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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 29, 1949
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
- Joseph Cotter Smith
Cotter Smith
0.5 Popularity
Biography
Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.
Known For
5.6
Senator Smith
Unsinkable
2024
6.5
Chief Wells
Rustin
2023
3.0
Pap
Jack and the Treehouse
2021
5.7
Tom Claire
Things Heard & Seen
2021
6.1
Roman
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019
7.0
Under Secretary William Macomber
The Post
2017
8.1
Unit Chief Shepard
MINDHUNTER
2017
🎬
0.0
Preacher (voice)
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
2017
7.4
General
Blindspot
2015
7.0
Darren Hahn
Madam Secretary
2014
Credits
Unsinkable
as Senator Smith
2024
5.6
Rustin
as Chief Wells
2023
6.5
Jack and the Treehouse
as Pap
2021
3.0
Things Heard & Seen
as Tom Claire
2021
5.7
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
as Roman
2019
6.1
The Post
as Under Secretary William Macomber
2017
7.0
MINDHUNTER
as Unit Chief Shepard
2017
8.1
🎬
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
as Preacher (voice)
2017
0.0
Blindspot
as General
2015
7.4
Madam Secretary
as Darren Hahn
2014
7.0
Burning Blue
as Admiral Lynch
2014
6.1
The Americans
as Deputy Attorney General
2013
7.9
The Following
as Nathan
2013
6.9
Revolution
as Jack Davis
2012
6.4
Friends with Kids
as Phil Fryman
2012
6.0
Person of Interest
as Denton Weeks
2011
8.1
Unforgettable
as Jay Barrett
2011
7.2
You Don't Know Jack
as Dick Thompson
2010
7.0
Lunatics, Lovers & Poets
as Scotty MacGregor
2010
2.0
White Collar
as Adam Wilson
2009
8.2
The Good Wife
as Forrest Burke
2009
7.6
Damages
as Federal Investigator
2007
7.4
Brothers and Sisters
as Gordon Alexander
2006
7.1
The Unit
2006
7.3
Night Stalker
as Tony Vincenzo
2005
5.1
Commander in Chief
as Governor Stan Preston
2005
7.7
Ghost Whisperer
as Gerald Lucas
2005
8.1
Invasion
2005
7.1
Sleeper
as Dr. Altman
2005
0.0
Tru Calling
as Richard Davies
2003
7.3
NCIS
as Sam Stevens
2003
7.6
X2
as President McKenna
2003
7.0
Reeseville
as John Meyers
2003
0.0
Without a Trace
as Sean McGinnis
2002
7.2
Alias
as Hank Foster
2001
6.8
Run the Wild Fields
as Silas Green
2000
4.2
Judging Amy
as ASA Jeremy Friedman
1999
7.5
The History of Glamour
as Loren Valentine (voice)
1999
0.0
Oz
as Judge Benjamin Fee
1997
8.0
Bridge of Time
as Robert Creighton
1997
6.0
Spy Game
1997
7.0
Orleans
as Bill Brennecke
1997
0.0
Lifeform
as Dr. Case Montgomery
1996
5.3
Remember Me
as Adam Nichols
1995
4.6
🎬
Courthouse
as Andrew Rawson
1995
0.0
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Bob Marinak
1994
7.2
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
as Steve
1993
6.0
🎬
With Hostile Intent
as Officer Rob Arnold
1993
6.0
A Place to Be Loved
as Mike Caldwell
1993
5.3
A Message from Holly
1992
6.0
Midnight's Child
as Nick Cowan
1992
4.4
The Last Prostitute
as Joe
1991
3.2
Law & Order
as Eric Martin
1990
7.4
Equal Justice
as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
1990
6.3
K-9
as Gilliam
1989
6.2
Cameron's Closet
as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
1988
4.7
Lady Beware
as Mac Odell
1987
5.5
L.A. Law
as Tony Henderson
1986
7.0
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
1985
7.8
The Rape of Richard Beck
as Lt. Hugo
1985
6.5
Moonlighting
1985
7.5
Moonlighting
as Brian Baker
1985
7.5
A Bunny's Tale
as Ned Holcomb
1985
4.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Robert Rhine
1984
7.5
Mistral's Daughter
as Frank
1984
5.8
Master Ninja II
as Chad Webster
1984
7.0
Nickel Mountain
as Trucker
1984
3.6
Blood Feud
as Robert F. Kennedy
1983
0.0
Blood Feud
as Robert F. Kennedy
1983
0.0
St. Elsewhere
as Dr. Rowe
1982
5.6
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Basic Psych
as Dr. Grant Harrison
N/A
0.0