Beau Billingslea Beau M . Billingslea is an American actor and voice artist who portrayed Captain Frank Abbott in J . J . Abrams ' in . The 2013 virtual collectible card battle game " " is using his picture for card # 77 " Captain F . Abbott " . He is best known for his role as the voice of Jet Black in the popular anime series " Cowboy Bebop " ( 1998 - 1999 ) and for his supporting roles in films such as the horror sequel " Halloween H20 : 20 Years Later " ( 1998 , with Matt Winston and Chris Durand ) and the science fiction comedy " My Favorite Martian " ( 1999 , with Christopher Lloyd , Ray Walston , Wallace Shawn , Ken Thorley , Michael Bailey Smith , and Jean - Luc Martin ) . Personal information . Billingslea was born in Charleston , South Carolina in 1953 . He attended the F . T . Maloney High School in Meriden and the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford . He was offered a contract from the Kansas City Athletics to play baseball professionally out of high school but he went to college with a football scholarship . During his time at the military he worked as a JAG captain . It was during his time at law school that he started an acting career . Early in his career , he used aliases such as Jack Daniels and John Daniels . Career . Television . Billingslea made his television debut in the television drama " Freeze " ( 1976 ) followed by the short drama " Child Abuse " ( 1976 , with Joseph Campanella ) . Throughout the 1970s and 1980s he had guest roles in " Barnaby Jones " ( 1977 , with Lee Meriwether ) , " Mrs . Columbo " ( 1979 , with Kate Mulgrew , Joseph Hindy , and Andrew Robinson ) , " Knots Landing " ( 1983 , with John Hancock ) , " Cutter to Houston " ( 1983 , with Jim Metzler , K Callan , Noble Willingham , and Georgann Johnson ) , " Call to Glory " ( 1984 , with Gabriel Damon , Kathryn Leigh Scott , Matthew Faison , and Ellen Geer ) , " Street Hawk " ( 1985 , with Charles Napier ) , " I Had Three Wives " ( 1985 , with Victor Garber , Carolyn Seymour , and Armin Shimerman ) , " Hotel " ( 1985 - 1986 , with Michael Spound , Leigh Taylor - Young , Pamela Kosh , Duncan Regehr , and Robert Lansing ) , " Scarecrow and Mrs . King " ( 1986 , with Michael Cavanaugh and Kat Sawyer - Young ) , " The Fall Guy " ( 1986 , with Joshua Gallegos , Leslie Jordan , and Dennis Ott ) , " T . J . Hooker " ( 1982 and 1986 , with William Shatner , James Darren , Richard Herd , Gary Graham , and Richard McGonagle ) , " Trapper John , M . D . " ( 1984 and 1986 , with Madge Sinclair ) , " The A - Team " ( 1985 and 1986 , with Dwight Schultz , Judson Scott , Lance LeGault , and Jeff Corey ) , " What ' s Happening Now ! " ( 1987 ) , " Who ' s the Boss ? " ( 1987 , with Scott Grimes , James B . Sikking , and Gabriel Damon ) , " MacGyver " ( 1987 , with Stephen Liska ) , " The Bold and the Beautiful " ( 1987 ) , " Hunter " ( 1984 , 1985 , and 1987 , with William Windom , Rick Fitts , Paul Willson , Marc Alaimo , James Whitmore , Jr . , Charles Hallahan , and Michael Canavan ) , " Dynasty " ( 1988 , with Joan Collins ) , " Matlock " ( 1988 , with David Ruprecht ) , and " Murder , She Wrote " ( 1989 , with Todd Bryant , Bernie Casey , Robert Mandan , and Paul Sorvino ) . In addition , Billingslea had recurring roles on the daytime soap " Santa Barbara " ( 1984 - 1985 , with Nicolas Coster and Louise Sorel ) and on " Dallas " ( 1985 , with Susan Howard , James Cromwell , and Clyde Kusatsu ) . He appeared in the television mini - series " The Atlanta Child Murders " ( 1985 , with Andrew Robinson , Gary Graham , and Noble Willingham ) , in the television comedy " Brothers - in - law " ( 1985 , with Daphne Ashbrook and Geno Silva ) , and had a memorable part as Ezra in the first chapter of " North and South " , " North and South , Book II " ( 1986 ) , on which he worked with fellow " Trek " alumni Kirstie Alley , Mary