Age: 72
Birthplace: Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.
Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American theatre, film and television character actor and rock, blues and country musician.
Henry was born in Lakewood, Colorado. He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the made-for-television film The Hunt for the BTK Killer, and for playing various "heavies" in various films, such as in Payback (1999) and Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984). The latter of whom Henry has collaborated with frequently over the years, appearing in five of De Palma's films to date.
Henry has been featured in over 75 television programs, including The Riches, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, 24, Airwolf, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, L.A. Law, Falcon Crest, Moonlighting, Magnum, P.I., Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, The Mentalist, Castle, Glee, Burn Notice and Breakout Kings.
He played Hugh Pannetta alongside Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver on the FX television series The Riches. He played the role of Dobbs in the USA Network series White Collar and Hollis Doyle on the ABC series Scandal. Starting June 10, 2013, he played Detective Carl Reddick in The Killing. In 2014, he had a small role in the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy. Lately he appeared in recurring roles in Hell on Wheels and The Following.
Henry is married to the American theatre director Lisa James; the couple lives in Los Angeles.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Hot Rod | Brian Edison | |
1981 | Just Before Dawn | Warren | |
1983 | Scarface | Charles Goodson | Uncredited |
1984 | Body Double | Sam Bouchard | |
1988 | Fair Game | Gene | |
1992 | Raising Cain | Lt. Terri | |
1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Gallatin | |
1999 | Payback | Val Resnick | |
2001 | Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician | Lane Windbird | |
Layover | Jack Gillardo | ||
2002 | Femme Fatale | Shiff | |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | Robert Gant / Clark | ||
2003 | Purgatory Flats | Dean Mecklin | |
Sin | Conrad | ||
2004 | Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes | Cotton Proudfit | |
2005 | Heatless | Lt. Russ Carter | |
Silent Partner | Ambassador Lafontaine | ||
The Hunt for the BTK Killer | Dennis Rader | ||
2006 | Slither | Jack MacReady | |
United 93 | Col. Robert Marr | ||
The Black Dahlia | Pete Lukins | ||
2011 | Super | Detective John Felkner | |
Isolation | Dr. Lawrence Moore | ||
The Reunion | Kyle Wills | ||
2012 | Unfair and Imbalanced | Jim Moran | |
The Patriot of America | Samuel Burwell | Voice only | |
Any Day Now | Lambert | ||
2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill's grandfather |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Wesley Jordache | TV Miniseries |
1984 | Airwolf | Robert Villers | Episode: "The Hunted" |
1985 | Moonlighting | Paul McCain | Episode: "The Next Murder You Hear" |
1985-96 | Murder, She Wrote | Barry Bristol Sheriff Lynn Childs Richard Wellstood Carl Ward Lars Anderson Mark Reisner |
Episode: "Broadway Malady" Episode: "Death Stalks the Big Top: Parts 1 & 2" Episode: "The Taxman Cometh" Episode: "The Big Kill" Episode: "Crimson Harvest" Episode: "Mrs. Parker's Revenge" |
1996 | Terminal | Brian | TV movie |
1997 | Tidal Wave: No Escape | Edgar Purcell | TV movie |
2000 | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Henry Crowe | Episode: "Absolution" |
1999-2001 | Family Law | Michael Holt | Recurring |
2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Special Agent Rick Culpepper | Episode: "The Strip Strangler" |
2001-02 | Boston Public | Detective McGill | Episode: "Chapter Nine" Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five" |
2002 | Firefly | Sheriff Bourne | Episode: "The Train Job" |
Boomtown | Robert Colson | Episode: "The Squeeze" | |
The Agency | Senator Bowden | Episode: "Heartless" | |
2003 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Zho'Kaan | Episode: "Dawn |
Judging Amy | Morgan Simmons | Episode: "Wild Card" | |
24 | Jonathan Wallace | Episodes 40-43: Day 2 ("11:00 pm" - "3:00 am") | |
The Lyon's Den | A.U.S.A | Episode: "Blood" Episode: "Separation Anxiety" |
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Windfall | Bill Trask | TV movie | |
2004 | The Handler | Griffin Klein | Episode: "Acts of Congress" |
2006 | CSI: Miami | William Preston | Episode: "Death Eminent" |
2005-07 | Eyes | Clay Burgess | |
Gilmore Girls | Mitchum Huntzberger | Recurring character | |
2007-08 | The Riches | Hugh Panetta | Series regular |
2008 | ER | Officer Mark Downey | Episode: "Haunted" |
The Mentalist | Cal Trask | Episode: "Red-Handed" | |
Sparky & Mikaela | Mikaela's Dad | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2009 | The Beast | Frank Oland/Mike Parks | Episode: "Hothead" |
Dollhouse | William Bashford | Episode: "Haunted" | |
Dark Blue | Jimmy Boyd | Episode: "Guns, Strippers and Wives" | |
Numb3rs | Pete Fox | Episode: "Friendly Fire" | |
Castle | Winston Wellesley | Episode: "Kill the Messenger" | |
Glee | Russell Fabray | Episode: "Ballad" | |
2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Gracie | Episode: "The Time Warp" |
Three Rivers | Lester Dimes | Episode: "Case Histories" | |
The Good Guys | Wayne Young | Episode: "$3.52" | |
Medium | Coach Swanson | Episode: "Talk to the Hand" | |
CSI: Miami | Roger Cavanaugh | Episode: "Blood Sugar" | |
2011 | Harry's Law | Mitchell Eaves | Episode: "With Friends Like These..." |
CHAOS | Kurt Neimeyer | Episode: "Glory Days" | |
Mr. Sunshine | Chuck Ferguson | Episode: "Family Business" | |
2009-11 | Hung | Mike Hunt | Recurring season 1; Regular seasons 2-3 |
2011 | Burn Notice | Ian Covey | Episode: "Acceptable Loss" |
2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Alex Harris | Episode: "Blye, K." Part 1 & 2 |
2012 | Leverage | Trent Hazlit | Episode: "The Toy Job" |
2011-12 | Breakout Kings | Richard Wendell | Episode: "There Are Rules" Episode: "Served Cold" |
2012 | Bunheads | Rico (the bartender) | Episode: "For Fanny" Episode: "Better Luck Next Year!" |
White Collar | Henry Dobbs / Robert Macleish | Episodes: "Wanted"; "Most Wanted" | |
2012-14 | Scandal | Hollis Doyle | 16 episodes. Recurring, season 2; Guest, season 3 |
2013-14 | The Killing | Carl Reddick | 16 episodes. Recurring, season 3; Main, season 4 |
2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Hosea Knowlton | TV movie |
2014-15 | Hell on Wheels | Brigham Young | 6 episodes. Recurring seasons 4-5 |
2014-15 | The Following | Dr. Arthur Strauss | 6 episodes. Recurring, season 2; Main, season 3 |
2015-16 | Chicago Med | Dr. David Downey | 11 episodes. Recurring, season 1. |
Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | Star Trek: Hidden Evil | Gal'na |
2012 | Lollipop Chainsaw | Gideon Starling |