James Ortlieb (born June 19, 1956) is an American film, television and theatre actor known for his roles in Roswell and Felicity.
Early life and education Raised in Hazlet, New Jersey, Ortlieb graduated from Raritan High School in 1974. He attended Glassboro State College (since renamed as Rowan University), planning to study music and play soccer, but dropped out shortly after suffering an injury on one of the first days of team practice and started acting. After a few years on the stage, he earned a degree in drama from the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University."Hazlet native's career taking off", Asbury Park Press, July 29, 1986. Accessed April 25, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The part of the lab technician who examines the confiscated narcotics in the movie Running Scared is a brief one, but the actor manages to make a strong impact on the audience with his humorous performance. The actor is Jim Ortlieb, a native of Hazlet Township.... Nevertheless, acting is a serious pursuit for the 1974 Raritan High School graduate."
Career Ortlieb has also appeared in Broadway productions of Guys and Dolls and Of Mice and Men, Billy Elliot the Musical, and The Farnsworth Invention.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1986Running ScaredLab Technician1989An Innocent ManConvict - Robby's Death1990FlatlinersUncle Dave1990Home AloneHerb the Drugstore Clerk1991Cold JusticeIllinois Troy1992The BabeScribe1994The Childhood FriendEddie 'Chuck' Greenberg1996Chain ReactionOrbit1999Love and Action in ChicagoBusiness Man1999The Opera LoverEmcee1999MagnoliaMiddle Aged Guy2002Crazy as HellMr. Tobin2002BugLouis - The Health Inspector2003A Mighty WindDavid Kantor2003Latter DaysBrother Farron Davis2004Out for BloodDoctor Blake2005Say UncleDavid Berman2005DirtyHusband2006The Enigma with a StigmaTravis Lass2008The Onion MovieBank Mr. Poniewicz2008ErnestoDon2010DrunkboatMorley2010Black MailRev. Madison2011ContagionFuneral Director2014Of Mice and MenThe Boss2017The CrashJeff Grillstein2017InheritanceGlen Crawford2018WhisperDesert Man2022Next ExitMilton
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1985Lady BlueThompsonEpisode: "Designer White"1986Jack and MikeBobEpisode: "Ready or Not"1990Gabriel's FireFeckyEpisode: "Pilot"1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in BostonMacLeanTelevision film1991DillingerKahler1993The UntouchablesWobblyEpisode: "Deal with the Devil"1993Missing PersonsEli SaltzEpisode: "Some People's Priorities"1997Early EditionProsecutorEpisode: "The Jury"1998ERCookEpisode: "The Good Fight"1999ArlissRing AnnouncerEpisode: "The Stories You Don't Hear About"2000Will & GraceIraEpisode: "An Affair to Forget"2000Judging AmySidney GilbertEpisode: "Blast from the Past"2000The West WingDr. KellerEpisode: "In The Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I"2000RoswellEd Harding7 episodes2000Spin CityJimEpisode: "Smile"2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationWinston BargerEpisode: "Pledging Mr. Johnson"2000Boston PublicJudge Jeremy AllenEpisode: "Chapter Seven"2000, 2001Diagnosis: MurderDr. Frederick Wilson2 episodes2001Any Day NowPrincipal SloanEpisode: "Life Isn't Fair"2001JAGMiller JosephsonEpisode: "Past Tense"2001AngelWolfram & Hart TranslatorEpisode: "Lullaby"2001Men, Women & DogsDr. BakerEpisode: "Old Dog, New Tricks"2001–2002FelicityProfessor Bill Hodges7 episodes2002The ShieldDr. Bernard GradyEpisode: "Pilot"2002The CourtCounselEpisode: "Back in the Bottle"2002The DivisionSid LockmanEpisode: "Brave New World"2002Push, NevadaThe Middle Management Man3 episodes2003Gilmore GirlsMr. HunterEpisode: "Lorelai Out of Water"2003Six Feet UnderAndrew Wayne MilneEpisode: "You Never Know"2004Without a TraceClaude Cleary2 episodes2005The Young and the RestlessZoo Security Guard2005CSI: NYJohn SwintonEpisode: "Til Death Do We Part"2005BonesHalEpisode: "The Man in the Fallout Shelter"2006CSI: MiamiDr. KagenEpisode: "Rampage"2006Boston LegalDr. George Murrow2 episodes2007The CloserJudd WhaleyEpisode: "The Round Fire"2007The UnitPrincipalEpisode: "Inside Out"2007American Body ShopFloydEpisode: "The Gift"2008Grey's AnatomyJack O'BrienEpisode: "Here Comes the Flood"2012VegasGus WilsonEpisode: "Solid Citizens"2015Masters of SexMinisterEpisode: "Three's a Crowd"2016It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaBelka MaierEpisode: "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century"2017Chicago JusticeJudgeEpisode: "Dead Meat"2017Do You Want to See a Dead Body?Mr. GreerEpisode: "A Body and a Breakup (with Judy Greer)"2018How to Get Away with MurderDennis CruzEpisode: "I Got Played"2019The RookieJudge StevensEpisode: "Fallout"2021Chicago MedDr. Richard CohenEpisode: "Better Is the Enemy of Good"20219-1-1: Lone StarFrankEpisode: "A Little Help from My Friends"2021American Horror Story: Double FeatureRay CunninghamEpisode: "Blood Buffet"2022Station 19HarryEpisode: "The Little Things You Do Together"
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