Early life

O'Keefe was born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American family. He is the son of Stephanie (née Fitzpatrick) and Raymond Peter O'Keefe, who was a law professor at Fordham University, and also taught at St. Thomas University. O'Keefe grew up in Larchmont, New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York University, and made his acting debut in a 1970 Colgate television commercial.

He is a cousin of playwright Will Eno.

Career

O'Keefe's best known film role is Danny Noonan in the comedy film Caddyshack. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role as the oldest son of a Marine aviator in The Great Santini, starring Robert Duvall, also nominated for an Academy Award for the film. He played a Marine in 1980 in the miniseries A Rumor of War as the friend of Brad Davis' character, Philip Caputo, and played the lead role in the 1982 film, Split Image, as an all-American college athlete who gets lured into a religious cult by a beautiful girl (Karen Allen). He has also appeared in the thriller film The Glass House, and starred with Tommy Lee Jones in the 1983 pirate adventure Nate and Hayes (also known as Savage Islands). More recently, O'Keefe appeared opposite George Clooney in Michael Clayton. He has appeared twice opposite Jack Nicholson, as his son in Ironweed and as the father of a murdered girl in The Pledge. His film Frozen River was in the competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. He also plays the powerful District Attorney Calvin Beckett in the film American Violet.

O'Keefe's Broadway theatre credits include Side Man, Mass Appeal, Fifth of July, and Reckless with Mary-Louise Parker.

O'Keefe's highest profile television role to date has been his portrayal of Fred, the husband of Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf) on the ABC series Roseanne. O'Keefe appeared on the show from 1993 to 1995. After leaving the series, O'Keefe played the husband in the series Life's Work, which aired after Roseanne in its final season. Additional television credits include the lead role of Simon MacHeath in the short lived Boston-based series Against the Law, which aired on Fox during the 1990-91 season, and the role of Ron Steffey in the short-lived 1992 CBS drama Middle Ages. He has guest starred on Saving Grace, The West Wing, Criminal Minds, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, House M.D., M*A*S*H, Ghost Whisperer, Brothers and Sisters, Leverage, and The Waltons. He can be seen currently in Homeland as CIA agent and former interim station chief John Redmond.

