John Heard

John Heard

Known for
Acting
Born
March 7, 1946
Died
July 21, 2017 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Biography

John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991), and was perhaps best known for his role of Peter McCallister in the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).

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Filmography

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Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

Movie

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20 Questions

20 Questions

TV · 1 ep

2019
Imprisoned poster

Imprisoned

Movie

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (figure) · 1 ep

2018
The Tale poster

The Tale

Movie · as William P. Allens

2018
Living Among Us poster

Living Among Us

Movie · as Andrew

2018
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time poster

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time

Movie · as George (archive footage)

2018
Buoyancy poster

Buoyancy

Movie · as Frank

2017
Last Rampage poster

Last Rampage

Movie · as Blackwell

2017
Searching for Fortune poster

Searching for Fortune

Movie · as Michael Denton Sr.

2017
Pray for Rain poster

Pray for Rain

Movie · as Markus Gardner

2017
APB poster

APB

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

2016
So B. It poster

So B. It

Movie · as Thurman

2016
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero poster

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Movie · as JP Monroe

2016
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? poster

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Movie · as Sheriff Parsons

2016
After the Reality poster

After the Reality

Movie · as Bob

2016
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Arthur Ericson · 1 ep

2015
The Murder Pact poster

The Murder Pact

Movie · as John LaSalle

2015
Counting for Thunder poster

Counting for Thunder

Movie · as Garrett Stalworth

2015
Boiling Pot poster

Boiling Pot

Movie · as Tim Davis

2014
Animals poster

Animals

Movie · as Albert

2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib poster

Boys of Abu Ghraib

Movie · as Sam Farmer

2014
Witches Blood poster

Witches Blood

Movie · as Himself

2014
Warren poster

Warren

Movie · as Jack Cavanee

2014
Sister poster

Sister

Movie

2014
The Nurse poster

The Nurse

Movie · as Frank

2013
Whisper Me a Lullaby poster

Whisper Me a Lullaby

Movie

2013
Would You Rather poster

Would You Rather

Movie · as Conway

2013
Runner Runner poster

Runner Runner

Movie · as Harry Furst

2013
Assault on Wall Street poster

Assault on Wall Street

Movie · as Jeremy Stancroft

2013
Sharknado poster

Sharknado

Movie · as George

2013
Torn poster

Torn

Movie · as Detective Kalkowitz

2013
Snake & Mongoose poster

Snake & Mongoose

Movie · as Wally Parks

2013
The Insomniac poster

The Insomniac

Movie · as Paul Epstein

2013
Adam Devine's House Party poster

Adam Devine's House Party

TV · as Dregory · 1 ep

2012
A Perfect Ending poster

A Perfect Ending

Movie · as Mason Westridge

2012
Stealing Roses poster

Stealing Roses

Movie · as Walter

2012
The Legends of Nethiah poster

The Legends of Nethiah

Movie · as Nethiah's Father

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Congressman Evan Rickford · 2 eps

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Henry Watson · 1 ep

2011
Too Big to Fail poster

Too Big to Fail

Movie · as Joe Gregory

2011
Person of Interest poster

Person of Interest

TV · as Roger McCourt · 1 ep

2010
Formosa Betrayed poster

Formosa Betrayed

Movie · as Tom Braxton

2010
The Truth poster

The Truth

Movie · as Jonathan Davenport

2010
Gravity poster

Gravity

TV · as B.C. · 3 eps

2009
Little Hercules poster

Little Hercules

Movie · as Coach Nimms

2009
Southland poster

Southland

TV · as Ben Sherman Sr. · 2 eps

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV · as Michael Thomas · 3 eps

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Gunther Thorpe · 1 ep

2008
The Lucky Ones poster

The Lucky Ones

Movie · as Bob

2008
Generation Gap poster

Generation Gap

Movie · as Principal Winters

2008
P.J. poster

P.J.

