document_title: Brody Lovett

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Brody Lovett

Mark Lawson as Brody Lovett

One Life to Live character

Portrayed by
Mark Lawson

Duration
2008–12

First appearance
April 24, 2008 (April 24, 2008)

Last appearance
January 13, 2012 (January 13, 2012)

Created by
Ron Carlivati

Introduced by
Frank Valentini

Classification
Former, recurring

Profile

Occupation

U.S. Naval Officer (2012—)
Police officer with the Llanview Police Department (2009-11)
Bartender at Rodi's (2008-09)
U.S. Navy SEAL in the Second Iraq War (pre-2008)

[show]Family

Siblings
Nadine Lovett

Grandparents
Ryder Lovett[1]

text: Brody Lovett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live portrayed by Mark Lawson from April 24, 2008 to January 13, 2012.

text: Storylines[edit]

text: Brody is a former Navy SEAL brought to Llanview by Adriana Cramer to distract Gigi Morasco from Adriana's fiancé Rex Balsom. A hardened veteran of the war in Iraq, Brody had been "stop-lossed" several times during his tours of duty.

text: Gigi establishes in 2007 that Brody, the father of her son Shane, had died heroically overseas while she had still been pregnant. Threatened by Gigi's connection to her high school sweetheart Rex, Adriana sends her mother Dorian Lord to get information on the deceased Brody in 2008. Meeting Brody's sister Nadine, Dorian discovers that Brody is in fact alive; disapproving of the match, Brody's mother had told Gigi he had died, and had told Brody that Gigi had moved on to another man. Further, Adriana's suspicions that Gigi had already been pregnant when she had met Brody — and that Rex is most likely Shane's father — are confirmed. She is even more discouraged to discover that Brody and Gigi's relationship was platonic, despite Brody's willingness to give her son a name and his hopes of building a family with Gigi.

text: With her wedding to Rex approaching — and Gigi and Rex getting closer — Adriana pays the hard-drinking and volatile Brody to come to Llanview. Adriana hopes Brody can distract Gigi from Rex and help keep the secret of Shane's paternity from coming out, which she fears will cement Gigi and Rex forever and doom Adriana's relationship with him. Traumatized by his experiences in the Iraq War and embittered by what he believes was Gigi's abandonment of him, Brody still has feelings for Gigi but is hesitant to disrupt her life. Convinced by Adriana that Gigi and Shane need him, Brody finally makes his presence known to a shocked Gigi and elated Shane at Rex and Adriana's wedding.

text: With Rex married to Adriana, Gigi and Brody keep up the pretense that Brody is Shane's father; Gigi feels as though she has no choice but to allow Brody back into her life, as she is unwilling to disrupt Rex's marriage or crush her son's hopes and dreams of finally knowing his "father." Brody hopes to pursue a real relationship with Gigi, but she is soon wrapped up again with Rex, who separates from Adriana after discovering her machinations. Meanwhile, Brody focuses his attentions and affection on Shane, to whom he grows very close, thinking of the boy as "his son" in every respect. Brody sees in Shane an opportunity for a new start, and takes the initiative to find employment and begin attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. When Gigi leaves town to pursue the missing Rex to Texas, a jealous Brody takes charge of Shane and the household. Having grown dependent on Shane's love and validation, Brody fears that if Gigi and Rex are to reunite, he will lose access to the most important person in his life. When local psychic Madame Delphina cryptically warns Brody that Gigi and Rex may be "gone for good," Brody panics, fearing that Social Services will put Shane into the foster care system if he is unable to assert paternity. Brody uses Rex's DNA from a toothbrush to fake a paternity test which "proves" Brody to be Shane's father and therefore, his legal guardian in Gigi's absence. Brody's hopes are dashed, however, when Gigi and Rex return to Llanview together, Rex knowing the truth about Shane's paternity and the couple ready to tell Shane.

text: Despondent, Brody suffers a mental breakdown, trashing Gigi's house and accidentally injuring her friend Marcie McBain. Lapsing into "combat mode," Brody outmaneuvers Gigi and Rex by picking up Shane from school and taking him to Llantano Mountain. Once there, a delusional and armed Brody dons his old combat fatigues and begins to tell Shane about his experiences in Iraq. Losing track of reality, Brody suffers vivid hallucinations from his tours of duty, including the image of an Iraqi boy he had accidentally killed during a raid. Brody is cornered by the Llanview Police Department, accompanied by Gigi and Rex; initially, Brody uses Shane as a human shield, but soon declares he could never hurt "his son" and sends the boy to his mother. Police Commissioner Bo Buchanan, a former Vietnam vet, tries to talk Brody down, but an unstable Brody fires wildly, accidentally shooting Rex. Brody is arrested and taken into custody, where his condition worsens due to his severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Now aware of Brody's deep trauma stemming from his war experiences, a recovered Rex decides not to press charges, and a stabilized Brody is admitted to St Ann's sanitarium for treatment.

