John Finn

{{about|the U.S. actor|other people with the same name|John Finn (disambiguation)}}

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| name = John Finn

| birth_name = John Joseph Finn

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|30}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1979-present

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John Joseph Finn (born September 30, 1952) is an American character actor known as one of the leads of the television programs Cold Case and EZ Streets. Finn has also had supporting roles in the films The Hunted (2003), Analyze That (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), True Crime (1999), Turbulence (1997), Blown Away (1994), The Pelican Brief (1993), and Glory (1989).

TV series that Finn has had recurring roles on include Dawson's Creek, The Practice, The X-Files, Strange World, NYPD Blue (he also appeared two other times on Blue as different characters), Chicago Hope, and eight episodes of Brooklyn South.

Early life

Born to an Irish-American family in The Bronx, New York, he graduated from Eldred Central School in Eldred, New York, in the year 1970. He later joined the Navy for a few years, after which he entered the acting business.

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1984

| The Pope of Greenwich Village

| Ginty

| film debut

1984

| Death Mask

| 1970, Reporter

1988

| Shakedown

| The Bartender

1989

| Glory

| Sergeant Major Mulcahy

1990

| Loose Cannons

| Cop

|credited as John J. Finn

1990

| A Shock to the System

| Motorman

1990

| Desperate Hours

| Lexington

1991

| Cover Up

| Jeff Cooper

1993

| Nowhere to Run

| Cop In Chase

1993

| Cliffhanger

| FBI Agent Michaels

1993

| Carlito's Way

| Detective Duncan

1993

| Geronimo: An American Legend

| Captain Hentig

1993

| The Pelican Brief

| Matthew Barr

1994

| Being Human

| Detective Cobb

1994

| Blown Away

| Captain Roarke

1996

| City Hall

| Commissioner Coonan

1996

| Hoist Away

| {{n/a}}

| Short film; Director/Writer

1997

| Turbulence

| FBI Agent Frank Sinclair

1997

| Trojan War

| Ben Kimble

1999

| True Crime

| Reedy

2002

| Analyze That

| Richard Chapin

2002

| Catch Me If You Can

| FBI Assistant Director Marsh

2003

| The Hunted

| FBI Special Agent Ted Chenoweth

2003

| The Human Stain

| Louie Borero

2006

| Property

| The Storyteller

| Short film

2013

| The Lifeguard

| Jason "Big Jason"

2014

| The Gift

| Sean Og

2017

| Gifted

| Aubrey Highsmith

2018

| Bent

| Driscoll

2019

| Finding Steve McQueen

| W. Mark Felt

2019

| Ad Astra

| Stroud

2019

| Saved Rounds

| {{n/a}}

| Short film; Director/Producer
pre-production

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1979

| B.J. and the Bear

| Forman

| television debut
Episode: "The Eyes of Texas"

1980

| Rage!

| Man #C

| Television Movie

1981

| The Incredible Hulk

| Mechanic

| Episode: "Fast Lane"

1982

| Fame

| Driver Cop

| Episode: "Tomorrow's Farewell"

rowspan="2" | 1982

| rowspan="2" | The Fall Guy

| Bleeker

| Episode: "A Piece of Cake"

Pete

| Episode: "No Way Out"

rowspan="2" | 1987

| rowspan="2" | Spenser: For Hire

| Monroe

| Episode: "My Enemy, My Friend"

Ken Green

| Episode: "I Confess"

1987

| Leg Work

| Clauson

| Episode: "The Art of Murder"

1988

| Alone in the Neon Jungle

| Alan Benson

| Television Movie

1988

| Miami Vice

| Charles Hatch

| Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"

1988

| Tattinger's

| Mcintosh's Torpedo

| Episode: "Pilot"

1989

| A Man Called Hawk

| Unknown

| Episode: "The Master's Mirror"

1990

| ABC Afterschool Specials

| Unknown

| Episode: "All That Glitters"

1990

| Law & Order

| Freddo Parisi

| Episode: "Poison Ivy"

1991

| Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories

| Jimmy Lanahan

| Television Movie

1992

| Quantum Leap

| Admiral Spencer

| Episode: "Running for Honor - June 11, 1964"

1992

| Matlock

| Sheriff Dewey

| Episode: "The Outcast"

1992

| Quicksand: No Escape

| Detective Harris

| credited as John Joseph Harris

1992

| Street Justice

| Unknown

| Episode: "Eye Witness"

1992

| Cheers

| Mitch Ganzell

| Episode: "Take Me Out of the Ball Game"

1992

| Steel Justice

| Lieutenant Bill Somes

| Television Movie

1992

| Lady Against the Odds

| Lieutenant Donnelly

| Television Movie

1992

| Mario and the Mob

| Unknown

| Television Movie

1992

| Citizen Cohn

| Senator Charles Potter

| Television Movie

1992

| Flying Blind

| Mr. Rickman

| Episode: "Pilot"

