# Gregg Henry

Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American actor.
He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the television film The Hunt for the BTK Killer and for playing various "heavies" in various films, such as in Payback (1999), Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy films and Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), who he has collaborated with frequently over the years, acting in six De Palma films.

## Biography

Henry was born May 6, 1952, in Lakewood, Colorado. He has been featured in over 75 television programs, including The Riches; Firefly; Chicago Med; 24; Airwolf; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Murder, She Wrote; Gilmore Girls; Matlock; In the Heat of the Night; L.A. Law; Falcon Crest; Designing Women; Moonlighting; Magnum, P.I.; Rich Man, Poor Man Book II; The Mentalist; Castle; Glee; Burn Notice and Breakout Kings.
He played Hugh Pannetta alongside Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver on the FX television series The Riches. He played the role of Dobbs in the USA Network series White Collar and Hollis Doyle on the ABC series Scandal. Starting June 10, 2013, he played Detective Carl Reddick in The Killing.
Henry has frequently appeared in James Gunn's productions. He appeared as Peter Quill's grandfather Jason in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jack MacReady in Slither, John Felkner in Super, and Edward Mazursky in Creature Commandos. He also portrayed the title role in Julius Caesar as part of the Shakespeare in the Park theater program.

## Personal life

Henry is married to American theatre director Lisa James.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Paul Ramsey | |
| 1979 | Hot Rod | Brian Edison | |
| 1981 | Just Before Dawn | Warren | |
| 1983 | Funny Money | Ben Turtle | |
| 1983 | Scarface | Charles Goodson | Uncredited |
| 1984 | Body Double | Sam Bouchard | |
| 1986 | The Last of Philip Banter | Robert Prescott | |
| 1988 | Fair Game | Gene | |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Prosecutor | Scenes deleted |
| 1990 | Dark Avenger | Dr. Colin Tremaine | TV movie |
| 1992 | Raising Cain | Lieutenant Terri | |
| 1995 | Bodily Harm | J.D. Prejon | |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Gallatin | |
| 1999 | Payback | Val Resnick | |
| 2000 | Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes | Cotton Proudfit | |
| 2001 | Southlander | Lane Windbird | |
| 2001 | Layover | Jack Gillardo | |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Shiff | |
| 2002 | Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | FBI Agent Clark, DIA Director Robert Gant | |
| 2003 | Purgatory Flats | Dean Mecklin | |
| 2003 | Sin | Conrad | |
| 2003 | Silent Partner | Ambassador LaFontaine | |
| 2006 | Slither | Jack MacReady | |
| 2006 | United 93 | Colonel Robert Marr | |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Pete Lukins | |
| 2010 | Super | Detective John Felkner | |
| 2011 | Isolation | Dr. Lawrence Moore | |
| 2011 | The Reunion | Kyle Wills | |
| 2012 | Unfair and Imbalanced | Jim Moran | |
| 2012 | The Patriot of America | Samuel Burwell | Voice |
| 2012 | Any Day Now | Lambert | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Jason Quill | |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Richard Webb | |
| 2016 | The Belko Experiment | The Voice | |
| 2017 | Teen Titans: The Judas Contract | Brother Blood (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Jason Quill | |
| 2018 | Office Uprising | Franklin Gantt | |
| 2019 | Stand! | Mike Sokolowski | |
| 2022 | Look Into the Fire | Professor Hirsch | |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Jason Quill | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Wesley Jordache | Miniseries |
| 1978 | Pearl | Lieutenant Doug North | Miniseries |
| 1979 | Dummy | Assistant District Attorney Smith | Television film |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Lester Bedell | Miniseries |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | Gregory Steven Leonard | Episode: "He Ain't Heavy" |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Robert Villers | Episode: "The Hunted" |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Paul McCain | Episode: "The Next Murder You Hear" |
| 1985–1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Various roles | 7 episodes |
| 1986 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Tommy Kitchens | Episode: "Poker Night" |
| 1987 | Designing Women | Jack Dent | Episode: "Grand Slam Thank You Ma'am" |
| 1987 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Walter Winston | Episode: "Beware the Ides of May" |
| 1987 | Bates Motel | Tom Fuller | Television film |
| 1987–1988 | Werewolf | Officer Ritter | Episode: "Nightmare in Blue" |
| 1988–1994 | L.A. Law | Robert Cullen, Samuel Barkwell | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | Matlock | Nick Beloit | Episode: "The D.A." |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Gordon Dallek | Episode: "Oboe Phobia" |