Crosby , Jonathan Frakes , Jim Metzler , Kate McNeil , James Read , Lloyd Bridges , Jean Simmons , David Ogden Stiers , Anthony Zerbe , William Schallert , Kurtwood Smith , Michael Champion , Bumper Robinson , George De La Pena , Leon Rippy , and Maurice Roeves . In the 1990s , Billngslea had guest parts in episodes of " MacGyver " ( 1990 , with Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Betty McGuire ) , " They Came from Outer Space " ( 1990 , with Allan Royal and Victor Brandt ) , " Melrose Place " ( 1994 , with Famke Janssen and Stanley Kamel ) , " Step by Step " ( 1994 ) , " L . A . Law " ( 1994 , with Corbin Bernsen , Larry Drake , Dion Anderson , Joanna Cassidy , Martin Goslins , Jordan Lund , Carolyn Seymour , Kate Vernon , and Tracey Walter ) , " Coach " ( 1994 , with Zak Knutson ) , " NewsRadio " ( 1995 , with Stephen Root , Andy Dick , and Wallace Langham ) , " Arli $ $ " ( 1996 , with Eugenie Bondurant and Shannon O ' Hurley ) , " Pacific Blue " ( 1996 , with Ken Olandt and Nicolas Surovy ) , " Married with Children " ( 1993 and 1996 ) , " Murphy Brown " ( 1997 , with John Hostetter and Wallace Shawn and written by Ron Fassler ) , " Cracker " ( 1997 - 1998 , with Carolyn McCormick , Cristine Rose , Don McManus , Cliff DeYoung , Katy Boyer , Noelle Hannibal , Sterling Macer , Jr . , and Scott Klace ) , " Profiler " ( 1998 , with Mark Rolston , Thomas Knickerbocker , and Julianna McCarthy ) , " Baywatch " ( 1990 and 1999 , with Monte Markham and Gregory J . Barnett ) , " L . A . Heat " ( 1999 , with C . J . Bau and Kenneth Tigar ) , and " Diagnosis Muder " ( 1999 , with Leon Russom , Joanna Cassidy , Scarlett Pomers , John Cirigliano , Ann Gillespie , and Richard Riehle ) . Beside his episodic appearances , Billingslea worked on a number of television movies including the science fiction film " Project : Tinman " ( 1990 , with Leon Russom and Joseph Culp ) , the drama " Line of Fire : The Morris Dees Story " ( 1991 , with Corbin Bernsen , Casey Biggs , and Shaun Duke ) , the thriller " Armed and Innocent " ( 1994 , with Christine Healy , Darwyn Carson , and Scott Lincoln ) , the drama " Green Dolphin Beat " ( 1994 , with Melanie Smith , Allan Royal , Beth Toussaint , and John Vargas ) , the bio - pic " Roseanne : An Unauthorized Biography " ( 1994 , with David Graf , Joycelyn O ' Brien , Ian Patrick Williams , Jandi Swanson , J . Patrick McCormack , and Lee Spencer ) , the thriller " Sharon ' s Secret " ( 1995 , with Gregg Henry ) , the drama " Terror in the Family " ( 1996 , with Andrew Kavovit ) , the drama " George Wallace " ( 1997 , with Clarence Williams III , Mark Rolston , Terrence Beasor , Francis Guinan , and Cliff DeYoung ) , the comedy " The Pentagon Wars " ( 1998 , with Kelsey Grammer , Tom Wright , Sam Anderson , Randy Oglesby , Richard Riehle , and Bruce French ) , the drama " To Live Again " ( 1998 , with Timothy Carhart ) , and the horror thriller " Silent Predators " ( 1999 , with David Spielberg ) . Further episodic television work includes " Touched by an Angel " ( 2000 , with David Andrews ) , " Walker , Texas Ranger " ( 2001 , with Brett Cullen ) , " The District " ( 2001 , with Roger Aaron Brown , Richard Fancy , Vinny Argiro , David L . Crowley , and Donald Sage Mackay ) , " JAG " ( 2001 , with Scott Lawrence and Kitty Swink ) , " NYPD Blue " ( 2001 , with Gordon Clapp ) , " The Division " ( 2003 , with Lisa Vidal and Boris Lee Krutonog ) , " Boomtown " ( 2003 , with Neal McDonough , Vanessa Williams , Daniel Zacapa , Anthony Montgomery , and Annie O ' Donnell ) , " The West Wing " ( 2004 , with Jamison Yang , Andrew Borba , Timothy Davis - Reed , Gregory Wagrowski , and Ron Ostrow ) , " Cold Case " ( 2005 , with Elinor Donahue , Thomas Kopache , and David Ruprecht ) , " In Justice " ( 2006 , with Richard Gilbert - Hill and Danny Downey ) , " Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles " ( 2008 , with Thomas Dekker , Patrick Kilpatrick , and Bobbi Sue Luther ) , " Wizards of Waverly Place " ( 2010 ) , and " Weeds " ( 2010 ) . Billingslea had recurring roles as Detective Frank Adelson in the drama series " City of Angels " ( 2000 , with Gabrielle Union ) , as Judge Lawrence Harrington in the drama series " Family Law " ( 2001 - 2002 , starring Julie Warner , Christopher McDonald , and Salli Richardson ) , as Grant Cunningham in the comedy series " Just Jordan " ( 2007 - 2008 ) , and as Judge Cole in " General Hospital " ( 2011 , with Michelle Krusiec ) and appeared in the television movies " McBride : Murder Past Midnight " ( 2005 , with John Larroquette , Marta DuBois , and J . Michael Flynn ) , " Gone But Not Forgotten " ( 2005 , with Leigh J . McCloskey , Concetta Tomei , David Lee Smith , and Robin Bonaccorsi ) , and " Dad ' s Home " ( 2010 , with Stephanie Erb and Patti Yasutake ) . More recently , he had recurring roles as Judge James Douglas in " Franklin & Bash " ( 2011 - 2012 , with Malcolm McDowell , Mark L . Taylor , J . Patrick McCormack , David Gautreaux , Philip Boyd , John de Lancie , Ivar Brogger , Bruce Beatty , and Jack Kehler ) and as Coach Wayne in the comedy series " Suit Up " ( 2013 ) . Film . His first feature film credit was for the 1976 drama " Alex Joseph and His Wives " followed by ' s comedy " Night Shift " ( 1982 , with Gina Hecht , Clint Howard , Jeanne Mori , Kevin Rodney Sullivan , Julius LeFlore , Vincent Schiavelli , and Michael Pataki ) . He also appeared in the crime thriller " 10 to Midnight " ( 1983 , with Iva Lane , Patti Tippo , and Shay Duffin ) , the science fiction comedy " Real Genius " ( 1985 , with Louis Giambalvo , Ed Lauter , Randy Lowell , Peter Parros , and Jeanne Mori ) , the comedy " Walk Like a Man " ( 1987 , with Christopher Lloyd , Earl Boen , Ellen Albertini Dow , and Megan Parlen ) , and the horror film " The Blob " ( 1988 , with Frank Collison , Clayton Landey , Richard Anthony Crenna , Peter Crombie , and Rick Avery ) . In the 1990s , Billingslea had supporting roles in the action film " Out for Blood " ( 1992 , with Robert Miano , Melinda Clarke , and Michael J . Sarna ) , the comedy " In the Army Now " ( 1994 , with Lori Petty , Andy Dick , Glenn Morshower , Tom Villard , and Tony Donno ) , the crime thriller " We the People " ( 1994 ) , the comedy " The American President " ( 1995 , with Anne Haney , Gail Strickland , Clement von Franckenstein , Jordan Lund , Richard McGonagle , George Murdock , Googy Gress , Ron Canada , David Drew Gallagher , Greg Poland , and Ray Uhler ) , the thriller " Indecent Behavior III " ( 1995 , with Sam Hennings and Charles Lucia ) , the drama " The Setting Son " ( 1997 , with Darin Cooper ) , the action film " Surface to Air " ( 1998 , with Melanie Shatner , Ron Balicki , and James Black ) , the family movie " Rusty : A Dog ' s Tale " ( 1998 , with Vincent Schiavelli , Damara Reilly , and Frank Welker ) , and the action drama " Final Voyage " ( 1999 , with Stephen Macht , Michael Bailey Smith , and Scott L . Schwartz ) . Further film work includes the action film " Gale Force " ( 2002 , with Cliff DeYoung , Nikita Ager , and James Cromwell ) , the horror sequel " Leprechaun : Back 2 Tha Hood " ( 2003 ) , the sport comedy " Rebound " ( 2005 , with Dennis Cockrum , Robert Rusler , Scott L . Treger , Matt McCoy , and Justin Rodgers Hall ) , the comedies " Meet the Family " ( 2005 ) and " Meet the Family : Dinner with the Rumps " ( 2005 ) , the horror sequel " Vacancy 2 : The First Cut " ( 2008 ) , and the family movie " Hannah Montana : The Movie " ( 2009 , with Vanessa Williams , Jane Carr , and Cole McKay ) . Voice work . Billingslea used the alias Jack Daniels for his first voice work as narrator in the short documentary " The Magnificent Rebel " in 1973 . The following years he lent