1993

| Frasier

| Tim

| Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"

credited as John J. Finn

1994

| SeaQuest 2032

| Colonel Schrader

| Episode: "Nothing But the Truth"

1994-1995

| Chicago Hope

| Dr. Trevor Filburn

| 3 episodes; recurring role

1995

| Truman

| Bob Hannegan

| Television Movie

1995

| The Client

| Waite Calhoun

| Episode: "A Perfect World"

1995

| Murderous Intent

| Unknown

| Television Movie

1995

| Runaway One

| Colonel Van Damme

| Television Movie

1995

| NYPD Blue

| Jimmy "Socks" Matlow

| Episode: "Dirty Socks"

1996

| JAG

| Major Klein

| Episode: "Boot"

1996

| Gone in the Night

| Gerry Harbin

| Television Movie

1996

| Nash Bridges

| FBI Special Agent Elliot Rose

| Episode: "Aloha Bash"

1996

| Crazy Horse

| General George Crook

| Television Movie

1996-1997

| EZ Streets

| Captain Geary

| 11 episodes; recurring role

1997

| Promised Land

| Frank Boller

| Episode: "The Getaway"

1997

| Millennium

| William Garry

| Episode: "Covenant"

1997

| Invasion

| Airbase Colonel Brown (uncredited)

| Miniseries

1997

| Players

| Lieutenant Mike Harper

| Episode: "Rashocon"

1997

| NYPD Blue

| Lieutenant John Shanon

| 2 episodes

1997-1999

| The X-Files

| Michael Kritschgau

| 5 episodes; recurring role

1998

| Brooklyn South

| Officer Ray MacElwaine

| 8 episodes; recurring role

1999

| Strange World

| FBI Special Agent Richard H. Hoffman

| 2 episodes

1999

| Atomic Train

| Wally Phister

| Miniseries; 2 episodes

1999

| Seasons of Love

| Gorm Schrader

| 2 episodes

1999-2003

| Dawson's Creek

| Sheriff John Witter

| 4 episodes; recurring role

2000

| The Practice

| Detective Henry Dokes

| 2 episodes

2000

| Deadlocked

| Jack Fisque

| Television Movie

2000

| Rocket's Red Glare

| Wyatt Claybourne

| Television Movie

2001

| Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family

| Nathan Martson

| Episode: "The River"

2001

| NYPD Blue

| Jimmy McElroy

| Episode: "Nariz a Nariz"

2001

| Philly

| Frank Maguire

| Episode: "Light My Fire"

2002

| Shadow Realm

| Malone

| Television Movie

2002

| Thieves

| George Lieser

| Episode: "Home Is Where the Heist Is"

2002

| Night Visions

| Malone

| Episode: "Patters/Voices" (segment: Voices)

2002

| Without a Trace

| Abner Harrington

| Episode: "In Extremis"

2003-2010

| Cold Case

| John Stillman

| series regular; 156 episodes/Director; 2 episodes
Episode: "Wednesday's Women" (2008)
Episode: "The Runaway Bunny" (2010)

2011-2017

| NCIS

| General (former Marine Commandant) Charles T. Ellison

| 3 episodes

2012

| Blue Bloods

| David Cummings

| Episode: "Leap of Faith"

2012

| Suits

| Lawrence Kemp

| 2 episodes

2012

| Homeland

| Rex Henning

| Episode: "The Clearing"

2013

| Golden Boy

| Ed McKenzie

| Episode: "McKenzie on Fire"

2014

| Believe

| Mr. Tate

| Episode: "Sinking"

2014

| Madam Secretary

| Allen Bollings

| Episode: "Blame Canada"

2014

| An Bronntanas

| Sean Og

| Miniseries, 5 episodes

2014

| Wall Street

| Ritter

| Television Movie

2015

| The Blacklist

| Judge Richard Denner

| 2 episodes

2016

| Elementary

| Neil Dannon

| Episode: "Down Where the Dead Delight"

2016

| The Good Wife

| Oren Cleary

| Episode: "Targets"

2017

| Doubt

| Don Wilson

| Episode: "Pilot"

2018-2020

| The Walking Dead

| Earl Sutton{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a31677740/walking-dead-alpha-dead-negan-twist/|title=Walking Dead viewers stunned as Negan brutally murders Alpha|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=2020-03-16|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-season-10-episode-11-recap-morning-star-explained-1283049|title='The Walking Dead' Sets Up Brutal Battle: Who Will Die Next?|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/5946819/the-walking-dead-died-episode-12/|title=‘The Walking Dead’ Season 10: Here’s Who Died In Episode 12|date=2020-03-17|website=The Inquisitr|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-03}}

| 11 episodes

2018

| The Enemy Within

| Richard Bregman

| Episode: "Pilot"

2019

| The Loudest Voice

| Jack Welch

| Miniseries, 1 episode

2019

| The Crown

| Arthur "Bull" Hancock