Movie · as Dr. Alan Shearson

2008
Justice League: The New Frontier poster

Justice League: The New Frontier

Movie · as Ace Morgan (voice)

2007
Brothers Three: An American Gothic poster

Brothers Three: An American Gothic

Movie · as Father

2007
Dead Lenny poster

Dead Lenny

Movie · as Dr. Robert Hooker

2007
The Great Debaters poster

The Great Debaters

Movie · as Sheriff Dozier

2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor poster

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Movie · as Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
Cavemen poster

Cavemen

TV · 13 eps

2006
Gamers poster

Gamers

Movie · as Gordon's Dad

2006
Steel City poster

Steel City

Movie · as Carl Lee

2006
The Guardian poster

The Guardian

Movie · as Capt. Frank Larson

2005
Edison poster

Edison

Movie · as Tilman

2005
The Deal poster

The Deal

Movie · as Professor Roseman

2005
Sweet Land poster

Sweet Land

Movie · as Minister Sorrensen

2005
The Chumscrubber poster

The Chumscrubber

Movie · as Officer Lou Bratley

2005
Locusts poster

Locusts

Movie · as Peter Axelrod

2005
Freak Weather poster

Freak Weather

Movie · as David

2005
Tracks poster

Tracks

Movie · as Prison Warden

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Peter Houseman · 1 ep

2005
Prison Break poster

Prison Break

TV · as Frank Tancredi · 7 eps

2004
Mind the Gap poster

Mind the Gap

Movie · as Henry Richards

2004
White Chicks poster

White Chicks

Movie · as Warren Vandergeld

2004
My Tiny Universe poster

My Tiny Universe

Movie · as Bobby

2004
Jack & Bobby poster

Jack & Bobby

TV · 4 eps

2004
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Commander Barry Garner · 1 ep

