77th Annual Academy Awards RC

RECENT CREDITS
30 Rock (TV)  May. 14, 2009
Nothing But the Truth (FILM)  Dec. 17, 2008
Flash of Genius (FILM)  Oct. 3, 2008
Diminished Capacity (FILM)  Jul. 4, 2008
Resurrecting the Champ (FILM)  Aug. 24, 2007
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HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Earned an Emmy nomination for his guest starring role on NBC's "30 Rock" as Milton Greene, Jack's biological father
2007 Co-starred in the boxing film "Resurrecting the Champ"
2005 Starred in Joe Mantello's revival of David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross"; earned a Tony nomination for his role
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Free To Be...You And Me   -Cast
Actor
Film


Howl   -Judge Clayton Horn
Actor
Film


Nothing But the Truth  2008 -Albert Burnside
Actor
Film


Flash of Genius  2008 -Gregory Lawson
Actor
Film


Diminished Capacity  2008 -Rollie Zerbs
Actor
Film


Resurrecting the Champ  2007 -Metz
Actor
Film


30 Rock  2009 -Milton
Actor
TV
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The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The Aviator  2004 -Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Actor
Film


Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses  2004 -Honoree (Archival Footage)
Actor
TV


CBS at 75: A Primetime Celebration  2003 -Presenter
Actor
TV


100 Years of Hope and Humor  2003 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


On the Ball  2002 -Host
Actor
TV


Growing Up Different  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Alien Invasion  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Dead Men's Tales  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Gene Hunters  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Pet Tech  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


The Killing Yard  2001 -Ernie Goodman
Actor
TV


Intimate Portrait: Rita Moreno  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Television: The First 50 Years  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Fat and Happy?  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Flying Free  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Club Land  2001 -Willie Walters
Actor
TV


Chimps R Us  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


The Bionic Body  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Wild Places  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Life's Little Questions II  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Affairs of the Heart  2001 -Host
Actor
TV


Life's Really Big Questions  2000 -Host
Actor
TV


What Women Want  2000 -Dan Wanamaker
Actor
Film


SuperPeople  2000 -Host
Actor
TV


Changing Your Mind  2000 -Host
Actor
TV


Intimate Portrait: Marlo Thomas  2000 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television  2000 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Frontiers Decade  2000 -Host
Actor
TV


Mediterranean on the Rocks  2000 -Host
Actor
TV


Never Say Die  2000 -Host
Actor
TV


Natural Born Robots  1999 -Host
Actor
TV


Voyage to the Galapagos  1999 -Host
Actor
TV


The West Wing  2004-2006 -Senator Arnold Vinick
Actor
TV
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Keepers of the Frame  1999
Actor
Film


Spiders!  1999 -Host
Actor
TV


Life's Little Questions  1999 -Host
Actor
TV


Animal Einsteins  1999 -Host
Actor
TV


Journey to Mars  1998 -Host
Actor
TV


Science in Paradise  1998 -Host
Actor
TV


CBS: The First 50 Years  1998 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The Object of My Affection  1998 -Sidney Miller
Actor
Film


The New Zoos  1998 -Host
Actor
TV


The Science of Art  1998 -Host
Actor
TV


Nordic Sagas  1998 -Host
Actor
TV


Beyond Science?  1997 -Host
Actor
TV


Mad City  1997 -Kevin Hollander
Actor
Film


Expedition Panama  1997 -Host
Actor
TV


Alan Alda: More Than Mr. Nice Guy  1997 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Murder At 1600  1997 -Jordan
Actor
Film


Robots Alive!  1997 -Host
Actor
TV


Going to Extremes  1997 -Host
Actor
TV


Woody Allen: A to Z  1997 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Pieces of Mind  1997 -Host
Actor
TV


Everyone Says I Love You  1996 -Bob
Actor, Song Performer
Film


Science Safari  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


Inventing the Future  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


21st Century Medicine  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


Flirting With Disaster  1996 -Richard Schlicting
Actor
Film


Neil Simon's Jake's Women  1996 -Jake
Actor
TV


Creatures of the Deep  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


Creatures of the Deep  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


Flying High  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


Dragon Science  1995 -Host
Actor
TV


Wild West  1995 -Host
Actor
TV


Canadian Bacon  1995 -President
Actor
Film


Inside the Actors Studio  1995 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


It's a Kid's World  1995 -Host
Actor
TV


Prime Time Primates  1995 -Host
Actor
TV


Science Italian Style  1995 -Host
Actor
TV


About All You Can Eat  1994 -Host
Actor
TV


Life's Big Questions  1994 -Host
Actor
TV


ER  1999 -Dr Gabriel Lawrence
Actor
TV
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46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards  1994 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The 48th Annual Tony Awards  1994 -Presenter
Actor
TV


White Mile  1994 -Dan Cutler
Actor
TV


The Science of Sports  1994 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards  1994 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Scientific American Frontiers (01/19/94)  1994 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


Contests and Competitions  1993 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


Special Edition From Germany  1993 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


Scientific American Frontiers (10/13/93)  1993 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


And the Band Played On  1993 -Dr Robert Gallo
Actor
TV


Manhattan Murder Mystery  1993 -Ted
Actor
Film


Whispers in the Dark  1992 -Leo Green
Actor
Film


The 46th Annual Tony Awards  1992 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Memories of M*A*S*H  1991
Actor
TV


Betsy's Wedding  1990 -Eddie Hopper
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Crimes and Misdemeanors  1989 -Lester
Actor
Film


A New Life  1988 -Steve Giardino
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Scared Sexless  1987
Actor
TV


Sweet Liberty  1986 -Michel Burgess
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


The Four Seasons  1984 -from film, Jack Burroughs
Executive Producer, Writer, Story By, Actor
TV


