Bill Smitrovich

 ( 1947 Births ) 

Stanley William Zmitrowicz Jr. (born May 16, 1947), known professionally as Bill Smitrovich ( ), is an American actor.

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Personal life Smitrovich was born on May 16, 1947, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Anna (née Wojna) and Stanley William Zmitrowicz, a tool and die maker. He is of Polish descent. Bill is a graduate of the University of Bridgeport (1972) and holds an MFA from Smith College (1976). He is married to Shaw Purnell from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They have a son, Alexander John, and a daughter Maya Christina, four years younger.

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Career Smitrovich has starred in a number of television series. His first prominent TV series role was in the 1980s series Crime Story as Det. Sgt. Danny Krychek. He went on to star in the hit drama series Life Goes On (1989–93). Smitrovich was the lead guest star in the pilot film of the 1980s crime drama hit series Miami Vice. He also appeared in the final episode of NYPD Blue. He has also been seen in The Henry Lee Project with Danny Glover. In 1996, Smitrovich was cast as Seattle police lieutenant Bob Bletcher in Millennium. He is known for his roles on the A&E series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (based on the Nero Wolfe detective stories by Rex Stout) as Inspector Cramer, and on the ABC series The Practice as Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Walsh and then went on to Without a Trace, where he played the recurring character of Chief Alex Olcyk. In 2010, he starred in the NBC series The Event as Vice President Raymond Jarvis.

Smitrovich has also played several characters in military roles. These include Independence Day (1996), Air Force One (1997), Thirteen Days (2000), Fail Safe (2000), and Eagle Eye (2008).

He has made many guest appearances on various television shows. His best-known appearances include the two-part third-season episode "Past Tense," 24, Numb3rs, NYPD Blue, Touched by an Angel, , Criminal Minds, Castle, and the Dynasty reboot.

Smitrovich has also starred in several television films, playing Alexander Haig in the 2003 biographical miniseries The Reagans, as well as roles in Futuresport (1998) and in The '60s miniseries (1999). On film, Smitrovich's roles include the Stephen King adaptation Silver Bullet (1985), Renegades (1989), The Trigger Effect (1996), Gridiron Gang (2006), and the Marvel Comics superhero film Iron Man (2008).

Bill played the role of Mr. Zimburger in the Johnny Depp film The Rum Diary. He also appeared as the head of the CIA, Hanley, in Pierce Brosnan's film The November Man.

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Selected filmography

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Television

1982	Muggable Mary, Street Cop	Charlie Hock	Television film
1983	Skipper Kevin Corkum	Dan Harvie	Television film
1995	Fantastic Four	Daredevil (voice)	Episode: "And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them"
1996–1997	Millenium	Lt. Robert "Bob" Bletcher	11 episodes
1998	Futuresport	Couch Douglas	Television film
1999–2000	Batman Beyond	Ronnie Boxer, Frank Watt (voice)	2 episodes A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
2000	Fail Safe	General Stark	Television film
	2000		Inspector Cramer	Television film
	2001–2002	Nero Wolfe	Inspector Cramer	25 episodes
2003	The Reagans	Alexander Haig	Television film
2015	Two and a Half Men	Rick	Episode: "For Whom the Booty Calls"
2016	Grey's Anatomy	Therapist	Episode: "All I Want Is You"
2017–2018	Dynasty	Thomas Carrington	3 episodes

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Film

1982	A Little Sex	Technician
1983	Without a Trace	Police Officer
1984	Splash	Ralph Bauer
	Maria's Lovers	Bartender
1985	Key Exchange	Lenny
	Silver Bullet	Andy Fairton
	The Beniker Gang	Laundry Truck Driver
1986	A Killing Affair	Pink Gresham
	Band of the Hand	Chavez
	Manhunter	Lloyd Bowman
1989	Her Alibi	Farrell
	Renegades	Finch
1990	Crazy People	Bruce
1995	Bodily Harm	Darryl Stewart
	Nick of Time	Officer Trust
1996	The Phantom	Dave Palmer
	Independence Day	Colonel Watson
	The Trigger Effect	Steph
	Ghosts of Mississippi	Jim Kitchens
1997	Air Force One	William Northwood
1998	Around the Fire	Matt Harris
2000	Thirteen Days	Maxwell Taylor
2005	The Game of Their Lives	Admiral Higgins
2006	Heavens Fall	George Chamlee
	Gridiron Gang	Wainwright
2008	The Last Lullaby	Martin
	Iron Man	General Gabriel
	Flash of Genius	Judge Franks
	Eagle Eye	Admiral Thompson
	Seven Pounds	George Ristuccia
2011	The Rum Diary	Mr. Zimburger
2012	Ted	Frank
2014	The November Man	Hanley
2015	Ted 2	Frank
2017	Bitch	Papa
2024		Herman Rothwax

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External links

• Bill Smitrovich at Twitter

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