Jeffrey DeMunn
DeMunn (born April 25, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Frank Darabont, having appeared in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), The Majestic (2001), and The Mist (2007). His other roles include Captain Esteridge in The Hitcher (1986), Sheriff Herb Geller in The Blob (1988), Andrei Chikatilo in Citizen X (1995), Dale Horvath in The Walking Dead (2010–2012), and Charles Rhoades Sr.
Jeffrey DeMunn

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- Name
- Jeffrey DeMunn
- Born
- 25 April 1947
- Birthplace
- Buffalo, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Union College · Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Honours
- CableACE Award
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jeffrey DeMunn • Born — 25 April 1947 • Birthplace — Buffalo, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1972–present • Children — 2
Documentary record
Jeffrey DeMunn (born 25 April 1947) is recorded as an actor. The birth of Jeffrey DeMunn is recorded on 25 April 1947 in Buffalo, New York.
Early life
Early life
DeMunn was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Violet (née Paulus) and James DeMunn, and a stepson of actress Betty Lutes DeMunn. He graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Theatre roles
Theatre roles
He moved to the United Kingdom in 1970, receiving theatrical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. When he returned to the United States in 1972, he performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company National Tour's production of King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After this he starred in several off-Broadway productions, including Bent, Modigliani, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. DeMunn also participated in productions of developing plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. In 1983 he starred in a production of K2, which earned him a Tony Award nomination. He most recently starred in Death of a Salesman at San Diego's Old Globe Theater in 2012 and A Family For All Occasions at the Bank Street Theatre in 2013.
Television roles
Television roles
DeMunn has made several guest appearances on series television. His extensive TV résumé includes shows such as Kojak, Moonlighting, LA Law and The West Wing. He appeared in the recurring role of Norman Rothenberg in Law & Order and Trial by Jury. He appeared in the television miniseries Storm of the Century. He portrayed Dale Horvath in Frank Darabont's television adaptation of the comic book series The Walking Dead, for two seasons from 2010 to 2012. Upon his departure, he was cast as Hal Morrison in the 2013 television series Mob City, which was also created by Darabont. DeMunn stars on the Showtime series Billions as Chuck Rhoades Sr., the wealthy father of Paul Giamatti's Chuck Rhoades Jr.
Personal life
Personal life
DeMunn married Ann Sekjaer in 1974; they divorced in 1995. He married Kerry Leah in 2001.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1978 — The Last Tenant — Vinnie — Television film • 1979 — Sanctuary of Fear — Whitney Fowler • 1980 — King Crab — Sam Campana • 1981 — Word of Honor — District Attorney Burke • Mourning Becomes Electra — Captain Adam Brant — TV mini-series, 2 episodes • 1982 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Bottom • I Married Wyatt Earp — Doc Holliday • Sessions — Dr. Walter Hemmings • Enormous Changes at the Last Minute — Richardo • 1983 — O'Malley — Carl • 1984 — When She Says No — Brain Garvey • 1985 — Hill Street Blues — Jerry Goff — Episode: "G.Q." • The Twilight Zone — Bob Spindler — Episode: "Kentucky Rye" • A Time to Live — Larry Weisman — Television film • 1986 — Spenser: For Hire — Jacob Zaleski — Episode: "In a Safe Place" • Moonlighting — Roger Clements — Episode: "Funeral for a Door Nail" • American Masters — Eugene O'Neill — Episode: "Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts" • Who Is Julia? — Dr. David Matthews — Television film • 1987 — Kojak: The Price of Justice — Marsucci • Young Harry Houdini — Harry Houdini • 1988–1990 — American Playhouse — George / George Pierce Baker / Peter — 3 episodes • 1988 — Windmills of the Gods — Rogers — Television film • Doubletake — Andrew Lane • Lincoln — William Herndon — 2 episodes • 1989 — CBS Summer Playhouse — Nate Goodman — Episode: "Elysian Fields" • Dear John — Neil Cramer — Episode: "Kate, a Date & Fate" • Settle the Score — Dr. Josh Longcrest — Television film • 1990 — By Dawn's Early Light — Harpoon • L.A. Law — Peter Reynolds — Episode: "Bang... Zoom... Zap" • Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 — Scott Cody — Television film • 1991 — The Haunted — Jack Smurl • 1992 — Treacherous Crossing — Dr. Johnston • Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted — Frank Moore • 1993–2008 — Law & Order — Professor