Daniel Joseph Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, who played the role of Jack Arnold in The Wonder Years (1988–1993), Jack Sullivan on Sullivan & Son (2012–2014), and Al Luongo on Pitch (2016–2017).
Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lauria spent his formative years on the South Shore of Long Island, specifically Suffolk County in the village of Lindenhurst; there, he attended Lindenhurst High School, graduating in 1965. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 1970. A Vietnam War veteran, Lauria served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1970–73.
Career Lauria's early appearances included roles in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Hunter, Growing Pains, L.A. Law and Cagney & Lacey, as well as the films Stakeout (1987) and Another Stakeout (1993).
Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the stern, but loving, money-conscious father on the TV series The Wonder Years, which ran from 1988 to 1993. He also played Commanding Officer, USA in 1996's Independence Day and NASA Administrator James Webb in the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He has also appeared in a 1997 episode of Boy Meets World, starring Ben Savage, the younger brother of Fred Savage, Lauria's on-screen son in The Wonder Years. He appeared as Coach Hamstrung in The Three Stooges N.Y.U.K. on AMC in 2000. More recently he has appeared as Police Commissioner Eustace Dolan in The Spirit (2008).
Lauria appeared on stage in New York in the summer of 2006 in an off-Broadway production of A Stone Carver by William Mastrosimone with Jim Iorio and Elizabeth Rossa. He also had a small role in a season two episode of Army Wives, as well as a season one episode of The Mentalist. In 2009, Lauria has appeared as General Lee Whitworth, M.D. in Criminal Minds season 4. In late 2009, Lauria returned to the off-Broadway stage, appearing as Jimmy Hoffa in Brian Lee Franklin's Good Bobby, a fictionalized account of Robert F. Kennedy's rise.
In 2010, Lauria appeared as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play Lombardi. The play received positive reviews, with sportswriter Jim Hague commenting, "Lauria truly becomes Vince Lombardi. You almost forget you're watching an actor. He's Lombardi through and through, down to the wire-framed glasses and intimidating scowl." North Bergen football coach Vince Ascolese, who met Lombardi, commented "I really felt like he was Lombardi. It was uncanny."Hague, Jim. "'Lombardi' on Broadway is a smash hit" "Tasty Tidbits" The Union City Reporter; October 24, 2010; Pages 12 & 13 Lauria's portrayal of Lombardi was used during the NFL on FOX introduction to Super Bowl XLV, where one of the two participating teams was the Green Bay Packers; the team Lombardi coached to victories in the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968. The Packers went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in that game.
In 2012, Lauria played the part of Jean Shepherd in the Broadway production of A Christmas Story: The Musical, a role which he reprised off-Broadway at Madison Square Garden in 2013. From 2012 through 2014, he played Jack Sullivan on the Steve Byrne sitcom Sullivan & Son. From 2016 through 2017, he played Al Luongo on the drama series Pitch. In 2021, Lauria starred as a right-wing conspiracy theorist who marries a Russian mail-order bride in Wes Hurley's autobiographical dramedy Potato Dreams of America. In 2024, he played Tip O'Neill in the Ronald Reagan biopic film Reagan.
Lauria served one year as a Department of Veterans Affairs celebrity hospital visitor, during which he toured many VA hospitals, meeting patients.
Personal life For a relatively brief period (including at least the spring, summer and fall of 1990), Lauria was involved in the last of three "much publicized failed romances" of Growing Pains star Joanna Kerns (all of which took place during the six years following her 1985 divorce). Notwithstanding a number of notable professional collaborations (culminating in a joint, 1989 post-Christmas guest spot on Good Morning America), Lauria, as of December 1990, remained unwilling to commit, and—wishing to "avoid a lot of tears"—the pair agreed to a pre-Christmas separation.
