Christian Clemenson

Christian Dayton Clemenson (born March 17, 1958) is an American actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Jerry "Hands" Espenson in the television series Boston Legal, for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards and won the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Clemenson, a straight-A junior high school student, won a Register scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He participated in many theatrical productions at Phillips Academy. In 1973, while Clemenson was enrolled at Phillips, his father died at age 58.

Upon graduation from Phillips in 1976, he entered Harvard College. From his freshman year onward he received important roles in campus stage productions. When Clemenson starred in a Harvard Lampoon sketch comedy show, a Harvard Crimson theater critic described Clemenson as "hugely talented actor who can trigger hysteria with any of a dozen subtle expressions or inflections." Other Crimson critics described his performances in Shakespeare plays as "a tour de force of sheer talent and intelligence" (in The Winter's Tale) and "a very fine and subtle performance" (in Measure for Measure). He displayed early on his remarkable range when he undertook with inimitable flair and hilarious effect the hugely solemn role of Erde "the green-faced torso", goddess of the Earth, in Peter Sellars's Loeb Drama Center puppet production of Wagner's Ring cycle (1979).

During many summers he would return to Humboldt to star in, and later direct, local community theater plays at Humboldt's Castle Theatre.

After graduating from Harvard College in 1980 and the Yale School of Drama in 1984, he moved to Los Angeles. He remained with the series through to its finale in 2008.

Clemenson starred in the film United 93 as Tom Burnett, one of the victims of the 9/11 hijacking of the flight that crashed in rural Pennsylvania after a passenger revolt. He also had a recurring role on Veronica Mars as Abel Koontz. In total, Clemenson appeared in three episodes of the show: "Like a Virgin", "Mars vs. Mars", and "Rat Saw God". Clemenson also has appeared in a season 6 episode of NCIS, "Dead Reckoning". He also appeared in two season 2 episodes of The Mentalist. He also played Jimmy Masterson on the 3rd episode of Memphis Beat, "Love Me Tender".

In 2009, Clemenson joined CSI: Miami as the new medical examiner, Dr. Tom Loman. He appeared throughout the show's eighth, ninth, and tenth seasons as a recurring character. In 2013, he appeared as a guest star in Harry's Law.

In 2016, he played Deputy District Attorney William Hodgman in American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson.

Filmography Film Year Title Role1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Larry Legal Eagles Clerk Heartburn Sidney 1987 Black Widow Artie Making Mr. Right Bruce Surrender Dream Lawyer Broadcast News Bobby 1988 Daddy's Boys Otis 1990 Bad Influence Pismo Boll 1991 The Fisher King Edwin 1992 Hero Conklin 1993 Josh and S.A.M. Policeman 1995 Apollo 13 Charles Berry1998 The Big Lebowski Younger Cop Almost Heroes Father Girard Armageddon Droning Guy Mighty Joe Young Jack 1999 Lost & Found Ray 2006 United 93 Thomas E. Burnett, Jr.2010 Ashley's Ashes Father Tim 2011 J. Edgar Inspector Schell 2014 Not Safe for Work Alan Z. Emmerich 2016 Live by Night Ritz Investor 2021 No Man of God James DobsonMalignant Dr. Victor Fields 2024Fly Me to the Moon Walter

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