Jason Gedrick

Jason Michael Gedrick (born February 7, 1965) an American actor. He is best known for his work on the television series Murder One and Boomtown, and the motion picture Iron Eagle as Doug Masters.

He starred in the 2001 film Summer Catch as Mike Dunne, the older brother of the main character Ryan.

Early life Jason Michael Gedrick was born Jason Gedroic in Illinois, and is of Polish descent.

Acting career

After changing his surname to the homonymous "Gedrick", he began his career as an extra in films such as Bad Boys (1983) and Risky Business (1983).

He had roles in The Heavenly Kid (1985), Iron Eagle (1986), and Promised Land (1987) with director Michael Hoffman, Iron Eagle II (1988 in an uncredited role for the first few minutes of the movie), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), the cult classic Rooftops (1989), Backdraft (1991), and Crossing the Bridge (1992). Gedrick then appeared in television series such as Class of '96 (1993) and Sweet Justice (1994).

In 1994, Gedrick starred in the film The Force with Yasmine Bleeth and Kim Delaney. He starred in the first season of Steven Bochco's 1995 television series Murder One, which followed the trial of Gedrick's character, bad-boy actor Neil Avedon. His next major project was the three-hour TV film The Third Twin (1997), a thriller based on the best-selling 1996 novel by the British writer Ken Follett.

Gedrick had a role in TV series EZ Streets (1996) and appeared in Mario Puzo's 1997 miniseries, The Last Don and in its sequel, The Last Don II. In 1999, he guest starred on Ally McBeal as the "hot car wash guy".

Gedrick had roles in Falcone (2000) and The Beast (2001). He also starred as Tom Turcotte in 2002's Boomtown. The series, which also starred Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough.

In 2003, Gedrick played Andrew Luster, the infamous rapist in a Lifetime movie based on his trial, A Date with Darkness. He starred in the 2006 movie Hidden Places alongside Sydney Penney and Shirley Jones.

Gedrick was part of the cast of the 2006 NBC series Windfall, also starring Luke Perry and Gedrick's former Boomtown alumnus, Lana Parrilla. In 2007, Gedrick again starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg in the A&E original movie Kings of South Beach. He was also the new love interest at Scavo's Pizzeria in Desperate Housewives in seasons 3 and 4, on ABC. In 2009, he appeared in Lie to Me.

In 2011, he appeared in another series, Necessary Roughness as Dr. J. D. Aldridge, a former graduate school professor and possible love interest for series lead Callie Thorne.

Gedrick was a member of the cast of the HBO series Luck, which ran for one season in 2012. Gedrick appears in a multi-episode arc playing the manager of a Miami-area gentlemen's club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case in season 7 of Dexter. Beginning in November 2012, Gedrick starred as Evan Farnsworth, a struggling professor at a prestigious Maine boarding school, in the Hallmark film The Wishing Tree.

In late 2012, Gedrick appeared on an episode of NBC's Grimm. In 2015, he had a season-long arc as serial killer Raynard Waits in the Amazon Prime original television series Bosch, along with a recurring role as Liam in The CW's 2012 series Beauty & the Beast. In 2016, Gedrick starred as estranged Det. Mark Hickman, Lt. Mike Tao's ex-partner, on Major Crimes.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1983 Bad Boys Inmate Risky Business Extra at Party 1984 Massive Retaliation Eric Briscoe 1985 The Zoo Gang Hardin The Heavenly Kid Lenny Barnes 1986 Iron Eagle Doug Masters 1987 Stacking Gary Connaloe Promised Land Davey Hancock 1988 Iron Eagle II Doug Masters 1989 Rooftops T Born on the Fourth of July Pvt. Martinez 1990 Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder Peter Sherwood 1991 Backdraft Tim Krizminski 1992 Crossing the Bridge Tim Reese 1994 The Force Cal Warner Video 1995 Dare to Love Patrick TV movie 1996 Power 98 John Price 1997 The Third Twin Steve Logan/Other Twins TV movie Silent Cradle Jay Mitchell 1998 Gentlemen Like Chris Jacques Derrida Short 2001 Summer Catch Mike Dunne One Eyed King Dennis Reilly 2002 Strange Frequency 2 Vince Brava TV movie 2003 A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster Andrew Luster TV movie 2006 Hidden Places Gabe Harper TV movie Rapid Fire Tony TV movie 2008 Wisegal Frank Russo TV movie Depth Charge Raymond "Doc" Ellers TV movie The Christmas Choir Peter Brockman TV movie 2009 Shannon's Rainbow Eric Sand Serpents Richard Stanley TV movie 2010 Sinatra Club Sal 2012 War Flowers Louis McIntire The Shooting Star Salesman Businessman Short The Wishing Tree Professor Evan Farnsworth TV movie 2013 Skating to New York Doug Demas 2018 Bella's Story Danny Acts of Desperation Alan Grillo