| 1993 | In the Heat of the Night | George Deschamps | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Kiss of a Killer | Richard | Television film |
| 1993 | Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story | Det. Don Brooks | Television film |
| 1994 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Reid Stedler | Episode: "Stolen Lullaby" |
| 1996 | Terminal | Brian | Television film |
| 1997 | Tidal Wave: No Escape | Edgar Purcell | Television film |
| 1999–2001 | Family Law | Michael Holt | 7 episodes |
| 2000 | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Henry Crowe | Episode: "Absolution" |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Special Agent Rick Culpepper | Episode: "The Strip Strangler" |
| 2001–2002 | Boston Public | Detective McGill | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Firefly | Sheriff Bourne | Episode: "The Train Job" |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Robert Colson | Episode: "The Squeeze" |
| 2002 | The Agency | Senator Bowden | Episode: "Heartless" |
| 2003 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Zho'Kaan | Episode: "Dawn" |
| 2003 | Judging Amy | Morgan Simmons | Episode: "Wild Card" |
| 2003 | 24 | Jonathan Wallace | 4 episodes |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | A.U.S.A | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Windfall | Bill Trask | television film |
| 2004 | The Handler | Griffin Klein | Episode: "Acts of Congress" |
| 2005 | Heartless | Lieutenant Russ Carter | Television film |
| 2005 | The Hunt for the BTK Killer | Dennis Rader | Television film |
| 2005–2007 | Eyes | Clay Burgess | 7 episodes |
| 2005–2007 | Gilmore Girls | Mitchum Huntzberger | 20 episodes |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | William Preston | Episode: "Death Eminent" |
| 2007–2008 | The Riches | Hugh Panetta | Series regular |
| 2008 | ER | Officer Mark Downey | Episode: "Haunted" |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Cal Trask | Episode: "Red-Handed" |
| 2008 | Sparky & Mikaela | Mikaela's Dad | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009 | The Beast | Frank Oland, Mike Parks | Episode: "Hothead" |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | William Bashford | Episode: "Haunted" |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | Jimmy Boyd | Episode: "Guns, Strippers and Wives" |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | Pete Fox | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
| 2009 | Castle | Winston Wellesley | Episode: "Kill the Messenger" |
| 2009 | Glee | Russell Fabray | Episode: "Ballad" |
| 2009–2011 | Hung | Mike Hunt | 25 episodes |
| 2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Gracie | Episode: "The Time Warp" |
| 2010 | Three Rivers | Lester Dimes | Episode: "Case Histories" |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Wayne Young | Episode: "$3.52" |
| 2010 | Medium | Coach Swanson | Episode: "Talk to the Hand" |
| 2010 | CSI: Miami | Roger Cavanaugh | Episode: "Blood Sugar" |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Mitchell Eaves | Episode: "With Friends Like These..." |
| 2011 | CHAOS | Kurt Neimeyer | Episode: "Glory Days" |
| 2011 | Mr. Sunshine | Chuck Ferguson | Episode: "Family Business" |
| 2011 | Burn Notice | Ian Covey | Episode: "Acceptable Loss" |
| 2011–2012 | Breakout Kings | Richard Wendell | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Alex Harris | Episode: "Blye, K." |
| 2012 | Leverage | Trent Hazlit | Episode: "The Toy Job" |
| 2012 | White Collar | Henry Dobbs, Robert MacLeish | 2 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Bunheads | Rico | 4 episodes |
| 2012–2017 | Scandal | Hollis Doyle | 22 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | The Killing | Carl Reddick | 16 episodes |
| 2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Hosea M. Knowlton | Television film |
| 2014–2015 | The Following | Dr. Arthur Strauss | 6 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Hell on Wheels | Brigham Young | 7 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | CSI: Cyber | Calvin Mundo | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Chicago Med | Dr. David Downey | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Mitchum Huntzberger | Episode: "Spring" |
| 2016 | Those Who Can't | Bryce's Dad | Episode: "Mid-Bryce Crisis" |
| 2017 | Supergirl | Peter Thompson | Episode: "Alex" |
| 2018 | Black Lightning | Agent Martin Proctor | 7 episodes |
| 2019 | The Rookie | Judge | Episode: "Homefront" |
| 2021 | Hit & Run | Martin Wexler | 9 episodes |
| 2021 | The Resident | Aaron Kranepool | Episode: "Now What?" |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Edmund Ross | 3 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Senator Bannister (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2025 | Creature Commandos | Edward Mazursky (voice) | Episode: "A Very Funny Monster" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Hidden Evil | Gal'na |
| 2012 | Lollipop Chainsaw | Gideon Starling |