Jonathan Banks

actor

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Country: United States

Gender: M

Birthday: 1947-01-31

Biography
Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. He tends to play villains. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His most recent film to date is the 2007 film Reign Over Me. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.

Actor:

  1. 1. The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977), film
    ...
    Courtland Gates
  2. 2. The Cheap Detective (1978), film
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    Cabbie
  3. 3. Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), film
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    Marine
  4. 4. The Rose (1979), film
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    Television Promoter
  5. 5. Airplane! (1980), film
    ...
    Gunderson
  6. 6. Stir Crazy (1980), film
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    Jack Graham
  7. 7. Gangster Chronicles (1981), film
  8. 8. 48 Hrs. (1982), film
    ...
    Algren
  9. 9. Frances (1982), film
    ...
    Hitchhiker
  10. 10. Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Murder Me, Murder You (1983), film
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    Janos Saracen
  11. 11. Beverly Hills Cop (1984), film
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    Zack
  12. 12. Gremlins (1984), film
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    Deputy Brent
  13. 13. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), film
    ...
    Lizardo Hospital Guard
  14. 14. Armed and Dangerous (1986), film
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    Clyde Klepper
  15. 15. Assassin (1986), film
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    Earl Dickman
  16. 16. Downpayment on Murder (1987), film
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    Det. McKenzie
  17. 17. Wiseguy (1987), series
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    Frank McPike
  18. 18. Cold Steel (1987), film
  19. 19. For Better Or For Worse (1989), film
    ...
    Pitt
  20. 20. Freejack (1992), film
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    Michelette
  21. 21. There Goes the Neighborhood (1992), film
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    Handsome Harry
  22. 22. Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993), film
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    Dr. Willam Shell
  23. 23. Boiling Point (1993), film
    ...
    Max
  24. 24. Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994), film
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    Shelby Valentine
  25. 25. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), film
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    Scotty, Mercenary
  26. 26. Flipper (1996), film
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    Dirk Moran
  27. 27. Dark Breed (1996), film
  28. 28. Narrow Escape (1997), film
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    Father O'Riley
  29. 29. Dollar for the Dead (1998), film
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    Col. Skinner (Redleg commander)
  30. 30. Let the Devil Wear Black (1999), film
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    Satch
  31. 31. Outlaw Justice (1999), film
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    Sheriff Conklin
  32. 32. Guild (2000), film
  33. 33. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), film
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    Milos Drubnik
  34. 34. Korak do smrti (2001), film
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    Price
  35. 35. R.S.V.P. (2002), film
    ...
    Walter Franklin
  36. 36. Dark Blue (2002), film
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    James Barcomb
  37. 37. Living High (2006), film
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    Lance
  38. 38. Labirint zločina (2006), series
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    Shadow Man
  39. 39. Reign Over Me (2007), film
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    Stelter
  40. 40. Murder 101: College Can Be Murder (2007), film
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    Detective Frank Chambers
  41. 41. Breaking Bad (2008), series
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    Mike Ehrmantraut
  42. 42. Community (2009), series
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    Professor Buzz Hickey
  43. 43. Midway USA's Gun Stories (2011), series
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    Self
  44. 44. Identity Thief (2013), film
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    Paul
  45. 45. Watercolor Postcards (2013), film
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    Ledball
  46. 46. Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), film
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    Detective Hatcher
  47. 47. Authors Anonymous (2014), film
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    David Kelleher
  48. 48. Bullet (2014), film
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    Carlito Kane
  49. 49. Better Call Saul (2015), series
    ...
    Mike Ehrmantraut
  50. 50. The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015), series
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    Mr. Flowers
  51. 51. F is for Family (2015), series
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    William Murphy
  52. 52. Term Life (2016), film
    ...
    Harper
  53. 53. Skylanders Academy (2016), series
  54. 54. Mudbound (2017), film
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    Pappy McAllan
  55. 55. Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017), series
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    Quirin
  56. 56. The Commuter (2018), film
    ...
    Walt
  57. 57. Redbad (2018), film
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    Pepijn of Herstal
  58. 58. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), film
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    Mike
  59. 59. The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), film
  60. 60. The Comey Rule (2020), series
    ...
    James Clapper
  61. 61. Catwoman: Hunted (2022), film
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    Black Mask (voice)

Voice:

  1. 1. The Incredibles 2 (2018), film
    ...
    Rick Dicker
  2. 2. Catwoman: Hunted (2022), film
    ...
    Black Mask

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