John Heard

Known for: Acting

Born: 1946-03-07 – 2017-07-21 (aged 71)

From: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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).

Filmography (167)

TV★ 7.3
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (figure)
MOVIE★ 4.6
Imprisoned
2019
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
2018
as George (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Living Among Us
2018
as Andrew
MOVIE★ 3.0
Buoyancy
2018
as Frank
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Tale
2018
as William P. Allens
MOVIE★ 5.4
Last Rampage
2017
as Blackwell
MOVIE★ 5.5
Pray for Rain
2017
as Markus Gardner
MOVIE
Searching for Fortune
2017
as Michael Denton Sr.
TV★ 6.5
APB
2017
as Joe
TV★ 7.3
MacGyver
2016
as Arthur Ericson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Sheriff Parsons
MOVIE★ 6.6
So B. It
2016
as Thurman
MOVIE★ 5.5
After the Reality
2016
as Bob
MOVIE★ 5.3
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016
as JP Monroe
MOVIE★ 5.0
Counting for Thunder
2015
as Garrett Stalworth
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Murder Pact
2015
as John LaSalle
MOVIE★ 5.2
Boiling Pot
2015
as Tim Davis
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Nurse
2014
as Frank
MOVIE★ 5.8
Animals
2014
as Albert
MOVIE★ 1.0
Witches Blood
2014
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sister
2014
MOVIE★ 5.5
Boys of Abu Ghraib
2014
as Sam Farmer
MOVIE★ 4.0
Warren
2014
as Jack Cavanee
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Insomniac
2013
as Paul Epstein
TV★ 5.3
Adam Devine's House Party
2013
as Dregory
MOVIE★ 5.8
Torn
2013
as Detective Kalkowitz
MOVIE★ 5.6
Runner Runner
2013
as Harry Furst
MOVIE★ 5.2
Snake & Mongoose
2013
as Wally Parks
MOVIE★ 3.9
Sharknado
2013
as George
MOVIE★ 5.9
Assault on Wall Street
2013
as Jeremy Stancroft
MOVIE★ 6.0
Would You Rather
2013
as Conway
MOVIE
Whisper Me a Lullaby
2013
TV★ 7.6
Elementary
2012
as Henry Watson
TV★ 7.2
Perception
2012
as Congressman Evan Rickford
MOVIE★ 6.2
A Perfect Ending
2012
as Mason Westridge
MOVIE★ 2.7
Stealing Roses
2012
as Walter
MOVIE★ 2.8
The Legends of Nethiah
2012
as Nethiah's Father
MOVIE★ 7.0
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Joe Gregory
TV★ 8.1
Person of Interest
2011
as Roger McCourt
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Truth
2010
as Jonathan Davenport
TV★ 5.1
Gravity
2010
as B.C.
MOVIE★ 6.0
Formosa Betrayed
2010
as Tom Braxton
MOVIE★ 3.6
Little Hercules
2009
as Coach Nimms
TV★ 7.9
Modern Family
2009
as Gunther Thorpe
TV★ 7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Michael Thomas
TV★ 7.9
Southland
2009
as Ben Sherman Sr.
MOVIE★ 3.5
P.J.
2008
as Dr. Alan Shearson
MOVIE★ 7.2
Generation Gap
2008
as Principal Winters
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Lucky Ones
2008
as Bob
MOVIE★ 6.8
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as Ace Morgan (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Great Debaters
2007
as Sheriff Dozier
MOVIE★ 7.2
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
as Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV★ 3.1
Cavemen
2007
MOVIE★ 3.2
Dead Lenny
2007
as Dr. Robert Hooker
MOVIE★ 4.5
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
2007
as Father
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Guardian
2006
as Capt. Frank Larson
MOVIE★ 4.6
Gamers
2006
as Gordon's Dad
MOVIE★ 5.5
Steel City
2006
as Carl Lee
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sweet Land
2005
as Minister Sorrensen
MOVIE★ 4.6
Tracks
2005
as Prison Warden
TV★ 8.1
Prison Break
2005
as Frank Tancredi
MOVIE★ 5.4
Edison
2005
as Tilman
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Deal
2005
as Professor Roseman
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Chumscrubber
2005
as Officer Lou Bratley
MOVIE★ 3.8
Locusts
2005
as Peter Axelrod
MOVIE★ 7.5
Freak Weather
2005
as David
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Peter Houseman
MOVIE★ 5.8
My Tiny Universe
2004
as Bobby
TV★ 8.2
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Commander Barry Garner
TV★ 7.3
Jack & Bobby
2004
TV★ 7.4
Entourage
2004
as Richard Wimmer
MOVIE★ 7.0
White Chicks
2004
as Warren Vandergeld
MOVIE★ 6.1
Mind the Gap
2004
as Henry Richards
MOVIE★ 7.1
Word of Honor
2003
as Dr. Steven Brandt
TV★ 7.9
Hack
2002
as Paul 'Webster' Ballinger
TV★ 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Pilot's Wife
2002
as Jack Lyons
MOVIE★ 6.0
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Roone Arledge
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Larry Wiegert
MOVIE★ 5.9
O
2001
as Dean Brable
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dying on the Edge
2001
as John Fuller
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Big Heist
2001
as Richard Woods
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Boys of Sunset Ridge
2001
