Biography
J.E. Freeman (born February 2, 1946) is an American actor. He was a character actor, often cast in tough guy roles and authority figures. His first movie appearance was in the early 80's actionner An Eye for an Eye in which he plays a tow truck driver who minces words with Chuck Norris. He is especially known for his menacing characters roles : the evil gangster Marcelles Santos in David Lynch's Wild at Heart, the terrifying Eddie Dane, ferocious gay hitman from Miller's Crossing, and the infam...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
A documentary about the making of the movie Wild at Heart, produced for the DVD release of the film.

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
2004
as Old Fred
In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there'...

Mystery Woman
2003
as Ian Philby
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Se...

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
as Police Commander
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

Along for the Ride
2001
as Jake Cowens
Two estranged brothers are forced to take a surreal and heartfelt journey to understanding, when they pick up the body of their deceased father in Mex...

Suspended Animation
2001
as Philip Boulette
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabi...

Auggie Rose
2000
as Pawn Shop Owner
An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of th...

Go
1999
as Victor Sr.
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
Fool's Gold
1998
as George
Flimp and Sam are both outcasts in the Oklahoma town of Oiltown, but Jewish Sam idolises macho Latino Flimp. When they hear that a wealthy man has mov...

Dream with the Fishes
1997
as Joe
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as CIA Man
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot un...

Alien Resurrection
1997
as Dr. Wren
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises...

Copycat
1995
as Lt. Quinn
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

There Goes My Baby
1994
as George
It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth wa...

It Could Happen to You
1994
as Sal Bontempo
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winni...

Mother's Boys
1993
as Everett
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fall...

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993
as Det. Marty Algar
Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife...

Patriot Games
1992
as Marty Cantor
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Till Death Us Do Part
1992
as Det. Robert Guy
This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...

Memphis
1992
as Podjo Harris
Two men and a woman in the deep south of the 1950s plot to kidnap a child from a wealthy black family, mistakenly believing that no one will try to st...

The Doctor
1991
as Ralph
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has s...

One Good Cop
1991
as Captain Schreiber
When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of th...

Miller's Crossing
1990
as Eddie Dane
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Wild at Heart
1990
as Marcelles Santos
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a te...

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Agent Peter Nello
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero r...

The Couch Trip
1988
as Unger
The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.

Ruthless People
1986
as Bedroom Killer
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exc...

Hard Traveling
1986
as Ed Sloan
Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducate...

Chase
1985
as Dixon
A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend...

Twice Upon a Time
1983
as Rusher of Din: Pool Player
In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumfor...

An Eye for an Eye
1981
as Tow Truck Dude
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...

Bitter Harvest
1981
as Farmer #2
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the political...