The Four Seasons  1981 -Jack Burroughs
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Same Time, Next Year  1978 -George Peters
Actor
Film


CBS: On the Air  1978 -Co-host
Actor
TV


California Suite  1978 -Bill Warren
Actor
Film


Kill Me If You Can  1977 -Caryl Chessman
Actor
TV


Susan and Sam  1977
Producer, Writer
TV


Hickey vs. Anybody  1976
Creator, Director, Writer
TV


We'll Get By  1975
Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
TV


Annie and the Hoods  1974
Actor
TV


6 Rms Riv Vu  1974 -Paul Friedman
Director, Actor
TV


We'll Get By  1974
Writer
TV


Lily  1973
Actor
TV


Isn't It Shocking?  1973 -Sheriff Dan Barnes
Actor
TV


Hotel 90  1973 -Performer
Actor
TV


Playmates  1972 -Marshall Barnett
Actor
TV


M*A*S*H  1972 -Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Director, Writer, Actor
TV


Truman Capote's "The Glass House"  1972 -Jonathan Paige
Actor
TV


To Kill a Clown  1972
Actor
Film


Jenny  1970 -Delano
Actor
Film


Paper Lion  1969 -George Plimpton
Actor
Film


Gone Are the Days  1963 -Charlie Cotchipee
Actor
Film


What's My Line?   -Panelist
Actor
TV


The Mephisto Waltz   -Myles Clarkson
Actor
Film


The Moonshine War  
Actor
Film


The Seduction of Joe Tynan   -Joe Tynan
Screenplay, Actor
Film


The Extraordinary Seaman   -Lieutenant JG Morton Krim
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2009 Earned an Emmy nomination for his guest starring role on NBC's "30 Rock" as Milton Greene, Jack's biological father
2007 Co-starred in the boxing film "Resurrecting the Champ"
2005 Starred in Joe Mantello's revival of David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross"; earned a Tony nomination for his role
2005 Published his memoirs, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned
2004 Cast as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" based on the life of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor
2004 Joined the cast of NBC's White House drama "The West Wing" playing a Republican from California with presidential aspirations; earned Emmy (2005) and SAG (2006) nominations for Best Supporting Actor
2001 Played lead role of physicist Richard Feynman in the L.A. stage production of "Q.E.D."; reprised role in NYC
2001 Received 30th career Emmy nomination for the Showtime movie "Club Land"
2001 Portrayed defense attorney Ernie Goodman in the Showtime original movie, "The Killing Yard"
1999 Had a recurring role on NBC's "ER" as a prominent surgeon in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor
1998 Played Jennifer Aniston's brother-in-law in "The Object of My Affection"
1998 Returned to Broadway co-starring with Alfred Molina and Victor Garber in "Art"
1997 Appeared in Costa-Gavras' "Mad City" opposite Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta
1996 Reprised stage role in CBS TV adaptation of "Neil Simon's 'Jake's Women'"
1996 Made third film with Woody Allen, the romantic musical comedy "Everyone Says I Love You"
1994 Offered an uncharacteristically nasty turn in the based-on-fact drama "White Mile" (HBO)
1993 Portrayed scientist Robert Gallo in the acclaimed TV-movie "And the Band Played On" (HBO); received Emmy nomination
1993 - 2005 Hosted the PBS series, "Scientific American Frontiers"
1993 Teamed again with Woody Allen for "Manhattan Murder Mystery"
1992 Returned to Broadway as star of Neil Simon's play "Jake's Women"
1991 Made London stage debut as the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town"
1990 Last film (to date) as writer/director, "Betsey's Wedding"; also co-starred
1989 Received critical acclaim for the role of an egotistical director in Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors"
1988 Helmed third film (also wrote and starred), "A New Life"
1986 Directed and wrote second film, "Sweet Liberty"
1984 Executive produced the short-lived CBS sitcom, "The Four Seasons" based film; also appeared in pilot
1981 Feature directing debut (also scripted), the ensemble "The Four Seasons"; again collaborated with Burnett who played his on screen spouse
1979 Feature screenwriting debut, "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"; also starred as the titular politician
1978 Teamed with Ellen Burstyn in Robert Mulligan's feature adaptation of "Same Time, Next Year"
1977 Portrayed convicted killer Caryl Chessman in the NBC TV-movie, "Kill Me If You Can"; earned an Emmy nomination
1975 Created and wrote pilot for the CBS sitcom, "We'll Get By"; also executive produced
1974 Co-directed and co-starred (with Carol Burnett) in the TV adaptation of the Broadway comedy "6 Rms Riv Vu" (CBS); earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actor
1972 TV-movie debut in "The Glass House" (ABC)
1972 - 1983 Breakthrough role of Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce in the TV adaptation of the 1970 film "M*A*S*H" (CBS); wrote 13 episodes and directed 32, including the show's 1983 2½ hour series finale
1968 Portrayed George Plimpton in the biopic "Paper Lion"
1967 Starred in the Broadway musical "The Apple Tree"; earned a Tony Award nomination
1964 First leading role on Broadway in "The Owl and the Pussycat"
1964 Cast as a series regular on the NBC political and social satire program, "That Was the Week That Was"
1963 Film acting debut in "Gone Are the Days"; repeating his role from the Broadway production "Purlie Victorious"
1963 Appeared in the Broadway play "Fair Game for Lovers"
1961 - 1962 Co-starred in "Purlie Victorious" on Broadway
1956 Made New York stage debut as an understudy in "The Hot Corner"
1955 While in Europe studing abroad, performed with father on stage in the Rome production of "Room Service"
1953 Made theatrical debut at age 17, starring in "Charley's Aunt" in summer stock in Barnesville, Pennsylvania
1951 Performed Abbott-and-Costello-style comic sketches with his father at the Hollywood Canteen


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