John Shea (actor)
John Shea (born April 14, 1949 in North Conway , New Hampshire ) is an American actor . Shea was best known as the deceitful Lex Luthor in the television series Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark .
life and work
Shea was funded by a scholarship to study at Bates College in Lewiston , Maine . He then graduated from Yale University's Drama School as a director . Through this training he came to New York and worked there on various stage plays but also on television films . At the side of Kate Capshaw he won the "Best Actor Award" at the Montreal Film Festival for "Windy City". On stage he won the "Drama Desk Award" for American Days , the Obie Award for Dining Room and in 1976 the "Theater World Award" for his portrayal of the Jewish student Avigdor in the stage version of Yentl . In 1988 he got a Emmy for the miniseries Baby M . In his career he played very different roles, evil characters like Lex Luthor or a Nazi in the miniseries Wolves never hunt alone ( Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil ), but also Robert F. Kennedy . He repeatedly made guest appearances on television, for example in Sex and the City , Tales from the Crypt or Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . His second major television role alongside Superman was the representation of Adam Kane in the series Mutant X .
So far, Shea has also appeared as a director and screenwriter twice. In 1998 he directed Southie Terror in South Boston . Gray Lady followed in 2017 .
John Shea currently resides in New York City with his second wife Melissa and two children and is a founding member of the Nantucket Film Festival .
Filmography
- 1977: The Man from Atlantis (The Man from Atlantis)
- 1982: Missing (Missing)
- 1984: Windy City
- 1985: Wolves never hunt alone (Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil)
- 1988: Katie's Desire (Stealing Home)
- 1988: Baby M
- 1988: Tomorrow Begins (A New Life)
- 1989: Schrei am Abgrund ( Small Sacrifices , TV movie)
- 1989: Magic Moments
- 1989: Who's Afraid of the Black Man? (Do You Know the Muffin Man?)
- 1990–1991: TV fever ( WIOU , TV series, 14 episodes)
- 1992: Death in Front of Your Eyes (Ladykiller)
- 1992: Honey , Now We Have a Giant Baby (Honey I Blew Up The Kid)
- 1992: Freejack - Hostage of the Future (Freejack)
- 1993: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , TV series, Episode 5x02)
- 1993–1997: Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark ( Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , TV series, 24 episodes)
- 1994: Backstreet Justice - Tough and incorruptible (Backstreet Justice)
- 1995: Two singles in a double bed (Almost Perfect)
- 1995: Run, Jane run! (See Jane Run)
- 1996: A Weekend in the Country
- 1996: Forced to Lie (Forgotten Sins)
- 1999: Sex and the City (TV series, episode 2x11)
- 1999: Get the Dog (Lost & Found)
- 2001–2004: Mutant X (TV series, 50 episodes)
- 2003: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- 2005: Medium - Nothing remains hidden ( Medium , TV series, episode 2x09)
- 2005, 2008: Criminal Intent - Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: Framed
- 2006: The Insurgents
- 2007–2009, 2012: Gossip Girl (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2011: 51
- 2012–2013: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2015: Agent X (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2015: Elementary (TV series) (TV series, ep.4.06)
- 2017: Bones TV series, (11.20)
- 2018: Deception - The Magic of Crime (TV series, ep.1.03)
swell
- ^ John Shea profile , Hollywood.com; Accessed September 7, 2016
- ^ John Shea profile , filmreference.com; Accessed September 7, 2016
Web links
- John Shea in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shea, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Conway , New Hampshire |