Personal life

O'Keefe was married to rock/blues singer Bonnie Raitt from April 27, 1991 to November 9, 1999 when they were divorced. He has been a practicing Zen Buddhist since 1981. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College. He married actress Emily Donahoe in 2011.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1978	Gray Lady Down	Harris
1979	The Great Santini	Ben Meechum	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male
1980	Caddyshack	Danny Noonan
1982	Split Image	Danny 'Joshua' Stetson
1983	Nate and Hayes	Nathaniel Williamson
1984	Finders Keepers	Michael Rangeloff
1985	The Slugger's Wife	Darryl Palmer
1986	The Whoopee Boys	Jake Bateman
1987	Ironweed	Billy Phelan
1989	The First Year
1989	Bridge to Silence
1990	Fear	Jack Hays
1991	Out of the Rain	Frank Reade
1993	Me and Veronica	Michael
1994	Kangaroo Court		Short film
	Nina Takes a Lover	Journalist
1995	Three Wishes	Adult Tom
1996	Edie & Pen	Ken
	Ghosts of Mississippi	Merrida Coxwell
2000	Just One Night	Wayne
2001	The Pledge	Duane Larsen
	Herman U. S. A.	Dennis
	The Glass House	Dave Baker
	Prancer Returns	Mr. James Klock	Direct-to-video
2002	The Hot Chick	Richard Spencer
2003	The Inner Circle	Jack Scott
	Delusion	Magritte	Short film
2007	An American Crime	Rev. Bill Collier
	Cherry Crush	Det. Griffin
	Michael Clayton	Barry Grissom
2008	Frozen River	State Trooper Finnerty
	Chasing 3000	Dr. Stuart
2009	American Violet	Calvin Beckett
2011	Atlas Shrugged: Part I	Hugh Akston
	Too Big to Fail	Chris Flowers
2012	A Thousand Cuts	Frank
2013	The Wait	Ben's Dad
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Texas Wheelers	Jeff	Episode: "X-Rated Movie"
1974, 1977	M*A*S*H	Corp. Richard Travis Tom	Episode: "Mad Dogs and Servicemen" Episode: "War of Nerves"
1975	Lucas Tanner	Brad Patterson	Episode: "A Touch of Bribery"
	Friendly Persuasion	Josh Birdwell	TV movie
	The Blue Knight		Episode: "Triple Threat"
1975, 1977	The Waltons	Chad Marshall	Episode: "The Competition" and "The Elopement"
1976	The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case	Terry Long	TV movie
	Panache	Horseman	TV movie
	33 Hours in the Life of God	Freddie	Unsold TV pilot
	Maude	Lee Harrison	Episode: "The Election"
1978	The Dark Secret of Harvest Home	Worthy Pettinger	Miniseries
1980	A Rumor of War	Lt. Walter Cohen	Miniseries
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Art Toomey	Episode: "The Night Caller"
	The Hitchhiker	Richard Shepard	Episode: "Man's Best Friend"
1988	Unholy Matrimony	Dr. Cassius William 'Bill' Sander	TV movie
	Disaster at Silo 7	Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald	TV movie
1989	Bridge to Silence	Dan	TV movie
1990	Too Young to Die?	Mike Medwicki	TV movie
	In the Best Interest of the Child	Walt Colton	TV movie
1990-1991	Against the Law	Simon MacHeath	17 episodes
1992	Middle Ages	Ron Steffey	6 episodes
1993-1995	Roseanne	Fred	35 episodes
1994	Incident at Deception Ridge	Jack Bolder	TV movie
1996	The Outer Limits	Eddie Wexler	Episode: "Beyond the Veil"
	The People Next Door	Garrett James	TV movie
1996-1997	Life's Work	Kevin Hunter	18 episodes
1999	Swing Vote		TV movie
2001	Law & Order	Cally Lonegan/Professor Donald Lonegan	Episode: "Brother's Keeper"
	The West Wing	Will Sawyer	Episode: "War Crimes"
2001, 2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Father Michael McShale Dr. Eli Rush	Episode: "The Faithful" Episode: "Seeds"
2002, 2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Officer Marcosi Ronald McCain	Episode: "Counterfeit" Episode: "Outcry"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Daniel Easton	Episode: "Got Murder?"
	Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story	Mike Harris	TV movie
2005	Night Stalker	Doug Panero	Episode: "Burning Man"
2006	House	Fletcher Stone	Episode: "Failure to Communicate"
	The Closer	Agent Tim Hecht	Episode: "Overkill"
	Vanished	Bob Nagel	Episode: "Black Box" Episode: "Resurrection" Episode: "Warm Springs"
2007	State of Mind	Petrovsky	Episode: "Pilot"
	Saving Grace	Father Lloyd Tierney	Episode: "Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned"
	Criminal Minds	Dr. Stanley Howard	Episode: "Scared to Death"
2008	Numb3rs	Rev. Joseph Ezra	Episode: "Atomic No. 33"
	Eleventh Hour	Philip Gifford	Episode: "Resurrection"
2008-2009	Brothers & Sisters	Wally Wandell	Episode: "Prior Commitments" Episode: "You Get What You Need" Episode: "The Wig Party"
2009	Two Dollar Beer	Dad	TV pilot
	Ghost Whisperer	Dr. Byrd	Episodes: "Delusions of Grandview" and "Leap of Faith"
2013	King & Maxwell	FBI Agent Frank Rigby	Series regular
2014	Homeland	John Redmond	Recurring role
2015	Masters of Sex	Harry Eshelman	2 episodes
2016	Blue Bloods	Lieutenant Tim Harrison	Episode: "Stomping Grounds"

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

• 1981: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" - The Great Santini

CableACE Award

• 1987: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Dramatic Series" - The Hitchhiker

Golden Globe Award

• 1981: Nominated, "New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture" - The Great Santini

[ Source: Wikipedia ]