John Matthew Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles in such films as Cat People, After Hours, and the first two Home Alone films.
He was married to Margot Kidder, Sharon Heard, and Lana Pritchard and had three children, one of them by former girlfriend Melissa Leo.
He died of a heart attack at age 71 in 2017.
Patrial filmography:
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Film roles
- Chilly Scenes of Winter as Charles
- Cat People as Oliver Yates
- C.H.U.D. as George Cooper
- Deceived as Frank Sullivan / Jack Saunders / Dan Sherman
- After Hours as Thomas 'Tom' Schorr
- The Trip to Bountiful as Ludie Watts
- The Milagro Beanfield War as Charlie Bloom
- Big as Paul Davenport
- Beaches as John Pierce
- The Package as Col. Glen Whitacre
- Home Alone as Peter McCallister
- Awakenings as Dr. Kaufman
- Radio Flyer as Daugherty
- Gladiator as John Riley
- In the Line of Fire as Prof. Riger
- The Pelican Brief as Gavin Vereek
- Before And After as Wendell Bye
- My Fellow Americans as Ted Matthews
- 187 as Dave Childress
- Snake Eyes as Gilbert Powell
- "O" as Dean Bob Brable
- White Chicks as Warren Vandergold
- The Guardian as Captain Frank Larson
- Justice League: The New Frontier as Ace Morgan
- Would You Rather as Conway
- Assault on Wall Street as Jeremy Stancroft
- Sharknado as George
- Animal Factory as James Decker
Television roles
- Tales from the Darkside as Billy Malone (1 episode)
- Miami Vice as Laurence Thurmond (1 episode)
- The Equalizer as Ron Parrish (1 episode)
- Law & Order as Mitch Burke/Walter Grobman (2 episodes)
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Paul Stein (1 episode)
- The Sopranos as Det. Vin Makazian (5 episodes)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Larry Wiegert (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Allen (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gregory Rossovitch/Peter Sipes (1 episode)
- Hack as Paul Ballinger (1 episode)
- CSI: Miami as Kenwall Duquesne (4 episodes)
- Jack & Bobby as Dennis Morgenthal (5 episodes)
- NUMB3RS as Peter Houseman (1 episode)
- Prison Break as Gov. Frank Tancredi (10 episodes)
- Battlestar Galactica (2003) as Commander Barry Garner (1 episode)
- Cavemen as Tripp (1 episode)
- Entourage as Richard Wimmer (2 episodes)
- My Own Worst Enemy as Peter (1 episode)
- The Beast as Dr. Blake (1 episode)
- Southland as Ben Sherman Sr. (2 episodes)
- Gravity as B.C. (3 episodes)
- The Chicago Code as Mayor McGuinness (2 episodes)
- Perception (2012) as Congressman Evan Rickford (2 episodes)
- Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories as Lawyer (1 episode)
- Sharknado as George (TV Movie)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Roger Ridley (1 episode)
- Modern Family as Gunther Thorpe (1 episode)
- Person of Interest as Roger McCourt (1 episode)
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Michael Thomas (3 episodes)
- Elementary as Henry Watson (1 episode)
- MacGyver (2016) as Arthur Ericson (1 episode)
- APB as Joe Reeves (1 episode)
- Outsiders as Lt. Governor of Kentucky (1 episode)
