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John Heard Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in a number of successful movies, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), C.H.U.D. (1984), After Hours (1985), Beaches (1988), The Package (1989), and Deceived (1991). Other films include Big (1988), Awakenings (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), The Pelican Brief (1993), My Fellow Americans (1996), Animal Factory (2000), White Chicks (2004), Would You Rather (2012) and Assault on Wall Street (2013). Heard also played the role of Peter McCallister, the father of protagonist Kevin McCallister, in Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
Birth Name
John Matthew Heard Jr.
Born
Thursday, 07 March 1946
Died
Friday, 21 July 2017
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Imprisoned | 2019 | |
| The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | George (archive footage) / George | 2018 |
| Searching for Fortune | Denton Sr. / Michael Denton Sr. | 2018 |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 2018 |
| The Tale | William P. Allens / Older Bill Allens | 2018 |
| Living Among Us | Andrew | 2018 |
| The Last Rampage | Blackwell | 2017 |
| The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2017 |
| Pray for Rain | Markus Gardner | 2017 |
| After the Reality | Bob | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Imprisoned | 2019 | |
| The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | George (archive footage) / George | 2018 |
| Searching for Fortune | Denton Sr. / Michael Denton Sr. | 2018 |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 2018 |
| The Tale | William P. Allens / Older Bill Allens | 2018 |
| Living Among Us | Andrew | 2018 |
| The Last Rampage | Blackwell | 2017 |
| The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2017 |
| Pray for Rain | Markus Gardner | 2017 |
| After the Reality | Bob | 2017 |
| So B. It | Thurman Hil / Thurman | 2017 |
| APB | Joe | 2016 |
| MacGyver | Arthur Ericson | 2016 |
| Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? | Sheriff Parsons | 2016 |
| Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | J.P. Monroe / JP Monroe | 2016 |
| Outsiders | Lt. Governor of Kentucky | 2016 |
| Counting for Thunder | Garrett Stalworth | 2015 |
| Boiling Pot | Tim Davis | 2015 |
| The Murder Pact | John LaSalle | 2015 |
| The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | William Almy | 2015 |
| The Nurse | Frank | 2014 |
| Animals | Albert | 2014 |
| Witches Blood | Himself / Self | 2014 |
| My Sister | 2014 | |
| Boys of Abu Ghraib | Sam Farmer | 2014 |
| Warren | Jack Cavanee | 2014 |
| 24 Seven | Paul Epstein | 2013 |
| Adam Devine's House Party | Dregory | 2013 |
| Torn | Detective Kalkowitz | 2013 |
| Runner Runner | Harry Furst | 2013 |
| Snake & Mongoose | Wally Parks | 2013 |
| Sharknado | George | 2013 |
| Assault on Wall Street | Jeremy Stancroft | 2013 |
| Mistresses | Bruce Sappire | 2013 |
| Would You Rather | Conway | 2012 |
| Elementary | Henry Watson | 2012 |
| Perception | Congressman Evan Rickford | 2012 |
| Stealing Roses | Walter | 2012 |
| A Perfect Ending | Mason Westridge | 2012 |
| The Legends of Nethiah | Nethiah's Father | 2012 |
| Person of Interest | Congressman Roger McCourt | 2011 |
| Too Big to Fail | Joe Gregory | 2011 |
| The Chicago Code | Mayor McGuinness | 2011 |
| Whisper Me a Lullaby | Poppy | 2011 |
| The Truth | Jonathan Davenport | 2010 |
| Gravity | B.C. | 2010 |
| Formosa Betrayed | Tom Braxton | 2010 |
| Little Hercules in 3-D | Coach Nimms | 2009 |
| Modern Family | Gunther Thorpe | 2009 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Special Congressional Investigator Michael Thomas | 2009 |
| Southland | Ben Sherman Sr. | 2009 |
| The Beast | Dr. Blake | 2009 |
| Actor's Day in LA | Self | 2009 |
| Heaven's Messenger | Dr. Alan Shearson | 2008 |
| Generation Gap | Principal Winters | 2008 |
| My Own Worst Enemy | Peter | 2008 |
| Justice League: The New Frontier | Ace Morgan | 2008 |
| The Great Debaters | Sheriff Dozier | 2007 |
| Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Commander Barry Garner | 2007 |
| The Lucky Ones | Bob | 2007 |
| Cavemen | Tripp | 2007 |
| My Tiny Universe | Bobby | 2007 |
| Dead Lenny | Dr. Robert Hooker | 2007 |
| Brothers Three: an American Gothic | Father | 2007 |
| The Guardian | Capt. Frank Larson | 2006 |
| Tracks | Prison Warden | 2006 |
| Gamers | Gordon's Dad | 2006 |
| Steel City | Carl Lee | 2006 |
| Sweet Land | Minister Sorrensen | 2005 |
| 20 to 1 | Peter | 2005 |
| Prison Break | Governor Frank Tancredi | 2005 |
