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Jason Gedrick

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Jason Gedrick
Gedrick in February 2010
Born
Jason Michael Gedroic

(1965-02-07) February 7, 1965 (age 59)
OccupationActor
Years active1983–2019
Spouse
Dana Lavas
(m. 1989; div. 1997)
Children3

Jason Michael Gedrick (born February 7, 1965) is an American actor best known for his work on the television series Murder One and Boomtown, and the motion picture Iron Eagle as Doug Masters.

Early life

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Gedrick was born in Chicago, Illinois, and is of Polish descent. He changed his surname to the homonymous "Gedrick" and began his career as an extra in films such as Bad Boys (1983) and Risky Business (1983).

He had roles in The Heavenly Kid (1985), Iron Eagle (1986), and Promised Land (1987) with director Michael Hoffman, Iron Eagle II (1988 in an uncredited role for the first few minutes of the movie), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), the cult classic Rooftops (1989), Backdraft (1991), and Crossing the Bridge (1992). Gedrick then appeared in television series such as Class of '96 (1993) and Sweet Justice (1994).

In 1994, Gedrick starred in the film The Force with Yasmine Bleeth and Kim Delaney. He starred in the first season of Steven Bochco's 1995 television series Murder One, which followed the trial of Gedrick's character, bad-boy actor Neil Avedon. His next major project was the three-hour TV film The Third Twin (1997), a thriller based on the best-selling 1996 novel by the British writer Ken Follett.

Gedrick next took roles in television series such as EZ Streets (1996), Falcone (2000), and The Beast (2001), none of which were major successes. In 1999, he guest starred on Ally McBeal as the "hot car wash guy". He also appeared in Mario Puzo's 1997 miniseries, The Last Don, and in its sequel, The Last Don II. Gedrick returned to television screens as Tom Turcotte in 2002's Boomtown. The series, which also starred Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough, was a moderate success, but ratings plummeted – particularly after the second season altered the show’s format, and Boomtown was cancelled.

In 2003, Gedrick played Andrew Luster, the infamous rapist in a Lifetime movie based on his trial, A Date with Darkness. Gedrick was part of the cast of the 2006 NBC television series Windfall, also starring Luke Perry and Gedrick's former Boomtown alumnus, Lana Parrilla. In 2007, Gedrick again starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg in the A&E original movie Kings of South Beach. He was also the new love interest at Scavo's Pizzeria in Desperate Housewives in seasons 3 and 4, on ABC. In 2009, he appeared in Lie to Me.

In 2011, he appeared in Necessary Roughness as Dr. J. D. Aldridge, a former graduate school professor and possible love interest for series lead Callie Thorne. He starred in the 2006 movie Hidden Places alongside Sydney Penney and Shirley Jones.

Gedrick was a member of the cast of the HBO series Luck, which ran for one season in 2012. Gedrick appears in a multi-episode arc playing the manager of a Miami-area gentlemen’s club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case in season 7 of Dexter. Beginning in November 2012, Gedrick starred as Evan Farnsworth, a struggling professor at a prestigious Maine boarding school, in the Hallmark film The Wishing Tree.

In late 2012, Gedrick appeared on an episode of NBC's Grimm. In 2015, he had a season-long arc as serial killer Raynard Waits in the Amazon Prime original television series Bosch, along with a recurring role as Liam in The CW's 2012 series Beauty & the Beast. In 2016, Gedrick starred as estranged Det. Mark Hickman, Lt. Mike Tao's ex-partner, on Major Crimes.