text: At St. Ann's, Brody befriends Jessica Buchanan, who is recovering from her latest bout of dissociative identity disorder following the death of her husband Nash Brennan. Realizing his conflicting memories of the encounter in which he had shot the Iraqi boy, Brody learns that the boy had not been armed as he had been led to believe; a fellow soldier had put a gun in the child's hand to protect Brody. This realization helps Brody recover and secure his release, and he eventually begins a romantic relationship with Jessica. Brody helps Jessica through a relapse of her illness and the stillborn birth of Nash's baby, and becomes a Llanview Police officer.

text: Jessica's evil biological father Mitch Laurence returns and subjects her to electroshock therapy; she loses all memory beyond her senior year of high school. Believing she is still in love with her high school boyfriend Cristian Vega, Jessica repeatedly rejects Brody. May 21, 2010 a drunk and dejected Brody sleeps with Jessica's sister Natalie; Jessica regains her memory the same night while being seduced by Robert Ford. Brody and Natalie decide to keep their encounter a secret from both Jessica and Natalie's boyfriend John McBain. Natalie and Jessica both discover that they are pregnant; Brody assumes he is the father of Jessica's baby, but she keeps the secret that it may be Ford. Natalie is also fearful that Brody is her baby's father rather than John, and she confesses as much to a shocked Brody. On July 29, 2010 Brody proposes, and Jessica accepts. Brody is later furious to discover he may not be the father of her baby, but he and Jessica reconcile. Paternity tests declare Brody the father of both children, but Natalie never tells him that. She tells him her test says John is the babies father, which in reality it is since the paternity results were changed by accident by Clint's assistant.

text: On Jan. 11, 2011 Jessica gives birth to her baby by c-section. They later name the baby Ryder Asa Lovett. Both of Brody's "sons" are born on the same day. On Brody/Jessica's and John/Natalie's double wedding the truth about both babies fathers are revealed and Tess comes back.

text: Natalie and Brody grow closer and become a couple. On June 30, 2011 Brody finds out he is not Liam's father. On July 21, 2011, Brody finds Vimal's letter on John's desk and goes to find him at "The Sun" to warn him to keep his mouth closed. Marty, Victor, Vimal, Jack and Brody are the only ones who know the truth about baby Liam's paternity.

text: On the 23rd September 2011, Brody proposed to Natalie and she accepts. It is also revealed that John is still in love with Natalie but he hasn't told her yet. Brody and Natalie's wedding doesn't go as planned when Natalie finds out that John is Liam's father and Brody has known for months. During the week of November 14, Brody goes off the deep end after losing Natalie and Liam, which causes him to kidnap Liam and hold Natalie and John at gun point. After thinking it over, Brody tearfully gives Liam back to his parents. On December 1, 2011, Brody is last seen having a conversation with Jessica in St. Ann's. The two vow to remain friends and stay in touch. Jessica says goodbye to Brody and tearfully leaves him behind.

text: During the series finale on January 13, 2012, Brody returns to Llanfair and informs Jessica that he has been released from St. Ann's. He also apologizes for the death of Ford and tells her that he has been offered another job in the Navy. She tells him to take care of himself. He tells her that if there is anything that she needs, he will be there for her. Even though things were rough between them, he will always care for her. She says that she really appreciates it, and with that Brody leaves town.


document_title: Alan Dale

question_text: who plays king george in once upon a time

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text: Alan Dale

text: Early life and work[edit]

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"When I was 27, I started to get really jumpy and thought, what could I do that would give me the same buzz rugby did? Acting was what came to mind. I told my first wife, 'Look, I really can't stand it any more. I'm going to have to go and be an actor'."
— Dale on why he turned to acting professionally.[1]

