Biography
Dzundza enjoyed fleeting fame as the fatherly cop, Detective Sergeant Max Greevey, paired with the youthful Chris Noth during the initial season of NBC's critically acclaimed "Law & Order". He departed the series (in a pine box), however, before it became one of the network's dramatic staples.
Dzundza has worked in some interesting and/or popular films over the course of his career including Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter" (1978), Robert …
Career Milestones
| Born in Germany | ||
| Raised on NYC's Lower East Side | ||
| Spent part of childhood in displaced persons camps | ||
| TV debut, guest shot on "Starsky and Hutch" | ||
| Toured in "That Championship Season" | ||
1949 | Moved to Amsterdam | |
1956 | Immigrated to US; settled in NYC | |
1973 | Stage debut in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of "King Lear" | |
1975 | Feature debut, "The Happy Hooker" | |
1978 | Had supporting role in "The Deer Hunter" | |
1978 | TV-movie debut, "The Defection of Simas Kudirka", a CBS biopic | |
1981 | Moved to L.A. | |
1982 | Starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom, "Open All Night" | |
1990 | Co-starred during the first season of successful police/legal series, "Law and Order" | |
1994 | Starred in title role of "Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story", a fact-based CBS TV-movie about the fertility doctor indicted for inseminating his patients with his own sperm | |
1998 | Returned to series TV as co-star of the fall NBC sitcom "Jesse"; role reduced from regular to recurring | |
1999 | Appeared in crime thriller "Instinct" with Anthony Hopkins | |
2002 | Appeared in Robert Dinero film "City by the Sea" | |
2002 | Landed role on CBS series "Robbery Homicide Division" | |