as John Burroughs
MOVIE★ 6.3
Animal Factory
2000
as James Decker
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Roger Ridley
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pollock
2000
as Tony Smith
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Wednesday Woman
2000
as Bill Davidson
MOVIE★ 3.0
The Photographer
2000
as Marcello
MOVIE★ 5.7
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
as Larry Mason
TV
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
2000
as Larry Mason
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Witness
2000
as Gregor
MOVIE
Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes
1999
as Peter
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Peter Sipes
MOVIE★ 5.7
Desert Blue
1999
as Prof. Lance Davidson
TV★ 8.7
The Sopranos
1999
as Vin Makazian
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Pact
1999
as Jerome Carver
MOVIE★ 6.2
Snake Eyes
1998
as Gilbert Powell
MOVIE★ 4.5
Men
1997
as George
MOVIE★ 5.9
Executive Power
1997
as Walker
MOVIE★ 6.7
One Eight Seven
1997
as Childress
MOVIE★ 6.8
Silent Cradle
1997
as Dr. Britain
MOVIE★ 6.1
My Fellow Americans
1996
as Vice President Ted Matthews
MOVIE★ 5.9
Before and After
1996
as Wendell Bye
TV★ 7.0
The Client
1995
as Roy Foltrigg
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Paul Stein
MOVIE★ 7.0
Because Mommy Works
1994
as Ted Forman
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Allen Lowry
MOVIE★ 3.3
Spoils of War
1994
as Andrew
MOVIE★ 3.3
Me and Veronica
1993
as Frankie
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Gavin Vereek
MOVIE★ 7.0
In the Line of Fire
1993
as Professor Riger
MOVIE★ 6.7
There Was a Little Boy
1993
as Gregg
MOVIE★ 6.8
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
as Peter
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Dan Lawn
MOVIE★ 6.3
Waterland
1992
as Lewis Scott
MOVIE★ 7.6
Gladiator
1992
as John Riley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Radio Flyer
1992
as Daugherty
MOVIE★ 6.9
Mindwalk
1991
as Thomas Harriman
MOVIE★ 5.8
Deceived
1991
as Jack
MOVIE★ 6.2
Rambling Rose
1991
as Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
MOVIE★ 5.0
The End of Innocence
1990
as Dean
MOVIE★ 7.8
Awakenings
1990
as Dr. Kaufman
MOVIE★ 7.5
Home Alone
1990
as Peter
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Mitch Burke
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blown Away
1990
as Charlie
TV★ 6.6
Cross of Fire
1989
as David 'D.C.' Stephenson
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Package
1989
as Col. Glen Whitacre
MOVIE★ 10.0
Virtuoso
1989
as Michael Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Beaches
1988
as John Pierce
MOVIE★ 6.1
Betrayed
1988
as Michael Carnes
MOVIE★ 7.2
Big
1988
as Paul
MOVIE★ 5.3
Necessity
1988
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Seventh Sign
1988
as Reverend
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Charlie Bloom
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Telephone
1988
as Telephone Man
MOVIE★ 7.1
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Johnny Boy (voice)
TV★ 5.4
Out on a Limb
1987
as David Manning
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Trip to Bountiful
1985
as Ludie Watts
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Bill Callahan
TV★ 6.3
Tender Is the Night
1985
as Abe North
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Ron Parrish
MOVIE★ 7.5
After Hours
1985
as Tom the Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.4
Heaven Help Us
1985
as Brother Timothy
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Michael Johnson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Best Revenge
1984
as Charlie
TV★ 7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Billy Malone
MOVIE★ 5.2
Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Sid
TV★ 7.4
Miami Vice
1984
as Laurence Thurmond
MOVIE★ 5.6
C.H.U.D.
1984
as George Cooper
TV★ 6.0
Kate & Allie
1984
MOVIE★ 3.6
Violated
1984
as Skipper
MOVIE
Rock and Roll: The Early Days
1984
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Legs
1983
as Dan Foster
MOVIE★ 7.0
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
as Clifford Odets
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cat People
1982
as Oliver Yates
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cutter's Way
1981
as Alex Cutter
MOVIE★ 5.6
Heart Beat
1980
as Jack Kerouac
MOVIE★ 6.8
Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979
as Charles
TV★ 4.5
The Scarlet Letter
1979
as Arthur Dimmesdale
MOVIE★ 6.0
On the Yard
1978
as Juleson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Rush It
1978
as Byron
MOVIE★ 4.1
First Love
1977
as David Bonner
MOVIE★ 5.3
Between the Lines
1977
as Harry
MOVIE★ 7.0
Valley Forge
1975
as Harvie
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Harvie
TV★ 10.0
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