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text: Dale was born on 6 May 1947 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.[2][3] One of four children, Dale enjoyed his childhood, but his family was relatively poor.[1] Growing up in New Zealand without televisions, Dale loved the theatre and amateur dramatics.[4] His first performance was for a school concert, at the age of 13, doing an impression of comedian Shelley Berman. His parents became founding members of an amateur theatre in Auckland called "The Little Dolphin Theatre". Dale often operated the stage equipment used to produce weather effects,[1][2] Although a skilled rugby player, Dale opted to move into drama instead because "the acting fraternity didn't like footballers and the footballers didn't like actors. [...] Acting gave me the same buzz and there was the chance of a longer career."[4] He gave up rugby at the age of 21 because it was not considered a workable career at the time, and he had to support his family.[1] Acting roles were limited in New Zealand so Dale worked in multiple jobs, including as a male model,[5] a car salesman and a realtor.[4] While working as a milkman he heard the disc jockey at his local radio station resign during a broadcast. Dale went over to the station and told the managers he could do a better job. They gave him a trial and then signed him up for the afternoon show.[4] At the age of 27 he decided to become a professional actor.[1]

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text: Acting career[edit]

text: Early roles and Neighbours[edit]

text: Dale's first professional acting job was playing an Indian in a production of The Royal Hunt of the Sun at the Grafton Theatre in Auckland.[2] His first on-screen role came in the New Zealand television drama Radio Waves, which although not successful, he described as "nine months of solid work and great fun."[2] In the late 1970s, Dale moved to Australia at the age of 32,[1][4] due to the limited acting work in New Zealand. He applied to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, but was rejected because he "was a lot older than anybody else on the course."[2] He was soon cast as Dr. John Forrest in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors, where he remained for three-and-a-half years.[2]

text: In 1985, Dale was cast in the continuing role of Jim Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, earning him acclaim across the world. He appeared on the show from the first episode and stayed for eight years before his character was killed off in 1993.[4] He found working on Neighbours "exciting" and it enabled him to provide for his sons, but he noted: "You were a totally replaceable commodity; [the production company] didn't put any value on any of the people appearing in the show."[1] He expanded: "I didn't like it there, they were not nice people. When we decided that we hated each other, the company and me, one of the things the company did was to market everything they could out of us and pay us nothing."[5] Dale and the company (Grundy Television) parted on "bad terms".[6]

text: After Neighbours, Dale struggled to find work in Australia because he was typecast as Jim Robinson.[1] His only regular sources of income were voice-overs,[4] and publishing magazines about his former show which he "made quite a lot of money out of". He lost most of his profits investing in a failed children's magazine.[5] In 1999, he was cast in the American TV film First Daughter, which was filmed in Australia. After discovering he could perform a convincing American accent, Dale attended the film's premiere, finally moving with his family to the United States permanently in January 2000.[4] Dale, his second wife Tracey, and their then two-year-old son Nick moved into an "awful little flat" in Los Angeles and found an agent. Dale recalled telling his wife in Melbourne that "there's no way this is going to work. But if it does, it proves you can do anything."[1]

text: Wider success[edit]

text: At the age of 52, he began to revive his career and started taking acting classes,[4] something he had not thought about after being cast in Neighbours.[2] He described his age, unknown status and willingness to work for a relatively low fee as being his main assets for getting work in America. His drama teacher, who he has remained with ever since,[2] told him "that you might want to play great roles, but truth is you will get cast as a specific type. Just work out your type. The others in the class said I was a bit Anthony Hopkins and a bit Sean Connery and that went into my head. I thought if I go for roles those guys would go for I'm more likely to get them."[4] The first role he was offered was a part in a series called Sign of Life, a show about a rock band, which eventually fell through.[2] Dale only received a couple of auditions during his first year in America, but his break came when he was cast as the South African Al Patterson in four episodes of ER.[1] Since then, Dale has been "busier than ever".[4] He has appeared in many television series including guest appearances on The West Wing, Torchwood, The Lone Gunmen, Californication,[7] and The Practice.[2] Many of these have been recurring roles, such as the part of Tom Morrow in JAG and its spin-off NCIS, as well as appearing in three episodes, including the series finale, of The X-Files, playing the "Toothpick Man".[2] He played the recurring role of Vice President of the United States Jim Prescott for seven episodes of the second season of 24, a part which was originally supposed to be a single scene.[1] Dale had recurring roles in the serial Midnight Man and the Australian series Sea Patrol in 2008.[2] He also had recurring parts on Undercovers, Entourage as John Ellis, the fictional owner of Warner Bros., and the British series Moving Wallpaper as a fictional version of himself.[7][8][9] He had a recurring role as King George in the series Once Upon a Time,[7][10] and Emmett in Hot in Cleveland,[11] before joining the main cast of Dominion in 2014, playing General Edward Riesen.[12]