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Richard Wimmer · 2 eps

2003
Word of Honor poster

Word of Honor

Movie · as Dr. Steven Brandt

2002
The Pilot's Wife poster

The Pilot's Wife

Movie · as Jack Lyons

2002
Monday Night Mayhem poster

Monday Night Mayhem

Movie · as Roone Arledge

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne · 4 eps

2002
Hack poster

Hack

TV · as Paul 'Webster' Ballinger · 1 ep

2001
The Big Heist poster

The Big Heist

Movie · as Richard Woods

2001
The Boys of Sunset Ridge poster

The Boys of Sunset Ridge

Movie · as John Burroughs

2001
O poster

O

Movie · as Dean Brable

2001
Dying on the Edge poster

Dying on the Edge

Movie · as John Fuller

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Larry Wiegert · 1 ep

2000
Animal Factory poster

Animal Factory

Movie · as James Decker

2000
Pollock poster

Pollock

Movie · as Tony Smith

2000
The Photographer poster

The Photographer

Movie · as Marcello

2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder poster

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

Movie · as Larry Mason

2000
The Witness poster

The Witness

Movie · as Gregor

2000
The Wednesday Woman poster

The Wednesday Woman

Movie · as Bill Davidson

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Roger Ridley · 1 ep

2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town poster

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town

TV · as Larry Mason · 2 eps

1999
Desert Blue poster

Desert Blue

Movie · as Prof. Lance Davidson

1999
The Pact poster

The Pact

Movie · as Jerome Carver

1999
Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes poster

Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Peter

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Peter Sipes · 1 ep

1999
The Sopranos poster

The Sopranos

TV · as Vin Makazian · 5 eps

1998
Snake Eyes poster

Snake Eyes

Movie · as Gilbert Powell

1997
One Eight Seven poster

One Eight Seven

Movie · as Childress

1997
Men poster

Men

Movie · as George

1997
Silent Cradle poster

Silent Cradle

Movie · as Dr. Britain

1997
Executive Power poster

Executive Power

Movie · as Walker

1996
My Fellow Americans poster

My Fellow Americans

Movie · as Vice President Ted Matthews

1996
Before and After poster

Before and After

Movie · as Wendell Bye

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Paul Stein · 1 ep

1995
The Client poster

The Client

TV · as Roy Foltrigg · 21 eps

1994
Because Mommy Works poster

Because Mommy Works

Movie · as Ted Forman

1994
Spoils of War poster

Spoils of War

Movie · as Andrew

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Allen Lowry · 1 ep

1993
The Pelican Brief poster

The Pelican Brief

Movie · as Gavin Vereek

1993
There Was a Little Boy poster

There Was a Little Boy

Movie · as Gregg

1993
Me and Veronica poster

Me and Veronica

Movie · as Frankie

1993
In the Line of Fire poster

In the Line of Fire

Movie · as Professor Riger

1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York poster

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Movie · as Peter

1992
Radio Flyer poster

Radio Flyer

Movie · as Daugherty

1992
Gladiator poster

Gladiator

Movie · as John Riley

1992
Waterland poster

Waterland

Movie · as Lewis Scott

1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster poster

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Movie · as Dan Lawn

1991
Rambling Rose poster

Rambling Rose

Movie · as Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer

1991
Deceived poster

Deceived

Movie · as Jack

1991
Mindwalk poster

Mindwalk

Movie · as Thomas Harriman

1990
Home Alone poster

Home Alone

Movie · as Peter

1990
Awakenings poster

Awakenings

Movie · as Dr. Kaufman

1990
The End of Innocence poster

The End of Innocence

Movie · as Dean

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Mitch Burke, Walter Grobman · 1 ep

1989
The Package poster

The Package

Movie · as Glen Whitacre

1989
Virtuoso poster

Virtuoso

Movie · as Michael Johnson

1989
Cross of Fire poster

Cross of Fire

TV · as David 'D.C.' Stephenson · 2 eps

1988
Big poster

Big

Movie · as Paul

1988
Betrayed poster

Betrayed

Movie · as Michael Carnes

1988
The Milagro Beanfield War poster

The Milagro Beanfield War

Movie · as Charlie Bloom

1988
Beaches poster

Beaches

Movie · as John Pierce

1988
The Telephone poster

The Telephone

Movie · as Telephone Man

1988
Necessity poster

Necessity

Movie · as Charlie

1988
The Seventh Sign poster

The Seventh Sign

Movie · as Reverend

1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam poster

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Movie · as Johnny Boy (voice)

1987
Out on a Limb poster

Out on a Limb

TV · as David Manning · 2 eps

1985
After Hours poster

After Hours

Movie · as Tom the Bartender

1985
Heaven Help Us poster

Heaven Help Us

Movie · as Brother Timothy

1985
The Trip to Bountiful poster

The Trip to Bountiful

Movie · as Ludie Watts

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Bill Callahan · 1 ep

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Ron Parrish · 1 ep

1985
Tender Is the Night poster

Tender Is the Night

TV · as Abe North · 4 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Michael Johnson · 1 ep

1984
C.H.U.D. poster

C.H.U.D.

Movie · as George Cooper

1984
Too Scared to Scream poster

Too Scared to Scream

Movie · as Sid

1984
Best Revenge poster

Best Revenge

Movie · as Charlie

1984
Violated poster

Violated

Movie · as Skipper

1984
Rock and Roll: The Early Days poster

Rock and Roll: The Early Days

Movie · as Narrator

1984
Kate & Allie poster

Kate & Allie

TV · 1 ep

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Laurence Thurmond · 1 ep

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Billy Malone · 1 ep

1983
Will There Really Be a Morning? poster

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Movie · as Clifford Odets

1983
Legs poster

Legs

Movie · as Dan Foster

1982
Cat People poster

Cat People

Movie · as Oliver Yates

1981
Cutter's Way poster

Cutter's Way

Movie · as Alex Cutter

1980
Heart Beat poster

Heart Beat

Movie · as Jack Kerouac

1979
Chilly Scenes of Winter poster

Chilly Scenes of Winter

Movie · as Charles

1979
The Scarlet Letter poster

The Scarlet Letter

TV · as Arthur Dimmesdale · 4 eps

1978
On the Yard poster

On the Yard

Movie · as Juleson

1978
Rush It poster

Rush It

Movie · as Byron

1977
First Love poster

First Love

Movie · as David Bonner

1977
Between the Lines poster

Between the Lines

Movie · as Harry

1975
Valley Forge poster

Valley Forge

Movie · as Harvie

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Harvie · 1 ep