Dan Lauria

Daniel Joseph Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, known for playing the role of Jack Arnold in ''The Wonder Years'' (1988–1993), Jack Sullivan on '' Sullivan and Son'' (2012–2014), and Al Luongo on '' Pitch'' (2016–2017).

Early life

Lauria, an Italian-American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Carmela (née Luongo) and Joseph J. Lauria. He also lived in Lindenhurst, New York. He graduated from Lindenhurst Senior High School in 1965 as a varsity football player, and he briefly taught physical education at Lindenhurst High School. A Vietnam War veteran, Lauria served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps; he served at the same point in his life that Jack Arnold, his character in ''The Wonder Years'', did during the Korean War. In Vietnam, he served as a platoon commander at An Loc near the Cambodian border. He got his start in acting while attending Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, on a football scholarship.

Career

Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the money-conscious father on the TV series ''The Wonder Years'', that ran from 1988 to 1993. He also played NASA Administrator James Webb in the 1998 TV miniseries ''From the Earth to the Moon'' and Commanding Officer, USA in 1996's '' Independence Day''. More recently he has appeared as Police Commissioner Eustace Dolan in ''The Spirit''. He appeared as Coach Hamstrung in ''The Three Stooges N.Y.U.K.'' on AMC in 2000. Lauria appeared on stage in New York in the summer of 2006 in an Off Broadway production of ''A Stone Carver'' by William Mastrosimone with Jim Iorio and Elizabeth Rossa. Lauria also had a small role in a season two episode of ''Army Wives'', as well as a season one episode of ''The Mentalist''. In 2009, Lauria has appeared as General Lee Whitworth, M.D. in ''Criminal Minds'' season 4. He has also appeared in an episode of ''Boy Meets World'', starring Ben Savage, the younger brother of Fred Savage. In late 2009, Lauria returned to the Off Broadway stage, appearing as Jimmy Hoffa in Brian Lee Franklin's ''Good Bobby'', a fictionalized account of Robert F. Kennedy's rise.

In 2010, Lauria appeared as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play '' Lombardi''. The play received positive reviews, with sportswriter Jim Hague commenting, "Lauria truly becomes Vince Lombardi. You almost forget you're watching an actor. He's Lombardi through and through, down to the wire-framed glasses and intimidating scowl." North Bergen football coach Vince Ascolese, who met Lombardi, commented "I really felt like he was Lombardi. It was uncanny."Hague, Jim. "'Lombardi' on Broadway is a smash hit" "Tasty Tidbits" ''The Union City Reporter''; October 24, 2010; Pages 12 & 13 Lauria's portrayal of Lombardi was used during the NFL on FOX introduction to Super Bowl XLV, where one of the two participating teams was the Green Bay Packers; the team Lombardi coached to victories in the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968. The Packers went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in that game.

In 2012, Lauria played the part of Jean Shepherd in the Broadway production of '' A Christmas Story: The Musical'', a role which he reprised off Broadway at Madison Square Garden in 2013. From 2012 through 2014, he played Jack Sullivan on the Steve Byrne sitcom ''Sullivan & Son''.

Lauria served one year as a Department of Veterans Affairs celebrity hospital visitor, during which he toured many VA hospitals, meeting patients.

Filmography

Film

* 1981 ''C.O.D.'' as Secret Service Man #2
* 1983 ''Without a Trace'' as Baker
* 1985 ''South Bronx Heroes'' as FBI Agent
* 1987 ''Stakeout'' as Detective Phil Coldshank
* 1993 ''Another Stakeout'' as Captain Phil Coldshank
* 1995 '' Excessive Force II: Force on Force'' as Orlando Franco
* 1996 '' Faithful''
* 1996 ''No One Could Protect Her'' as Detective Greg Coming
* 1996 '' Independence Day'' as Commanding Officer
* 1998 ''True Friends'' as Pauley
* 1998 '' Wide Awake'' as Father Peters
* 1999 ''Stranger in My House'' as Dennis
* 1999 ''A Wake in Providence'' as Rudy
* 2001 '' Full Disclosure'' as Clive Carter
* 2001 ''Ricochet River'' as Coach Garth
* 2002 ''Contagion'' as General Ryker
* 2002 '' Outside the Law'' as Detective Froman
* 2002 ''High Times Potluck'' as Carmine
* 2002 ''The Empath''
* 2003 ''Dead Canaries'' as Vito Scaldafieri
* 2005 ''The Signs of the Cross'' as Mr. Coyne
* 2005 ''Jesus, Mary and Joey'' as Father Gino
* 2006 ''Big Momma's House 2'' as Crawford
* 2008 ''Dear Me'' as Mr. Hunt
* 2008 ''The Spirit'' as Commissioner Eustace Dolan
* 2009 ''Alien Trespass'' as Chief Dawson
* 2009 ''Donna On Demand'' as Detective Lewis
* 2009 ''Dead Air'' as Fred
* 2009 ''InSearchOf'' as Reverend Blackwell
* 2010 ''The Waiter'' as Father Parks
* 2011 ''Here's the Kicker'' as Dave Berry
* 2011 ''Life of Lemon'' as Arthur
* 2013 '' Make Your Move'' as Parole Officer Foster
* 2014 ''Sister'' as Jeffrey Presser
* 2017 ''The Concessionaires Must Die!'' as Jack Fisk
* 2017 ''An American Dog Story'' as Paw Poochini
* 2017 ''Locating Silver Lake'' as Speaker
* 2020 ''The Eagle and the Albatross'' as Dr. Al Wiserman
* 2020 '' The Way Back'' as Gerry Norris
* 2020 ''Holidate'' as Wally

