John Heard

Birthplace: Washington, DC, USA
Birthday: March 7, 1946

Versatile, stage-trained lead and supporting player who frequently plays romantically troubled characters. Heard burst on the New York theater scene in the mid-1970s grabbing plum roles in some of the most talked about productions of the decade including "Warp" with Chicago's Organic Theater, Vietnam dramas "G.R. Point" and "Streamers", Iago in a New York Shakespeare production of "Othello", and Broadway productions "Split", "The Glass Menagerie", "Total Abandon", and &qu…more

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Credits

Actor

Hunt For the Giant Bluefin
Cross of Fire
David Curtis Steve Stephenson
Because Mommy Works
Ted Forman
Legs
Dan Foster
Spoils of War
Andrew

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Career Milestones

2007
Co-starred with Denzel Washington (also directed) in "The Great Debaters"
2006
Co-starred in the independent film, "Sweet Land"
2005
Cast as Prof. Roseman in the political drama "The Deal," starring Christian Slater
2002
Portrayed Roone Arledge in TNT's "Monday Night Mayhem"
2000
Cast in the critically acclaimed "Pollock," starring Ed Harris as the American painter