Titus Welliver

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Biography

The son of noted American landscape artist Neil Welliver, Titus Welliver won fans as Officer Jake Lowery, a cop who became enmeshed in an interracial love affair with his female partner on the Steven Bochco-produced "Brooklyn South" (CBS, 1997-98). Tall and lanky, with a rather long face dominated by heavy brows and piercing eyes, the actor received his training at NYU and quickly found work in low-budget, direct-to-video fare and on the New …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

March 12, 1961

Career Milestones

Appeared in NYU student productions of "Hamlet," "Oedipus" and "Semmelweiss"

Appeared in off-Broadway productions of "American Buffalo," "Class Enemy" and "The Rising of the Moon"

Appeared in several releases produced by Ruckus Films including "Soldiers Home" and "Flamingo Love"

Raised in Philadelphia, PA

1980

Moved to NYC

1990

Made TV debut as Ralph Capone in the TNT movie "The Lost Capone"

1990

Made first appearance in a mainstream feature, played bit role of a redneck in a bar in "Navy SEALs"

1991

Landed first major screen role as Al Capone in "Mobsters"

1992

Guest starred on "L.A. Law" (NBC); first time working for Steven Bochco

1995

Co-starred with Laurence Fishburne and Heavy D in the off-Broadway play "Riff Raff," written by Fishburne

1996

Had recurring role as a police sergeant on the ABC drama "High Incident"

1997

Made TV series debut as regular as Officer Jake Lowery in Bochco's "Brooklyn South" (CBS)

1997

Played recurring role on the Bochco-produced legal drama "Murder One" (ABC)

1997

Portrayed B. F. Goodrich in the TNT movie "Rough Riders"

1998

Had featured role as Lewis Paine, the man who attempted to murder the U.S. Secretary of State in 1865, in the TNT movie "The Day Lincoln Was Shot"

2000

Co-starred as a mobster in the CBS drama "Falcone"

2000

Reprised his stage role opposite Laurence Fishburne in "Once in the Life," Fishburne's film adaptation of his play "Riff Raff"

2001

Joined the cast of the CBS series "That's Life"

2001

Landed regular role on the CBS police drama "Big Apple"

2004

Had a recurring role as debt collector Silas Adams in the HBO drama "Deadwood"; became a series regular in the second season

2007

Appeared in the drama "Gone Baby Gone," written and directed by Ben Affleck

2009

Landed a featured role on CBS' "The Good Wife"

2009

Played the mysterious Man in Black on ABC's "Lost"

2010

Cast in the ensemble crime drama "The Town"; second film with writer and director Affleck

2012

Acted in the crime thriller "Man on a Ledge" opposite Sam Worthington

2012

Cast in political thriller "Argo," directed by Ben Affleck

2012

Featured in "Promised Land," directed by Gus van Sant; film co-written by Damon and John Krasinski

Awards

2007

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Deadwood