Kirk Baltz

William Kirk Baltz (born September 14, 1959) is an American actor, best known for his role as police officer Marvin Nash in Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut, the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs.

Life and career Baltz was born in New York City, New York. He played police officer Marvin Nash in the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs. Baltz also starred in 1994's Natural Born Killers, as Roger. His other film credits include the 1990 drama film Dances With Wolves, the 1997 action film Face/Off and the 1998 political satire Bulworth. Baltz starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's directorial debut in the 1993 short film Cigarettes & Coffee.

Baltz has appeared in many made-for-television films and starred in the 1999 miniseries To Serve and Protect. He starred in the short-lived 1992 television series Human Target, and played sinister stalker Steve Roth in The Marla Hanson Story (1991).

He has made guest appearances on shows including Will and Grace, NYPD Blue, Seven Days, The Shield, 24, and Without a Trace. Baltz was the first actor to portray the Batman villain Clayface in live action, in the short-lived series Birds of Prey.

Baltz operates an acting school in Los Angeles, California; one of Baltz's students was professional wrestler Chris Jericho.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy Unknown 1989 On the Make Richard 1990 Dances with Wolves Edwards 1991 Out of the Rain Val 1992 Reservoir Dogs Officer Marvin Nash 1993 Skin Art Will 1993 Cigarettes & Coffee Douglas Walker Short film 1994 Natural Born Killers Roger 1997 Face/Off Aldo Adino 1997 Cold Around the Heart Detective Logan 1998 Bulworth Debate Producer 1998 Where's Marlowe? Rivers 2001 Rave Macbeth Dean 2003 A Little Crazy Matt 2007 Forfeit Phil 2007 Tattered Angel Ben Miller 2011 Assassins' Code Chief Powers 2011 The Lie Joel 2013 Parker Bobby Hardwicke 2013 Goodbye World Radio Show Host 2017 The Cutlass Jake Soloman

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 The Marla Hanson Story Steve Roth Television film 1992 Human Target Philo Marsden 7 episodes 1994 Probable Cause John Sanchez Television film 1994 NYPD Blue Officer Daryl Guyce 2 episodes 1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Frank Costello Television film 1997 Bloodhounds Charles Veasey Television film 1998 Seven Days Dr. Jonathan Axelrad Episode: "Come Again?" 1999 To Serve and Protect Donald Curtis 2 episodes 2000 NYPD Blue Detective Jay Morrison Episode: "The Naked Are the Dead" 2000 The Fugitive Ned Cornell Episode: "Liar's Poker" 2001 Level 9 Dave McCormick Episode: "Avatar" 2001 Warden of Red Rock Gil Macon Television film 2002 Will & Grace Glenn Gabriel Episode: "Grace in the Hole" 2002 The Shield William Greeley Episode: "The Spread" 2002 24 Teddy Hanlin 2 episodes 2002 The Division Jack Hurley Episode: "Full Moon" 2003 The Guardian Ray Howard Episode: "The Weight" 2003 Birds of Prey Clayface Episode: "Feat of Clay" 2004 Without a Trace Scott Dorn Episode: "Exposure" 2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Kelvin C. Griffin Episode: "Fallout" 2015 Wicked City Detective Artie Bukowski 6 episodes 2018 Snowfall Jim Volpe Episode: "The Offer"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2007 The Darkness Anthony Estacado Voice 2009 [PROTOTYPE] Lieutenant Christopher Costanzo Voice 2010 Mafia II Additional voices Voice