Cast & creator
Jay Patterson
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
Jay Patterson (born August 22, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984.
34
film credits
18
television credits
51
1982–2025 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
Showing 52 of 52 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
James Reed
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
William Evans
1999
Law & Order
Hoexter
1990Law & Order
Defense Attorney Charles Heckstrom
1990Law & Order
Marty
1990Law & Order
Conn. ADA Jack O'Connell
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Terrence Boyd
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Benton Williams
2001
Blue Bloods
Dennis Driscoll
2010
Murder, She Wrote
Noah Farmer
1984
Third Watch
Andy Fryar
1999
Touched by an Angel
Russell Tate
1994
L.A. Law
Lewis Colquit
1986
American Playhouse
Edward Pierce
1982
Miami Vice
Billie Joe Higgins
1984
The Equalizer
Jay Trescott
1985
Ted 2
Karl Jackson
2015
Leverage: Redemption
General Lionel Frick
2021
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Director
1988
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Doctor Harper
2014
City of Angels
Air Traffic Controller
1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Charles Pennington
1990
Hard Rain
Mr Wellman
1998
All the King's Men
Senator
2006
Nine Lives
Benson
2016
The Babysitters
Ira
2008
Places in the Heart
W.E. Simmons
1984
A Civil Action
Geologist
1998
Romeo Is Bleeding
Mona's Lawyer (uncredited)
1993
My Sassy Girl
Roger Bellow
2008
Nobody's Fool
Jocko
1994
My Own Love Song
Neighbor Man
2010
Slums of Beverly Hills
Dr. Grossman
1998
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Edward Pierce
1985
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Detective Wayne O'Conner
1995
Heaven Help Us
Brother Constance
1985
Street Smart
Leonard Pike
1987
D.O.A.
Graham Corey
1988
A Gentleman's Game
Raymond Mann
2002
Purple Violets
Michael's Agent
2007
Death of a President
Sam McCarthy
2006
Nadine
Dwight Estes
1987
McBain
Dr. Dalton
1991
Double Jeopardy
Assistant District Attorney
1992
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
1993
American Perfekt
Bernie
1997
Power Child
Daniel Crop
2025
The Exonerated
Cop
2006
Nice Guy Johnny
Dr. Meadows
2010
Brother's Shadow
Parole Officer
2006
Margaret Bourke-White
Henry Luce
1989Love, Ludlow
Storkelson
2006