| The Deal | Professor Roseman | 2005 |
| The Chumscrubber | Officer Lou Bratley | 2005 |
| Locusts | Dr. Peter Axelrod / Peter Axelrod | 2005 |
| Edison | Tilman | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Peter Houseman | 2005 |
| Under the City | Scova | 2005 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Commander Barry Garner | 2004 |
| Jack & Bobby | Dennis Morgenthal | 2004 |
| Entourage | Richard Wimmer | 2004 |
| White Chicks | Warren Vandergeld | 2004 |
| Mind the Gap | Henry Richards | 2004 |
| Word of Honor | Dr. Steven Brandt | 2003 |
| Hack | Paul 'Webster' Ballinger | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne | 2002 |
| The Pilot's Wife | Jack Lyons | 2002 |
| Monday Night Mayhem | Roone Arledge | 2002 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Larry Wiegert | 2001 |
| O | Dean Brable | 2001 |
| Dying on the Edge | John Fuller | 2001 |
| The Big Heist | Richard Woods | 2001 |
| The Boys of Sunset Ridge | John Burroughs | 2001 |
| Pollock | Tony Smith | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Roger Ridley | 2000 |
| Animal Factory | James Decker | 2000 |
| The Photographer | Marcello | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peter Sipes | 1999 |
| Desert Blue | Prof. Lance Davidson | 1999 |
| The Witness | Gregor | 1999 |
| Freak Weather | David | 1999 |
| The Sopranos | Det. Vin Makazian, Vin Makazian | 1999 |
| The Secret Pact | Jerome Carver | 1999 |
| Snake Eyes | Gilbert Powell | 1998 |
| Men | George Babbington / George | 1997 |
| Executive Power | Cyrus Walker / Walker | 1997 |
| One Eight Seven | Dave Childress | 1997 |
| Silent Cradle | Dr. Britain / Dr. Brittain | 1997 |
| My Fellow Americans | Vice President Ted Matthews | 1996 |
| Before and After | Wendell Bye | 1996 |
| The Client | Roy Foltrigg | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Paul Stein | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Allen Lowry | 1994 |
| Me and Veronica | Frankie | 1993 |
| The Pelican Brief | Gavin Vereek / Gavin Verheek | 1993 |
| In the Line of Fire | Professor Riger | 1993 |
| There Was a Little Boy | Gregg | 1993 |
| Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Dan Lawn - State of Alaska | 1992 |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Peter | 1992 |
| Waterland | Lewis Scott | 1992 |
| Gladiator | John Riley | 1992 |
| Radio Flyer | Daugherty | 1992 |
| Deceived | Jack Saunders / Jack Sanders | 1991 |
| Rambling Rose | Willcox Hillyer (Buddy as an adult) / Willcox Hillyer | 1991 |
| Awakenings | Dr. Kaufman | 1990 |
| The End of Innocence | Dean | 1990 |
| Home Alone | Peter / Peter McCallister | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Mitch Burke, Walter Grobman | 1990 |
| Mindwalk | Thomas Harriman | 1990 |
| Cross of Fire | David 'D.C.' Stephenson | 1989 |
| The Package | Col. Glen Whitacre | 1989 |
| Beaches | John Pierce | 1988 |
| Betrayed | Michael Carnes / Michael 'Mike' Carnes | 1988 |
| Big | Paul | 1988 |
| The Seventh Sign | Reverend | 1988 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Charlie Bloom | 1988 |
| The Telephone | Telephone Man | 1988 |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Johnny Boy / Johnny Boy (voice) | 1987 |
| Out on a Limb | David Manning | 1987 |
| American Masters | Montresor (segment "The Cask of Amontillado") | 1986 |
| The Trip to Bountiful | Ludie Watts | 1985 |
| Tender Is the Night | Abe North | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Ron Parrish | 1985 |
| After Hours | Tom the Bartender | 1985 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bill Callahan | 1985 |
| Heaven Help Us | Brother Timothy | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Michael Johnson | 1985 |
| Best Revenge | Charlie | 1984 |
| Too Scared to Scream | Sid / Steve | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | Laurence Thurmond | 1984 |
| C.H.U.D. | George Cooper | 1984 |
| Kate & Allie | Max McArdle | 1984 |
| Violated | Skipper | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Billy Malone | 1983 |
| Will There Really Be a Morning? | Clifford Odets | 1983 |
| Cat People | Oliver Yates | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Cutter's Way | Alex Cutter | 1981 |
| Heart Beat | Jack Kerouac | 1980 |
| Chilly Scenes of Winter | Charles | 1979 |
| On the Yard | Juleson | 1978 |
| Rush It | Byron | 1978 |
| First Love | David Bonner | 1977 |
| Between the Lines | Harry Lucas / Harry | 1977 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Stealing Roses | 2012 |
| Steel City | 2006 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
