Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Pankow (born April 28, 1954) is an American film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for a supporting role on the sitcom Mad About You (1993-1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Pankow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Before/During/After
2020
as Jim Lonergan
This sharp-witted dramedy studies a middle-aged NYC theatre actress suddenly forced to figure out the kind of person she wants to portray in real life...
Married Young
2019
as Dr. Levovitz
The story of a man, his pregnant wife and his animated alter ego, MARRIED YOUNG is a poignant comedy about what it takes for a husband not to be a sel...
An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines
2014
as Himself
Documentary about the making of George A. Romero's Monkey Shines.
Doubt
2013
as Mr. Syd Newman
Centers on Vincent, a former cop who's now a cunning but charming low-rent lawyer who uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients while ...
Putzel
2012
as Sid
For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Walter's...
Morning Glory
2010
as Lenny Bergman
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently fa...
The Extra Man
2010
as George
A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.
Bride Wars
2009
as John
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
as Self
The magic and creation behind the making of William Friedkin's classic action film To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). It follows cast, crew and the direc...
Life as a House
2001
as Bryan Burke
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in ...
The Object of My Affection
1998
as Vince McBride
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much...
A Stranger Among Us
1992
as Levine
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret...
Year of the Gun
1991
as Italo Bianchi
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a rese...
Mortal Thoughts
1991
as Arthur Kellogg
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who stea...
Talk Radio
1988
as Dietz
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Monkey Shines
1988
as Geoffrey Fisher
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against...
Johnny Be Good
1988
as Lou Landers (uncredited)
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one ...
Johnny Be Good
1988
as Lou Landers
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one ...
*batteries not included
1987
as Kovacs
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his...
The Secret of My Success
1987
as Fred Melrose
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and gir...
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
as John Vukovich
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counter...
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
as POW #6
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of V...
First Steps
1985
as Fred
Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new resear...
The Hunger
1983
as 1st Phone Booth Youth
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he ...
The Chosen
1981
as Bully
In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families.
Life on the Mississippi
1980
Most mid-19th-century Mississippi River boys dreamed of occupying that pinnacle of power and glamour, the pilot house of a riverboat. In a riot of loc...