Kevin Weisman

Kevin Glen Weisman (born December 29, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Marshall Flinkman in the ABC action thriller series Alias (2001–2006), Ray Spiewack in the CBS action drama series Scorpion (2015–2017), and Ned Berring in the Amazon Prime Video legal drama series Goliath. In 2017, Weisman began a three-year stint as Dale Yorkes on the Hulu series Marvel's Runaways, before starring as Lester Thompson in the 2025 NBC drama Suits LA.

Early life Weisman was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California. He pursued acting at a young age, first appearing as The Professor in a fourth grade production of Gilligan's Island. While at Taft High School In Woodland Hills, California (a neighborhood of Los Angeles), Weisman participated in local drama festivals in and around the Los Angeles area (DTASC), performing work from the likes of William Shakespeare and Neil Simon.

He went on to receive a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television, and then to further his study of the craft of acting at New York's prestigious Circle in the Square Theatre. Weisman is a founding member of the multi-award-winning Los Angeles based theater troupe, Buffalo Nights Theater Company.

Stage credits In 2015, Weisman was awarded a Lead Actor Award (Stage Raw) for his work as Francois Villon in Murray Mednick's Villon, which premiered at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles. The show was produced by the Padua Playwrights.

Prior Los Angeles productions include tackling the role of frustrated writer Arthur Kellogg in Jaime Pachino's 2012 West Coast premiere of The Return to Morality with the Production Company in Los Angeles.

A founding member of Buffalo Nights Theatre Company, Weisman has produced, directed, and acted in over 25 productions in and around the Los Angeles area. Highlights include the title role of Anatol in Arthur Schnitzler's Anatol, and as Los Angeles philanthropist and convicted felon Griffith J. Griffith in the award- winning Crazy Drunk at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Los Angeles. Other notable productions with the company include Jean Giraudoux's Apollo of Bellac (LA Weekly Production of the Year); Madman and the Nun, The Firebugs, Suburban Motel, Ethan Lipton's Hope on the Range, Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy, Oscar Wilde's Salome, and the West Coast Premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Sophistry.

Other theatrical turns include stand out performances at The Odyssey Theater and the Mark Taper Forum in masterworks such as Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Greeks (Ovation Award for Production of the Year) and The Goldoni Trilogy . Weisman has also treaded the boards at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, where he appeared as Uncle Louie In Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, and as Gabe in Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize winning play, Dinner with Friends, directed by Brian Kite.

Other work Internationally known for his portrayal of Marshall J. Flinkman for five seasons on the critically acclaimed ABC series Alias, Weisman was later cast as series regular, Kives, in the 2013 Stephen Merchant/HBO project Hello Ladies, in which TV.com named Weisman one of the "season's best new characters". In 2015, Weisman joined the cast of the David E. Kelley Amazon series, Goliath, as agoraphobic recluse Ned Berring.

Later that year, Weisman appeared as Stevie in a first-season episode of AMC's Better Call Saul entitled Hero, and landed the recurring role of Dr. Jeffrey Maynard on NBC's hit drama, The Blacklist. That same year, Weisman was tapped to play bon vivant Ray Spiewack on the CBS drama Scorpion, which resulted in a raucous three season arc. Other fan favorites include the recurring Assistant DA, Todd Erlich, on TNT's Perception, and a memorable turn as Anson Stokes in The X-Files (Season 7) episode "Je Souhaite", written and directed by Vince Gilligan. In 2006, director Kevin Smith called on Weisman to appear in his now cult classic film, Clerks II, and in 2010, director Rob Reiner hired him to play Aidan Quinn's character's younger, mentally challenged brother, Daniel Baker, in Flipped. In 2012, Weisman played the recurring role of the mysterious Mr. Blonde, opposite Jason Issacs in the NBC show Awake. Other television work includes the recurring role of the deferential minion, Dreg, on Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, ER, Frasier, JAG, The Pretender, The Drew Carey Show, Just Shoot Me, Chuck, Miami Medical, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Fairly Legal, Felicity, Human Target, The Forgotten, The Glades, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Fringe, and October Road. Additional film work includes The Rock, Gone in 60 Seconds, Space Buddies, Unicorn City, Bending The Rules, and Undocumented.

