James Patrick "Jamey" Sheridan (born July 12, 1951 in Pasadena, California) is a prolific American character actor.
He is married to actress Colette Kilroy and they have three children.
He appeared in (Selected Filmography Only)
Television
- St. Elsewhere
- Spenser: For Hire
- The Equalizer
- Picket Fences
- The Stand (1994)
- Chicago Hope
- Now and Again
- Hamlet
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Trauma
- Game Change
- Homeland
- NCIS
- Smash
- Suits
- Arrow
- Agent X
- American Gothic (2016)
Film
- All I Want for Christmas
- A Stranger Among Us
- The Ice Storm
- Wild America
- The Simian Line
- Syriana
- The East
- Spotlight
Tropes
- Chronically Killed Actor: He frequently dies on-screen.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Usually, his characters either goes against them or are one themselves.
- Law Procedural: He is frequently cast in these type of works.
- Police Procedural: He is also frequently cast in these type of works, perhaps more so than the above.
- Realpolitik: His works frequently focus on this.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Commonly his heroic roles.
- Shakespearean Actors: He is a classically trained actor and is a veteran on Shakespearean plays.
- Written-In Infirmity: Was diagnosed with Bell's palsy (a partial paralysis of the face) during his penultimate season on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which led to him wearing an eyepatch and his condition being written into the show.
