Ryan Cutrona
Ryan Cutrona (born July 29, 1949) is an American actor.
Ryan Cutrona | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 29, 1949 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Career
Ryan began working in the theater in 1973 with Jerzy Grotowski's Instytut Aktora in Wroclaw, Poland He has worked in Milan and Rome, Italy, and Pittsburgh, PA. He was a member of several influential experimental theater companies including The Factory Theater, directed by Zbigniew Cynkutis, The Iowa Theater Lab, Shaliko Company, and Ellen Stewart's LA Mama, etc.
He has performed at many noted theater festivals including The Theatre of Nations. In New York City he appeared at the New York Theater Workshop, The American Place Theater, The Vinyard Theater, with The Alliance Francais at the John Houseman Theater, The Dia Foundation, NYSF, and P.S. 122. He has teamed with Yvonne Rainer in film, Sally Silvers in dance, and Anne Bogart in theater.
Through his correspondence with Samuel Beckett he received Mr. Beckett's permission to perform a number of solo world premieres of his prose texts: "All Strange Away" at LA MAMA ("...within that handful of actors (Mr. Warrilow, Billie Whitelaw, the late Jack MacGowran) who share an empathy with the world of Beckett." - Mel Gussow; The New York Times) and "Fizzles" at P.S. 122 ("No matter how little life gives there is always room for loss, Beckett obsessively reminds us, a sentiment Cutrona conveys with great delicacy." - Laurie Stone; The Village Voice) ("The Dramatization...represents the author without embellishment of distortion - a direct emanation of his vision." - Mel Gussow; The New York Times) In Los Angeles he performed his chrestomathy of 10 Beckett works, Nohow On. ("Cutrona is an actor gifted with an insight that shines a bright light into the dark corners of Beckett's catalogue of the confusing world we live in... One wished he would go on-anyhow on-exploring the astonishing Beckett." - T.H. McCulloh; The Los Angeles Times). ("You can almost hear James Joyce giggling off stage." - Steven Leigh Morris; LA WEEKLY).
He is noted for his renderings of his own and other poetry, often seen and heard at the Cafe Beckett in East Hollywood, Beyond Baroque in Venice, the old Nuyorican Cafe on E. 6th and St. Marks On The Bowery. He is known for his many appearances on television programs such as The Practice, The West Wing, 24, and Mad Men. Cutrona appeared in Shark Attack 3: Megalodon as the "improbably named Chuck 'bull-fuckin'-shit' Rampart".[1]
He has also been seen on the big screen with Hot Shots!, The Last Boy Scout, In the Line of Fire, and Changeling. He was recently heard on NPR's KCRW program Unscripted, in Joe Frank's new show A Life Well Lived, as well as many other Frank radio shows reaching back over 25 years; he was also seen in Joe Frank's short movies for Propaganda Films, The Perfect Woman and Memories.
He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio in New York and Los Angeles. He starred in the HBO series The Brink featuring Jack Black and Tim Robbins and directed by Jay Roach.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | No Picnic | Live Pimp | |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Captain Margolis | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Harp, The Bartender | |
| 1992 | Kuffs | Florist | |
| 1992 | Inside Out III | Emcee | Video |
| 1993 | Sliver | Detective Ennis | |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | LAPD Brass | |
| 1993 | Memories of Joe Frank | Short | |
| 1994 | In the Army Now | Colonel | |
| 1994 | Wagons East! | Tom | |
| 1994 | Flashfire | Older Detective | |
| 1996 | The Quest | Officer O'Keefe | |
| 1996 | The Glimmer Man | Captain Harris | |
| 1998 | Psycho | Chief of Police | |
| 1999 | Deterrence | Agent Dexter | |
| 2000 | Militia | The President | |
| 2000 | Rangers | General Smith | Video |
| 2002 | Shark Attack 3: Megalodon | Chuck Rampart | Video |
| 2003 | King of the Ants | Coach Brown | |
| 2003 | Gods and Generals | General Marsena Patrick | |
| 2005 | Lincoln's Eyes | Short | |
| 2006 | Americanese | Hank Crane | |
| 2007 | Look | Mr. Bates | |
| 2007 | Sex and Death 101 | Officer Krupke | |
| 2008 | Changeling | Judge | |
| 2009 | Stolen | Bill Byrnes | |
| 2012 | The Collection | Police Spokesperson | |
| 2014 | The Taking of Deborah Logan | Harris | |
| 2015 | Control | Nick Barnes Sr | Short |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Pup | |
| 2019 | Miller & Son | Al Miller | Short |
| TBA | The Return of Mike and Ike | Chairman | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | General Hospital | Carmichael | Unknown episodes |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Lawyer | Episode: "A Matter of Conscience" |
| 1990 | Alien Nation | Phillip Dunaway | Episode: "Generation to Generation" |
