Muse Watson - wikipedia Muse Watson This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( March 2013 ) Muse Watson Muse Watson in 2009 ( 1948 - 07 - 20 ) July 20, 1948 ( age 69 ) Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1989 -- present Notable work Prison Break Website www.musewatson.com Muse Watson ( born July 20, 1948 ) is an American stage and screen actor. He is best known for his roles as Ben Willis, the primary antagonist in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise, Charles Westmoreland on the Fox television series Prison Break and as Mike Franks in CBS television series NCIS. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links Early life Watson was born on July 20, 1948, in Alexandria, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana Tech on a music stipend for two years before transferring to Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where he performed for the first time on stage as Petruchio in a production of Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew. During and after his years at Berea, he worked in outdoor dramas, dinner theaters, and small repertory groups. Career His theater credits include acting as Hamlet in Hamlet, Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, Pale in Burn This, and Cervantes in Man of La Mancha. He also directed a production of Ai n't Misbehavin '. In 1989, with a new transition to film, Watson began pursuing feature film roles. By 2005, he had appeared in 43 feature films such as Sommersby, Something to Talk About, Assassins, Dead Birds, Rosewood, I Know What You Did Last Summer, From Dusk Till Dawn 2, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Songcatcher. As of 2005, seven of the films he has appeared in, combined, have grossed over $850 million. His television credits include eight made - for - television movies including Blind Vengeance and Justice in a Small Town ; and the television series, American Gothic, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Cold Case, Matlock, The Lazarus Man, JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, Criminal Minds, and Prison Break. Recently he has appeared on episodes of Ghost Whisperer ( `` Delia 's First Ghost '', April 2007 ) and CSI ( `` Who and What '', November 2007 ). Watson also guest starred in an episode of The Mentalist ( `` Carnelian, Inc. '', March 2009 ), and in the Castle episode `` Punked '' ( October 2010 ). Since 2006, he has appeared as a recurring cast member on NCIS as Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs 's mentor and former superior Mike Franks. Watson also gave a performance with Jennifer Love Hewitt as a special guest on Saturday Night Live ( 1998 ), parodying his role in I Know What You Did Last Summer. He also joined the production company Shorris Film with Christopher Showerman and Clint Morris -- their first film is the Western Between the Sand and the Sky. Watson is now filming A Christmas Snow, in which he plays a character named Sam. Watson is an advocate for people with autism, and has taken an active role in educating people about autism. He is the honorary chairman of Stars for Autism, a nonprofit organization incorporated in Battlefield, Missouri. He is featured in the video promotion for that organization, www.Stars4Autism.com. He wrote the foreword to a book for parents and teachers, entitled Stars in Her Eyes, Navigating the Maze of Childhood Autism, by Dr. Linda Barboa and Elizabeth Obrey. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Black Rainbow Police Officer 1990 Handmaid 's Tale, The The Handmaid 's Tale Guardian 1993 Sommersby Drifter # 1 1995 Something to Talk About Hank Corrigan 1995 Journey of August King, The The Journey of August King Zimmer 1995 Assassins Ketcham 1997 Rosewood Henry Andrews 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer Benjamin Willis 1997 Acts of Betrayal Trenton Fraser / Mars 1997 Lolita ( uncredited ) 1998 Heartwood Deputy Jim Keller 1998 If I Die Before I Wake Daryl 1998 Shadrach Captain 1998 Break Up Baker Cop # 1 1998 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Benjamin Willis 1999 Art of a Bullet, The The Art of a Bullet Captain Walters 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2 : Texas Blood Money C.W. Direct to - DVD 1999 Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me Klansman 1999 All the Rage Cleaner 2000 Songcatcher Parley Gentry 2000 Ten Grand Big Tony Direct