Demetri Goritsas is an American actor of Greek and Norwegian descent. He is best known for his roles as Ethan in the Sky One television series ''

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'' and Max Cain in the

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television series '' Modus''. He is also best known for his film roles as Parker in the 1998 film ''

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'' (1998), Dr. Perkins in the 2019 film ''

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'' (2019) and as Stuart Hutchinson in the 2015 film ''

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'' (2015).

Career

In 1994, Goritsas made his film debut as a minor character in the drama film '' Little Women'', featuring

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and

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. He also appeared as the character Slim Jim Man in the Slim Jim beef jerky commercials in the late 1990s. He played alongside

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in '' Gallipoli'' in 2005 and appeared in the ''

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'' series as the father of Jack Harkness. He has also dubbed video games like ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Driver: San Francisco'' and ''

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''. Goritsas appeared as Levene in the 2011 superhero film '' X-Men: First Class'', featuring

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, Michael Fassbender,

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and

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. He appeared as Parker in the 1998 Steven Spielberg film ''

'', featuring

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, Tom Sizemore,

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and

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. He appeared in films such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Darkest Hour'', '' National Treasure: Book of Secrets'', ''

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'', '' The Catcher Was a Spy'' and '' Thunderbirds''. His television credits include ''

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'', '' Hawkeye'', '' Highlander: The Series'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2020, he appeared as Bernie Peterson in the

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original drama series ''

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s second season, ''The Alienist: Angel of Darkness''. Goritsas played actor

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in ''The Shark is Broken'', Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon's stage play about the making of the motion picture ''

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'' (1975). ''The Shark is Broken'' was staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2019, starring Ian Shaw as Robert Shaw, Liam Murray Scott as Richard Dreyfuss, and Duncan Henderson as Roy Scheider. Goritsas replaced Henderson in the role of Scheider for the played successful run at London's West End from October 2021-January 2022. "The Shark is Broken" transferred to the

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for a run from September–November 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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demetrigoritsas.com
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