Titus Welliver

Titus B. Welliver is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of the Man in Black in Lost (2009–2010), Silas Adams in Deadwood (2004–2006), Jimmy O'Phelan in Sons of Anarchy (2009–2010), and Harry Bosch in the television series Bosch (2014–2021), Bosch: Legacy (2022–2025) and Ballard (2025–). He is also known for his collaborations with Ben Affleck, starring in his films Gone Baby Gone, The Town (2010), Argo (2012), and Live by Night (2016).

Early life Titus Welliver was born March 12, 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut, and was raised in Philadelphia and New York City, surrounded by poets and painters. His father, Neil Welliver, was a well-known American landscape painter who was a professor of fine art at Yale University before becoming dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Art. His mother, Norma Cripps, was a fashion illustrator. Titus moved to New York in 1980 to learn his craft. He studied drama at New York University in the early 1980s before his film and television career began. He enrolled in classes at New York's HB Acting Studios while attending New York University. To support himself, he held a variety of jobs including bartender and construction worker.

Career

Film He has worked on several film projects, including The Doors (1991), Mobsters (1991), Mulholland Falls (1996), Rough Riders (1997), Once in the Life (2000), Biker Boyz (2003), Twisted (2004), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). He was cast in the first four films of director Ben Affleck: Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), Argo (2012), and Live by Night (2016). He was also cast in director Michael Bay's film Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014.

Television

On television, he had a recurring role as a doctor on NYPD Blue and was one of the stars of the CBS police drama Brooklyn South. Moreover, he is well known for playing the semi-regular character Silas Adams on the HBO series Deadwood. Welliver played Maxwell Burke in two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, “Equinox, Part 1” and “Equinox, Part 2”. He played "The Representative" in two episodes of Prison Break, portrayed Kyle Hollis (a.k.a. Reverend Orson Parker) in the NBC series Life, and appeared in the season five finale of Lost as the "Man in Black", which he continued to portray during the sixth and final season. In 1999, he appeared in an episode of Touched by an Angel titled "The Occupant", where he played a man who was "occupied" by a demon. In 2002, he played Tom Landricks, a rapist, on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

He was introduced into FX's Sons of Anarchy midway through season two, in which he portrays Irish gun kingpin Jimmy O'Phelan. In 2009, he started playing the role of Prosecutor Glenn Childs, a rival of Chris Noth's character, in the CBS series The Good Wife. He joined the cast of the apocalyptic drama The Last Ship in a recurring role for its first two seasons, as Thorwald, a local warlord fighting underground in a dying world infected by a global pandemic.

He plays the title role in the TV series Bosch from Amazon Studios. The series is based on the novels centered on the character of the same name by Michael Connelly. The first season of the series was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 13, 2015. The series was renewed for a seventh and final season on February 13, 2020. The Bosch series was followed by a May 2022 spin-off entitled Bosch: Legacy in which Bosch has left the LAPD and has become a private detective and his daughter, Madeline (played by Madison Lintz), is a rookie police officer, still set in Los Angeles.

Outside of acting, Welliver appeared in the eighteenth season of Hell's Kitchen when he attended the fifth dinner service as one of the red team's diners.

He had a cameo appearance as an Imperial captain in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

Audiobooks He has narrated several audiobooks, including Robert B. Parker's series of American western novels, Appaloosa, Brimstone, Blue-Eyed Devil and Ironhorse. He has also narrated several of the Michael Connelly Bosch series of crime fiction novels, including The Crossing, The Burning Room, Two Kinds of Truth and The Wrong Side of Goodbye.

Painting Welliver is the son of artist Neil Welliver and is an established painter himself. He is represented in New York by the Georges Bergès Gallery.

Personal life He has been married five times (with four ending in divorce and one ending due to death of his spouse). He has three children.

Filmography

Film Year Production Role Notes 1990 Navy SEALs Redneck in Bar The Lost Capone Ralph Capone 1991 The Doors Macing Cop Mobsters Al Capone 1992 An American Story Jack Austin 1994 Tick, Tick, Tick Unknown ShortZero Tolerance Ray Manta Blind Justice Sumner 1995 Born to Be Wild Sergeant Markle 1996 Mulholland Falls Kenny Kamins, Mobster 1997 The Clearing Unknown ShortThe Big Fall Moe 2000 Cement Mo Once in the Life Torch 2003 Biker Boyz Max 2004 Twisted Dale Becker 2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Milos 2007 Gone Baby Gone Lionel McCready 2008 The Narrows Tony The Human Contract Mr. Praylis 2009 Other People's Parties Pat “The Patriot” Prescott Handsome Harry Gebhardt 2010 Mafia II Civilians Video game voice roleThe Town Detective Dino Ciampa 2012 Man on a Ledge Captain Dante Marcus Item 47 Agent Felix Blake Short Marvel Comics film, precursor to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series.Argo Jon Bates Promised Land Rob 2013 Red 2 Senior Director of Military Intelligence Uncredited 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction James Savoy Poker Night Maxwell 2016 Live by Night Tim Hickey 2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades Gregor Faust 2019 An Affair to Die For Russell Shaft Special Agent Vietti 2021 Batman: The Long Halloween Carmine Falcone Voice, direct-to-video 2024 Watchmen Rorschach / Walter Kovacs 2025 Ricky Leslie Torino Abraham's Boys Abraham Van Helsing 2026 Killing Castro