text: From 2003 to 2010, Dale appeared in his longest running American roles. He starred in the Fox TV series, The O.C. playing Caleb Nichol, a wealthy tycoon. The producers saw that the character had further potential, and made his initially recurring role a regular character in the series.[5] After 35 appearances,[13] Caleb was killed off in the second-season episode "The O.Sea" in 2005. Dale was disappointed that Caleb was written out and described it as a mistake by the production staff.[14] In 2006, Dale was cast in the starring role of Bradford Meade, the owner of Meade Publications in the ABC show Ugly Betty.[14] Although he impressed the producers in his audition, he initially lost the role to a "bigger star". After said star began "causing trouble" and was fired, Dale was given the part.[5] Bradford was killed off during the show's second season.[15] Dale appeared in the second-season finale of Lost, "Live Together, Die Alone", as Charles Widmore, a businessman and leader of the Others.[7][14] Dale's publicist was initially worried that Widmore (who was an integral part of the show's mystery) would become a starring role, meaning it would be hard for Dale to appear in both Lost and Ugly Betty at the same time.[14] The part became a recurring role, with Dale appearing numerous times between seasons two (2006) and six (2010). He enjoyed the role but often found it difficult due to his character's unclear motivation.[16]

text: In March 2008, Dale replaced Peter Davison in the lead role of King Arthur in the London West End production of Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre.[17] He accepted the role because he was a fan of Monty Python and considered that "life's too short" for him to have turned down a West End part.[4] Although he has seen all of the shows and the other films, Dale had never seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail (from which Spamalot is "lovingly ripped off") and had to buy a copy to prepare for the role.[2] It was not his first experience in musical theatre because he appeared in a 1984 Australian production of Applause, but Dale found the comic timing of the part to be the hardest task. "On stage, the battle is to find all of the humorous moments and not skip over them. [...] There's an art to Python humour and I'm aiming to try and get every single joke just right."[2] He was succeeded in the role by Sanjeev Bhaskar on 23 June 2008.[18]

text: Dale has also made several film appearances. He appeared as the Romulan Praetor Hiren in Star Trek Nemesis, a part he got after the actor originally cast fell ill,[19] and had small parts in films such as Hollywood Homicide, After the Sunset,[5] and the minor part of General Ross in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Dale said his script for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was printed on tin foil so it was impossible to replicate, in order to keep the film's plot a secret.[4] He appeared in four films released in 2011: A Little Bit of Heaven, Priest, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,[16] and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, having joined late in the film's production.[13]

text: Popularity and style[edit]

text: Despite his mainstream success upon his move to America, Dale remained primarily known for his role as Jim Robinson in Neighbours in the United Kingdom and Australia for several years.[4][20][21][22] This was spoofed in a promotional ident for the UK's Channel 4 in 2007 which sees Dale taking part in a mock interview about the sudden upturn in his career, before being accosted by an Australian fan, who recognises him as Jim Robinson.[20] Discussing this association after Ugly Betty's 2007 Golden Globe win, Dale noted: "Every article I read I'm always, 'Ex-soap star Jim Robinson'. Maybe now people will just get to know me as actor Alan Dale."[23] In 2007, Amazon.co.uk reported that they had sold more DVDs of films and television shows featuring Dale than any featuring other ex-Neighbours cast members.[24]

text: Dale's characters on most of the American television shows he has appeared on have shared similar character traits, which Dale describes as the "go-to powerful guy" role.[5] Following his appearance as Senator Eaton in The Killing in 2011,[7] reviewers commented on his tendency to play powerful, wealthy and mysterious characters in many shows.[25][26] Maureen Ryan of TV Squad wrote that it was "lovely to see Alan Dale playing a typically Alan Dale-ian character. He's always so great at playing That Sketchy Wealthy Guy With a Hidden Agenda, which he has now played on, I believe, 87 different shows. And he always does it well."[27] Coincidentally, Dale's characters in Neighbours, The O.C. and Ugly Betty have all been killed off by a fatal heart attack.[6] Christopher Rosen of The New York Observer wrote in 2008 that "with his square jaw and seemingly no nonsense attitude, Mr. Dale is the go-to actor when casting directors need a conservative-looking authoritarian. When he comes onto the screen, audiences immediately take him seriously, since he radiates rich, smug and serious. He demands your respect." Rosen says that Dale is "not even...a particularly good actor" but is "fine enough" and "bring[s] a no frills, no gimmicks style to his roles," and "manages to give a consistent performance in every show he appears on."[28]