Norman Rothenberg — 8 episodes • 1993 — Barbarians at The Gate — H. John Greeniaus — Television film • TriBeCa — Ben Barker — Episode: "The Rainmaker" • 1994 — Betrayal of Trust — Dick Shelton — Television film • 1995 — Citizen X — Andrei Chikatilo • Hiroshima — J. Robert Oppenheimer • Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story — Mel Korn • Down Came a Blackbird — Rob Rubenstein • Ebbie — Jake Marley • 1997 — Cracker — Henry Farner — Episode: "An American Dream" • Night Sins — SAC Bruce Di Palma — Television film • A Christmas Memory — Seabone • Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing — Robert Brokaw • 1998 — The Outer Limits — Dr. Adam Pike — Episode: "Fear Itself" • Black Cat Run — Bill Grissom — Television film • 1999 — Storm of the Century — Robbie Beals — 3 episodes • 2000 — Noriega: God's Favorite — Nunico — Television film • D.C. — Mr. Scott — Episode: "Truth" • The Fugitive — Will Alagash — Episode: "Miles to Go" • 2000–2001 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Charles Philips — 2 episodes • 2001 — Gideon's Crossing — Dr. Tom Kagen — Episode: "Dr. Cherry Must Be Stopped" • The Practice — Attorney Gordon Keene — Episode: "Honor Code" • 2002 — ER — Doctor — Episode: "Next of Kin" • 2003 — Hack — Vasily Yurchenko — Episode: "Gone" • Our Town — Editor Charles Webb — Television film • 2004 — The West Wing — Kenneth Sean "Ken" O'Neal — Episode: '"An Khe" • Law & Order — Norman Rothenberg — Episode: "Caviar Emptor" • 2005 — Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Professor Norman Rothenberg — Episode: "Truth or Consequences" • Empire Falls — Horace — 2 episodes • 2008 — Cashmere Mafia — Henry Gorham — Episode: "Yours, Mine and Hers" • 2010 — God in America — John Hughes — Episode: "A New Adam/A New Eden" • 2010–2012 — The Walking Dead — Dale Horvath — 16 episodes • 2012 — Chicago Fire — Peter — Episode: "Mon Amour" • 2013 — The Good Wife — Chief Justice Ryvlan — 2 episodes • Mob City — Hal Morrison — 6 episodes • 2014 — The Affair — Dr. Henry — Episode: "9" • 2015 — The Blacklist — T. Earl King VI — Episode: "T. Earl King VI" • 2016–2023 — Billions — Chuck Rhoades Sr. — 44 episodes • 2016 — Divorce — Max Brodkin — 4 episodes • 2018 — Dallas & Robo — Charlie (voice) — Episode: "I Was a Teenage Cannibal Biker"
Stage
Stage
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1972–1973 — King Lear — Edmund — National Tour • A Midsummer Night's Dream — Demetrius • 1975 — Augusta • 1976–1977 — Comedians — Phil Murray — Understudy Music Box Theatre • 1977–1978 — A Prayer for My Daughter — Jack Delasante — Public Theatre • 1979–1980 — Bent — Horst — Replacement Apollo Theater • 1980 — Modigliani — Amedeo Modigliani — Astor Place Theatre • 1982 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Nick Bottom — Central Park • 1983 — K2 — Taylor — Brooks Atkinson Theatre • 1983–1984 — Don Juan — Don Juan — Highlight Theater • 1984 — The Country Girl — Bernie — Chelsea Playhouse • 1986 — The Hands of Its Enemy — Howard — New York City Center • 1987 — Sleight of Hand — Dancer — Cort Theatre • 1988 — Spoils of War — Andrew — Music Box Theatre • 1992–1993 — One Shoe Off — Leonard — Second Stage Theatre • 1994 — Hedda Gabler — George Tesman — Criterion Center Stage Right • 1996 — Greensboro: A Requiem — Jersey guy — McCarter Theatre • 1998 — Gun-Shy — Duncan — Playwright's Horizons Theatre • 1999–2000 — The Price — Victor Franz — Royale Theatre • 2001 — Temporary Help — Karl — Westport Country Playhouse • 2002–2003 — Our Town — Editor Charles Webb — Booth Theatre • 2005 — The Last Days of Judas Iscariot — Judge Littlefield / Caiaphas the Elder / St. Matthew — Public Theater • What Am I Doing Here? — Man #1 — Flea Theater • A Picasso — Pablo Picasso — New York City Center • 2006 — Stuff Happens — Donald Rumsfeld — Public Theatre • 2007 — King Lear — King Lear — California Shakespeare Theater • 2008 — A Geometry Fire — Bob / Chuck — Rattlestick Playwrights Theater • 2011 — Death of a Salesman — Willy Loman — Old Globe Theatre • 2012 — King Lear — King Lear — Frog and Peach Theatre • 2013 — A Family For All Occasions — Howard — Bank Street Theatre • 2014 — A Great Wilderness — Walt — Williamstown Theatre Festival • 2019 — Outside Mullingar — Tony Reilly — Unicorn Theatre
Film roles
Film roles
DeMunn is known for his collaborations with director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in films such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic and The Mist. He also appeared in the 1988 remake of The Blob, which Darabont co-wrote. He also narrated the audiobooks for Dreamcatcher and The Colorado Kid. In 1995, he won a CableACE Award as Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries for his portrayal of serial killer Andrei Chikatilo in the HBO film Citizen X and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie nomination.
