Paul Guilfoyle
{{Short description|American actor (born 1949)}}
{{for|the older actor of the same name|Paul Guilfoyle (actor, born 1902)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = Paul Guilfoyle (25593864834).jpg
| caption = Guilfoyle in 2016
| birth_name = Paul Vincent Guilfoyle
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|4|28}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1975–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Lisa Giobbi|1989}}
| children = 1
}}
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|ɪ|l|f|ɔɪ|l|}}) (born April 28, 1949){{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paul_guilfoyle_2|title = Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes|website = Rotten Tomatoes}} is an American character 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.Upadhyaya, Ruchinka (July 24, 2015). [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/csi-finale-will-feature-pivotal-death-find-out-which-original-character-will-return-two-hour-1512388 "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. He also returned for two episodes in the sequel CSI: Vegas.{{cite web|title='CSI: Vegas' Jamie McShane To Recur In CBS Sequel, Paul Guilfoyle To Reprise Jim Brass Role|date=May 3, 2021|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/csi-vegas-jamie-mcshane-recur-paul-guilfoyle-reprise-jim-brass-role-1234749069/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}
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 |date=December 2021}}
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".{{cite news | url = http://uk.eonline.com/news/524612/csi-shocker-find-out-which-original-castmember-is-leaving-the-cbs-drama | title = CSI Shocker: Find Out Which Original Castmember Is Leaving the CBS Drama | first = Tierney | last = Bricker | date = March 24, 2014 | work = E! Online | publisher = E! Entertainment Television, LLC}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/bio/paul_guilfoyle/bio.php | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100404121644/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/bio/paul_guilfoyle/bio.php | archive-date = April 4, 2010 | title = Bios: Paul Guilfoyle as Capt. Jim Brass | website = CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | publisher = CBS}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1975
| Unknown |
| 1976
| Brock | Short film |
| 1981
| Unknown | |
| rowspan=2|1986
| Lieutenant Welker | |
| Billy Galvin
| Nolan | |
| rowspan=3|1987
| Nikos Thomopolis | |
| Three Men and a Baby
| Vince | |
| Wall Street
| Stone Livingston | |
| 1988
| Dr. Andrew Cassedy | |
| 1989
| Dealers | Lee Peters | |
| rowspan=2|1990
| Ray | |
| Cadillac Man
| Jack 'Little Jack' Turgeon | |
| 1991
| John Laury | |
| rowspan=2|1992
| Mike O'Brien | |
| Hoffa
| Ted Harmon, Reporter | |
| rowspan=4|1993
| Sparrow's Nest Salesman | |
| Naked in New York
| Roman, Jake's Father | |
| Mother's Boys
| Mark Kaplan, Robert's Attorney | |
| Mrs. Doubtfire
| Head Chef | |
| rowspan=2|1994
| Boris Volkoff | |
| Quiz Show
| Lishman | |
| rowspan=2|1995
| Gospa | Miodrag Dobrovic | |
| Cafe Society
| Anthony Liebler | |
| rowspan=8|1996
| Country House Owner | |
| Looking for Richard
| 2nd Murderer |
| 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 | |
| rowspan=4|1997
| McGovern | |
| L.A. Confidential
| |
| Air Force One
| Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd | |
| Amistad
| Attorney | |
| rowspan=4|1998
| Peppermills | Owner of Restaurant | Short film |
| Primary Colors
| Howard Ferguson | |
| The Negotiator
| Detective Nathan Roenick (uncredited) | |
| One Tough Cop
| Frankie 'Hot' Salvino | |
| rowspan=4|1999
| Detective Jack Kay | |
| Entropy
| Andy | |
| Anywhere but Here
| George Franklin | |
| Random Hearts
| Dick Montoya | |
| rowspan=2|2000
| Francis | |
| Company Man
| Officer Hickle | |
| rowspan=2|2001
| Hemingway, the Hunter of Death | Alex Smith | |
| Session 9
| Bill Griggs | |
| 2002
| Pharoh's Heart | Angelo | Short film |
| 2004
| Tempesta | Taddeo Rossi | |
| 2008
| Judge Belmont | |
| 2012
| That Guy... Who Was in That Thing | Himself | |
| 2015
| Pete Conley | |
| 2016
| Pandemic | Dr. Greer | |
| 2019
| Peter Parveau | |
| 2019
| William | Bob Claybourn | |
| 2020
|Recondition | Gerry Sanders | Short film |
| 2021
| General Themes | |
| 2022
| Henry Barlow | |
| 2022
| Monsignor Paolo Spada | |
| {{strikethrough|2024}}
