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Jonathan Banks

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Known For

78 Years Old

Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.

Born

Washington, D.C., USA on 31st January 1947

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Without a Trace
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Castle
Bruce Kirby
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Diagnosis: Murder
Max Jupe
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Diagnosis: Murder
Bruce Locatelli
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Shel-la
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Breaking Bad
Mike Ehrmantraut
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Bobby Jensen
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Dexter
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Parks and Recreation
Steve Wyatt
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Two and a Half Men
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Gravity Falls
Filbrick Pines (voice)
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Modern Family
Donnie Pritchett
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Better Call Saul
Mike Ehrmantraut
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INVINCIBLE
Brit (voice)
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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T. J. Hooker
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Lie to Me
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Ghost Whisperer
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The Expanse
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Community
Professor Buzz Hickey
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MythBusters
Self
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Cold Case
John 'Shameless' Clark (2009)
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Phineas and Ferb
Driving Instructor
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The Waltons
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Little House on the Prairie
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Lou Grant
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Highlander: The Series
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Strong Medicine
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ER
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Life
Nathan Gray
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seaQuest DSV
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Walker, Texas Ranger
Shelby Valentine
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Hunter
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Tales from the Crypt
William
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Silvermane (voice)
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Due South
Garret
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Simon & Simon
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Matt Houston
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Crazy like a Fox
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Wiseguy
Frank McPike
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A Tale Dark & Grimm
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Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
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Joan of Arcadia
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Women of the House
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Constellation
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Carter Country
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Designing Women
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Falcon Crest
Frank Kolinski
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Matlock
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Skylanders Academy
Eruptor (voice)
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Hill Street Blues
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Otherworld
Kroll
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E-Ring
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Show Me More
Self - "Mike Ehrmantraut"
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Better Call Saul Employee Training
Mike Ehrmantraut
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Shark
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Best of the West
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Day Break
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Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Noonan (voice)
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Major Lazer
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Sanford
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Ike
1st Sergeant
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The District
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Cagney & Lacey
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Incredibles 2
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Hardcastle and McCormick
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Eli Stone
Agent Jonathan Maine
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Airplane!
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Hollywood Beat
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Horrible Bosses 2
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Mike
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Beverly Hills Cop
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Gremlins
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Alias
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The Yard
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Identity Thief
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The Commuter
Walt
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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Fired Up
Guy Mann
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
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48 Hrs.
Algren
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Mudbound
Pappy McAllan
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Reign Over Me
Stelter
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Stir Crazy
Jack Graham
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Catwoman: Hunted
Roman Sionis / Black Mask (voice)
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The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
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The Comey Rule
James Clapper
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Redbad
Pepijn
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Term Life
Harper
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Freejack
Mark Michelette
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Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Milos Drubnik
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The Word
Young LeBrun
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Flipper
Dirk Moran
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Armed and Dangerous
Clyde Klepper
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Outlaw Justice
Sheriff Conklin
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The Gangster Chronicles
Dutch Schultz
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The Cheap Detective
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Frances
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Coming Home
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Boiling Point
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Talking Saul
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Dark Blue
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Puff, Puff, Pass
Lance
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The Rose
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Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
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Proximity
Price
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The Invisible Woman
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Who'll Stop the Rain
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Shadow of Obsession
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PIN (voice)
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Dark Breed
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Dollar for the Dead
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Assassin
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Authors Anonymous
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
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Last Man Standing
Doc
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Murder Me, Murder You
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Harvey
C.J. Lofgren
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Honeymoon Academy
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
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Watercolor Postcards
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Let the Devil Wear Black
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Nadia
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Ike
1st Sergeant
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Rage!
Resident #2
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The Girl in the Empty Grave
Courtland Gates
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Cold Steel
Iceman
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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Buck
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Wiseguy
Frank McPike
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Don't Touch My Daughter
Charles Ryter
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Blind Side
Aaron
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Handsome Harry
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The Wolf: True Alpha
The Fixer
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Gangster Wars
Dutch Schultz
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The Macahans
Woodward
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Foolish
Numbers
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The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Pato
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The Fifth Missile
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Who Is Julia?
Jack Bodine
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Body Shot
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A Thousand Men and a Baby
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R.S.V.P.
Walter Franklin
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Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
Self
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She's Dressed to Kill
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Murder 101: College Can be Murder
Det. Frank Chambers
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Proud American
Mr. Moretti
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Desperate Voyage
Louis
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Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
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Trash
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Downward Angel
Herod
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Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Michael
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Downpayment on Murder
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Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
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I'm Brave!
Fire Engine
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Wiseguy: Pilot
Frank McPike
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Circadian Rhythm
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Linda's Film on Menstruation
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Millennium Man