Paul McCrane

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: January 19, 1961

A compact, balding character actor with expressive brown eyes and chiseled features, Paul McCrane first garnered attention as the red-haired openly gay aspiring actor Montgomery McNeill in Alan Parker's "Fame" (1980). The Philadelphia native had begun appearing in school plays and turned pro in 1977 when he made his New York stage debut as Shirley Knight's son in John Guare's "Landscape of the Body". McCrane went on to make his musical stage debut alongside Diane Lane in the award-winning "Runaways" (19…more

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Actor

We're Fighting Back
The Portrait
Bartel
Money, Power, Murder
Billy Lynn
With Murder in Mind
Tim Franczyk
Champs
Herb Barton

Director

The Forgotten
Director
Dr. Vegas
Director
Justice
Director
ER
Director
Close to Home
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Career Milestones

1998
Directed Los Angeles stage production of "Home Grown"
1998
Portrayed astronaut Pete Conrad in the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon"
1997
Delivered memorable guest turn as Leonard Betts, a man who kept regenerating his body, in an episode of "The X-Files"
1997 to 0000
Had recurring role as surgeon Dr. 'Rocket' Romano on the hit NBC medical drama "ER"; made regular as of the 1999-2000 season
1996
Cast as a heart surgeon in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Champs"