text: Jayne Nelson, writing in magazine SFX, named Dale the second most "serial" science-fiction guest star after Mark Sheppard. She wrote: "The thing is, soap-opera origins aside, Dale is always good. Which is why he keeps getting so much work....Dale never lets you down, always (well, usually) summoning up a pitch-perfect accent, too. There's something comforting about his presence on a show, as though the fact he's in it has lent it some weight."[22] In a profile of his work on "cult shows", Ben Rawson-Jones of Digital Spy called Dale an "institution".[29]

text: Personal life[edit]

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"I like both places [Australia and New Zealand] but I get a lot more respect and recognition from Australia than I do in New Zealand. New Zealanders don't want to know me at all, really. I've been Australian for 20-odd years. Everywhere I went I was the guy from Neighbours so I was Australian. Then when I came here [Hollywood], because I have a New Zealand passport I became a New Zealander again. It's odd."
— Dale on his nationality.[5]

text: In 1968, Dale married his girlfriend, Claire. The couple had two children, Simon and Matthew,[30][31] both of whom are involved in the entertainment industry, Simon as a radio announcer at Kiss 100[2] and Matthew as a writer, film maker and actor.[32] The marriage ended in divorce in 1979.[33] At the time, Dale lived in Auckland but after the divorce he moved to Sydney with his sons.[1] On 8 April 1990,[33] he married Tracey Pearson, the 1986 Miss Australia, whom he met at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, when she was 21 and he was 39. Dale described it as "the most appropriate relationship I've ever had."[1] Dale also has two children from this marriage, Daniel and Nick.[1]

text: He and his family now live in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, California[34] and also own property in Australia.[2] Dale sold his holiday home in New Zealand in 2011 for $1.25m.[35] Both of Dale's parents died in 2007.[2][6] Dale describes his life philosophy as being Winston Churchill's quote "Never, never, never give up",[1] and counts Gene Hackman as his "big acting hero".[2]

text: Filmography[edit]

text: Films[edit]

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Year
Title
Role
Notes

1989
Houseboat Horror
Evans
Direct to video release

2002
Rent Control
George

2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
Praetor Hiren

2003
The Extreme Team
Richard Knowles

2003
Hollywood Homicide
Commander Preston

2004
Straight Eye: The Movie
Kelly's Dad

2004
After the Sunset
Security Chief

2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
General Ross

2011
Happy New Year
Bill
Awaiting release

2011
A Little Bit of Heaven
Dr. Sanders

2011
Priest
Monsignor Chamberlain

2011
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Jacoby

2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Detective Isaksson

2012
Tangled Ever After
Priest
Short film; voice

2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Councilman Rockwell[36]

2014
Grace
Father John
[37]

2015
Entourage
John Ellis

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text: Television[edit]

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Year
Title
Role
Notes

1979–1982
The Young Doctors
Dr. John Forrest
Main cast member

1985–1993
Neighbours
Jim Robinson
Main cast member; 1064 episodes

1986
The Far Country
Dave Marshall
Two-part TV film

1994
Janus
Richard Issacs
Recurring role

1994
Time Trax
Mr. Bergdorf
Episode 2.21: "The Crash"

1995
Plainclothes
Senior Sergeant Mitch Mitchell

1995
Space: Above and Beyond
Colonial Governor Borman
Episode 1.1: "Pilot"

1997
Frontline
Dave
Episode 3.1: "Dick on the Line"

1997
Blue Heelers
Rod Wright
Episode 4.31: "Off the Air"

1997–1998
State Coroner
Dudley Mills
Eight episodes

1999
Alien Cargo
Eichhorn, Explorer Dolphin
TV film

1999
First Daughter
Daly
TV film

2000
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
Phelan
Episode 1.20: "The Chosen One"