| | Filmed in 2021, abandoned in 2024 during endless post-production{{Cite web |first=Alex |last=Stedman |title=Netflix Scraps Halle Berry Sci-Fi Film The Mothership, Despite Completing Filming |date=2024-01-24 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-scraps-halle-berry-sci-fi-film-the-mothership-despite-completing-filming |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125053400/https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-scraps-halle-berry-sci-fi-film-the-mothership-despite-completing-filming |archive-date=2025-01-25 |url-status=live}} |
| 2024
| Polara | Billy | |
| 2024
| Charlie | |
| 2024
| Any Day Now | Marty | |
| TBA
| {{Pending film|The Trip}} | {{TBA}} | Filming |
{{Pending films key}}
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1981
| Ephriam McDowell's Kentucky Ride | Unknown |
| rowspan=2|1986
| Unknown | Episode: "Roanoak: Part 1" |
| Crime Story
| Deranged Gunman | Episode: "Hide and Go Thief" |
| rowspan=2|1987
| Ross Bates | Episode: "The Man Who Wasn't There" |
| Miami Vice
| Milton Glantz | Episode: "Death and the Lady" |
| rowspan=3|1988
| Benny Rinaldi | Episode: "My Day with Paul Newman" |
| Internal Affairs
| The Watcher | Television film |
| Wiseguy
| Calvin Hollis | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=6|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
| Hoods |Television film |
| rowspan=3|1990
| Curiosity Kills | Ortley |Television film |
| Against the Law
| Shraker | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Law & Order
| Anthony Scalisi | Episode: "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" |
| rowspan=3|1991
| Martin Brinkman |Television film |
| Darrow
| Bert Franklin |Television film |
| Civil Wars
| Jerry Bennett | Episode: "Pilot" |
| rowspan=4|1992
| Notorious | Norman Prescott |Television film |
| Those Secrets
| Leonard |Television film |
| Unnatural Pursuits
| Larry Leitz | Episode: "I'm the Author" |
| Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
| Commander Steve Mccall, US Coast Guard |Television film |
| rowspan=3|1993
| Anna Lee: Headcase | Dr. Frank |Television film |
| Class of '61
| Unknown |Television film |
| Fallen Angels
| Steve Prokowski | Episode: "Dead-End for Delia" |
| rowspan=3|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" |
| rowspan=3|1996
| September | Conrad | Television film |
| C.P.W.
| Detective | 2 episodes |
| The Burning Zone
| Dr. Arthur Glyndon | Episode: "Pilot" |
| rowspan=2|1997
| Alex Pratt | Episode: "Hubris" |
| Path to Paradise
| Lou Napoli | Television film |
| rowspan=2|1998
| Harold Lee | Episode: "Theme of Life" |
| Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
| Detective Sammy Kurtz | Television film |
| rowspan=2|2000
| Ed Bernstadt | Episode: "The Eggman Cometh" |
| Secret Agent Man
| Brubeck | Recurring role |
| 2000-2014
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Main cast |
| 2001
| John (segment "The Passenger List") | Episode: "The Passenger List/The Bokor" |
| 2002
| Ed Turner |Television film |
| 2003
| FBI Agent Jay Kennedy |Television film |
| 2005
| Voice, episode: "Chaos at the Earth's Core" |
| rowspan=3|2015
| The Fourth Man | Liska 'The Bear' | Miniseries; episode: "#1.2" |
| CSI: Immortality
| Jim Brass |Television film |
| Stanistan
| Ambassador Matthews |Television film |
| 2016
| Colony | Quayle | Recurring role |
| 2017
| Rosmond Ott | Episode: "Gunplay Ricochet" |
| 2017-2018
| Henry Rindell | Recurring role |
| rowspan=2|2019
| Reid | Episode: "Lonely at the Top" |
| A Million Little Things
| Lenny | Episode: "Daisy" |
| 2020
| Carl, The Guardian of Forever | 2 episodes |
| 2021
| Jim Brass | 2 episodes |
| 2023
| Julia | Frank Bludger | 2 episodes |
| 2024
| Evil | Archibishop Kirby | 2 episodes |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title |
| 2003
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Captain Jim Brass |
| 2004
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives | Captain Jim Brass |
| 2006
| Captain Jim Brass |
| 2007
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence | Captain Jim Brass |
| rowspan=2|2009
|Dr. Raymond McMullen |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent
| Captain Jim Brass |
| 2010
| Captain Jim Brass |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Accolade !Category !Results |
| 2002
|rowspan=4|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |rowspan=4|Screen Actors Guild Award |rowspan=4|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |rowspan=3 {{nom}} |
| 2003 |
| 2004 |
| 2005
|rowspan=2 {{won}} |
| 2016
|Best Ensemble |
References
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