to - DVD 2001 Morgan 's Ferry Sheriff 2001 American Outlaws Burly Detective 2002 Hollywood Vampyr Prof. Fulton 2003 Season of the Hunted Frank 2003 Wild Turkey Short film Last Summer, The The Last Summer Jerimiah Shuman Day Without a Mexican, AA Day Without a Mexican Louis McClaire Dark Agent and the Passing of the Torch Chapter 7, The The Dark Agent and the Passing of the Torch Chapter 7 Lester King Short film Dead Birds Father Christmas Child Jimmy - James 2005 House of Grimm 2005 Iowa Sheriff Walker 2005 End of the Spear Adolfo 2008 Between the Sand and the Sky Boss 2009 Haircut, The The Haircut Muse Short film 2009 White Lightnin ' D. Ray White 2009 Stellina Blue Peter 2009 TiMER Rick O'Leary Steamroom, The The Steamroom Pat Small Town Saturday Night Charlie Carson Piece Lewis Short film Presence, The The Presence Mr. Browman Christmas Snow, AA Christmas Snow Sam 2011 Dead Ones, The The Dead Ones Gus 2011 Lamp, The The Lamp Sam 2011 Dear Shane Shane 's Father Short film 2012 Of Silence Danny 2012 Meeting Evil Frank 2012 The Last Exorcism Part 2 Frank 2012 Compound Fracture Gary Woolffsen 2013 Three Times a Lady Walter Justice Pre-production 2013 My Name Is Paul Torin Walters Pre-production 2014 Suburban Gothic Ambrose 2015 Penance Lane Crazy Ray Pre-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Blind Vengeance Varsac TV movie 1993 Matlock Patrol Officer Episode : `` The Debt '' 1994 Matlock Security Man Episode : `` The Dare '' 1994 Leave of Absence Guy TV movie 1994 Justice in a Small Town D.A. Robert Stubbs TV movie 1995 Tad Tom Pendel TV movie 1995 Gramps Father TV movie 1995 Tecumseh : The Last Warrior Whitley TV movie 1995 American Gothic Wash Sutpen Episode : `` Damned If You Do n't '' Lazarus Man, The The Lazarus Man Dawkins Episode : `` Quality of the Enemy '' 1998 JAG Admiral Arthur Fessenden Episode : `` Innocence '' 1998 Saturday Night Live Benjamin Willis ( uncredited ) Episode : `` Jennifer Love Hewitt / Beastie Boys '' 1999 You Know My Name Cowboy Actor ( uncredited ) TV movie 1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Freddy Forbes Episode : `` Team Cherokee : Part 1 '' Episode : `` Team Cherokee : Part 2 '' 2003 Last Cowboy, The The Last Cowboy Otis Bertram TV movie Frankenfish Elmer TV movie 2005, 2008 Prison Break Charles Westmoreland 19 episodes 2006 Jane Doe : The Harder They Fall Captain Barnes TV movie 2006 Close to Home Bob Peters Episode : `` A Father 's Story '' 2006 -- 2017 NCIS Mike Franks 18 episodes 2007 Criminal Minds Mickey Bates Episode : `` Revelations '' 2007 Ghost Whisperer Milt Charles ( uncredited ) Episode : `` Delia 's First Ghost '' 2007 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Station Yard Controller Episode : `` Who and What '' 2008 Kiss at Midnight, AA Kiss at Midnight Ben Wiatt TV movie 2009 Cop House Stubbs TV movie 2009 Mentalist, The The Mentalist Jake Cooby Episode : `` Carnelian, Inc. '' 2009 Cold Case John Norwood Episode : `` November 22 '' 2009 iCarly Bucky Episode : `` iHave My Principals '' Castle Ivan Podofski Episode : `` Punked '' 2011 Franklin & Bash Officer Tom Werth Episode : `` Go Tell It on the Mountain '' 2014 Justified Elmont Swain Episode : `` Wrong Roads '' References Jump up ^ `` Muse Watson - About this Person ''. The New York Times. 2010. Jump up ^ `` Raymond Cruz and Muse Watson in From Dusk till Dawn II ''. The New York Times. May 6, 2007. External links Official website Muse Watson on IMDb Muse Watson at TV Guide Muse Watson on TV.com Stars4Autism Stars in Her Eyes : Navigating the Maze of Childhood Autism, 2014, L. Barboa and E. Obrey, Tate Publishing. VIAF : 164024260 ISNI : 0000 0001 1458 2433 GND : 1061934136 BNF : cb142381137 ( data ) IATH : w6640k94 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muse_Watson&oldid=811648243 '' Categories : 1948 births American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors People from Alexandria, Louisiana Louisiana Tech University alumni Berea College alumni Male actors from Louisiana 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors Living people Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from March 2013 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Deutsch فارسی Français 한국어 Íslenska Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 23 November 2017, at 00 : 30. 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Question: who was the actor who played mike franks on ncis
Answer: Muse Watson