Ryan Cutrona (born July 29, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for playing gruff authority figures and military men in both dramatic and comedic roles in films and on television.

Career The second son of Joseph F. H. "Pro Joe" Cutrona, an Army general and combat veteran (Silver Star), he was a native of West Point and spent much of his early life in a military setting. His first law enforcement roles came on the TV dramas Hunter and DEA in 1990. He was Captain Margolis in the Top Gun parody Hot Shots! and played a detective in the Sharon Stone thriller Sliver. He had larger supporting roles in the 1996 action film The Glimmer Man and the 1999 thriller Deterrence while continuing to make frequent guest appearances in all genres of TV shows. He satirized his military roles in a TV commercial for the KAYAK travel site and showed up in sitcoms like Becker and in crime dramas like Brooklyn South. He had one of his most notable recurring roles on the political drama The West Wing as the CIA director from 2000 until 2005 and in 2007 begin two other significant TV roles. He was Admiral John Smith on the thriller 24 and played Betty's ailing father on the 1960s era hit Mad Men.

He collaborated with Joe Frank on his Peabody Award-winning series' on National Public Radio produced by KCRW: Work in Progress, Somewhere Out There, In The Dark, The Other Side and Unfictional from 1987 until 2016.

He has performed at noted theater festivals including The Theatre of Nations. In New York City he appeared at the New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, with The Alliance Francais at the John Houseman Theater, The Dia Foundation, Performance Space 122, NYSF, and WP Theater (The Women's Project) at The American Place Theater. In Los Angeles he appeared at The Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, and the defunct but bracing Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival.

Samuel Beckett granted him rights to perform three theatrical solo premieres of his prose texts All Strange Away at La MaMa.

Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1986No PicnicLive Pimp1991Hot Shots!Captain Margolis1991The Last Boy ScoutHarp, The Bartender 1992KuffsFlorist1992Inside Out IIIEmceeVideo1993SliverDetective Ennis1993In the Line of FireLAPD Brass1993Memories of Joe FrankShort1994In the Army Now Colonel1994Wagons East!Tom1994FlashfireOlder Detective1996The Quest Officer O'Keefe1996The Glimmer ManCaptain Harris1998Psycho Chief of Police1999Deterrence Agent Dexter2000Militia The President2000RangersGeneral SmithVideo2002Shark Attack 3: MegalodonChuck RampartVideo2003King of the AntsCoach Brown2003Gods and Generals General Marsena Patrick2005Lincoln's EyesShort2006AmericaneseHank Crane2007Look Mr. Bates2007Sex and Death 101Officer Krupke2008Changeling Judge2009Stolen Bill Byrnes 2012The Collection Police Spokesperson2014The Taking of Deborah LoganHarris 2015ControlNick Barnes SrShort2017The Most Hated Woman in AmericaPup2019Miller & SonAl MillerShortTBAThe Return of Mike and IkeChairmanPost-production

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1963General HospitalCarmichaelUnknown episodes1989CBS Schoolbreak SpecialLawyerEpisode: "A Matter of Conscience"1990Alien Nation Phillip DunawayEpisode: "Generation to Generation"1990HunterSgt. Dave Peterson2 episodes1990DEA Lt. FadimanEpisode: "Bloodsport"1991Equal Justice DunnEpisode: "Without Prejudice"1991My Life and TimesMan #1Episode: "Fare on Park Avenue"1991L.A. LawFBI Agent O HearnEpisode: "Badfellas"1992Afterburn Wing CommanderTV movie1993Knots LandingWilliam ReedEpisode: "The Invisible Man"1993Murder in the HeartlandC. Lauer WardTV mini-series1994Picket FencesDoctorEpisode: "Remote Control"1994The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Franklin BoggsEpisode: "Brooklyn Dodgers"1994ER Mr. WilsonEpisode: "24 Hours"1995Babylon 5Sgt. Major PlugEpisode: "GROPOS"1997Millennium Sheriff Paul GerlachEpisode: "Weeds"1997Dark SkiesDetectiveEpisode: "To Pray in Darkness"1997Almost PerfectBenEpisode: "Where No Woman Has Gone Before"1998Nothing SacredResnickEpisode: "Kindred Spirits"1998Brooklyn SouthDetective Bill Larkin2 episodes1998Mike Hammer, Private EyeSimon PaleyEpisode: "Dead Men Talk"1998–2002The PracticePathologist, Dr. Fine, Forensics Expert, Doctor6 episodes1999L.A. DoctorsRon SwiftEpisode: "O Captain, My Captain"1999Pensacola: Wings of GoldFire ChiefEpisode: "On the Tee"1999The '60'sChairman of Draft BoardTV movie2000Running Mates Reporter #2TV movie2000Blood MoneyVictor TenolariTV movie2000Becker TonyEpisode: "Old Yeller"2000JAG General PiperEpisode: "Body Talk"2000Providence Episode: "Trick or Treat" 2000–2005The West WingCIA Director George Rollie7 episodes 200118 Wheels of JusticeDet. CurtisEpisode: "Crossing the Line" 2001The X-FilesThe CaptainEpisode: "Nothing Important Happened Today II"2002Diagnosis: MurderMalcolm AdamsEpisode: "Without Warning" 2002CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCut ManEpisode: "Fight Night"2002Diagnosis Murder: Without WarningMalcolm AdamsTV movie2002NYPD BlueGene Cardillo Episode: "Healthy McDowell Movement"2003Without a TraceEpisode: "Clare de Lune"2003Miss MatchBradley's AttorneyEpisode: "Pilot"2004The Bernie Mac ShowEpisode: "Stiff Upper Lip"2005Head CasesGrant MorganEpisode: "Pilot"2005E-RingEpisode: "Pilot"2005Boston LegalCongressman Raymond JacobsEpisode: "A Whiff and a Prayer"2006Cold CaseEamon 'Big Mac' McCallisterEpisode: "Sandhogs"2006Bones FBI Deputy Director Robert KirbyEpisode: "Judas on a Pole"2007Smith Fred Cole2 episodes2007–2009Mad MenGene Driscoll / Gene Hofstadt 6 episodes2007–201024 Admiral John Smith12 episodes2008Medium Reginald SmytheEpisode: "Wicked Game: Part:Two"2008Mask of the NinjaLt. HillTV movie2009Lincoln Heights Police Commissioner Hugh Volker2 episodes2010Dad's HomeRon StauntonTV movie2010NCIS Ray Beringer Episode: "Jet Lag"2011Breakout KingsEllis Beaumont Episode: "Like Father, Like Son"2011Harry's LawEpisode: "Bad to Worse"2012The Finder Henry ColemanEpisode: "Bullets"2012The InbetweenersPolice ChiefEpisode: "Fire!"2013Criminal MindsSamEpisode: "Pay It Forward"2013Franklin & BashJudge Jack Battershell Episode: "Dead and Alive"2013Sons of AnarchyGriffin 2 episodes2015The BrinkJames Donaldson5 episodes2017ScandalRogerEpisode: "The Belt"

Video games YearTitleRole1995The Dark Eye 2011L.A. NoirePolice Chief William Worrell2012DishonoredSamuel Beechworth

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