# Dan Lauria

Daniel Joseph Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, who played the role of Jack Arnold in The Wonder Years (1988–1993), Jack Sullivan on Sullivan and Son (2012–2014), and Al Luongo on Pitch (2016–2017).

## Early life

Lauria, an Italian-American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Carmela (née Luongo) and Joseph J. Lauria. He also lived in Lindenhurst, New York. He graduated from Lindenhurst Senior High School in 1965 as a varsity football player, and he briefly taught physical education at Lindenhurst High School. A Vietnam War veteran, Lauria served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps; he served at the same point in his life that Jack Arnold, his character in The Wonder Years, did during the Korean War. In Vietnam, he served as a platoon commander at An Loc near the Cambodian border. He got his start in acting while attending Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, on a football scholarship.

## Career

Lauria's early appearances included roles in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Hunter, Growing Pains, L.A. Law and Cagney & Lacey, as well as the films Stakeout (1987) and Another Stakeout (1993).
Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the stern, but loving, money-conscious father on the TV series The Wonder Years, which ran from 1988 to 1993. He also played Commanding Officer, USA in 1996's Independence Day and NASA Administrator James Webb in the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He has also appeared in a 1997 episode of Boy Meets World, starring Ben Savage, the younger brother of Fred Savage, Lauria's on-screen son in The Wonder Years. He appeared as Coach Hamstrung in The Three Stooges N.Y.U.K. on AMC in 2000. More recently he has appeared as Police Commissioner Eustace Dolan in The Spirit (2008).
Lauria appeared on stage in New York in the summer of 2006 in an off-Broadway production of A Stone Carver by William Mastrosimone with Jim Iorio and Elizabeth Rossa. He also had a small role in a season two episode of Army Wives, as well as a season one episode of The Mentalist. In 2009, Lauria has appeared as General Lee Whitworth, M.D. in Criminal Minds season 4. In late 2009, Lauria returned to the off-Broadway stage, appearing as Jimmy Hoffa in Brian Lee Franklin's Good Bobby, a fictionalized account of Robert F. Kennedy's rise.
In 2010, Lauria appeared as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play Lombardi. The play received positive reviews, with sportswriter Jim Hague commenting, "Lauria truly becomes Vince Lombardi. You almost forget you're watching an actor. He's Lombardi through and through, down to the wire-framed glasses and intimidating scowl." North Bergen football coach Vince Ascolese, who met Lombardi, commented "I really felt like he was Lombardi. It was uncanny." Lauria's portrayal of Lombardi was used during the NFL on FOX introduction to Super Bowl XLV, where one of the two participating teams was the Green Bay Packers; the team Lombardi coached to victories in the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968. The Packers went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in that game.
In 2012, Lauria played the part of Jean Shepherd in the Broadway production of A Christmas Story: The Musical, a role which he reprised off-Broadway at Madison Square Garden in 2013. From 2012 through 2014, he played Jack Sullivan on the Steve Byrne sitcom Sullivan & Son. From 2016 through 2017, he played Al Luongo on the drama series Pitch. In 2021, Lauria starred as a right-wing conspiracy theorist who marries a Russian mail-order bride in Wes Hurley's autobiographical dramedy Potato Dreams of America. In 2024, he played Tip O'Neill in the Ronald Reagan biopic film Reagan.
Lauria served one year as a Department of Veterans Affairs celebrity hospital visitor, during which he toured many VA hospitals, meeting patients.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1981 | C.O.D. | Secret Service Man |
| 1983 | Without a Trace | Baker |
| 1985 | South Bronx Heroes | FBI Agent |
| 1987 | Stakeout | Phil Coldshank |
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | Phil Coldshank |
| 1995 | Excessive Force II: Force on Force | Orlando Franco |
| 1996 | No One Could Protect Her | Greg Coming |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Commanding Officer |
| 1998 | True Friends | Pauley |
| 1998 | Wide Awake | Father Peters |
| 1999 | Strange in My House | Dennis |
| 1999 | A Wake in Providence | Rudy |
| 2001 | Full Disclosure | Clive Carter |
| 2001 | Ricochet River | Coach Garth |
| 2002 | Contagion | General Ryker |
| 2002 | Outside the Law | Detective Froman |
| 2002 | High Times Potluck | Carmine |
| 2003 | Dead Canaries | Vito Scaldafieri |
| 2005 | The Signs of the Cross | Mr. Coyne |
| 2005 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Father Gino |
| 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Crawford |
| 2008 | Dear Me | Mr. Hunt |
| 2008 | The Spirit | Eustace Dolan |
| 2009 | Alien Trespass | Chief Dawson |
| 2009 | Donna on Demand | Detective Lewis |
| 2009 | Dead Air | Fred |
| 2009 | InSearchOf | Reverend Blackwell |
| 2010 | The Waiter | Father Parks |
| 2011 | Here's the Kicker | Dave Berry |
