Cast & creator
Stephen Macht
Best known for The Mentalist, Castle, JAG
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Robert Macht is an American television and film actor. Spotted by a Universal Studios talent scout while starring at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada in 1975, Macht was signed to a contract and by the mid 1970s had left teaching and was making frequent appearances in TV episodes and movies. In Raid on Entebbe, he portrayed Yoni Netanyahu, the Israeli officer killed in the rescue of hostages in Uganda. In 1978, he had a lead role in The Immigrants a syndicated miniseries about the rise of the son of Italian immigrants in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. The successful television movie American Dream led to a critically acclaimed short-lived series which cast Macht in the role of a family man who chucks the suburban life to set up home in the inner city of Chicago. The following season, he landed the role of Joe Cooper, on Knots Landing. Other notable roles included playing Nancy McKeon's father in Strange Voices. He was Benedict Arnold in the miniseries George Washington and played one of the survivors of an air crash in Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac. He spent three seasons on Cagney & Lacey. During his run on the show, he moved behind the cameras to make his directorial debut. In 1993, Macht played Krim Aldos in "The Siege", an early Season 2 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Macht had been Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but the role eventually went to Patrick Stewart in 1986. More recent credits have included A Friendship in Vienna; Memories of Midnight, and in Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception. Macht appeared in Babylon 5, One Life to Live, General Hospital, and Suits. Macht's work in feature films has been more sporadic, beginning with a turn as one of The Choirboys. He also had roles in Nightwing, The Mountain Men, Galaxina, The Last Winter, The Monster Squad, Stephen King's Graveyard Shift, Amityville: It's About Time, The Legend of Galgameth, and Watchers Reborn. Macht has also played Dr. Harris in three instalments of the Trancers series of films.
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1971–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
Showing 98 of 98 credits
The Mentalist
Hollis Percy
2008
Castle
Bill Wellington
2009
JAG
James Gribaldi
1995
Suits
Henry Gerard
2011Suits
Professor Henry Gerard
2011
Columbo
David Kincaid
1971
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
General Krim
1993
Knots Landing
Joe Cooper
1979
Murder, She Wrote
Attorney Jason Farrell
1984Murder, She Wrote
Frank Stinson
1984Murder, She Wrote
Lloyd Mentone
1984Murder, She Wrote
Arthur Wainwright
1984Murder, She Wrote
Dan Keppner
1984
The Practice
Gordon Armbrust
1997
Melrose Place
Ed
1992
Babylon 5
Na'Far
1994
Quincy, M.E.
Frank Hailey
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues
Phil Dugan
1981
Highlander: The Series
Alexei Voshin
1992
The Six Million Dollar Man
Joe
1974
Sliders
Kromanus
1995Sliders
Krislov
1995
Hotel
1982
Boston Public
Mr. Valone
2000
Cagney & Lacey
1982Cagney & Lacey
David Keeler
1982Cagney & Lacey
Director
1982
Walker, Texas Ranger
Buck Coburn
1993
Millennium
Mr. Lott
1996
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Carl Cansino
1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Brandt
1993
Kojak
Max Fisk
1973Kojak
Joe Arrow
1973
Viper
Alan Reece
1994
Jack & Jill
Dr. Jonas Zane
1999
Femme Fatales
Leland Ryan
2011
Boomtown
John Donadoni
2002
Blacke's Magic
1986
Big Hawaii
1977
Gideon's Crossing
2000
The Monster Squad
Del
1987
The Wedding Bells
Rabbi Fishman
2007
The Others
2000
Kingston: Confidential
1977
Graveyard Shift
Warwick
1990
The Mountain Men
Heavy Eagle
1980
The Immigrants
Daniel Lavetta
1978
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Clem Weatherby
2012
Trancers III
Harris
1992
George Washington
General Benedict Arnold
1984
Watchers Reborn
Lem Johnson
1998
Memories of Midnight
Doctor Hamilton
1991
Raid on Entebbe
Lt. Col. 'Yonni' Netanyahu
1976
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Jacob Sterling
1992
Galaxina
Sgt. Thor
1980
My Boyfriend's Back
Joseph
1989
Trancers 5: Sudden Deth
Harris
1994
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Frank Walker
1986
Nightwing
Walker Chee
1979
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords
Harris
1994
Outside the Law
Dick Dawson
2002
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Joe Stiley
1984
Galgameth
El El
1997
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Paul Wolfowitz
2003
Agent Red
General Stillwell
2000
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Maj. William 'Bud' Uanna
1980
Wolfman's Got Nards
Self
2018American Dream
1981
Trancers: The Whole Dethly Affair
Harris
2025
A Caribbean Mystery
Greg Dyson
1983
Samson and Delilah
Maluck
1984
The Tenth Level
Dahlquist
1976
One Hot Summer Night
Abel Ganz
1998
The Super Cops
Detective Finley (uncredited)
1974
Blind Witness
Gordon Kemlich
1989
Final Voyage
Captain Doyle
1999
Hunters of the Reef
La Salle
1978
The Choirboys
Spencer Van Moot
1977
A Friendship in Vienna
Franz Dournenvald
1988
Touch Me
Robert
1997
The Legend of Bloody Mary
Magistrate
2008
Ring of Passion
Max Schmeling
1978
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Self
2023
The Deadly Visitor
Mulvaney
1973
American Dream
Danny Novak
1981
Fear Stalk
Tom
1989
Siringo
Wade Lewis
1995
Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many
Bill Davis
1993Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
Bob Anastas
1984
Strange Voices
Dave Glover
1987
Killjoy
Dr. Max Heller
1981A Mother's Deception
Harry McGill
1994
Amelia Earhart
Paul Mantz
1976No Blame
Carl Donaldson
1988
The Last Winter
Eddie
1984