# Jason Gedrick

Jason Michael Gedrick (born February 7, 1965) is an American former actor best known for his work on the television series Murder One and Boomtown, and the motion picture Iron Eagle as Doug Masters.

## Early life

Gedrick was born Jason Gedroic in Chicago, Illinois, and is of Polish descent. He changed his surname to the homonymous "Gedrick" and began his career as an extra in films such as Bad Boys (1983) and Risky Business (1983).
He had roles in The Heavenly Kid (1985), Iron Eagle (1986), and Promised Land (1987) with director Michael Hoffman, Iron Eagle II (1988 in an uncredited role for the first few minutes of the movie), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), the cult classic Rooftops (1989), Backdraft (1991), and Crossing the Bridge (1992). Gedrick then appeared in television series such as Class of '96 (1993) and Sweet Justice (1994).
In 1994, Gedrick starred in the film The Force with Yasmine Bleeth and Kim Delaney. He starred in the first season of Steven Bochco's 1995 television series Murder One, which followed the trial of Gedrick's character, bad-boy actor Neil Avedon. His next major project was the three-hour TV film The Third Twin (1997), a thriller based on the best-selling 1996 novel by the British writer Ken Follett.
Gedrick next took roles in television series such as EZ Streets (1996), Falcone (2000), and The Beast (2001), none of which were major successes. In 1999, he guest starred on Ally McBeal as the "hot car wash guy". He also appeared in Mario Puzo's 1997 miniseries, The Last Don, and in its sequel, The Last Don II. Gedrick returned to television screens as Tom Turcotte in 2002's Boomtown. The series, which also starred Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough, was a moderate success, but ratings plummeted – particularly after the second season altered the show’s format, and Boomtown was cancelled.
In 2003, Gedrick played Andrew Luster, the infamous rapist in a Lifetime movie based on his trial, A Date with Darkness. Gedrick was part of the cast of the 2006 NBC television series Windfall, also starring Luke Perry and Gedrick's former Boomtown alumnus, Lana Parrilla. In 2007, Gedrick again starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg in the A&E original movie Kings of South Beach. He was also the new love interest at Scavo's Pizzeria in Desperate Housewives in seasons 3 and 4, on ABC. In 2009, he appeared in Lie to Me.
In 2011, he appeared in Necessary Roughness as Dr. J. D. Aldridge, a former graduate school professor and possible love interest for series lead Callie Thorne. He starred in the 2006 movie Hidden Places alongside Sydney Penney and Shirley Jones.
Gedrick was a member of the cast of the HBO series Luck, which ran for one season in 2012. Gedrick appears in a multi-episode arc playing the manager of a Miami-area gentlemen’s club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case in season 7 of Dexter. Beginning in November 2012, Gedrick starred as Evan Farnsworth, a struggling professor at a prestigious Maine boarding school, in the Hallmark film The Wishing Tree.
In late 2012, Gedrick appeared on an episode of NBC's Grimm. In 2015, he had a season-long arc as serial killer Raynard Waits in the Amazon Prime original television series Bosch, along with a recurring role as Liam in The CW's 2012 series Beauty & the Beast. In 2016, Gedrick starred as estranged Det. Mark Hickman, Lt. Mike Tao's ex-partner, on Major Crimes.
Since 2019 Gedrick has not appeared in any movie or television projects.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Bad Boys | Inmate | |
| 1983 | Risky Business | Extra at Party | |
| 1984 | Massive Retaliation | Eric Briscoe | |
| 1985 | The Zoo Gang | Hardin | |
| 1985 | The Heavenly Kid | Lenny Barnes | |
| 1986 | Iron Eagle | Doug Masters | |
| 1987 | Stacking | Gary Connaloe | |
| 1987 | Promised Land | Davey Hancock | |
| 1988 | Iron Eagle II | Doug Masters | |
| 1989 | Rooftops | T | |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Pvt. Martinez | |
| 1990 | Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder | Peter Sherwood | |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Tim Krizminski | |
