Career

Coleman's first major role was in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka The Salem Strangler). In 1982, he joined the cast of Dynasty when he took over the role of Steven Carrington, one of the first gay characters on American television. Coleman played the role until the end of the show's eighth season in 1988.

He was a regular on the short-lived series Nightmare Cafe (1992), and appeared on the miniseries Kingdom Hospital (2004). He made guest appearances in The Net, CSI: Miami, Nip/Tuck, Without a Trace, Diagnosis: Murder, and Entourage. He co-starred as Alyson & Amanda Michalka's father in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cow Belles.

He was nominated for his performance in the play Stand-up Tragedy at the Mark Taper Forum, and won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in Bouncers. He wrote the screenplays for Studio City, which he produced and acted in, and Can't Help Falling, which he hopes to produce.

Coleman was a main cast member of science-fiction series Heroes, where he played Noah Bennet (a.k.a. "The Man With Horn-Rimmed Glasses" or "HRG"). Coleman states about portraying the character, "It's a combination of the light and dark. I don't want to just be a moustache twirling villain."

Coleman appeared in an episode of The Mentalist in October 2010. He played the role of a wealthy, arrogant murder suspect named Max Winter.

He also played a patient named Joe Dugan (a campaign manager of a New Jersey senator) in the House episode of "Office Politics" in 2010.

In Hallmark Channel’s original movie Rock The House (2010), Jack Coleman played a lawyer named Max who finds a way to reconnect with his daughter and his old sense of joy when he gets back together with his music-making friends from his teenaged years.

Starting in November 2010, Coleman had a recurring role on The Office as Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Lipton, the love interest for both Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) and Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez). He has appeared in the episodes "WUPHF.com", "Classy Christmas", "Michael's Last Dundies","Goodbye, Michael", "Jury Duty", "Fundraiser", "Free Family Portrait Studio" "New Guys", "Here Comes Treble", "The Boat", "The Whale", "Customer Loyalty" and "Vandalism".

From 2011 until 2012, he played a recurring character, Bill Forbes, on the third season of the CW drama The Vampire Diaries in the episodes "The Hybrid", "The End of the Affair", "Disturbing Behavior", "The Ties That Bind" and "Bringing Out The Dead".

In 2011, he appeared on the CBS drama Criminal Minds, playing Bill Rogers, a serial rapist, in the episode "Hope".

On July 22, 2012, it was announced that Coleman is joining the fifth season of Castle as a new antagonist for Stana Katic’s character Kate Beckett. He has appeared in the episodes "After the Storm", "Recoil", "In the Belly of the Beast", "Veritas", "XY", and "XX" playing Senator William H Bracken.

Jack Coleman joined USA’s Burn Notice as a recurring part of the USA Network drama’s truncated (13-episode) seventh and final season. He played Andrew Strong, a ranking CIA officer who has seen it all. Noble, but also obsessive at times, Strong is a relentless taskmaster who pushes Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) to do whatever it takes to complete the mission.

In 2013, he played the closeted gay husband Daniel Douglas Langston of conservative Vice President Sally Langston on Scandal.

In February 2014, he appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 14 Episode 15 - "Love for Sale".

In 2015, he reprised his role as Noah Bennet in an "event miniseries" Heroes Reborn, which served as a continuation of the original Heroes storyline

Personal life

Coleman was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, a sixth-generation descendant of Benjamin Franklin. He attended The Solebury School and Duke University, where he decided to pursue acting as a career. After graduating from Duke in 1980, he attended the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. He married actress Beth Toussaint in 1996. They have a daughter, Tess, born in 1999.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	The Pursuit of Happiness	Stan
1994	Foreign Student	Rex Jennings
1997	Spawn	Doctor
1997	Time Under Fire	Lance McCarthy
1998	The Landlady	Patrick Forman
2003	Studio City	Andrew Mason
2008	Beautiful Loser	Jimmy
2011	The Contract	The Patron	Short
2013	Emit	Rance Wofford	Short film
2015	The Tank	Reed Baker	Post-production
2016	The Submarine Kid	Mr.Koll

