Cotter Smith

Known for: Acting

Born: 1949-05-29 (age 77)

From: Washington, D.C., USA

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Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

Filmography (73)

TV★ 8.6
CIA
2026
as Peter Cooper
MOVIE★ 6.1
Time of Death
2025
as Pat
MOVIE★ 3.5
Basic Psych
2025
as Dr. Grant Harrison
MOVIE★ 6.1
Unsinkable
2024
as Senator Smith
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rustin
2023
as Chief Wells
MOVIE★ 3.0
Jack and the Treehouse
2021
as Pap
MOVIE★ 5.7
Things Heard & Seen
2021
as Tom Claire
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019
as Roman
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Post
2017
as Under Secretary William Macomber
TV★ 8.1
MINDHUNTER
2017
as Unit Chief Shepard
MOVIE
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
2017
as Preacher (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Blindspot
2015
as General
TV★ 7.0
Madam Secretary
2014
as Darren Hahn
MOVIE★ 6.2
Burning Blue
2014
as Admiral Lynch
TV★ 7.9
The Americans
2013
as Deputy Attorney General
TV★ 6.9
The Following
2013
as Nathan
TV★ 6.4
Revolution
2012
as Jack Davis
MOVIE★ 6.0
Friends with Kids
2012
as Phil Fryman
TV★ 8.1
Person of Interest
2011
as Denton Weeks
TV★ 7.2
Unforgettable
2011
as Jay Barrett
MOVIE★ 7.0
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Dick Thompson
MOVIE★ 2.0
Lunatics, Lovers & Poets
2010
as Scotty MacGregor
TV★ 8.2
White Collar
2009
as Adam Wilson
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Forrest Burke
TV★ 7.4
Damages
2007
as Federal Investigator
TV★ 7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Gordon Alexander
TV★ 7.3
The Unit
2006
as Bill Lachey
TV★ 5.6
Night Stalker
2005
as Tony Vincenzo
TV★ 7.6
Commander in Chief
2005
as Governor Stan Preston
TV★ 8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Gerald Lucas
TV★ 7.1
Invasion
2005
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sleeper
2005
as Dr. Altman
TV★ 7.3
Tru Calling
2003
as Richard Davies
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Sam Stevens
MOVIE★ 7.0
X2
2003
as President McKenna
MOVIE★ 9.0
Reeseville
2003
as John Meyers
TV★ 7.2
Without a Trace
2002
as Sean McGinnis
TV★ 6.8
Alias
2001
as Hank Foster
MOVIE★ 5.1
Run the Wild Fields
2000
as Silas Green
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as ASA Jeremy Friedman
MOVIE
The History of Glamour
1999
as Loren Valentine (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Oz
1997
as Judge Benjamin Fee
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bridge of Time
1997
as Robert Creighton
TV★ 7.7
Spy Game
1997
TV★ 9.0
Orleans
1997
as Bill Brennecke
MOVIE★ 5.4
Lifeform
1996
as Dr. Case Montgomery
MOVIE★ 5.3
Remember Me
1995
as Adam Nichols
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
MOVIE★ 6.5
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
1993
as Steve
MOVIE★ 8.0
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Officer Rob Arnold
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Place to Be Loved
1993
as Mike Caldwell
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Message from Holly
1992
MOVIE★ 5.2
Midnight's Child
1992
as Nick Cowan
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Last Prostitute
1991
as Joe
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Eric Martin
TV★ 6.8
Equal Justice
1990
as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
MOVIE★ 6.2
K-9
1989
as Gilliam
MOVIE★ 4.7
Cameron's Closet
1988
as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
MOVIE★ 5.4
Lady Beware
1987
as Mac Odell
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Tony Henderson
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
as Lt. Hugo
TV★ 7.5
Moonlighting
1985
MOVIE★ 5.3
A Bunny's Tale
1985
as Ned Holcomb
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Robert Rhine
TV★ 6.0
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Frank
MOVIE★ 7.2
Master Ninja II
1984
as Chad Webster
MOVIE★ 4.2
Nickel Mountain
1984
as Trucker
MOVIE
Blood Feud
1983
as Robert F. Kennedy
TV★ 8.0
Blood Feud
1983
as Robert F. Kennedy
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Dr. Rowe
TV★ 6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981