Jonathan Banks
Acting
Born 1947-01-31
Washington, D.C., USA
167 credits
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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.
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Breaking Bad
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dexter
Modern Family
Castle
CSI: Miami
Two and a Half Men
Better Call Saul
Hunter
INVINCIBLE
Phineas and Ferb
Cold Case
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Little House on the Prairie
The Expanse
Parks and Recreation
ER
Ghost Whisperer
Without a Trace
Diagnosis: Murder
Gravity Falls
Community
Falcon Crest
MythBusters
Hill Street Blues
The Waltons
Strong Medicine
T. J. Hooker
Lie to Me
Highlander: The Series
Matlock
The Beast in Me
Cagney & Lacey
The District
Walker, Texas Ranger
Incredibles 2
Simon & Simon
Tales from the Crypt
Due South
Constellation
Life
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Lou Grant
seaQuest DSV
Joan of Arcadia
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Airplane!
Designing Women
Shark
Wiseguy
Dr. Ken
Beverly Hills Cop
Hardcastle and McCormick
Eli Stone
Gremlins
Matt Houston
Crazy like a Fox
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Commuter
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