Anthony Heald

Anthony Heald (born August 25, 1944 ) is an American character actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon (2002), and for playing vice principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public (2000–2004). Heald also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's The Practice and Boston Legal. He had a prominent role as a troubled psychic in The X-Files episode "Closure".

Early years Heald was born on August 25, 1944, in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in Massapequa, New York. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1970. including works as varied as Where the Red Fern Grows, The New York Times bestsellers such as The Pelican Brief, Jurassic Park and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Moby-Dick, several works by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, as well as a sizable number of titles in the Star Wars audio book library.

On television, Heald made appearances in shows including Miami Vice ("The Prodigal Son"), Law & Order ("The Troubles" and "Virtue"), The X-Files ("Closure"), and the Cheers series finale ("One for the Road"). He later appeared on the Cheers spin-off Frasier. He also played vice principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public (2000–2004). Heald also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's The Practice and Boston Legal.

In film, Heald appeared as Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Red Dragon (2002). He also appeared as different characters in three adaptations of John Grisham best-sellers: a villainous lawyer in The Pelican Brief (1993), an FBI Agent in The Client (1994), and a psychiatrist in A Time to Kill (1996). He also played a government agent posing as an acting student in Outrageous Fortune (1987), George Lazan in Postcards from the Edge (1990), and an FBI Mystique Interrogator in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).

Heald taught acting in Lansing, Michigan, for four years. ) and children Zoe and Dylan. He has converted to Judaism, his wife's faith. He regularly performs in productions of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 2010 season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Heald played Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1983 Silkwood 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting 1984 Teachers Narc The Beniker Gang Mr. Uldrich 1987 Outrageous Fortune Agent Weldon Happy New Year Dinner Guest Orphans Man in Park 1990 Postcards from the Edge George Lazan 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Dr. Frederick Chilton The Super Ron Nessim 1992 Whispers in the Dark Paul 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Fighting Parent The Ballad of Little Jo Henry Grey The Pelican Brief Marty Velmano 1994 The Client FBI Agent Larry Trumann 1995 Kiss of Death Jack Gold Bushwhacked Reinhart Bragdon 1996 A Time to Kill Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver 1998 Deep Rising Simon Canton 1999 8mm Daniel Longdale 2000 Proof of Life Ted Fellner 2002 Red Dragon Dr. Frederick Chilton 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand FBI Mystique Interrogator Accepted Dean Richard Van Horne 2020 Alone Robert

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