2000–2001
ER
Al Patterson
Four episodes

2001
Signs of Life
Clive
Episode 1.1: "Pilot"

2001
The Lone Gunmen
Michael Wilhelm
Episode 1.3: "Eine Kleine Frohike"

2001
Philly
Bruce Frohman
Episode 1.9: "Loving Sons"

2002
The X-Files
Toothpick Man
Three episodes

2002
American Dreams
Captain Andrews
Episode 1.6: "Soldier Boy"

2002
The Practice
Judge Robert Brenford
Episodes 7.9: "The Good Fight" and 7.10: "Silent Partners"

2002–2003
The West Wing
Secretary of Commerce Mitch Bryce
Episodes 4.1: "20 Hours in America, Part I" and 4.23: "Twenty Five"

2003
JAG
NCIS Director Tom Morrow
Episodes 8.20: "Ice Queen" and 8.21: "Meltdown"

2003
CSI: Miami
Canadian Consulate General Dubay
Episode 2.1: "Blood Brothers"

2003–2004
24
Vice President Jim Prescott
Eight episodes (seasons 2–3)

2003–2005
The O.C.
Caleb Nichol
Main cast member; appeared in 35 episodes (seasons 1–2)

2003–2016
NCIS
NCIS (later Homeland) Director Tom Morrow
Reprised character from JAG; 14 episodes (seasons 1–3, 10–13)

2004
Crossing Jordan
Carl Logan
Episode 3.2: "Slam Dunk"

2005
E-Ring
Raymond Metcalf
Three episodes

2005
Bow
"Bow Wow's gay English butler"[5]
Episode 1.1: "Pilot"; series not picked up

2006–2010
Lost
Charles Widmore
17 episodes (seasons 2–6)

2006–2007
Ugly Betty
Bradford Meade
Main cast member; 35 episodes (seasons 1–2)

2008
Torchwood
Dr. Aaron Copley
Episode 2.6: "Reset"

2008
Midnight Man
Donald Hagan
Episodes 1.1 and 1.3

2008
Sea Patrol
Ray Walsman
Six episodes

2008–2011
Entourage
John Ellis
Five episodes (seasons 5–8)

2009
Flight of the Conchords
Australian Ambassador
Episode 2.3: "The Tough Brets"

2009
Moving Wallpaper
Himself/John Priest
Six episodes; Dale plays a fictionalised version of himself and stars in the show-within-a-show Renaissance.[9]

2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge Joshua Koehler
Episode 10.21: "Liberties"

2010
Important Things with Demetri Martin
Mob Boss
Episode 2.1: "Attention"

2010
Burn Notice
Mr. Bocklage
Episode 4.6: "Entry Point"

2010
Undercovers
James Kelvin
Five episodes[8]

2011
Californication
Lloyd Alan Phillips Jr.
Episode 4.07: "The Recused"

2011
Doomsday Prophecy
General Slade
TV film

2011
Person of Interest
Kohl
Episode 1.8: "Foe"

2011–2012
The Killing
Senator Eaton
Six episodes (seasons 1–2)

2011–2013, 2017
Once Upon a Time
King George/Albert Spencer
nine episodes (seasons 1–2,6)Also narrated the clip show "The Price of Magic"

2012
House of Lies
Jonathan Strauss
Episode 1.3: "Microphallus"

2012
Unsupervised
Sid
Episode 1.9: "Jesse Judge Lawncare Incorporated"

2012
Beauty and the Beast
Emperor Dorian
Episode 1.1: "Pilot"; series not picked up[38][39]

2012-2013
Hot in Cleveland
Sir Emmett Lawson
Eight episodes

2013
Body of Proof
Emmett Harrington
Episode 3.12: "Breakout"[40]

2013
The Mindy Project
Alfred
Episode 2.5: "Sk8er Man"[41]

2013
Auckland Daze
Alan/Himself
Three episodes

2014
Dominion
General Edward Riesen
Main cast

2015
Top Coppers
Frank
Episode 1.1: "The Chill of the Cockney Freezer"

2016
Secret City
Prime Minister Martin Toohey
Main Cast

2017
Homeland
President Morse
Episode 6.6: "The Return"[42]

2017

Dynasty

Joseph Anders

[43]

text: Video games[edit]

text:
Year
Title
Role

2002
X-Men: Next Dimension
Additional voices

2004
EverQuest II
Dawson Magnificent, Generic High Elf

2005
Yakuza
Masa Sera

2006
24: The Game
Vice President Jim Prescott

2012
Mass Effect 3
Henry LawsonCaptain Aaron Sommers

2013
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Dr. Alan Weir

text: Theatre[edit]

text: Spamalot (2008) – King Arthur

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