Biography
Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television.
Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up.
Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Filmography
all 162
Movies 86
TV Shows 76
Voice 6
self 6
Narrator 1
Director 1
Constellation (2024)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)
Breaking Kitchen (2022)
Catwoman: Hunted (2022)
Show Me More (2021)
A Tale Dark & Grimm (2021)
Redbad - The Legend (2020)
The Comey Rule (2020)
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
The Wolf: True Alpha (2018)
Redbad (2018)
Incredibles 2 (2018)
The Commuter (2018)
Tangled: Queen for a Day (2017)
Mudbound (2017)
Better Call Saul Employee Training (2017)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
Breaking Bad - The Movie (2017)
Skylanders Academy (2016)
Term Life (2016)
The Yard (2016)
Talking Saul (2016)
The Expanse (2015)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magische Freundschaft (2015)
Dr. Ken (2015)
I'm Brave! (2015)
Major Lazer (2015)
Better Call Saul (2015)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Authors Anonymous (2014)
Bullet (2014)
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013)
Identity Thief (2013)
Watercolor Postcards (2013)
Gravity Falls (2012)
Modern Family (2009)
Community (2009)
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Castle (2009)
Lie to Me (2009)
Proud American (2008)
Eli Stone (2008)
Breaking Bad (2008)
Life (2007)
Reign Over Me (2007)
Murder 101: College Can be Murder (2007)
Day Break (2006)
Dexter (2006)
Shark (2006)
Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
Circadian Rhythm (2005)
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
E-Ring (2005)
Cold Case (2003)
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
MythBusters (2003)
Dark Blue (2002)
Without a Trace (2002)
R.S.V.P. (2002)
Alias (2001)
Proximity (2001)
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
Downward Angel (2001)
The District (2000)
The Trouble with Normal (2000)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Millennium Man (1999)
Harvey (1999)
Trash (1999)
Foolish (1999)
Outlaw Justice (1999)
Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
Dollar for the Dead (1998)
A Thousand Men and a Baby (1997)
Melanie Darrow (1997)
Fired Up (1997)
Dark Breed (1997)
Harvey (1996)
Flipper (1996)
Wiseguy (1996)
Last Man Standing (1995)
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Women of the House (1995)
Due South (1994)
ER (1994)
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994)
Shadow of Obsession (1994)
Body Shot (1994)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
seaQuest DSV (1993)
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
Boiling Point (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
Blind Side (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
Highlander: The Series (1992)
Freejack (1992)
Don't Touch My Daughter (1991)
Honeymoon Academy (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Pin (1988)
Cold Steel (1987)
Wiseguy (1987)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987)
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
Who Is Julia? (1986)
Designing Women (1986)
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Assassin (1986)
Matlock (1986)
The Fifth Missile (1986)
Hollywood Beat (1985)
Otherworld (1985)
Crazy like a Fox (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Jessie (1984)
Hunter (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Nadia (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
The Invisible Woman (1983)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Frances (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
Report to Murphy (1982)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
T. J. Hooker (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
Simon & Simon (1981)
Gangster Wars (1981)
The Gangster Chronicles (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Stir Crazy (1980)
Desperate Voyage (1980)
Rage! (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
Sanford (1980)
She's Dressed to Kill (1979)
The Rose (1979)
Ike (1979)
Ike (1979)
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979)
The Word (1978)
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Coming Home (1978)
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977)
The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977)
Lou Grant (1977)
Carter Country (1977)
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Linda's Film on Menstruation (1974)
The Waltons (1972)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
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GenderMale
Birthday1947-01-31 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJonathan Ray Banks, Джонатан Бэнкс, 조나단 뱅스, 乔纳森·班克斯, Джонатан Бенкс
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