Biography

Early life

Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan, later moving to Albany, NY in order to participate in Albany High School's varsity basketball program. Chinlund had designs on further pursuing basketball at Brown University and majoring in history, but was sidelined with a shoulder injury. The resulting injury left a two-inch scar on his left shoulder.

Career

Chinlund guest starred on The X-Files second season episode "Irresistible" playing serial killer Donnie Pfaster, for which he garnered major critical acclaim. In 2000 he had a small role in episode one of Gilmore Girls. In 2002 he had a recurring role in two episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "Listening to Fear" and "Into the Woods".

In recent years, Chinlund has been seen in several independent projects, notably A Brother's Kiss (1997). He also served as the executive producer of the film, which was directed by childhood friend Seth Zvi Rosenfeld. A Brother's Kiss was filmed in and around the neighborhood where Chinlund and Rosenfeld grew up. The film tells the story of two brothers, Lex (Chinlund) and Mick (Michael Raynor), who grow up in the hard streets of New York. Chinlund continued in his long vein of independent features with roles in Chutney Popcorn (1999), Amy's Orgasm (2001), Goodnight Joseph Parker (2004) and Sinner (2007).

Chinlund has starred in big-screen movies including Tears of the Sun (2003) with Bruce Willis, Con Air (1997) with Nicolas Cage, The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) with Vin Diesel and directed by David Twohy, who also directed Chinlund in the underwater thriller Below (2002), and Ultraviolet (2006) with Milla Jovovich. He also reprised his X-Files role as Donnie Pfaster for a seventh season episode called "Orison". Chinlund was also in Training Day with Denzel Washington, Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Legend of Zorro with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Chinlund has also made guest appearances in the long-running TV drama series Law & Order, as well as in its spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Chinlund had originally screen-tested for the co-starring role of Elliot Stabler in the latter show, according to Christopher Meloni, who won the role.

As with his film roles, he played villainous roles in those two shows, most notably as a defense attorney and an unethical journalist in the original Law & Order, and a serial killer in Special Victims Unit. Chinlund also played an American-Indian Casino President and CEO, "Chief Doug Smith" in the fourth season episode "Christopher" of the hit HBO original series, The Sopranos. In 2009, he made an appearance on Castle in the first season episode "Home Is Where The Heart Stops". In 2010, he made an appearance on House in the sixth-season episode titled "The Down Low", playing a drug dealer named Eddie.

Awards

• Best Actor in a Leading Role, Sinner, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Ambulance	Hugo
1992	Lethal Weapon 3	Hatchett
1993	Daybreak	Commander
	Joshua Tree	Deputy Tomay
1994	Unveiled	Jeremy Avery
	X Files	Donnie	Episode: "Irresistible"
	Bad Girls	Pinkerton Detective O'Brady
	Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
	Reform School Girl	Dr. Ted Meeks
1995	Letter to My Killer	Nick Parma
1996	Eraser	WITSEC Agent Nick Calderon
1997	Mr. Magoo	Bob Morgan
	Rough Riders	Frederic Remington
	Con Air	William 'Billy Bedlam' Bedford
	A Brother's Kiss	Lex
1998	Frogs for Snakes	Iggy
1999	Chutney Popcorn	Mitch
	Resurrection	Dr. Jake Sandler	TV
2000	Once in the Life	Mike Murphy
	Something Sweet	Lee
	Auggie Rose	Salesman
	Diagnosis: Murder	Jim/Jeff	TV
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Major Ellis	2 episodes
2001	Training Day	Tim
	Walker Texas Ranger	McNeely	1 episode
	Amy's Orgasm	Matthew Starr
2002	100 Mile Rule	Paul
	Below	Chief
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Matthew Linwood Brodus	TV
2003	Bun-Bun	Father 2
	Tears of the Sun	Michael 'Slo' Slowenski
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	Toombs	Voice
	The Chronicles of Riddick	Toombs
	Goodnight, Joseph Parker	Joseph Parker
2005	The Legend of Zorro	Jacob McGivens
	Desperate Housewives	Detective Sullivan
2006	Ultraviolet	Vice-Cardinal Ferdinand Daxus
2007	Sinner	Anthony
	The Fifth Patient	John Reilly
	Avenging Angel	Bob Quinn
	Hallowed Ground	Jonas Hathaway
2008	Ball Don't Lie	Anthony
	Felon	Sgt. Roberts
	Street Warrior	Mr. Pope
	The Onion Movie	Bryce Brand
	NCIS	Det. Steve Rosetti
2009	24	Masters	2 episodes
	Wyvern	Jake
	Castle	Evan Mitchell
2010	House, M.D.	Eddie
2011	How to Make It in America	Yosi	Season 2
2011-2013	Young Justice	Sportsmaster	Voice
2012	Grimm	Leo Taymore
	666 Park Avenue	Victor Shaw
2013	Golden Boy	Lt. Vince Madrin
2014	Need for Speed	Officer Lejeune
	General Hospital	Mickey Diamond
2016	The Prey	Tagger

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