Personal life

Letscher was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the older brother to actor Brian Letscher. He attended college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and a drama major. He is married with two children.

Acting

Letscher got his first professional acting job with a role in Jeff Daniels' The Tropic Pickle, during the second season of Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Letscher impressed Daniels enough that the veteran arranged a meeting for Letscher with Ron Maxwell, the director of Gettysburg. After appearing in a small role, Letscher took advice from Jeff Daniels and moved to Los Angeles. He quickly found work in guest roles on television.

In 1995, Letscher was cast as the naive television writer in the Nancy Travis sitcom Almost Perfect, which lasted for a season and a half. He went on to appear as series regular in Living in Captivity in 1998. The same year, he appeared in the film The Mask of Zorro as Captain Harrison Love. He appeared in the miniseries Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot and in the television films King of Texas, The Beach Boys: An American Family, When Billie Beat Bobby, and Stolen Innocence. He also reunited with Daniels in Gods and Generals (the prequel of Gettysburg) and Daniels' directorial effort Super Sucker. Letscher also returned to The Purple Rose Theater in the world premiere of Landford Wilson's play Rain Dance.

In 2002, the comedy pilot Good Morning, Miami was picked up by NBC as part of Must See TV Thursday comedy block, but Burke Moses was replaced by Letscher and a second pilot had to be filmed. The romantic comedy sitcom featured Letscher as a smarmy former network anchor who was the primary romantic rival to main character Jake Silver (Mark Feuerstein) for the affection of Dylan (Ashley Williams). Despite the series receiving negative reviews, Letscher and Constance Zimmer were standouts in the series and eventually paired up as a combative couple in the second season. The show was canceled midway though its second season due to low ratings.

His performance in Good Morning, Miami led to him being cast in the lead in the film Straight-Jacket, opposite Carrie Preston, about a gay Hollywood actor forced to marry a beard in the 1950s. His flair for classical farce also led to him being cast in the leading role of Capt. Jack Absolute in the Lincoln Center theater production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals. Letscher was praised for his spirited performance and his costar Robert Easton referred to Letscher as "a perfect classical actor."

Letscher was in the cast of Joey, and had a recurring role on The New Adventures of Old Christine and numerous guest starring roles. After appearing as a kind neighbor in Alan Ball's Towelhead, Letscher was cast in Eli Stone, as the kind-hearted older brother of a prophet, Nathan Stone. Despite low ratings, the dramedy series had loyal fans and critical acclaim, earning it a second season which included a larger role for Letscher. His work on Greg Berlanti's Eli Stone lead to his arc on Berlanti's Brothers & Sisters as a love interest for the married Kitty Walker .

In 2012 Letscher starred in the series Bent and Scandal, and was cast in the series The Carrie Diaries as Carrie Bradshaw's widowed father Tom, which premiered in 2013. He appeared in the 2013 films, Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot (about The West Memphis Three) and Spike Jonze's comedy Her, opposite Amy Adams. In 2015 he has a guest recurring role in The Flash as Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash with Letscher portraying the character's original likeness while Tom Cavanagh portrays the character as a series regular. Letscher reprised his role in the series' second season.

Writing

In June 2007, Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan, staged the world premiere of Letscher's original play Sea of Fools, a farce set in Joseph McCarthy-era Hollywood. Film director (and infamous HUAC name-giver) Elia Kazan is a character in the play. Daniels initially planned to direct the play but pulled out, allowing Letscher to also direct the play.

In 2009, his play Gaps in the Fossil Record was staged at the Pacific Resident Theater.

In 2010, he co-wrote (with Nipper Knapp and Andrew Newberg) and starred in the comedy pilot Gentrification, which won best writing at the Comedy Central New York Television Festival.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Gettysburg	Young 2nd Maine man
1994	Long Shadows	Nathan	Television film
1994	Not This Part of the World	N/A
1995	Prehysteria! 3	Needlemeyer	Direct-to-video
1995	Stolen Innocence	Eddie	Television film
1996	Power 98	Eddie	Voice
1997	Lovelife	Danny
1998	Mask of Zorro, TheThe Mask of Zorro	Captain Harrison Love	Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Villain
2000	Beach Boys: An American Family, TheThe Beach Boys: An American Family	Mike Love	Television film
2000	John John in the Sky	John Clairborne
2001	When Billie Beat Bobby	Larry King	Television film
2002	Super Sucker	Howard Butterworth
2002	King of Texas	Emmett Westover	Television film
2003	Gods and Generals	Colonel Adelbert Ames
2003	Identity	Greg
2004	Straight-Jacket	Guy Stone
2005	Madison	Owen
2005	Heart of the Beholder	Mike Howard
2007	Towelhead	Gil Hines
2010	Radio Free Albemuth	Mr. Brady
2010	Amish Grace	Gideon Graber	Television film
2013	Devil's Knot	Paul Ford
2013	Her	Charles
2014	Teacher of the Year	Mitch Carter
2015	Day Out of Days	Jason
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Ambassador Chris Stevens