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Days of Our Lives	Jake Kositchek	4 episodes
1982-1988	Dynasty	Steven Carrington	Main role 148 episodes
1984	Glitter	Rusty Walker	1 episode: "In Tennis, Love Means Nothing"
1985	Finder of Lost Loves	Dr. Eric Jordan	1 episode: "Wayward Dreams"
1985	The Love Boat	Scott Barrett	2 episodes: "The Villa/The Racer's Edge/Love or Money/The Accident: Part 1", "The Villa/The Racer's Edge/Love or Money/The Accident: Part 2"
1986	The Colbys	Steven Carrington	1 episode: "The Wedding"
1989	Bridesmaids	Matt	TV Movie
1990	Daughter of Darkness	Devlin	TV Movie
1990	Children of the Bride	Dennis	TV Movie
1991	The Return of Eliot Ness	Gil Labine	TV Movie
1992	Nightmare Cafe	Frank Nolan	Main role 6 episodes
1993	Rubdown	Marion Pooley	TV Movie
1995	Trapped in Space	Grant	TV Movie
1995	Diagnosis: Murder	Eddie Gault	1 episode: "A Blast from the Past"
1995	Burke's Law	Ted D'Arcy	1 episode: "Who Killed the Sweet Smell of Success?"
1995	Touched by an Angel	Jeff Ritchy	1 episode: "Angels on the Air"
1997	Angels in the Endzone	Peter Harper	TV Movie
1997	Medusa's Child	Dean Cooper	TV Movie
1998	The Naked Truth	Colin Terell	2 episodes: "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Except with Different Names", "Jake or Fake?"
1998-2000	Oh Baby	Rick	Recurring 11 episodes
1998	The Net	Dr. Steven Graf	1 episode: "Transplant"
1999	Replacing Dad	Dr. Mark Chandler	TV Movie
1999	Last Rites	Agent Gary Blake	TV Movie
2001	Special Unit 2	George Armstrong	1 episode: "The Drag"
2001	Providence	Larry	1 episode: "The Mating Dance"
2002	Becker	Tony	1 episode: "The 100th"
2003	According to Jim	Sean Curran	1 episode: "No Harm, No Fowl"
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Peter Rickman	Main role 13 episodes
2004	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Avery Atherton	1 episode: "Rose and Raven Rosenberg"
2004	CSI: Miami	Martin Gillespie	1 episode: "Murder in a Flash"
2004	Without a Trace	Roy Ducek	1 episode: "Trials"
2006-2010	Heroes	Noah Bennet	Main role 74 episodes
2006	Cow Belles	Reed Callum	TV Movie
2006	Entourage	Bradley	1 episode: "What About Bob?"
2009	Polar Storm	Dr. James Mayfield	TV Movie
2010	The Mentalist	Max Winter	1 episode: "Red Carpet Treatment"
2010	House M.D.	Joe Dugan	1 episode: "Office Politics (House)"
2010-2013	The Office	State Senator Rob Lipton	14 episodes
2011	Rock the House	Max Peterson	TV Movie
2011	Criminal Minds	Bill Rogers	1 episode: "Hope"
2011-2012	The Vampire Diaries	Bill Forbes	5 episodes
2012	Crash & Burn	Jack Coleman	TV Movie
2012-2014	Ultimate Spider-Man	Doctor Strange/Announcer	3 episodes: "Strange", "Journey of the Iron Fist", "Cloak and Dagger"
2012-2015	Castle	Senator William H. Bracken	6 episodes: "After the Storm", "Recoil", "In the Belly of the Beast", "Veritas", "XY", "XX"
2013	Burn Notice	Andrew Strong	11 episodes
2013	Scandal	Daniel Douglas Langston	6 episodes
2014	Salvation	Daniel	TV Movie
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jim Logan	1 episode: "Love For Sale"
2014	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Doctor Strange	1 episode: "Stranger in a Strange Land" Voice only
2015	Heroes Reborn	Noah Bennet	TV Mini Series
2015	Chicago P.D.	Bob Ruzak	1 episode: "Disco Bob"
2015	Avengers Assemble	Doctor Strange	1 episode: "Widow's Run" Voice only

Charities

Jack Coleman supports the following charitable cause: Autism.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]