episode: "A New Dawn"

|

Blindspot

|Lucas Nash

|2 episodes

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scope="row" rowspan=3|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)"

|

scope="row"|2022

|The Equalizer

|Judge Clemmens

|Episode: "D.W.B."

|

scope="row"|2023–present

|Mayfair Witches

|Alan Albrecht

|7 episodes

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/1074082/anne-rices-mayfair-witches-alan-albrecht|title=Alan Albrecht|website=TV Maze|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row"|2024

| Sugar

|Bernie Siegel

|Main role

|

= Television films =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable mw-collapsible"

|+ List of Dennis Boutsikaris television film credits

!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}

scope="row"|1986

|Liberty

|Joseph Pulitzer

|{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/liberty-1986/cast|title=Liberty (1986) - Cast & Crew|publisher=Mubi|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row"|1988

|Internal Affairs

|Jerry Renfrew

|{{cite web|last=O'Connor|first=John|date=November 5, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/05/arts/police-graft-intertwined-with-prostitutes-murder.html|title=Police Graft Intertwined With Prostitute's Murder|website=The New York Times|access-date=July 18, 2023}}

scope="row"|1989

|Big Time

|Michael

|{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/big-time-1989|title=Big Time (1989)|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|1991

|The Hit Man

|Unnamed Hollywood producer

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hit_man|title=The Hit Man|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

Love, Lies and Murder

|Baruch

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/love-lies-and-murder/cast/2000262788/|title=Love, Lies and Murder - Full Cast & Crew|website=TV Guide|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

scope="row"|1992

|The Keys

|Leeson

|

scope="row"|1993

|Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

|Jack Mandel

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/victim-of-love-the-shannon-mohr-story/cast/2030129192/|title=Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story - Full Cast & Crew|website=TV Guide|access-date=July 19, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan=4|1994

|Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story

|Screenplay writer

|{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|date=August 30, 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-30-ca-52145-story.html|title=NBC’s ‘Tonya and Nancy’ on Very Thin Ice : TV Review: The network criticizes itself in the movie, but that doesn’t make it any better.|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 19, 2023}}

The Yarn Princess

|Steven Hoffman

|rowspan=9|

Beyond Betrayal

|Sam

And Then There Was One

|Vinnie Ventola

scope="row"|1995

|Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story

|Woody Allen

scope="row" rowspan=2|1996

|Chasing the Dragon

|Nat

Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus No. 17

|Frank Caldwell

scope="row" rowspan=2|1997

|The Three Lives of Karen

|Paul

Survival on the Mountain

|Joe Hoffman

scope="row"|2000

|Custody of the Heart

|Nick Brody

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