Almost exactly one year later, in December 1991, at St. John's Nepomucene Church on East 66th Street in Manhattan, Lauria married Eileen Cregg, a "former employee at a New York City radio station.""Not a kid anymore". People Weekly. May 17, 1993. pp. 55–56. Retrieved April 21, 2026. "Lauria, who lives in L.A. with [...] "Eileen Cregg, 36, a former New York City radio-station employee." They remained married at least as late as the summer of 2000,"Where Are They Now? The Wonder Years, 1988-1993". People Weekly. June 26, 2000. pp. 90–94. Retrieved April 21, 2026. "Lauria, who lives in L.A. with his charity-fund-raiser wife, Eileen" but appear to have gotten divorced—or been in the process of obtaining that divorce—by the beginning of 2001.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1981C.O.D.Secret Service Man1983Without a TraceBaker1985South Bronx HeroesFBI Agent19869 1/2 WeeksJanitor1987StakeoutPhil Coldshank1993Another StakeoutPhil Coldshank1995Excessive Force II: Force on ForceOrlando Franco1996No One Could Protect HerGreg ComingIndependence DayCommanding Officer1998True FriendsPauleyWide AwakeFather Peters1999Strange in My HouseDennisA Wake in ProvidenceRudy2001Full DisclosureClive CarterRicochet RiverCoach Garth2002ContagionGeneral RykerOutside the LawDetective FromanHigh Times PotluckCarmine2003Dead CanariesVito Scaldafieri2005The Signs of the CrossMr. CoyneJesus, Mary and JoeyFather Gino2006Big Momma's House 2Crawford2008Dear MeMr. HuntThe SpiritEustace Dolan2009Alien TrespassChief DawsonDonna on DemandDetective LewisDead AirFredInSearchOfReverend Blackwell2010The WaiterFather Parks2011Here's the KickerDave BerryLife of LemonArthur2013Make Your MoveParole Officer Foster2014SisterJeffrey Presser2017The Concessionaires Must Die!Jack FiskAn American Dog StoryPaw PoochiniLocating Silver LakeSpeaker2020The Eagle and the AlbatrossAl WisermanThe Way BackGerry NorrisHolidateWally2021Potato Dreams of AmericaJohn2024ReaganTip O'Neill
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1982Muggable Mary, Street CopVince PalucciTelevision film1984Mickey Spillane's Mike HammerJohn ShaneEpisode: "Kill Devil"1985–1987Scarecrow and Mrs. KingRogan, Foster2 episodes1986HunterBroder2 episodes1986–1987Growing PainsDan, Hockey Coach2 episodes1987L.A. LawJoseph SearsEpisode: "Prince Kuzak in a Can"WiseguyJack PhillipsEpisode: "A Deal's a Deal"Sledge Hammer!Chris RakerEpisode: "A Clockwork Hammer - S2E1"1987–1988Cagney & LaceyHarry Dupnick4 episodes1988DavidJohnTelevision film1988–1993The Wonder YearsJack ArnoldMain role1990The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeSteve WinslowTelevision film1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in WacoBob BlanchardTelevision film1995Amazing GraceHarry Kramer5 episodesBurke's LawJimmy JacksonEpisode: "Who Killed Cock-a-Doodle Dooley?"1996JAGColonel Matt 'Gooch' AndersonEpisode: "Survivors"Terror in the FamilyTodd MartenTelevision film1996–1997Party of FiveRuss Petrocelli6 episodes1997Boy Meets WorldJudge LambEpisode: "Wheels"Prison of SecretsEd CrangTelevision filmWalker, Texas RangerSalvatore MatacioEpisode: "A Father's Image"Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSamuel MorrisonEpisode: "Safe Passage"1998From the Earth to the MoonJames Webb2 episodes1999Batman BeyondBill Wallace (voice)Episode: "Earth Mover" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2000Static ShockSean Foley (voice)Episode: "Sons of the Fathers"Diagnosis: MurderDonald PurdyEpisode: "Murder by