James "Jim" Ortlieb (June 19, 1956) is an American actor best known for Flatliners (1990), A Mighty Wind (2003), and Contagion (2011).
He is married to Mimi Devens-Ortlieb and they have two children.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1986: Running Scared as Lab Technician
- 1989: An Innocent Man as Convict
- 1990: Flatliners as Uncle Dave
- 1990: Goodnight Sweet Life A Murder In Boston as MacLean
- 1990: Home Alone as Herb the Drugstore Clerk
- 1991: Dillinger as Kahler
- 1991: Cold Justice as Illinois Troy
- 1992: The Babe as Scribe
- 1994: The Childhood Friend as Eddie 'Chuck' Greenberg
- 1996: Chain Reaction as Orbit
- 1999: Love And Action In Chicago as Business Man
- 1999: The Opera Lover as Emcee
- 1999: Magnolia as Middle Aged Guy
- 2002: Crazy As Hell as Mr. Tobin
- 2002: Bug as Louis
- 2003: A Mighty Wind as David Kantor
- 2003: Latter Days as Brother Farron Davis
- 2004: Out For Blood as Dr. Blake
- 2005: Say Uncle as David Berman
- 2005: Dirty as Husband
- 2006: The Enigma With A Stigma as Travis Lass
- 2008: The Onion Movie as Bank Mr. Poniewicz
- 2010: Drunkboat as Morley
- 2011: Contagion as Funeral Director
- 2014: Of Mice and Men as The Boss
- 2017: The Crash as Jeff Grillstein
- 2017: Inheritance as Glen Crawford
Television Roles
- 1985: Lady Blue as Thompson
- 1986: Jack And Mike as Bob
- 1990: Gabriels Fire as Fecky
- 1993: The Untouchables as Wobbly
- 1993: Missing Persons as Eli Saltz
- 1997: Early Edition as Prosecutor
- 1998: ER as Cook
- 1999: Arli SS as Ring Announcer
- 2000: Will & Grace as Ira
- 2000: Judging Amy as Sidney Gilbert
- 2000: The West Wing as Dr. Keller
- 2000: Roswell as Ed Harding
- 2000: Spin City as Ian
- 2000: CSI as Winston Barger
- 2000: Boston Public as Judge Jeremy Allen
- 2000-2001: Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Frederick Wilson
- 2001: Any Day Now as Principal Sloan
- 2001: JAG as Miller Josephson
- 2001: Angel as Wolfram & Hart Translator
- 2001: Men Women And Dogs as Dr. Baker
- 2001-2002: Felicity as Prof. Bill Hodges
- 2002: The Court as Counsel
- 2002: The Shield as Dr. Bernard Grady
- 2002: The Division as Sid Lockman
- 2002: Push Nevada as The Middle Management Man
- 2003: Gilmore Girls as Mr. Hunter
- 2003: Six Feet Under as Andrew Wayne Milne
- 2004: Without a Trace as Claude Cleary
- 2005: The Young and the Restless as Zoo Security Guard #2/#1
- 2005: CSI: NY as John Swinton
- 2005: Bones as Hal
- 2006: CSI: Miami as Dr. Kagen
- 2006: Boston Legal as Dr. George Murrow
- 2007: The Closer as Judd Whaley
- 2007: The Unit as Principal
- 2007: American Body Shop as Floyd
- 2008: Grey's Anatomy as Jack O'Brien
- 2012: Vegas (2012) as Gus Wilson
- 2015: Masters of Sex as Minister
- 2016: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Belka Maier
- 2017: Chicago Justice as Judge
- 2017: Do You Want To See A Dead Body as Mr. Greer
- 2018: How to Get Away with Murder as Dennis Cruz
- 2019: The Rookie (2018) as Judge Stevens
- 2021: Chicago Med as Dr. Richard Cohen
- 2021: 9-1-1: Lone Star as Frank
- 2021: American Horror Story
- 2021: American Horror Story: Double Feature as Ray Cunningham