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 The Hitchhiker Tommy Episode: "Phantom Zone" 1992 In Living Color - Episode: "Episode #3.27" 1993 Class of '96 David Morrisey Main Cast 1994 Birdland Nick Episode: "Lower Than the Angels" Heaven Help Us Singer Episode: "Lovers Lullaby" 1994–95 Sweet Justice Bailey Connors Main Cast 1995–96 Murder One Neil Avedon Main Cast: Season 1 1996–97 EZ Streets Danny Rooney Main Cast 1997 The Last Don Cross De Lena Episode: "Part 1 & 2" 1998 The Last Don II Cross De Lena Episode: "Part 1 & 2" 1999 Ally McBeal Joel Recurring Cast: Season 3 2000 Falcone Joseph D. Pistone/"Joe Falcone" Main Cast 2001 The Beast Reese McFadden Main Cast Strange Frequency - Episode: "Instant Karma" 2002 The Outer Limits Captain Kelvin Parkhurst Episode: "Human Trials" Philly Chris Maguire Episode: "Brotherly Love" 2002–03 Boomtown Officer Tom Turcotte Main Cast 2004 North Shore Dr. Clayton Kellogg Recurring Cast 2004–05 LAX Gavin Recurring Cast 2005 S.O.S. 18 Tom Turcotte Episode: "Fille mère" Crossing Jordan Eli Graham Episode: "Enlightenment" 2006 Windfall Cameron Walsh Main Cast Supernatural Det. Peter Sheridan Episode: "The Usual Suspects" Ghost Whisperer Jesse Sutton Episode: "The Night We Met" 2007 Lincoln Heights Joey Mulaney Episode: "Spree" 2006–07 Desperate Housewives Rick Coletti Recurring Cast: Season 3–4 2009 Cold Case U.S. Marshal Tom Parker Episode: "Witness Protection" Lie to Me John Parks Episode: "Secret Santa" 2011 Necessary Roughness J.D. Aldridge Recurring Cast: Season 1 2011–12 Luck Jerry Main Cast 2012 Georgia Ganesh Episode: "Hello, I'm Sunshine" Grimm Craig Wendell Ferren Episode: "To Protect And Serve Man" Dexter George Novikov Recurring Cast: Season 7 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit FBI Agent Cantwell Episode: "Dreams Deferred" 2014 How to Get Away with Murder Gabriel Shaw Episode: "Smile, or Go to Jail" 2015 Bosch Raynard Waits Main Cast: Season 1 Justified Richard Episode: "The Promise" Beauty & the Beast Liam Recurring Cast: Season 3 2016 Shooter Officer Timmons Recurring Cast: Season 1 2016–17 Major Crimes Det. Mark Hickman Recurring Cast: Season 4, Guest: Season 5 2018 Criminal Minds Craig Kaline Episode: “The Dance of Love” 2019 Lethal Weapon Frank Hardy Episode: “The Roger and Me”