| 1990 | Hunter | Sgt. Dave Peterson | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | DEA | Lt. Fadiman | Episode: "Bloodsport" |
| 1991 | Equal Justice | Dunn | Episode: "Without Prejudice" |
| 1991 | My Life and Times | Man #1 | Episode: "Fare on Park Avenue" |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | FBI Agent O Hearn | Episode: "Badfellas" |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Wing Commander | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Knots Landing | William Reed | Episode: "The Invisible Man" |
| 1993 | Murder in the Heartland | C. Lauer Ward | TV Mini-Series |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | Doctor | Episode: "Remote Control" |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Franklin Boggs | Episode: "Brooklyn Dodgers" |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Wilson | Episode: "24 Hours" |
| 1995 | Babylon 5 | Sgt. Major Plug | Episode: "GROPOS" |
| 1997 | Millennium | Sheriff Paul Gerlach | Episode: "Weeds" |
| 1997 | Dark Skies | Detective | Episode: "To Pray in Darkness" |
| 1997 | Almost Perfect | Ben | Episode: "Where No Woman Has Gone Before" |
| 1998 | Nothing Sacred | Resnick | Episode: "Kindred Spirits" |
| 1998 | Brooklyn South | Detective Bill Larkin | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Simon Paley | Episode: "Dead Men Talk" |
| 1998–2002 | The Practice | Pathologist, Dr. Fine, Forensics Expert, Doctor | 6 episodes |
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors | Ron Swift | Episode: "O Captain, My Captain" |
| 1999 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Fire Chief | Episode: "On the Tee" |
| 1999 | The '60's | Chairman of Draft Board | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Running Mates | Reporter #2 | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Blood Money | Victor Tenolari | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Becker | Tony | Episode: "Old Yeller" |
| 2000 | JAG | General Piper | Episode: "Body Talk" |
| 2000 | Providence | Episode: "Trick or Treat" | |
| 2000–2005 | The West Wing | CIA Director George Rollie | 7 episodes |
| 2001 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Det. Curtis | Episode: "Crossing the Line" |
| 2001 | The X-Files | The Captain | Episode: "Nothing Important Happened Today II" |
| 2002 | Diagnosis: Murder | Malcolm Adams | Episode: "Without Warning" |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Cut Man | Episode: "Fight Night" |
| 2002 | Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning | Malcolm Adams | TV Movie |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Gene Cardillo | Episode: "Healthy McDowell Movement" |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Episode: "Clare de Lune" | |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Bradley's Attorney | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2004 | The Bernie Mac Show | Episode: "Stiff Upper Lip" | |
| 2005 | Head Cases | Grant Morgan | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | E-Ring | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Congressman Raymond Jacobs | Episode: "A Whiff and a Prayer" |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Eamon 'Big Mac' McCallister | Episode: "Sandhogs" |
| 2006 | Bones | FBI Deputy Director Robert Kirby | Episode: "Judas on a Pole" |
| 2007 | Smith | Fred Cole | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2009 | Mad Men | Gene Driscoll / Gene Hofstadt | 6 episodes |
| 2007–2010 | 24 | Admiral John Smith | 12 episodes |
| 2008 | Medium | Reginald Smythe | Episode: "Wicked Game: Part:Two" |
| 2008 | Mask of the Ninja | Lt. Hill | TV Movie |
| 2009 | Lincoln Heights | Police Commissioner Hugh Volker | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Dad's Home | Ron Staunton | TV Movie |
| 2010 | NCIS | Ray Beringer | Episode: "Jet Lag" |
| 2011 | Breakout Kings | Ellis Beaumont | Episode: "Like Father, Like Son" |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Episode: "Bad to Worse" | |
| 2012 | The Finder | Henry Coleman | Episode: "Bullets" |
| 2012 | The Inbetweeners | Police Chief | Episode: "Fire!" |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | Sam | Episode: "Pay It Forward" |
| 2013 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Jack Battershell | Episode: "Dead and Alive" |
| 2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Griffin | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Brink | James Donaldson | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Scandal | Roger | Episode: "The Belt" |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Dark Eye | |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Police Chief William Worrell |
| 2012 | Dishonored | Samuel Beechworth |
References
- "The 10 Best Worst Movies". WhatCulture.com. 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
