Jonathan Banks
Acting
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Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Filmography
The Beast in Me
2025
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
Constellation
2024
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
Show Me More
2021
A Tale Dark & Grimm
2021
INVINCIBLE
2021
The Comey Rule
2020
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
The Wolf: True Alpha
2018
Redbad
2018
Incredibles 2
2018
The Commuter
2018
Mudbound
2017
Better Call Saul Employee Training
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Shut Eye
2016
Skylanders Academy
2016
Term Life
2016
The Yard
2016
Talking Saul
2016
The Expanse
2015
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015
Dr. Ken
2015
I'm Brave!
2015
Major Lazer
2015
Better Call Saul
2015
Horrible Bosses 2
2014
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Authors Anonymous
2014
Bullet
2014
Talking Bad
2013
Identity Thief
2013
Watercolor Postcards
2013
Gravity Falls
2012
Ringer
2011
Modern Family
2009
Community
2009
Parks and Recreation
2009
Castle
2009
Lie to Me
2009
Proud American
2008
Eli Stone
2008
Breaking Bad
2008
Life
2007
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Reign Over Me
2007
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007
Day Break
2006
Dexter
2006
Shark
2006
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
Circadian Rhythm
2005
Ghost Whisperer
2005
E-Ring
2005
Cold Case
2003
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Two and a Half Men
2003
MythBusters
2003
Dark Blue
2002
Without a Trace
2002
CSI: Miami
2002
R.S.V.P.
2002
Alias
2001
Proximity
2001
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
2001
Downward Angel
2001
The District
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Millennium Man
1999
Harvey
1999
Trash
1999
Foolish
1999
Outlaw Justice
1999
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
Dollar for the Dead
1998
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
Fired Up
1997
Dark Breed
1997
Harvey
1996
Flipper
1996
Wiseguy
1996
Last Man Standing
1995
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
Women of the House
1995
Due South
1994
ER
1994
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994
Shadow of Obsession
1994
Body Shot
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
seaQuest DSV
1993
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Boiling Point
1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
Blind Side
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
Highlander: The Series
1992
Freejack
1992
Don't Touch My Daughter
1991
For Better or for Worse
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Pin
1988
Cold Steel
1987
Wiseguy: Pilot
1987
Wiseguy
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987
Downpayment on Murder
1987
Who Is Julia?
1986
Designing Women
1986
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Assassin
1986
Matlock
1986
The Fifth Missile
1986
Hollywood Beat
1985
Otherworld
1985
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Hunter
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Nadia
1984
Gremlins
1984
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
The Invisible Woman
1983
48 Hrs.
1982
Frances
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
T. J. Hooker
1982
Falcon Crest
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Best of the West
1981
Gangster Wars
1981
The Gangster Chronicles
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Stir Crazy
1980
Desperate Voyage
1980
Rage!
1980
Airplane!
1980
Sanford
1980
She's Dressed to Kill
1979
The Rose
1979
Ike
1979
Ike
1979
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979
The Word
1978
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
The Cheap Detective
1978
Coming Home
1978
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Carter Country
1977
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
The Macahans
1976
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Linda's Film on Menstruation
1974
The Waltons
1972