# John Bedford Lloyd

John Bedford Lloyd (born January 2, 1956) is an American character actor.

## Life and career

Lloyd was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of architect Edward Bedford Lloyd (died 1990) and women's clothing designer and wedding planner Ann (1925-2008), daughter of John Whitmore Storrs, of Fairfield, Connecticut. Lloyd's parents lived at Southport, and at Greens Farms, Connecticut, later also residing at Palm Beach, Florida; they renovated and remodeled 'a number of houses' in both states. He has a sister and a brother.
While studying at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, he was cast in the play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and decided to become a professional actor.
He later attended Yale School of Drama. After graduating, he moved to Manhattan and began his professional acting career on the stage. He's appeared in movies such as Trading Places, Crossing Delancey, Philadelphia, Fair Game, The Bourne Supremacy, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and The Front Runner and in TV series such as Hometown, Law & Order, Aliens in the Family, John Adams, and Ozark.
He married actress Anne Twomey on August 23, 1986. The couple has two daughters, Hannah and Elizabeth.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Andrew |
| 1984 | C.H.U.D. | Shadow Man |
| 1987 | Sweet Lorraine | Jack |
| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Wardley Meeks III |
| 1988 | Crossing Delancey | Nick |
| 1989 | The Abyss | Jammer Willis |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light | Reverend Stevens |
| 1991 | Diary of a Hitman | Dr. Jameson |
| 1992 | Primary Motive | Pat O'Hara |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Matt Beckett |
| 1995 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Dr. Karl Menninger |
| 1995 | Fair Game | Det. Louis Aragon |
| 1995 | Nixon | Cuban Man |
| 1998 | Mixing Nia | Larry |
| 2001 | Super Troopers | Mayor Timber |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Mr. Forrester |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Teddy |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Jay "J.B." Johnston |
| 2005 | Winter Passing | Leontes |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Frank McCullough |
| 2007 | The Killing Floor | Martin Soll |
| 2010 | 13 | Mark |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Treasury Secretary |
| 2014 | Away from Here | Jon |
| 2016 | The Brooklyn Banker | Agent Cahil |
| 2016 | No Pay, Nudity | Ron |
| 2018 | Radium Girls | Arthur Roeder |
| 2018 | The Front Runner | David Broder |
| 2024 | Bad Shabbos | John |
| 2025 | Plainclothes | Lt. Sollars |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | The Edge of Night | Walter Gantz | 9 episodes |
| 1984 | Alice | Buzz | Episode: "Jolene Throws a Curve" |
| 1984 | Remington Steele | Tommy Montague | Episode: "Molten Steele" |
| 1985 | Hometown | Peter Kincaid | 10 episodes |
| 1985–87 | Spenser: For Hire | Keith Kincaid / Powers' Thug | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Bass | TV movie |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Joseph Lesak | Episode: "Blind Trust" |
| 1988 | The Equalizer | D.A. Francis Scanlon | 2 episodes |
| 1989–93 | L.A. Law | Mitch Gelleher / Duane Butler | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Bear | Episode: "It's Only Rock & Roll" |
| 1992–2022 | Law & Order | Jerry Ryan / Prentiss's Lawyer / Dr. Christian Varick / Jonathan Ryder | 4 episodes |
| 1993 | Brooklyn Bridge | Ed Jones | Episode: "Keeping Up with the Joneses" |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Leslie "The Regulator" Farina | Episode: "The Regulator" |
| 1996 | Aliens in the Family | Doug Brody | 8 episodes |
| 1996–97 | Remember WENN | Victor Comstock / Jonathan Arnold #1 | 25 episodes |
| 1996–2000 | Spin City | Wayne Sheridan / Dr. Bronsteen | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Robert Murphy | TV movie |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Lloyd Russell | Episode: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Richard | Episode: "Nothing to Fear, But Nothing to Fear" |
| 2000 | Deadline | Danny Minton / Phil O'Hare | Episode: "Daniel in the Lion's DeN" |
| 2001 | All My Children | Warren Dunn | Unknown episodes |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mike Tucker | Episode: "Outcry" |
| 2007 | Traveler | | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008 | John Adams | Richard Palmes | Episode: "Join or Die" |
| 2009 | Taking Chance | General Kruger | TV movie |
| 2009 | Life on Mars | Interrogator | Episode: "The Dark Side of the Mook" |
| 2009–10 | Three Rivers | Dr. Yorn | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | Vincenzo | Episode: "Dedication" |
| 2011 | Suits | Gerald | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2011 | Pan Am | Captain Dennis | Episode: "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" |
| 2012 | Political Animals | Hal | Episode: "16 Hours" |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Philip Chapple | Episode: "Shadow Box" |
| 2013 | Elementary | Lieutenant | Episode: "The Woman" |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Byron "Whizzer" White | TV movie |
| 2014 | Unforgettable | George Mortimer | Episode: "East of Islip" |
| 2014 | The Americans | Jim Halliwell | Episode: "The Deal" |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | Bob Klepper | Episode: "The Last Call" |
| 2014 | The Divide | Victor Rosa | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Don Enrietto | Episode: "Get My Cigarettes" |
| 2014–15 | Madam Secretary | Everard Burke | 2 episodes |
| 2016–17 | The Blacklist | Susan's Man / Roman LeMarc | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Bull | Commissioner Taylor | Episode: "Excessive Force" |
| 2018–22 | Ozark | Frank Cosgrove | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | Gotham | General Wade | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | NCIS: New Orleans | Hank Griffin | Episode: "Bad Apple" |
| 2020 | Tommy | Lou Woods | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | The Equalizer | Howard | Episode: "Vox Populi" |
| 2024 | FBI: Most Wanted | Sheriff Blake | Episode: "The Electric Company" |