his voice to the animated projects " Rupan sansei : Kariosutoro no shiro " ( 1979 , with Michael Forest ) , " Hokuto no Ken " ( 1984 - 1987 , with James Avery ) , " Tatakae ! Iczer - 1 " ( 1985 ) , " Burakku Majikku M - 66 " ( 1987 , with Dan Woren ) , " Akira " ( 1988 , with Cam Clarke , Bruce Winant , Michael Forest , Skip Stellrecht , and Dan Woren ) , and " Kidô senshi Gandamu 0080 pocketto no naka no sensô " ( 1989 , with Michael Forest and Dan Woren ) as well as to episodic television such as the " Moonlighting " episode " Brother , Can You Spare a Blonde ? " ( 1985 , with Charles Rocket and Ed O ' Ross ) . In the 1990s , he lent his voice to the English versions of the television series " Kidô senshi Gundam 0083 : Stardust Memory " ( 1991 - 1992 ) , " Rurouni Kenshin " ( 1996 - 1998 ) , " Reign : The Conqueror " ( 1997 - 1999 , with Carlos Ferro and Matt McKenzie ) , " Outlaw Star " ( 1998 ) , " Black Heaven " ( 1999 , with Richard Cansino ) , " Wild ARMs : Twilight Venom " ( 1999 - 2000 ) , and " Arc the Lad " ( 1999 ) , to the animated film projects " Îsu II : Tenkû no shinden " ( 1992 ) , " Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie " ( 1994 , with Skip Stellrecht and Richard Cansino ) , " Macross Plus " ( 1994 ) , " Terminatrix " ( 1995 ) , and " Sumo Vixens " ( 1996 ) , and to the video games " Outlaws " ( 1997 , along with John de Lancie and William Morgan Sheppard ) , " Quest for Glory V : Dragon Fire " ( 1998 ) , and " Bushido Blade 2 " ( 1998 , with Skip Stellrecht and Richard Cansino ) . Doing even more voice work since 2000 , Billingslea voiced characters in the animated television series " DinoZaurs " ( 2000 ) , " Vandread " ( 2000 ) , " Argentosoma " ( 2000 ) , " Samurai Girl : Real Bout High School " ( 2001 ) , " Rave Master " ( 2001 ) , " The Twelve Kingdoms " ( 2002 ) , " Shinzo " ( 2000 - 2002 ) , " Cyborg 009 " ( 2001 - 2002 ) , " Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex " ( 2002 ) , " Heat Guy J " ( 2002 - 2003 ) , " . hack / / Legend of the Twilight " ( 2003 ) , " Last Exile " ( 2003 ) , " Digimon " ( 1999 - 2003 ) , " Geneshaft " ( 2003 ) , " Gungrave " ( 2003 - 2004 ) , " Megas XLR " ( 2004 ) , " Naruto " ( 2003 - 2006 ) , " Digimon Data Squad " ( 2008 ) , " Bleach " ( 2007 - 2009 ) , " Naruto : Shippûden " ( 2007 - 2010 ) , and " Last Man Standing " ( 2013 ) . He also narrated episodes of the documentaries " Dangerous Missions " ( 1999 - 2000 ) and " Hero Ships " ( 2008 ) . Animated film work includes " Cowboy Bebop : The Movie " ( 2001 ) , " Space Pirate Captain Harlock : The Endless Odyssey " ( 2002 ) , " The Night B4 Christmas " ( 2003 ) , the " Angel Wars " movies ( 2004 - 2006 ) , " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " ( 2005 , with Fred Tatasciore and Greg Ellis ) , " War of the Worlds : Goliath " ( 2012 ) , and " Gekijô - ban Tiger & Bunny : The Beginning " ( 2012 ) . Billingslea also voiced several characters in a number of video games such as " Phase Paradox " ( 2001 ) , " Might and Magic IX " ( 2002 ) , " Star Ocean : Till the End of Time " ( 2003 ) , several editions of the " Dynasty Warriors " games ( 2003 - 2007 ) , " Lords of EverQuest " ( 2003 , with Robin Atkin Downes , Kate Mulgrew , Ron Perlman , John Rhys - Davies , Dwight Schultz , and Dan Woren ) , " Front Mission 4 " ( 2004 ) , " Biohazard Outbreak : File 2 " ( 2004 ) , " Ace Combat 5 : The Unsung War " ( 2004 ) , " Grandia III " ( 2005 ) , " Beat Down " ( 2005 ) , " Urban Reign " ( 2005 ) , " Kingdom Hearts II " ( 2005 ) , " Dirge of Cerberus : Final Fantasy VII " ( 2006 , with Greg Ellis ) , " Ace Combat Zero : The Belkan War " ( 2006 ) , " MagnaCarta 2 " ( 2009 ) , " Saints Row : The Third " ( 2011 , with Daniel Dae Kim , Robin Atkin Downes , John Eric Bentley , and Phil Morris ) , and " Naruto Shippuden : Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 " ( 2013 ) .