Since 2019 Gedrick has not appeared in any movie or television projects.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Bad Boys Inmate
Risky Business Extra at Party
1984 Massive Retaliation Eric Briscoe
1985 The Zoo Gang Hardin
The Heavenly Kid Lenny Barnes
1986 Iron Eagle Doug Masters
1987 Stacking Gary Connaloe
Promised Land Davey Hancock
1988 Iron Eagle II Doug Masters
1989 Rooftops T
Born on the Fourth of July Pvt. Martinez
1990 Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder Peter Sherwood
1991 Backdraft Tim Krizminski
1992 Crossing the Bridge Tim Reese
1994 The Force Cal Warner Video
1995 Dare to Love Patrick TV movie
1996 Power 98 John Price
1997 The Third Twin Steve Logan/Other Twins TV movie
Silent Cradle Jay Mitchell
1998 Gentlemen Like Chris Jacques Derrida Short
2001 Summer Catch Mike Dunne
One Eyed King Dennis Reilly
2002 Strange Frequency 2 Vince Brava TV movie
2003 A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster Andrew Luster TV movie
2006 Hidden Places Gabe Harper TV movie
Rapid Fire Tony TV movie
2008 Wisegal Frank Russo TV movie
Depth Charge Raymond "Doc" Ellers TV movie
The Christmas Choir Peter Brockman TV movie
2009 Shannon's Rainbow Eric
Sand Serpents Richard Stanley TV movie
2010 Sinatra Club Sal
2012 War Flowers Louis McIntire
The Shooting Star Salesman Businessman Short
The Wishing Tree Professor Evan Farnsworth TV movie
2013 Skating to New York Doug Demas
2018 Bella's Story Danny
Acts of Desperation Alan Grillo

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Hitchhiker Tommy Episode: "Phantom Zone"
1992 In Living Color - Episode: "Episode #3.27"
1993 Class of '96 David Morrisey Main Cast
1994 Birdland Nick Episode: "Lower Than the Angels"
Heaven Help Us Singer Episode: "Lovers Lullaby"
1994–95 Sweet Justice Bailey Connors Main Cast
1995–96 Murder One Neil Avedon Main Cast: Season 1
1996–97 EZ Streets Danny Rooney Main Cast
1997 The Last Don Cross De Lena Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
1998 The Last Don II Cross De Lena Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
1999 Ally McBeal Joel Recurring Cast: Season 3
2000 Falcone Joseph D. Pistone/"Joe Falcone" Main Cast
2001 The Beast Reese McFadden Main Cast
Strange Frequency - Episode: "Instant Karma"
2002 The Outer Limits Captain Kelvin Parkhurst Episode: "Human Trials"
Philly Chris Maguire Episode: "Brotherly Love"
2002–03 Boomtown Officer Tom Turcotte Main Cast
2004 North Shore Dr. Clayton Kellogg Recurring Cast
2004–05 LAX Gavin Recurring Cast
2005 S.O.S. 18 Tom Turcotte Episode: "Fille mère"
Crossing Jordan Eli Graham Episode: "Enlightenment"
2006 Windfall Cameron Walsh Main Cast
Supernatural Det. Peter Sheridan Episode: "The Usual Suspects"
Ghost Whisperer Jesse Sutton Episode: "The Night We Met"
2007 Lincoln Heights Joey Mulaney Episode: "Spree"
2006–07 Desperate Housewives Rick Coletti Recurring Cast: Season 3-4
2009 Cold Case U.S. Marshal Tom Parker Episode: "Witness Protection"
Lie to Me John Parks Episode: "Secret Santa"
2011 Necessary Roughness J.D. Aldridge Recurring Cast: Season 1
2011–12 Luck Jerry Main Cast
2012 Georgia Ganesh Episode: "Hello, I'm Sunshine"
Grimm Craig Wendell Ferren Episode: "To Protect And Serve Man"
Dexter George Novikov Recurring Cast: Season 7
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit FBI Agent Cantwell Episode: "Dreams Deferred"
2014 How to Get Away with Murder Gabriel Shaw Episode: "Smile, or Go to Jail"
2015 Bosch Raynard Waits Main Cast: Season 1
Justified Richard Episode: "The Promise"
Beauty & the Beast Liam Recurring Cast: Season 3
2016 Shooter Officer Timmons Recurring Cast: Season 1
2016–17 Major Crimes Det. Mark Hickman Recurring Cast: Season 4, Guest: Season 5
2018 Criminal Minds Craig Kaline Episode: “The Dance of Love”
2019 Lethal Weapon Frank Hardy Episode: “The Roger and Me”
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