Jonathan Banks

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-01-31 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, D.C., USA

Jonathan Banks

Biography

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 le...

Acting

1982

48 Hrs.

as Algren

1980

Airplane!

as Gunderson

2007

Reign Over Me

as Stelter

1982

Frances

as Hitchhiker

1986

Armed and Dangerous

as Clyde Klepper

1993

Boiling Point

as Max Waxman

2006

1987

Cold Steel

as Iceman

1992

Freejack

as Mark Michelette

1999

Foolish

as Numbers

1996

Flipper

as Dirk Moran

1991

Don't Touch My Daughter

as Charles Ryter

1984

Nadia

as Gheorge Comaneci

1993

Blind Side

as Aaron

2001

Proximity

as Price

1978

Coming Home

as Marine At Party

1998

Dollar for the Dead

as Col. Skinner

1997

Dark Breed

as Joseph Shay

1987

Downpayment on Murder

as Det. McKenzie

2013

1997

A Thousand Men and a Baby

as Father O'Riley

1983

Murder Me, Murder You

as Janos Saracen

1986

The Fifth Missile

as Ray Olson

1996

Harvey

as C.J. Lofgren

2014

Bullet

as Carlito Kane

1977

The Girl in the Empty Grave

as Courtland Gates

1996

Wiseguy

as Frank McPike

2014

Authors Anonymous

as David Kelleher

2016

Term Life

as Harper

1994

Body Shot

as Simon Devereaux / Blake Donner

1980

Stir Crazy

as Jack Graham

1980

1999

Trash

as Judge Callum

1992

2014

Horrible Bosses 2

as Detective Hatcher

1988

Pin

as PIN (voice)

1994

Shadow of Obsession

as Trevor Keegan

1979

Ike

as 1st Sergeant

2013

2002

Dark Blue

as James Barcomb

2008

Proud American

as Mr. Moretti

2002

R.S.V.P.

as Walter Franklin

2018

2017

Mudbound

as Pappy McAllan

1974

1987

Wiseguy: Pilot

as Frank McPike

1981

Gangster Wars

as Dutch Schultz

1979

She's Dressed to Kill

as Rudy Striker

1986

Who Is Julia?

as Jack Bodine

1984

Gremlins

as Deputy Brent

2007

Murder 101: College Can be Murder

as Det. Frank Chambers

2018

Redbad

as Pepijn

2018

Incredibles 2

as Rick Dicker (voice)

1983

1980

Rage!

as Resident #2

1986

Assassin

as Earl Dickman

1978

2015

I'm Brave!

as Fire Engine

1999

Outlaw Justice

as Sheriff Conklin

2001

2018

2022

Catwoman: Hunted

as Roman Sionis / Black Mask (voice)

1979

The Rose

as Television Promoter

1976

The Macahans

as Woodward

2005

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