Dennis Boutsikaris
Dennis Boutsikaris (born December 21, 1952) is an American character actor who has won the Obie Award twice. He is also a narrator of audiobooks and for which he has won 13 Golden Earphone Awards and 8 Audie Awards. And won Best Audiobook of the Year from Amazon for his reading of Audie Award. Early life and education. Boutsikaris was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a Greek American father and Jewish mother, and grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. He took up acting while a student at Governor Livingston High School, because he felt he was  too small to succeed in athletics. A graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, Boutsikaris toured the country with John Houseman's The Acting Company doing classical theatre. Career. Boutsikaris' film credits include leading roles in "*batteries not included," "The Dream Team," "Crocodile Dundee II," "Boys on the Side" and "In Dreams," among many others. His most recent indie films include "Cherry Crush," "The Education of Charlie Banks," and "Calling It Quits". He is Paul Wolfowitz in Oliver Stone's ""W."" In 2012, he co-starred in "The Bourne Legacy", the fourth installment of the successful Bourne franchise. On television , he had the lead in the series "Stat," "The Jackie Thomas Show," and "Misery Loves Company". He has also had recurring roles on Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street," "Nurse", "Trinity," "ER," "Law & Order" and Showtime's "Shameless". Boutsikaris had a leading part in episode 20 of the second season of the hit CBS show "Person of Interest" which aired in the USA on Thursday, April 26, 2013. He was part of NBC's "State of Affairs", the TV series that marks the return to series television of Katherine Heigl. In 2012, he also made an appearance as Jack Quayle  in the season 2 episode "Collateral Damage" of the CBS show "Blue Bloods". In 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020 he played the role of lawyer Rich Schweikart in the first, second, fourth and fifth seasons of the American series "Better Call Saul". In 2017, Boutsikaris was cast in the recurring role of Henry Roarke on the ABC thriller series "Quantico". He has starred in over 20 TV movies, including "Chasing the Dragon" (with Markie Post), "And Then There Was One" (with Amy Madigan), "Three Faces of Karen" (with Gail O'Grady), "Survival on the Mountain", "Beyond Betrayal", and as Woody Allen  in the miniseries "" (with Patsy Kensit). Theater. On Broadway Boutsikaris became the first American to play Mozart in "Amadeus", and was directed by Sir Laurence Olivier in "Filumena." He starred in the Off-Broadway production of "Sight Unseen" to great critical acclaim. He has been seen on Broadway in "Bent", "Filumena" (directed by Sir Laurence Olivier), and "Amadeus" (as the first American to play Mozart) with Frank Langella. He was seen in the Delacorte Theatre's production of "Julius Caesar" as Cassius. He was in the original New York productions of "The Boys Next Door", "A Picasso", and the revival  of "That Championship Season". Off-Broadway he is probably best known for playing Jonathan Waxman in the original production of "Sight Unseen" at the Manhattan Theatre Club and later at the Orpheum Theatre. He received the Obie Award and a nomination for a Drama Desk Award for this performance. At the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles he appeared in the premiere of David Mamet's "The Old Neighborhood" and in 2007 Jane Anderson's "The Quality of Life" with Laurie Metcalf and Jo Beth Williams. For that performance he received the "Backstage West" Garland Award for Best Actor and was  nominated for Best Actor by the L.A. Critics Drama Circle and by the LA Alliance Ovation Awards. In 2009 he was in the Broadway revivals of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound" again with Laurie Metcalf. The former opened to wide critical acclaim and then closed one week later. The latter never opened. He continued his association with Laurie Metcalf appearing with her in "The Other Place" Off-Broadway. Voice work. He can be heard in over 100 audiobooks and has received eight Audie Awards and two Best Voices of the Year Awards from "AudioFile Magazine". Awards. Boutsikaris has received  two Obie Awards: one in 1985 for Outstanding Performance in "Nest of the Woodgrouse" at the New York Shakespeare Festival, directed by Joseph Papp; and one in 1992 for Outstanding Performance in "Sight Unseen" at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He also received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Actor for "Sight Unseen", as well as a Cable ACE nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "Chasing the Dragon" in 1995. He was nominated for a People's Choice Award as best Newcomer. He received the Best Actor Award at the Staten Island Film Festival and the Long island Film Festival  for his role in "Calling It Quits". Personal life. Boutsikaris was married to actress Deborah Hedwall; they divorced in 2002.