Television Year Production Role Notes 1990 Matlock Johnny Bauer Episode: "The Narc" 1992 L.A. Law William Boyd Episode: "Steal It Again, Sam"Beverly Hills, 90210 Doug Episode: "Cardio-Funk"The Commish Michael Harris Episode: "Video Vigilante" 1993 Tales from the Crypt Salucci Episode: "Forever Ambergris" 1994 The X-Files Doug Spinney Episode: "Darkness Falls"One Woman's Courage Television movie 1995 New York Undercover Frankie Episode: "Innocent Bystanders" 1995–1998 NYPD Blue Dr. Mondzac Recurring role; 8 episodes 1996 Kindred: The Embraced Cameron Episode: "Cabin in the Woods"High Incident Sergeant Crispo 2 episodesMurder One Larry White 3 episodes 1997 Nash Bridges Richard Drake Episode: "The Web"The Practice Gordon Episode: "Hide and Seek"Rough Riders B.F. Goodrich Miniseries 1997–1998 Brooklyn South Officer Jake Lowery Main role; 22 episodes 1998 The Day Lincoln Was Shot Lewis Thornton Powell Television movieSpy Game Sebastian Dane Episode: "Necessity Is the Mother of Infection" 1999 Total Recall 2070 Henry Sumers Episode: "Personal Effects"Star Trek: Voyager Lieutenant Maxwell Burke Episode: Equinox Part 1 & 2Touched by an Angel Gregory / Lonnie Episode: "The Occupant"Mind Prey John Mail Television movie 2000 Falcone Santino 'Sonny' Napoli Episode: "Windows" 2001 Big Apple FBI Special Agent Jimmy Flynn 8 episodesBlonde The Baseball Player Television miniseriesUC: Undercover Rick Jansen Episode: "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" 2001–2002 That's Life Dr. Eric Hackett Recurring role; 17 episodes 2002 Third Watch Cameron Episode: "Ladies' Day"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tom Landricks Episode: "Resilience" 2003 The Twilight Zone Dylan Episode: "The Monsters Are on Maple Street"Hack Zachary 2 episodes 2004–2006 Deadwood Silas Adams 26 episodes 2006 Law & Order Bill Whitney Episode: "Profiteer" 2007 Numb3rs Agent Graves Episode: "Finders Keepers"Kidnapped Senator Bill Ross 2 episodesJericho Colonel Robert Hoffman Episode: "Why We Fight"NCIS Navy Captain Roger Walsh Episode: "Leap of Faith"Shark Dexter Modene / Javier Episode: "In Absentia" 2007–2008 Life Kyle Hollis 2 episodes 2008 Prison Break Representative Scott 2 episodes 2009 Monk Daniel Reese Episode: "Mr. Monk's Other Brother"Raising the Bar Nate Chrisman Episode: "No Child's Left Behind"Kings Bartender Episode: "Chapter One"Supernatural Roger / War Episode: "Good God, Y'All" 2009–2010 Lost Man In Black 3 episodes 2010 The Closer Gregory Drisken Episode: "Help Wanted" 2009–2010 Sons of Anarchy Jimmy O'Phelan 13 episodes 2010 True Blue John Leeson Television movieLost: The Final Journey Himself / narrator Television documentary 2011 Law & Order: LA Attorney Kennedy Episode: "Angel's Knoll" 2011, 2015 Suits Dominic Barone 3 episodes 2009–2011 The Good Wife Glenn Childs Recurring role; 16 episodes 2011–2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mark Gabriel / Matt Gabriel 3 episodes 2011 Awakening The Hunter Television movieGood Morning, Killer Mike Donato Television movie 2012 Grimm Farley Kolt Episode: "Three Coins in a Fuchsbau"Touch Randall Meade 3 episodesPowers Triphammer Television movieMidnight Sun Bennett Maxwell Television movie 2013 White Collar Senator Terence Pratt 2 episodes 2013–2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Felix Blake 3 episodes 2014 The Mentalist Michael Ridley 3 episodes 2014–2015 The Last Ship Thorwald 4 episodes 2014–2021 Bosch Detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch Lead role; 68 episodes 2018 Chicago P.D. Ronald Booth Episode: "Ghosts"Hell's Kitchen Himself Red guest dinerEpisode: "Hot Potato" 2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Attorney Rob Miller 3 episodes 2020 The Mandalorian Imperial Captain Episode: "Chapter 11: The Heiress" 2021 Castlevania Ratko Voice, 5 episodes 2021 Nova Vita Dr. Dexter Luis 9 episodes 2022–2025 Bosch: Legacy Harry Bosch Lead role; 30 episodes 2022 Titans Lex Luthor Episode: "Lex Luthor" 2025 The Equalizer Elijah Reed Episode: "Sins of the Father" Ballard Harry Bosch 3 episodes 2026 Dark Winds Dominic McNair Series 4 2026 The Westies Glenn Keenan Main cast The Night Agent Duval Main role (season 4)