| 1992 | Crossing the Bridge | Tim Reese | |
| 1994 | The Force | Cal Warner | Video |
| 1995 | Dare to Love | Patrick | TV movie |
| 1996 | Power 98 | John Price | |
| 1997 | The Third Twin | Steve Logan/Other Twins | TV movie |
| 1997 | Silent Cradle | Jay Mitchell | |
| 1998 | Gentlemen Like Chris | Jacques Derrida | Short |
| 2001 | Summer Catch | Mike Dunne | |
| 2001 | One Eyed King | Dennis Reilly | |
| 2002 | Strange Frequency 2 | Vince Brava | TV movie |
| 2003 | A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster | Andrew Luster | TV movie |
| 2006 | Hidden Places | Gabe Harper | TV movie |
| 2006 | Rapid Fire | Tony | TV movie |
| 2008 | Wisegal | Frank Russo | TV movie |
| 2008 | Depth Charge | Raymond "Doc" Ellers | TV movie |
| 2008 | The Christmas Choir | Peter Brockman | TV movie |
| 2009 | Shannon's Rainbow | Eric | |
| 2009 | Sand Serpents | Richard Stanley | TV movie |
| 2010 | Sinatra Club | Sal | |
| 2012 | War Flowers | Louis McIntire | |
| 2012 | The Shooting Star Salesman | Businessman | Short |
| 2012 | The Wishing Tree | Professor Evan Farnsworth | TV movie |
| 2013 | Skating to New York | Doug Demas | |
| 2018 | Bella's Story | Danny | |
| 2018 | Acts of Desperation | Alan Grillo | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | The Hitchhiker | Tommy | Episode: "Phantom Zone" |
| 1992 | In Living Color | - | Episode: "Episode #3.27" |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | David Morrisey | Main Cast |
| 1994 | Birdland | Nick | Episode: "Lower Than the Angels" |
| 1994 | Heaven Help Us | Singer | Episode: "Lovers Lullaby" |
| 1994–95 | Sweet Justice | Bailey Connors | Main Cast |
| 1995–96 | Murder One | Neil Avedon | Main Cast: Season 1 |
| 1996–97 | EZ Streets | Danny Rooney | Main Cast |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Cross De Lena | Episode: "Part 1 & 2" |
| 1998 | The Last Don II | Cross De Lena | Episode: "Part 1 & 2" |
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Joel | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2000 | Falcone | Joseph D. Pistone/"Joe Falcone" | Main Cast |
| 2001 | The Beast | Reese McFadden | Main Cast |
| 2001 | Strange Frequency | - | Episode: "Instant Karma" |
| 2002 | The Outer Limits | Captain Kelvin Parkhurst | Episode: "Human Trials" |
| 2002 | Philly | Chris Maguire | Episode: "Brotherly Love" |
| 2002–03 | Boomtown | Officer Tom Turcotte | Main Cast |
| 2004 | North Shore | Dr. Clayton Kellogg | Recurring Cast |
| 2004–05 | LAX | Gavin | Recurring Cast |
| 2005 | S.O.S. 18 | Tom Turcotte | Episode: "Fille mère" |
| 2005 | Crossing Jordan | Eli Graham | Episode: "Enlightenment" |
| 2006 | Windfall | Cameron Walsh | Main Cast |
| 2006 | Supernatural | Det. Peter Sheridan | Episode: "The Usual Suspects" |
| 2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Jesse Sutton | Episode: "The Night We Met" |
| 2007 | Lincoln Heights | Joey Mulaney | Episode: "Spree" |
| 2006–07 | Desperate Housewives | Rick Coletti | Recurring Cast: Season 3-4 |
| 2009 | Cold Case | U.S. Marshal Tom Parker | Episode: "Witness Protection" |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | John Parks | Episode: "Secret Santa" |
| 2011 | Necessary Roughness | J.D. Aldridge | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2011–12 | Luck | Jerry | Main Cast |
| 2012 | Georgia | Ganesh | Episode: "Hello, I'm Sunshine" |
| 2012 | Grimm | Craig Wendell Ferren | Episode: "To Protect And Serve Man" |
| 2012 | Dexter | George Novikov | Recurring Cast: Season 7 |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | FBI Agent Cantwell | Episode: "Dreams Deferred" |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Gabriel Shaw | Episode: "Smile, or Go to Jail" |
| 2015 | Bosch | Raynard Waits | Main Cast: Season 1 |
| 2015 | Justified | Richard | Episode: "The Promise" |
| 2015 | Beauty & the Beast | Liam | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2016 | Shooter | Officer Timmons | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2016–17 | Major Crimes | Det. Mark Hickman | Recurring Cast: Season 4, Guest: Season 5 |
| 2018 | Criminal Minds | Craig Kaline | Episode: “The Dance of Love” |
| 2019 | Lethal Weapon | Frank Hardy | Episode: “The Roger and Me” |