Biography
James Thomas Patrick 'J.T.' Walsh (September 28, 1943 - February 27, 1998) was a highly talented American actor. He had a successful career in film, television, and theater, known for his versatility and ability to play a wide range of characters. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a stagehand and set builder. He made his on-screen debut in the early 1980s and quickly gained recognition for his convincing performances, often portraying authority figures or antagonists. In the late 1980s an...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hidden Agenda
1999
as Jonathan Zanuck
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murd...
Hidden Agenda
1999
In Memory Of
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murd...
Pleasantville
1998
as Big Bob
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and...
The Negotiator
1998
as Insp. Terence Niebaum
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elabo...
Hope
1997
as Ray Percy
The story of a town's secret, a family's crisis, and a young girl's struggle to reveal the truth.
Breakdown
1997
as Warren 'Red' Barr
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico de...
Persons Unknown
1996
as Cake
When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction t...
Dark Skies
1996
as Capt. Frank Bach
In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own ag...
Crime of the Century
1996
as Col. Norman Schwarzkopf
In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Ri...
Gang in Blue
1996
as Lt. William Eyler
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Sling Blade
1996
as Charles Bushman
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover....
Sacred Cargo
1996
as Father Stanislav
Two brothers head to Russia to help a group of priests smuggle $200 million worth of sacred relics out of the country in order to keep them out of the...
The Little Death
1996
as Ted Hannon
A photographer obsessed with a wealthy man's beautiful wife kills her jealous husband in self-defense. The deceased man's down-and-out musician son so...
Executive Decision
1996
as Senator Mavros
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) s...
Nixon
1995
as John Ehrlichman
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...
Charlie's Ghost Story
1995
as Darryl
Charlie is a kid whose archeologist father has made several discoveries while exploring a cave in Colorado. However, Charlie makes a discovery of his ...
The Low Life
1995
as Mike Sr
Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.
The Babysitter
1995
as Harry Tucker
Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlingto...
Black Day Blue Night
1995
as Lt. John Quinn
A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker...
Outbreak
1995
as Chief of Staff (uncredited)
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus sprea...
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Ed Collins
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, ...
Star Struck
1994
as Greer
A farm boy (Kirk Cameron) travels to Hollywood to rekindle a romance with a childhood sweetheart (Chelsea Noble), who's now an actress on the road to ...
Silent Fall
1994
as Sheriff Mitch Rivers
Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with controversial therapist Dr. Jake Rainer. Jake tries to...
The Client
1994
as Jason McThune
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a ...
The Last Seduction
1994
as Frank Griffith
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Charles Bushman
25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes...
Blue Chips
1994
as Happy
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future ar...
Partners
1993
as "Grave Squad" Lawyer
A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.
Morning Glory
1993
as Sheriff Reese Goodloe
An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
Needful Things
1993
as Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Red Rock West
1993
as Wayne Brown
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife...
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Desk Clerk
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before the...
Sniper
1993
as Beckett's Senior Officer
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Bec...
The American Clock
1993
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...
Hoffa
1992
as Frank Fitzsimmons
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles w...
A Few Good Men
1992
as Lt. Col. Matthew A. Markinson
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritua...
In the Shadow of a Killer
1992
as Insp. Leo Kemeny
Courtroom drama involving the mafia inspired by true events.
The Prom
1992
as Grover Dean
Marty is not comfortable showing his body at college or private. He is suffering from a skin disease called nevus flammeus. In town he stumbles on The...
Contact
1992
as Radio Lieutenant
An American soldier and an Arab soldier confront each other during wartime in the desert, each hoping to kill the other. But in order to survive, they...
Iron Maze
1991
as Jack Ruhle
In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburgh: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amus...
Defenseless
1991
as Steven Seldes
A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.
True Identity
1991
as Houston
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Backdraft
1991
as Alderman Marty Swayzak
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torchi...
The Russia House
1990
as Colonel Quinn
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...
Misery
1990
as State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she h...
Narrow Margin
1990
as Michael Tarlow
An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically ...
The Grifters
1990
as Cole
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own a...
Crazy People
1990
as Drucker
A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the ...
Why Me?
1990
as Francis Mahoney
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.
Dad
1989
as Dr. Santana
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes...
The Big Picture
1989
as Allen Habel
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Stu...
Wired
1989
as Bob Woodward
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.
Tequila Sunrise
1988
as DEA Agent Hal McGuire
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, whil...
Things Change
1988
as Hotel Manager
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder h...
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
as Sgt. Major Dickerson
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his h...
House of Games
1987
as The Businessman
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams,...
Tin Men
1987
as Wing
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Ed Smythe
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...
Power
1986
as Jerome Cade
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio sen...
Right to Kill?
1985
as Maj. Eckworth
Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
Hard Choices
1985
as Deputy Anderson
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despi...
The Beniker Gang
1984
as Principal Stoddard
When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
as Man in Bar
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the...