# Richard Bekins

Richard Bekins (born July 17, 1954) is an American actor in theater, film, and television.
One of his earliest roles was as Jamie Frame in the daytime soap opera Another World (1979–1983).
He has made numerous guest appearances on television series such as on CBS's Bull, Person of Interest, Elementary, Madam Secretary and The Good Wife. On NBC, he has appeared in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Blacklist. Other television appearances include Mad Men, Daredevil, Madoff, The Path, Designated Survivor, Boardwalk Empire, Mr. Robot, and Younger. On ABC, he appeared as the President in the pilot episode of the television series Designated Survivor in September 2016.
On film, he has been seen in Brother to Brother (2004), The Only Living Boy in New York, Young Adult, Limitless, Julie & Julia, and United 93.
Bekins has appeared on Broadway in Love! Valour! Compassion, Tartuffe : Born Again, and Happy New Year.
Off Broadway he has been seen in productions such as Somewhere Fun, Too Much Sun, The Chaos Theories, The Normal Heart, Birdy, and Patient A.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2022 | Armageddon Time | Headmaster Fitzroy | |
| 2020 | Vampires vs. the Bronx | Markus | |
| 2018 | Unintended | Ron | |
| 2017 | The Only Living Boy in New York | Prominent New Yorker | |
| 2015 | This Summer Feeling | Peter | French-German drama film |
| 2014 | How We Got Away with It | Walter | |
| 2012 | Nor'easter | Richard Green | |
| 2011 | Young Adult | David Gary | |
| 2011 | The Bleeding House | Matt | |
| 2011 | Arthur | Chancellor | Remake of the 1981 film |
| 2011 | Limitless | Hank Atwood | |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Houghton Mifflin Executive | |
| 2009 | The Northern Kingdom | David | |
| 2009 | Split Ends | Bernie Depper | |
| 2008 | Favorite Son | Coach William Huston | |
| 2006 | Spectropia | William | |
| 2006 | United 93 | William Joseph Cashman | biographical drama-thriller film |
| 2005 | The Feast of the Goat | Manuel Alfonso | Film adaption of a book |
| 2004 | Messengers | Dr. Robert Chapel | |
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | Carl | |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Carter - Drew's Racetrack Friend | |
| 1986 | George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Alexander Hamilton | (TV Movie), sequel to the 1984 miniseries George Washington |
| 1982 | Model Behavior | Richie | |
| 1978 | Killer's Delight | 1st Deputy | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| TBA | The Girls on the Bus | | Recurring role, upcoming series |
| 2023 | The Other Two | Terrence | 2 Episodes |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Judge Galligan | 1 Episode |
| 2018 | The Sinner | Dr. Poole | 2 Episodes, |
| 2017 | Bull | Robert Harney | 1 Episode |
| 2015-2017 | Madam Secretary | Senator Raymond Caruthers | 2 Episodes, |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | President Robert Richmond | 1 Episode, Pilot |
| 2016 | The Path | Tom Kemp | 1 Episode |
| 2016 | Limitless | Jean-Pierre Morneau | 1 Episode |
| 2016 | Younger | Ethan | 1 Episode |
| 2016 | Madoff | Jeremy Billings | 4 Episodes |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot | James Plouffe | 1 Episode |
| 2015 | Daredevil | Parish Landman | 2 Episodes |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Theodore Rollins | 2 Episodes |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Gold Club Member | 1 Episode |
| 2013 | Mad Men | William | 1 Episode |
| 2013 | Zero Hour | Gaunt Man | 1 Episode |
| 2013 | Elementary | Harold Dresden | 1 Episode |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Hanna's Father | 1 Episode |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Scott Gibson | 1 Episode |
| 2012 | The Good Wife | Dr. Rubich | 1 Episode |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mr. Gaffney | Episode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap" |
| 2011 | White Collar | Felix | 1 Episode |
| 2010 | Rescue Me (TV Series) | Dr. Praskin | 2 Episodes |
| 1995-2010 | Law & Order | Roger Weil (2010)/ Basketball Commissioner (2005)/ Mr. Landon (2002)/ Councilman Richard Durban (1995) | 4 Episodes |
| 2009 | Fringe | Isaac Winters | 1 Episode |
| 2009 | Damages | Donal Betancourt | 1 Episode |
| 2008 | Army Wives | Alfred | 1 Episode |
| 2008 | Canterbury's Law | Alden Mullen | 1 Episode |
| 2004 | One Life to Live | Dr. William Long | 1 Episode |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Earl Briggs | 1 Episode |
| 1993 | As the World Turns | Michael Alcott | 1 Episode |
| 1979-1983 | Another World | Jamie Frame | Series regular |
| 1978 | One Day at a Time | Carl | 1 Episode |
| 1977 | Maude | Jerry Carlisle | 1 Episode |