Cast & creator
James Murtaugh
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
James Murtaugh (born October 28, 1942) is an American actor. His film credits include How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Everything’s Fine, Invincible, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Out of Time, Vanilla Sky, Night Falls on Manhattan, The Howling, Blue Thunder, All the President’s Men, Private Parts, Last Days of Disco, The Rosary Murders, and Two Weeks.
Also known as: James Francis Murtaugh , Jim Murtaugh
37
film credits
55
television credits
92
1967–2021 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (92)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Porterman
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Defense Attorney Gibson
1999
Law & Order
Christianson
1990Law & Order
Samuel Sorotsky
1990Law & Order
Dr. Jenner
1990Law & Order
Dr. Farnsworth
1990Law & Order
David Solomon
1990Law & Order
Carter Newton
1990
The Blacklist
Charles Lassiter
2013
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Alan Bottner
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ned Worley
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Studio Owner
2001
Blue Bloods
Ret. Det. Loggia
2010
The Sopranos
Judge Lapper
1999
The Good Wife
Foxson
2009
Elementary
Lawyer
2012
Third Watch
Chief Tom McInerney
1999Third Watch
Dean Thompson's Lover
1999
30 Rock
Ron
2006
Magnum, P.I.
Simon MacLeish
1980
Madam Secretary
Theodore Gates
2014
Ironside
Terry Langley
1967
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Rockford Files
Bob Parsons
1974The Rockford Files
Tom Hanson
1974The Rockford Files
Gordon Lyle
1974The Rockford Files
Steve McWilliams
1974
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Herbert Rixton
2021
Barney Miller
Peace Corps Recruiter Vincent Bondell
1975Barney Miller
Joseph Saxon
1975Barney Miller
Ron Giles
1975
Spin City
1996
Alice
1976
Evil
Zach Neville
2019
Hart to Hart
Sumner
1979
The Equalizer
Barry Konig
1985
Police Woman
1974Police Woman
Sanford Elliott
1974
Kojak
Sutter
1973
Hope & Faith
Edward Shanowski
2003
Police Story
1973
Ed
Jack Respaldi
2000
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
The Last O.G.
Rudolph
2018
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Addison Briggs
2005
100 Centre Street
Judge Wisler
2001
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jack
2003
Kings
Michelle's Doctor
2009
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Medical Lieutenant
1976
Vanilla Sky
Benny's Owner
2001
Everybody's Fine
Dr. Ed
2009
All the President's Men
Congress Library Clerk
1976
Invincible
Principal
2006
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Wonderland
Dr. Lorenzo
2000
Malcolm X
Cop at Harlem Station
1992
Liberty!
Anti-Federalist
1997
Blue Thunder
Alf Hewitt
1983
The Howling
Jerry Warren
1981
Out of Time
Dr. Frieland
2003
Queens Supreme
2003
I Don't Know How She Does It
Roger Harcourt
2011
Private Parts
Payton
1997
Romeo Is Bleeding
Priest
1993
The Last Days of Disco
Marshall
1998
Night Falls on Manhattan
Man in Asylum
1997
The Laramie Project
Reverend Fred Phelps
2002
Someone's Watching Me!
Leone
1978
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Lew Kincannon
2001
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Walter Bailey
1996
I Do & I Don't
Morton Murphy
2008
The Rosary Murders
Robert Javison
1987
Two Weeks
Jim Cranston
2006
Youth in Oregon
Dr. Feldstein
2017
The Flying Misfits
Medical Lieutenant
1976The Roller Girls
Howie Devine
1978
A Rose for Emily
Pharmacist
1983
I Take These Men
Dr. Stuart Sherwood
1983Number 96
1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
Bruce McGrath
1980
Archaeology of a Woman
Sgt. Calder
2014
Pleasure Cove
Henry Sinclair
1979
The Water Is Wide
Ezra Bennington
2006
Casino
Andrews
1980
Letter to My Killer
1995
Hudson River Blues
Clifton
1997
Return
Mr. Miller
2011
Dr. Scorpion
Dave Steel
1978
Hail
Sergeant Johnson
1973
River Red
Chief Bascomb
1998
Brother's Shadow
Hank Stafford
2006