Film
Film
• Year — Title — Role • 1980 — Resurrection — Joe McCauley • The First Deadly Sin — Sergeant Fernandez Correll • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can — Dr. Roberts • Christmas Evil — Philip Stadling • 1981 — Ragtime — Harry Houdini • 1982 — Frances — Clifford Odets • 1983 — The Face of Rage — Jeff Hammil • 1984 — Windy City — Bobby • 1985 — Warning Sign — Dr. Dan Fairchild • 1986 — The Hitcher — Captain Esteridge • 1988 — The Blob — Sheriff Herb Geller • Betrayed — Bobby Flynn • 1989 — Blaze — Eldon Tuck • 1991 — Eyes of an Angel — George • 1992 — Newsies — Mayer Jacobs • 1994 — The Shawshank Redemption — Prosecutor • Safe Passage — Doctor • 1995 — Killer: A Journal Of Murder — Sam Lesser • 1996 — Phenomenon — Professor John Ringold • 1997 — Turbulence — Brooks • RocketMan — Paul Wick • 1998 — Harvest — Jake Yates • The X-Files — Dr. Ben Bronschweig • 1999 — The Green Mile — Harry Terwilliger • 2001 — The Majestic — Ernie Cole • 2002 — Swimming Upstream — Dr. Henry Berkson • 2003 — The Lucky Ones — Simon • 2006 — Hollywoodland — Art Weissman • Covert One: The Hades Factor — Steven Haldane • 2007 — The Mist — Dan Miller • 2008 — Burn After Reading — Cosmetic surgeon • 2009 — Cayman Went — Rodgers Bowman • 2010 — 6 Souls — Dr. Harding • 2011 — Another Happy Day — Lee BingBing • 2014 — Adult Beginners — Bill • 2016 — Halfway — Walt • 2017 — Marshall — Dr. Sayer • 2018 — The Amaranth — Richard Kendrick • 2026 — Carousel
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Result — Award — Title — Category • 1978 — Won — Drama Desk Award — A Prayer for My Daughter — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play • 1983 — Nominated — Tony Award — K2 — Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play • 1995 — Won — CableACE Award — Citizen X — Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries • 1995 — Nominated — Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie • 1999 — Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award — The Green Mile — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture • 2006 — Won — Drama Desk Award — Stuff Happens — Outstanding Ensemble Performance • 2011 — Nominated — Craig Noel Award — Death of a Salesman — Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play - Male
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Union.edu. Union College. 2001-05-01.
- 2.Filmreference.com. Jeffrey De Munn Biography (1947-).
- 3.Napoleon, Davi. At the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Critics Institute 5Q4 Dan Sullivan. The Faster Times. June 3, 2010.
- 4.Fearnet.com. Exclusive: New 'Walking Dead' Cast Member Announced. 2010-04-17.
- 5.Dreadcentral.com. Jeffrey DeMunn Joins The Walking Dead. 17 April 2010.
- 6.Bloody-disgusting.com. New Casting for 'The Walking Dead'. 17 April 2010.
- 7.Dreadcentral.com. First Official Zombie Images: Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead. 2010-06-02.
- 8.Abrams, Natalie. Walking Dead's Jeffrey DeMunn, Andrew Rothenberg Land Roles in L.A. Noir. Tv.yahoo.com. 2012-05-01.
- 9.Archived copy.
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