Biography
Jeremy Shamos (born February 22, 1970) is an American actor. Shamos was born in New York City but raised in Denver, Colorado. He has a M.F.A. from New York University. Shamos is a character actor. His most notable roles are Craig Kettleman on Better Call Saul, Johanes Karlsen in Nurse Jackie, and Ralph in the film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Shamos is also a stage actor, starring in productions including Steve Martin's Meteor Shower, Clybourne Park for which Shamos was nomi...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Watch on the Rhine
2021
as Teck
Written and set during the rise of Hitler’s Germany, Watch on the Rhine is a play about an American family, suddenly awakened to the danger threatenin...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Irvin
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

Bad Education
2019
as Phil Metzger
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to de...

If I Forget
2017
as Michael Fischer
A play about the stories we choose to believe, the compromises we can't avoid and the hurt only our nearest and dearest can inflict. In the final mon...

The Big Sick
2017
as Bob Dalavan
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a myster...

No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Veterinarian
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his family, and with his friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy...

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Ralph
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night appr...

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Evangelist
Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be...

Magic in the Moonlight
2014
as George
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Evangelist
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her...

The Rebound
2009
as Bill
Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married ...

Dedication
2007
as Matthew
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after ...

Kid Colter
1984
as Justin Colter
A Boston boy escapes from spies and survives in the wild with tricks from his mountain-man father.