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Joel Gretsch

Joel Gretsch
Gretsch at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
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(m. 1999)​
Children2
RelativesWilliam Shatner (father-in-law)

Joel Gretsch is an American actor. His credits include The 4400 (2004-2007), Taken (2002), V (2009-2011), Friends (1995), Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1994), JAG (1999), Silk Stalkings, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Burn Notice, NCIS, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Journeyman, The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Minority Report (2002), The Emperor's Club (2002), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), The Vampire Diaries (2016-2017), and All Rise (2020).

Early life

Gretsch was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and grew up in Albany, Minnesota, the son of Russ and Barb. He has a sister, Jane, and a brother, Steve. Gretsch was raised Roman Catholic.[1]

Career

Gretsch studied acting at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles in 1989. His stage work includes roles in Molière's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.[2]

He started his television work in the early 1990s, appearing in episodes of Married... with Children,[2] Melrose Place, Friends and Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Since then he has appeared in episodes of JAG,[2] Silk Stalkings,[2] CSI: Miami,[2] CSI: NY,[2] Burn Notice,[2] and NCIS.[2] In 2006, he played a wealthy advertising executive and husband of a supermodel on an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2007, had two guest appearances playing the father of protagonist Dan Vasser on NBC's Journeyman.[2]

Gretsch has also had supporting roles in a number of films including playing Bobby Jones in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000),[3] Minority Report (2002),[3] The Emperor's Club (2002) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).[3]

In 2008, Gretsch had a recurring role as Pete Raynor, Lindsay Boxer's love interest, on the television series Women's Murder Club.[3]

Some of his notable roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400 in which he starred alongside actress Jacqueline McKenzie,[3] and as Owen Crawford in Steven Spielberg's 2002 science fiction miniseries Taken.[3] Gretsch reunited with Scott Peters (creator of The 4400) on his remake of V. Gretsch played priest and resistance fighter Father Jack Landry in the series.[3]

In 2009, he guest starred in the Diablo Cody created Emmy Award nominated Showtime Comedy-Drama The United States of Tara.[2]

Personal life

Gretsch has been married to actress Melanie Shatner since September 5, 1999. They have two daughters: Kaya (b. 2002), and Willow (b. 2005).[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Kate's Addiction Jack
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance Bobby Jones
2001 Jane Bond Handsome Man Short
2002 Minority Report Donald Dubin
2002 The Emperor's Club Older Sedgewick Bell
2006 Glass House: The Good Mother Raymond Goode Video
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Thomas Gates
2009 Shrink Evan
2009 Saving Grace B. Jones Dan Jones
2009 Push Jonah Gant
2011 Commerce Ken Short
2013 Are You Here Red Coulter
2014 Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse Prof. Neil Martin
2015 Safelight Mr. Sullivan
2015 Silent War Shae's Father Short
2017 Dead Trigger Gen. Conlan
2023 Air John O'Neil

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Married... with Children Johnny Episode: "It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This"
1994 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Tony Hartley Episode: "Tommy the Tenor"
1994 Melrose Place Mitch Sheridan Episode: "No Strings Attached"
1994 Family Album John TV miniseries
1995 Friends Fireman Ed Episode: "The One with the Candy Hearts"
1995 The Bold and the Beautiful Ramone 2 episodes
1997 Renegade Chris Episode: "SWM Seeks Vctm"
1999 JAG Chief Hodge Episode: "Silent Service"
1999 Silk Stalkings Rusty Episode: "Where and When"
1999 Pacific Blue Mark Lewis Episode: "Trust"
2000 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Dan Episode: "One for the Road"
2002 Taken Col. Owen Crawford TV miniseries
2003 CSI: Miami John Walker Episode: "Death Grip"
2003, 2012–13, 2015 NCIS NCIS Special Agent Stan Burley Episodes: "High Seas", "Playing with Fire", "Squall", "Saviors"
2004–2007 The 4400 Tom Baldwin Main role
2006 CSI: NY Dr. Keith Beaumont Episode: "Live or Let Die"
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jason Raines Episode: "Siren Call"
2007 Journeyman Frank Vasser Episodes: "The Legend of Dylan McCleen", "Home by Another Way"
2008 Women's Murder Club Pete Raynor Recurring role
2009 Burn Notice Scott Chandler Episode: "Seek and Destroy"
2009 United States of Tara Dr. Holden Episodes: "Snow", "Miracle"
2009–2011 V Father Jack Landry Main role
2011 In Plain Sight Major Lucas Provo Episode: "Provo-Cation"
2011 The Playboy Club Jimmy Wallace Episodes: "Trouble in Makeoutsville", "A Matter of Simple Duplicity"
2013 The Client List Ranger Captain Reese Episodes: "Wild Nights Are Calling", "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am"
2013–14 Witches of East End Victor Recurring role
2014 Caper Sam Clarke Episodes: "City of Angels", "Psycho Path", "Southpaw's Always Right"
2014 Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse Neil Martin TV film
2014 Scorpion Gov. Paul Lane Episode: "Single Point of Failure"
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hank Thompson Episode: "The Writing on the Wall"
2015 Criminal Minds Sheriff Paul Desario Episode: "Pariahville"
2016–17 The Vampire Diaries Peter Maxwell Recurring role (season 8)
2018 Do Unto Others Pastor Adler TV film
2018 A Father's Nightmare Matt Carmichael TV film
2020 All Rise Frank Frost 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ Giltz, Michael (2010-11-23). "The good Father". New York Post. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Joel Gretsch Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "PopEntertainment.com: Joel Gretsch interview about 'V.'". www.popentertainment.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ^ Shatner, William; Fisher, David (April 28, 2009). Up Till Now: The Autobiography. Macmillan. ISBN 9781429937979. Retrieved February 24, 2023 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Clark, Mark (April 1, 2012). Star Trek FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the First Voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Applause Theatre & Cinema. ISBN 9781557839633. Retrieved February 24, 2023 – via Google Books.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Gretsch