Cast & creator
John Heard
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991), and was perhaps best known for his role of Peter McCallister in the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).
Also known as: John Heard Jr.
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television credits
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1951–2019 · acting roles
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Filmography (170)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Peter Sipes
1999
Law & Order
Mitch Burke
1990Law & Order
Walter Grobman
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Roger Ridley
2000
Modern Family
Gunther Thorpe
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Larry Wiegert
2001
NCIS: Los Angeles
Michael Thomas
2009
CSI: Miami
Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne
2002
The Sopranos
Vin Makazian
1999
Prison Break
Frank Tancredi
2005
Person of Interest
Roger McCourt
2011
Elementary
Henry Watson
2012
The Outer Limits
Paul Stein
1995
Numb3rs
Peter Houseman
2005
Entourage
Richard Wimmer
2004
Touched by an Angel
Allen Lowry
1994
Miami Vice
Laurence Thurmond
1984
MacGyver
Arthur Ericson
2016
Battlestar Galactica
Commander Barry Garner
2004
Screen Two
Michael Johnson
1985
Tales from the Darkside
Billy Malone
1984
The Equalizer
Ron Parrish
1985
White Chicks
Warren Vandergeld
2004
Perception
Congressman Evan Rickford
2012
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bill Callahan
1985
Southland
Ben Sherman Sr.
2009
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Peter
1992
Kate & Allie
1984
Hack
Paul 'Webster' Ballinger
2002
Jack & Bobby
2004
The Movies That Made Us
Self (figure)
2019
The Pelican Brief
Gavin Vereek
1993
The Guardian
Capt. Frank Larson
2006
Big
Paul
1988
The Client
Roy Foltrigg
1995
Awakenings
Dr. Kaufman
1990
After Hours
Tom the Bartender
1985
In the Line of Fire
Professor Riger
1993
Adam Devine's House Party
Dregory
2013
Runner Runner
Harry Furst
2013
APB
Joe
2017
The Great Debaters
Sheriff Dozier
2007
The Seventh Sign
Reverend
1988
Gladiator
John Riley
1992
Gravity
B.C.
2010
Cavemen
2007
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Harvie
1951
One Eight Seven
Childress
1997
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
George (archive footage)
2018
Snake Eyes
Gilbert Powell
1998
Cat People
Oliver Yates
1982
Would You Rather
Conway
2013
Tender Is the Night
Abe North
1985
Beaches
John Pierce
1988
Before and After
Wendell Bye
1996
Sharknado
George
2013Sharknado
In Memory Of
2013
C.H.U.D.
George Cooper
1984
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Edison
Tilman
2005
The Tale
William P. Allens
2018
A Perfect Ending
Mason Westridge
2012
The Package
Col. Glen Whitacre
1989
Assault on Wall Street
Jeremy Stancroft
2013
Too Big to Fail
Joe Gregory
2011
Out on a Limb
David Manning
1987
Justice League: The New Frontier
Ace Morgan (voice)
2008
Radio Flyer
Daugherty
1992
The Milagro Beanfield War
Charlie Bloom
1988
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
Larry Mason
2000
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
In Memory Of
2017
Cross of Fire
David 'D.C.' Stephenson
1989
My Fellow Americans
Vice President Ted Matthews
1996
Animal Factory
James Decker
2000
The Chumscrubber
Officer Lou Bratley
2005
Cutter's Way
Alex Cutter
1981
Boys of Abu Ghraib
Sam Farmer
2014
The Scarlet Letter
Arthur Dimmesdale
1979
Deceived
Jack
1991
Sister
2014
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Charles
1979
Heaven Help Us
Brother Timothy
1985
O
Dean Brable
2001
Betrayed
Michael Carnes
1988
Monday Night Mayhem
Roone Arledge
2002
Rambling Rose
Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
1991
Too Scared to Scream
Sid
1984
The Trip to Bountiful
Ludie Watts
1985
The Boys of Sunset Ridge
John Burroughs
2001
The Lucky Ones
Bob
2008
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Larry Mason
2000
Waterland
Lewis Scott
1992
Desert Blue
Prof. Lance Davidson
1999
The Deal
Professor Roseman
2005
Valley Forge
Harvie
1975
Sweet Land
Minister Sorrensen
2005
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
JP Monroe
2016
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Johnny Boy (voice)
1987
Pollock
Tony Smith
2000
Last Rampage
Blackwell
2017
Snake & Mongoose
Wally Parks
2013
Pray for Rain
Markus Gardner
2017
Locusts
Peter Axelrod
2005
Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes
Peter
1999
So B. It
Thurman
2016
Between the Lines
Harry
1977
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Dan Lawn
1992
Me and Veronica
Frankie
1993
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Sheriff Parsons
2016
Freak Weather
David
2005
Living Among Us
Andrew
2018
Heart Beat
Jack Kerouac
1980
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Clifford Odets
198320 Questions
Men
George
1997
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
Father
2007
The End of Innocence
Dean
1990
After the Reality
Bob
2016
Executive Power
Walker
1997
Generation Gap
Principal Winters
2008
The Insomniac
Paul Epstein
2013
Home Alone
Peter
1990
Dying on the Edge
John Fuller
2001
Rock and Roll: The Early Days
Narrator
1984
Formosa Betrayed
Tom Braxton
2010
The Nurse
Frank
2014
The Telephone
Telephone Man
1988
The Photographer
Marcello
2000
First Love
David Bonner
1977
The Big Heist
Richard Woods
2001
Word of Honor
Dr. Steven Brandt
2003
The Legends of Nethiah
Nethiah's Father
2012
Mindwalk
Thomas Harriman
1991
Tracks
Prison Warden
2005
Imprisoned
2019
The Pilot's Wife
Jack Lyons
2002
Little Hercules
Coach Nimms
2009
There Was a Little Boy
Gregg
1993
Gamers
Gordon's Dad
2006
Legs
Dan Foster
1983
Necessity
Charlie
1988
Warren
Jack Cavanee
2014
Spoils of War
Andrew
1994
Counting for Thunder
Garrett Stalworth
2015
On the Yard
Juleson
1978
The Truth
Jonathan Davenport
2010
Boiling Pot
Tim Davis
2015
Virtuoso
Michael Johnson
1989
Steel City
Carl Lee
2006
Whisper Me a Lullaby
2013
Because Mommy Works
Ted Forman
1994
Rush It
Byron
1978
The Murder Pact
John LaSalle
2015
Violated
Skipper
1984
Best Revenge
Charlie
1984
Stealing Roses
Walter
2012
My Tiny Universe
Bobby
2004
Dead Lenny
Dr. Robert Hooker
2007
The Wednesday Woman
Bill Davidson
2000
The Pact
Jerome Carver
1999
Silent Cradle
Dr. Britain
1997
Animals
Albert
2014
Blown Away
Charlie
1990
Mind the Gap
Henry Richards
2004
Torn
Detective Kalkowitz
2013
The Witness
Gregor
2000
P.J.
Dr. Alan Shearson
2008
Searching for Fortune
Michael Denton Sr.
2017
Witches Blood
Himself
2014
Buoyancy
Frank
2018