Television

* 1982 ''Muggable Mary, Street Cop'' (TV Movie) as Vince Palucci
* 1985-1987 ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' as Foster / Rogan
* 1986 ''Doing Life'' (TV Movie) (with Tony Danza)
* 1986 ''Growing Pains'' as Hockey Coach Brockton
* 1986-1987 ''Growing Pains'' as Dan / Hockey Coach
* 1987 ''L.A. Law'' as Joseph Sears
* 1987-1988 ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Detective Harry Dupnick
* 1988 ''David'' (TV Movie) as John
* 1988-1993 ''The Wonder Years'' as Jack Arnold
* 1990 ''The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake'' (TV Movie) as Steve Winslow
* 1993 '' In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco'' (TV Movie) as Bob Blanchard
* 1995 ''Amazing Grace'' as Harry Kramer
* 1996 '' Terror in the Family'' (TV Movie) as Todd Marten
* 1996-1997 ''Party of Five'' as Coach Russ Petrocelli
* 1997 ''Boy Meets World'' as Judge Lamb
* 1997 ''Prison of Secrets'' as Salvatore Matacio
* 1997 '' Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman'' as Major Samuel Mortison
* 1998 ''From the Earth to the Moon'' (TV Mini-Series) as James Webb
* 1999 ''Batman Beyond'' as Bill Wallace (voice)
* 2000 ''Static Shock'' as Sean Foley (voice)
* 2000 ''Diagnosis Murder'' as Donald Purdy
* 2000 ''N.Y.U.K.'' as Coach Hamstrung
* 2001 ''Smallville'' as Coach Walt Arnold
* 2003 '' JAG'' as Allen Blaisdell
* 2003 '' Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Peter Kurtz
* 2005 ''Ghost Whisperer'' as Ellis Conway
* 2007 ''Psych'' as Bill Peterson
* 2007 '' The Bronx is Burning'' (TV Mini-Series) as Detective Borelli
* 2007 ''The Black Donnellys'' as Franny Kenny
* 2008 ''How I Met Your Mother'' as Nolan
* 2009 ''Criminal Minds'' as General Lee Whitworth
* 2010 ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' as Boxing Gym Owner
* 2011 ''Nurse Jackie'' as Carl
* 2011 '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Ray Masters
* 2011 ''Harry's Law'' as Judge Raymond Gillot
* 2012 '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' as James Cleary
* 2012 ''Sullivan & Son'' as Jack Sullivan
* 2012 ''Person of Interest'' as Stanley Amis
* 2012-2014 ''Perception'' as Joe Moretti
* 2014 ''Hot in Cleveland'' as J.J.
* 2015-2019 '' Blue Bloods'' as FDNY Commissioner Stan Rourke
* 2016 '' Pitch'' as Al Luongo
* 2017 '' The Night Shift'' as Doug
* 2017 ''Elementary'' as Louis Garmendia
* 2017 '' NCIS'' as Morgan Cade
* 2018 '' Man with a Plan'' as Frank
* 2018 '' Shameless'' as Mo White
* 2018 ''This Is Us'' as Toby's Father
* 2019 '' The Resident'' as Simon Ortiz
* 2020 ''MacGyver'' as Next Door Neighbor
* 2021 '' The Goldbergs'' as Mr. Wofsy (Next Door Neighbor)

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1947 births
Living people
Male actors from New York City
American male film actors
United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War
American male television actors
American people of Italian descent
United States Marine Corps officers
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
People from Brooklyn
People from Lindenhurst, New York