J. T. Walsh

J. T. Walsh

1943-09-28 San Francisco, California, USA 64 Credits

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...

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Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda

1999

as Jonathan Zanuck

2.7
Acting

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

Hidden Agenda

1999

In Memory Of

2.7

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

Pleasantville

1998

as Big Bob

7.3
Acting

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

The Negotiator

1998

as Insp. Terence Niebaum

7.1
Acting

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

Hope

1997

as Ray Percy

5.2
Acting

The story of a town's secret, a family's crisis, and a young girl's struggle to reveal the truth.

Breakdown

Breakdown

1997

as Warren 'Red' Barr

6.9
Acting

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

Persons Unknown

1996

as Cake

5.2
Acting

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

Dark Skies

1996

as Capt. Frank Bach

8.0
Acting

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

Crime of the Century

1996

as Col. Norman Schwarzkopf

6.7
Acting

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

Gang in Blue

1996

as Lt. William Eyler

5.0
Acting

A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

Sling Blade

Sling Blade

1996

as Charles Bushman

7.5
Acting

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

Sacred Cargo

1996

as Father Stanislav

Acting

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

The Little Death

1996

as Ted Hannon

4.2
Acting

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

Executive Decision

1996

as Senator Mavros

6.3
Acting

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) s...

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as John Ehrlichman

6.9
Acting

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

Charlie's Ghost Story

1995

as Darryl

5.1
Acting

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

The Low Life

1995

as Mike Sr

5.1
Acting

Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

The Babysitter

The Babysitter

1995

as Harry Tucker

5.2
Acting

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

Black Day Blue Night

1995

as Lt. John Quinn

4.9
Acting

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

Outbreak

1995

as Chief of Staff (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

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

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

as Ed Collins

6.8
Acting

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

Star Struck

1994

as Greer

4.4
Acting

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

Silent Fall

1994

as Sheriff Mitch Rivers

5.2
Acting

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

The Client

1994

as Jason McThune

6.7
Acting

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

The Last Seduction

1994

as Frank Griffith

6.8
Acting

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

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994

as Charles Bushman

6.8
Acting

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

Blue Chips

1994

as Happy

6.1
Acting

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

4.2
Acting

A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

1993

as Sheriff Reese Goodloe

5.8
Acting

An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.

Needful Things

Needful Things

1993

as Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III

6.2
Acting

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

Red Rock West

1993

as Wayne Brown

6.7
Acting

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

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

as Desk Clerk

6.1
Acting

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

Sniper

1993

as Beckett's Senior Officer

6.2
Acting

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

The American Clock

1993

6.5
Acting

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

Hoffa

1992

as Frank Fitzsimmons

6.3
Acting

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

A Few Good Men

1992

as Lt. Col. Matthew A. Markinson

7.5
Acting

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

In the Shadow of a Killer

1992

as Insp. Leo Kemeny

1.0
Acting

Courtroom drama involving the mafia inspired by true events.

The Prom

The Prom

1992

as Grover Dean

7.0
Acting

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

Contact

1992

as Radio Lieutenant

6.8
Acting

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

Iron Maze

1991

as Jack Ruhle

4.5
Acting

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

Defenseless

1991

as Steven Seldes

5.0
Acting

A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.

True Identity

True Identity

1991

as Houston

5.5
Acting

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

Backdraft

Backdraft

1991

as Alderman Marty Swayzak

6.7
Acting

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

The Russia House

1990

as Colonel Quinn

6.1
Acting

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...

Misery

Misery

1990

as State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)

7.7
Acting

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

Narrow Margin

1990

as Michael Tarlow

6.4
Acting

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

The Grifters

1990

as Cole

6.5
Acting

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

Crazy People

1990

as Drucker

5.8
Acting

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?

Why Me?

1990

as Francis Mahoney

5.6
Acting

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

Dad

1989

as Dr. Santana

6.3
Acting

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

The Big Picture

1989

as Allen Habel

5.9
Acting

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

Wired

1989

as Bob Woodward

3.4
Acting

The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila Sunrise

1988

as DEA Agent Hal McGuire

6.1
Acting

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

Things Change

1988

as Hotel Manager

6.1
Acting

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

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987

as Sgt. Major Dickerson

7.3
Acting

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

House of Games

1987

as The Businessman

6.8
Acting

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

Tin Men

1987

as Wing

6.3
Acting

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

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

as Ed Smythe

7.5
Acting

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

Power

Power

1986

as Jerome Cade

5.9
Acting

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?

Right to Kill?

1985

as Maj. Eckworth

7.2
Acting

Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.

Hard Choices

Hard Choices

1985

as Deputy Anderson

3.5
Acting

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

The Beniker Gang

1984

as Principal Stoddard

5.8
Acting

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

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

1983

Acting

An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.

Eddie Macon's Run

Eddie Macon's Run

1983

as Man in Bar

5.7
Acting

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...