| 2011 | Life of Lemon | Arthur |
| 2013 | Make Your Move | Parole Officer Foster |
| 2014 | Sister | Jeffrey Presser |
| 2017 | The Concessionaires Must Die! | Jack Fisk |
| 2017 | An American Dog Story | Paw Poochini |
| 2017 | Locating Silver Lake | Speaker |
| 2020 | The Eagle and the Albatross | Al Wiserman |
| 2020 | The Way Back | Gerry Norris |
| 2020 | Holidate | Wally |
| 2021 | Potato Dreams of America | John |
| 2024 | Reagan | Tip O'Neill |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Muggable Mary, Street Cop | Vince Palucci | Television film |
| 1984 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | John Shane | Episode: "Kill Devil" |
| 1985–1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Rogan, Foster | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Hunter | Broder | 2 episodes |
| 1986–1987 | Growing Pains | Dan, Hockey Coach | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | Joseph Sears | Episode: "Prince Kuzak in a Can" |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Jack Phillips | Episode: "A Deal's a Deal" |
| 1987 | Sledge Hammer! | Chris Raker | Episode: "A Clockwork Hammer - S2E1" |
| 1987–1988 | Cagney & Lacey | Harry Dupnick | 4 episodes |
| 1988 | David | John | Television film |
| 1988–1993 | The Wonder Years | Jack Arnold | Main role |
| 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Steve Winslow | Television film |
| 1993 | In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco | Bob Blanchard | Television film |
| 1995 | Amazing Grace | Harry Kramer | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Burke's Law | Jimmy Jackson | Episode: "Who Killed Cock-a-Doodle Dooley?" |
| 1996 | Terror in the Family | Todd Marten | Television film |
| 1996–1997 | Party of Five | Russ Petrocelli | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Boy Meets World | Judge Lamb | Episode: "Wheels" |
| 1997 | Prison of Secrets | Ed Crang | Television film |
| 1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Salvatore Matacio | Episode: "A Father's Image" |
| 1997 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Samuel Morrison | Episode: "Safe Passage" |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | James Webb | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Bill Wallace (voice) | Episode: "Earth Mover" |
| 2000 | Static Shock | Sean Foley (voice) | Episode: "Sons of the Fathers" |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Donald Purdy | Episode: "Murder by Remote" |
| 2001 | Smallville | Walt Arnold | Episode: "Hothead" |
| 2003 | JAG | Allen Blaisdell | 4 episodes |
| 2003, 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peter Kurtz, Ray Masters | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | 7th Heaven | Andrew Hampton | Episode: "Life and Death" |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Ellis Conway | Episode: "Voices" |
| 2007 | Psych | Bill Peterson | Episode: "Poker? I Barely Know Her" |
| 2007 | The Bronx Is Burning | Detective Borelli | Episode: "The Seven Commandments" |
| 2007 | The Black Donnellys | Franny Kenny | Episode: "Wasn't That Enough?" |
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Nolan | Episode: "Not a Father's Day" |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Santino Battaglia | Episode: "Red Sauce" |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Lee Whitworth | Episode: "Amplification" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sal | Episode: "Inhumane Society" |
| 2011 | Nurse Jackie | Carl | Episode: "The Astonishing" |
| 2011–2012 | Harry's Law | Raymond Gillot | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | James Cleary | Episode: "The Dragon and the Fairy" |
| 2012–2014 | Sullivan & Son | Jack Sullivan | Main role |
| 2013 | Person of Interest | Stanley Amis | Episode: "Proteus" |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | Ronnie Erickson | Episode: "Outside the Bubble" |
| 2012–2015 | Perception | Joe Moretti | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Hot in Cleveland | J.J. | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Grey's Anatomy | Martin Davis | Episode: "Don't Dream It's Over" |
| 2015, 2019 | Blue Bloods | Stan Rourke | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Pitch | Al Luongo | 10 episodes |
| 2016 | Royal Pains | Mr. Sacani | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Night Shift | Doug | Episode: "Keep the Faith" |
| 2017 | Elementary | Louis Garmendia | Episode: "High Heat" |
| 2017 | NCIS | Morgan Cade | Episode: "Ready or Not" |
| 2018 | Christmas at Grand Valley | Frank | Television film |
| 2018 | Man with a Plan | Frank | Episode: "Out with the In-Laws" |
| 2018 | Shameless | Mo White | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | This Is Us | Mr. Damon | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | The Resident | Simon Ortiz | Episode: "Adverse Events" |
| 2021 | MacGyver | Lenny Krengel | Episode "Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance" |
| 2021 | The Goldbergs | Arnie Wofsy | Episode: "The William Penn Years" |
| 2023 | Fantasy Island | Lou Hutchinson | Episode: "War of the Roses (and the Hutchinsons)" |
| 2023 | The Good Doctor | Mr. Ermey | Episode: "Loves Labor" |