Remote"2001SmallvilleWalt ArnoldEpisode: "Hothead"2003JAGAllen Blaisdell4 episodes2003, 2011Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPeter Kurtz, Ray Masters2 episodes20037th HeavenAndrew HamptonEpisode: "Life and Death"2005Ghost WhispererEllis ConwayEpisode: "Voices"2007PsychBill PetersonEpisode: "Poker? I Barely Know Her"The Bronx Is BurningDetective BorelliEpisode: "The Seven Commandments"The Black DonnellysFranny KennyEpisode: "Wasn't That Enough?"2008How I Met Your MotherNolanEpisode: "Not a Father's Day"2009LeverageNicky MosconeEpisode: “The Wedding Job”The MentalistSantino BattagliaEpisode: "Red Sauce"Criminal MindsLee WhitworthEpisode: "Amplification"2010Law & Order: Criminal IntentSalEpisode: "Inhumane Society"2011Nurse JackieCarlEpisode: "The Astonishing"2011–2012Harry's LawRaymond Gillot2 episodes2012NCIS: Los AngelesJames ClearyEpisode: "The Dragon and the Fairy"2012–2014Sullivan & SonJack SullivanMain role2013Person of InterestStanley AmisEpisode: "Proteus"The Good WifeRonnie EricksonEpisode: "Outside the Bubble"2012–2015PerceptionJoe Moretti5 episodes2014Hot in ClevelandJ.J.3 episodes2015Grey's AnatomyMartin DavisEpisode: "Don't Dream It's Over"2015, 2019Blue BloodsStan Rourke2 episodes2016PitchAl Luongo10 episodesRoyal PainsMr. Sacani2 episodes2017The Night ShiftDougEpisode: "Keep the Faith"ElementaryLouis GarmendiaEpisode: "High Heat"NCISMorgan CadeEpisode: "Ready or Not"2018Christmas at Grand ValleyFrankTelevision filmMan with a PlanFrankEpisode: "Out with the In-Laws"ShamelessMo White3 episodes2018–2021This Is UsMr. Damon3 episodes2019The ResidentSimon OrtizEpisode: "Adverse Events"2021MacGyverLenny KrengelEpisode "Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance"The GoldbergsArnie WofsyEpisode: "The William Penn Years"2023Fantasy IslandLou HutchinsonEpisode: "War of the Roses (and the Hutchinsons)"The Good DoctorMr. ErmeyEpisode: "Loves Labor"
Stage + Year Title Role Notes 1978 Game Plan Johnny Ryan Theatre Four, Off-Broadway 1980 All My Sons Dr. Jim Bayliss Veterans Ensemble Theatre Company, Off-Broadway 1980 Marlon Brando Sat Right Here Nick the Cripple Boltax Theater, Off-Broadway 1989 Other People's Money Lawrence Garfinke (Replacement) Minetta Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway 2002 Hearts Donald Waldman Long Wharf Theatre 2004 Ears on a Beetle Howard Ballantine DR2 Theater, Off-Broadway 2004 Leading Ladies Doc Myers Cleveland Play House 2005 The Winning Streak Omar George Street Playhouse 2005 Inspecting Carol Larry Vauxhall George Street Playhouse 2006 A Stone Carver Augustino Mill Hill Playhouse 2006 SoHo Playhouse, Off-Broadway 2006 The Value of Names Leo George Street Playhouse 2008 The Ones That Flutter Roddy The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 2009 Good Bobby Jimmy Hoffa 59E59 Theater, Off-Broadway 2010 Lombardi Vince Lombardi Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway 2012 A Christmas Story: The Musical Jean Shepard Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 2014 Dinner With the Boys Charlie New Jersey Repertory 2015 Acorn Theatre, Off-Broadway 2017 Love Letters Andrew Makepeace Ladd III New Jersey Repertory 2018 The Stone Witch Simon Grindberg Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway 2021 Morning's at Seven Theodore Swanson Theater at St. Clements, Off-Broadway 2024 Just Another Day Woman Theater 555, Off-Broadway 2025 Ireland Tour 2025 Odyssey Theatre 2025 New Jersey Repertory
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