
Cotter Smith
Acting
Biography
Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.
Born: May 29, 1949
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Known For

White Collar
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.

MINDHUNTER
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Ghost Whisperer
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.

Person of Interest
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

The Americans
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

The Twilight Zone
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

Hill Street Blues
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

NCIS
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Commander in Chief
Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to become the first female president of the United States. Before that happens, however; Mackenzie, who serves as vice president, has to decide whether or not to go against the dying wishes of the current president, who has asked her to step down and let someone "more appropriate" fill his shoes in the Oval Office. Not only does the president want her to resign, so does the entire party that elected her in the first place. But when the moment of truth arrives, Mackenzie isn't willing to be a mere footnote in history. Instead of allowing her detractors to keep her down, she decides to trust her instincts and accept the most powerful job in the world.
Filmography
as Senator Smith
as Chief Wells
as Pap
as Tom Claire
as Roman
as Under Secretary William Macomber
as Unit Chief Shepard
as Preacher (voice)
as General
as Darren Hahn
as Admiral Lynch
as Deputy Attorney General
as Nathan
as Jack Davis
as Phil Fryman
as Denton Weeks
as Jay Barrett
as Dick Thompson
as Scotty MacGregor
as Adam Wilson
as Forrest Burke
as Federal Investigator
as Gordon Alexander
as Tony Vincenzo
as Governor Stan Preston
as Gerald Lucas
as Dr. Altman
as Richard Davies
as Sam Stevens
as President McKenna
as John Meyers
as Sean McGinnis
as Hank Foster
as Silas Green
as ASA Jeremy Friedman
as Loren Valentine (voice)
as Judge Benjamin Fee
as Robert Creighton
as Bill Brennecke
as Dr. Case Montgomery
as Adam Nichols
as Bob Marinak
as Mike Caldwell
as Nick Cowan
as Joe
as Eric Martin
as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
as Gilliam
as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
as Mac Odell
as Tony Henderson
as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
as Lt. Hugo
as Brian Baker
as Ned Holcomb
as Robert Rhine
as Frank
as Chad Webster
as Trucker
as Robert F. Kennedy
as Robert F. Kennedy
as Dr. Rowe
as Dr. Grant Harrison