Cast & creator
Tucker Smallwood
Best known for Modern Family, Friends, JAG
Tucker Smallwood (born February 22, 1944) is an American actor, author and vocalist. He often plays military characters. Smallwood's films include The Cotton Club (1984), Contact (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Larry David's Sour Grapes, Traffic (2000), The One (2001), Quigley (2003), Spectres (2004) and Embers (2015). On television, he has been a regular and made guest appearances on many series, including Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium, Babylon 5, The X-Files, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Friends, The Wayans Bros. and The Sarah Silverman Program.
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film credits
42
television credits
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1981–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
Showing 86 of 86 credits
Modern Family
Judge
2009
Friends
Mr. Tyler
1994
JAG
Captain Baxter
1995
Seinfeld
Man in Mercedes
1989Seinfeld
The Photographer
1989Seinfeld
Malcolm
1989
The X-Files
Sheriff Andy Taylor
1993
Frasier
Detective
1993
Star Trek: Voyager
Adm. Bullock
1995
Diagnosis: Murder
District Attorney Ferris
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Restaurant Owner
2000
The Practice
Dr. Mick Benson
1997The Practice
Henry Matthews
1997
Malcolm in the Middle
Baffert
2000
Star Trek: Enterprise
Xindi-Primate Councilor
2001
Babylon 5
David Endawi
1994
My Name Is Earl
Hostage Negotiator
2005
Wings
Agent Stark
1990
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Sister, Sister
Preacher
1994
Millennium
Steven Kiley / Ellsworth Beedle
1996
Martin
Darrell
1992
Workaholics
Pastor
2011
Will & Grace
Henry Rice
2017
The Wayans Bros.
Lionel Cooper
1995
The Sarah Silverman Program
God
2007
Pixels
CIA Chief
2015
All of Us
2003
Seven Days
1998
Titus
Sgt. Gordon
2000
Deep Impact
Ivan Brodsky
1998
Space: Above and Beyond
Coomodore Ross
1995Space: Above and Beyond
Commodore Ross
1995
The Invisible Man
Anders
2000
Evan Almighty
Committee Member
2007
Contact
Mission Director
1997
The First Family
Admiral Masini
2012
Bull
2000
Dream Corp LLC
General Jim Joynose, Sr. (voice)
2016
Infomercials
General Cartwood
2009
Traffic
Partygoer #4
2000
The Loop
Dr. Evangelatos
2006
The Baxters
Arthur
2024For the People
Judge
2002
Presumed Innocent
Detective Harold Greer
1990
Level 9
2000
The One
Prison Warden
2001
The Cotton Club
Kid Griffin
1984
Opposite Sex
Military Officer
2000
The Secret of My Success
Executive (uncredited)
1987
Like Mike
Mr. Reynolds
2002
Most Wanted
Police Chief William Watson
1997
Together Together
Carson
2021
Bio-Dome
Cmdr. Gates, SWAT Team
1996
Sylvie's Love
Dr. Parker
2020
Flight of the Living Dead
Col. Wolff
2007
Black Dynamite
Congressman Monroe James
2009
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Stevens
2006
The Promised Land
Jethro
2024
Three Colors: Pan-African
Waylon Jones / "Gregory Green"
2026
Girlfriend's Day
Governor Speakman
2017
Blackout Effect
Harold
1998
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Thomasson
2008
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Passenger
2003
Sour Grapes
Anesthesiologist #2
1998
Strangeland
Captain Churchill Robbins
1998
Another Time
TV Show Host
2018
Izzy Lyon: The Unspun Truth
Mordecai Fredericksonton III
2022
For Ladies Only
Tornado
1981
Dark Mirror
Detective Williams
2007
Air Panic
Keller
2002
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Ace Truck Driver
1981
Final Move
Myron
2006
The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf
Harry
1985
Fighting Words
Franklin
2006
Quigley
Angel #2
2003Fartcopter
General Cartwood
2014
Embers
Teacher
2015
Inferno
Police Chief
1998
Loners
Father Monty
2019
Spectres
Will Franklin
2004
False Prophets
Isaiah
2006
The Lady Killers
William
2017
Merit x Zoe
Dr. Cole
2022
Good Boy Bad Boy
1985Mirror Man
Mr. Jenkins
2003