In 2004, Weisman produced and acted in the independent feature film The Illusion, directed by Emmy Award winner Michael Goorjian, and starring Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas. Illusion won the "Best Screenplay" award at the 12th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, and was an official selection of the 16th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. An avid poker player, Weisman appeared on Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. A drummer since age 12, Weisman has kept the back-beat for the band Trainwreck, with Kyle Gass of Tenacious D (with Jack Black).

Weisman's voice was featured in radio and television ads for such companies as Nike, Coca-Cola, and AT&T. He was also the voice of Honda cars and trucks for over three years.

Weisman has appeared on both the Entertainment Weekly "Must List" (2006), and on the TV Guide "Top 10 Scene Stealers" list a total of three times. He has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award twice for his work on Alias (best side-kick), and Marvel's Runaways once (Best Drama). He and the cast of Alias took home a People's Choice award after their first season for Best New Show. In 2002, Weisman and the rest of the Alias cast were nominated for a Best Drama Golden Globe Award.

In 2021, Weisman started the 'Did We Do It' podcast alongside former Trainwreck bandmate Kyle Gass.

Philanthropy In 2004, Weisman was a participant in the first-ever national television advertising campaign supporting donations to Jewish federations. The program featured "film and television personalities celebrating their Jewish heritage and promoting charitable giving to the Jewish community". The couple divorced in 2011, and co-parent their daughters.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Frasier Painter Episode: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" 1997 The Weird Al Show Spike Episode: "Bad Influence" Pauly Burger 8 episodes/series regular Just Shoot Me! Neil Episode: "The Experiment" Beverly Hills Family Robinson Brinx TV movie 1998 ER Glenn Karkowski Episode: "Exodus" The Drew Carey Show Carl Episode: "Drew and the Conspiracy" Maggie Winters Harold Episode: "Dinner at Rachel's" 1999 JAG Jerry Kemp Episode: "The Adversaries" 1999–2000 Roswell Larry Trilling 4 episodes/recurring 2000 Felicity Earl 3 episodes/recurring Love & Money Eddie Episode: "Puff the Magic Sister" The Pretender Mr. Abel Episode: "Meltdown" The X-Files Anson Stokes Episode: "Je Souhaite" 2001 Gideon's Crossing Mr. Ryan Episode: "The Crash" Charmed Lukas Episode: "Sin Francisco" Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Lost & Found employee Episode: "An Eye for a Finger" In a Heartbeat Distressed Man Episode: "Star Struck" First Years PI Richard Wad 3 episodes/recurring 2000–2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dreg 4 episodes/recurring 2001–2006 Alias Marshall Flinkman 105 episodesNominated–Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick (2003, 2005) 2006 Ghost Whisperer Dennis Hightower Episode: "The Ghost Within" 2007 Moonlight Steve Balfour 4 episodes/recurring Chuck Reardon Paine Episode: "Chuck Versus the Truth" October Road Duncan Bow Episode: "How to Kiss Hello" Business Class G. Glenn Ross TV movie 2008 CSI: NY Mike Hess Episode: "The Box" 2009 Numb3rs Bus Driver Episode: "Jacked" 2010 The Forgotten Ziipper Episode: "Double Doe" Human Target Martin Gleason Episode: "Lockdown" CSI: Miami Ricky Spano Episode: "Meltdown" Miami Medical Moose Episode: "Man on the Road" Fringe Gemini Episode: "6955 kHz" 2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Craig Higgins Episode: "Man Up" The Glades Ben Pershing Episode: "Welcome to Gibtown" 2012 Fairly Legal Danny Martin Episode: "Shine a light" Awake Ed Hawkins 4 episodes/recurring 2013 Perception AUSA Todd Erlich Recurring Hello Ladies Kives Main cast/series regular 2014 Hello Ladies: The Movie Kives/main cast TV movie 2015 Better Call Saul Stevie Episode: "Hero" The Blacklist Dr. Jeffrey Maynard 4 episodes/recurring Kingdom Eddie Rayburn Episode: "New Money" 2015–2017 Scorpion Ray Speiwack 12 episodes/recurring 2016 The Blacklist Dr. Jeffrey Maynard 2 Episodes : "The Vehm"

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