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Rick	Episode: "Rush Week"
1994	Silk Stalkings	Harley Eastlake	Episode: "Head 'N' Tail"
1994	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Tom Jennings	Episode: "Life and Death"
1994	Larry Sanders Show, TheThe Larry Sanders Show	Daniel Palmer	Episode: "The Fourteenth Floor"
1994	Ellen	Steve Morgan	Episode: "The Toast"
1995	Vanishing Son	N/A	Episode: "Holy Ghosts"
1995	Watcher, TheThe Watcher	N/A	Episode: "Heartburned"
1995	Silk Stalkings	Jeff Chadwick	Episode: "I Know What Scares You"
1995-97	Almost Perfect	Rob Paley	Main cast; 34 episodes
1998	Living in Captivity	Will Marek	Main cast; 7 episodes
1999	NYPD Blue	Witness	Episode: "What's Up, Chuck?"
1999	Love, American Style	Ned	Episode: "Love in the Old South"
2001	Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot	Ted Kennedy	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2002	Providence	Kevin Norris	3 episodes
2002-03	Good Morning, Miami	Gavin Stone	Main cast; 31 episodes
2004-05	Joey	Eric Garrett	5 episodes
2005	Criminal Minds	Vincent Shyer	Episode: "Broken Mirror"
2006-07	New Adventures of Old Christine, TheThe New Adventures of Old Christine	Burton Schaefer	5 episodes
2006	West Wing, TheThe West Wing	Peter Blake	Episode: "Welcome to Wherever You Are"
2006	Saved	Robbie Cole	Episode: "Family"
2006	Justice	Will Bechtel	Episode: "Shark Week"
2007	Boston Legal	A.D.A Adam Mersel	Episode: "Angel of Death"
2007	CSI Miami	Dr. Mike Lasker	Episode: "Broken Home"
2008-09	Eli Stone	Nathan Stone	Main cast; 21 episodes
2009-10	Brothers & Sisters	Alec Tyler	5 episodes
2009	Entourage	Dan Coakley	3 episodes
2009	Medium	Dr. Erik Westphal	Episode: "You Give Me Fever"
2010	Drop Dead Diva	A.J. Fowler	Episode: "Good Grief"
2011	Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife	Adam Boras	Episode: "Two Courts"
2011	Pound Puppies	Hunky man, ticket seller, Ref	Voice; episode: "Quintuplets"
2012	Bent	Ben	5 episodes
2012-13	Scandal	Billy Chambers	8 episodes
2013-14	Carrie Diaries, TheThe Carrie Diaries	Tom Bradshaw	Main cast; 26 episodes
2014	Boardwalk Empire	Joseph P. Kennedy	4 episodes
2014-15	Castle	Henry Jenkins	3 episodes
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Major Bernard Mills	Episode: "Angle of Attack"
2015	Exes, TheThe Exes	Charles Hayward	2 episodes
2015-16	Flash, TheThe Flash	Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash	4 episodes

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Hustler, TheThe Hustler	Dad	Episode: "Piñata Hustler"
2014-16	One & Done	Matthew	Main cast; 7 episodes Also co-creator, writer, director, and producer

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2010	BioShock 2	Additional voices - Minerva's Den

Theater

As an actor

Year	Play	Role	Theater/Company
1992	Tropical Pickle, TheThe Tropical Pickle	Birmingham	Purple Rose Theatre (regional)
1993	Seagull, TheThe Seagull		Fountain Theater (regional)
1995	Sisters, TheThe Sisters	David Turzin	Fountain Theater (regional)
1997-98	Proposals	Ray	Broadhurst Theater (Broadway)
1999	Absolution	David	Los Angeles Court Theater (regional)
2000	Love's Labour's Lost	Berowne	Old Globe Theater (regional)
2000	Tonight at 8:30	Toby Cartwright	Pacific Resident Theater (regional)
2001	Rain Dance	Hank	Purple Rose Theatre (regional)
2002	On Approval	George	Pacific Resident Theater (regional)
2004-05	Rivals, TheThe Rivals	Captain Jack Absolute	Lincoln Center (Broadway)
2006	Double Double	Duncan	Williamson Theater Festival (regional)
2006	Ridiculous Fraud	Kap	South Coast Repatory (regional)
2007	Anatol	Anatol	Pacific Resident Theater (regional), Los Angeles Drama Desk Award-Lead Performance
2008	What We Have	Jonas	South Coast Repatory (regional)
2010	In a Garden	Hacket	South Coast Repertory (regional)
2010	Language Archive, TheThe Language Archive	George	Roundabout Theater Company (Off-Broadway)

As a playwright

Year	Play	Theater/Company
2007	Sea of Fools	Purple Rose Theater (regional)
2009	Gaps in the Fossil Record	Pacific Resident Theatre (regional)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]