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Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born 1949)

Field	Value
image	Paul Guilfoyle (25593864834).jpg
caption	Guilfoyle in 2016
birth_name	Paul Vincent Guilfoyle
birth_date
birth_place	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1975–present
spouse
children	1

Paul Vincent Guilfoyle () (born April 28, 1949) is an American character actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He returned for the series finale, "Immortality", in 2015. He also returned for two episodes in the sequel CSI: Vegas.

Early life

Guilfoyle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College High School and spoke at the 2005 commencement of the school's seniors. He would later appear in Spotlight, which features the school. Guilfoyle graduated from Lehigh University in 1972.

He is a member of The Actors Studio and established a substantial theatrical reputation on and off Broadway, including 12 years with the Theatre Company of Boston, appearances on Broadway include in David Rabe's The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Those The River Keeps, Richard III with Al Pacino, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Death Defying Acts, and Search and Destroy.

Career

Guilfoyle appeared in Three Men and a Baby, and in an early episode of Crime Story, where he played a criminal who takes a hostage, getting into a shootout with the Major Crimes Unit. He has since become one of the industry's leading character actors specializing in roles on both the good and bad side of law enforcement.

His television appearances most notably include guest roles on Miami Vice, Law & Order, Wiseguy, New York Undercover, Ally McBeal and Justice League Unlimited as Travis Morgan, the Warlord. His film credits are numerous, spanning nearly three decades. His appearances in notable films include Howard the Duck, Wall Street, Celtic Pride, Beverly Hills Cop II, Quiz Show, Final Analysis, Hoffa, Mrs. Doubtfire, Air Force One, Striptease, Amistad, The Negotiator, Extreme Measures, Session 9, Primary Colors, and L.A. Confidential.

Guilfoyle also appears in Alter Bridge's video for their single "Broken Wings", and the HBO original film Live from Baghdad.

Guilfoyle is best known for his role as L.V.P.D. Captain James "Jim" Brass in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which he performed from the show's inception in 2000.

In 2014, it was announced that Guilfoyle would be leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after 14 years, but returned in 2015 for the two-hour series finale "Immortality".

In 2020, he guest-starred on Star Trek: Discovery in the two-part story "Terra Firma", as Carl, the humanoid avatar of the Guardian of Forever.

Personal life

In 1989, Guilfoyle married choreographer and aerial artist Lisa Giobbi. They have one child and live in New York City.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Next Door	Unknown	Short film
1976	The Murderer	Brock	Short film
1981	The Dark End of the Street	Unknown
1986	Howard the Duck	Lieutenant Welker
Billy Galvin	Nolan
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Nikos Thomopolis
Three Men and a Baby	Vince
Wall Street	Stone Livingston
1988	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Dr. Andrew Cassedy
1989	Dealers	Lee Peters
1990	The Local Stigmatic	Ray
Cadillac Man	Jack "Little Jack" Turgeon
1991	True Colors	John Laury
1992	Final Analysis	Mike O'Brien
Hoffa	Ted Harmon, Reporter
1993	The Night We Never Met	Sparrow's Nest Salesman
Naked in New York	Roman, Jake's Father
Mother's Boys	Mark Kaplan, Robert's Attorney
Mrs. Doubtfire	Head Chef
1994	Little Odessa	Boris Volkoff
Quiz Show	Lishman
1995	Gospa	Miodrag Dobrovic
Cafe Society	Anthony Liebler
1996	Manny & Lo	Country House Owner
Looking for Richard	2nd Murderer	Documentary film
A Couch in New York	Dennis
Celtic Pride	Kevin O'Grady
Heaven's Prisoners	Detective Magelli
Striptease	Malcolm Moldovsky
Extreme Measures	Dr. Jeffrey Manko
Ransom	FBI Agent Wallace
1997	Night Falls on Manhattan	McGovern
L.A. Confidential	Mickey Cohen
Air Force One	Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd
Amistad	Attorney
1998	Peppermills	Owner of Restaurant	Short film
Primary Colors	Howard Ferguson
The Negotiator	Detective Nathan Roenick	Uncredited
One Tough Cop	Frankie 'Hot' Salvino
1999	In Dreams	Detective Jack Kay
Entropy	Andy
Anywhere but Here	George Franklin
Random Hearts	Dick Montoya
2000	A Question of Faith	Francis
Company Man	Officer Hickle
2001	Hemingway, the Hunter of Death	Alex Smith
Session 9	Bill Griggs
2002	Pharoh's Heart	Angelo	Short film
2004	Tempesta	Taddeo Rossi
2008	American Violet	Judge Belmont
2012	That Guy... Who Was in That Thing	Himself
2015	Spotlight	Pete Conley
2016	Pandemic	Dr. Greer
2019	Turnover	Peter Parveau
William	Bob Claybourn
2020	Recondition	Gerry Sanders	Short film
2021	Don't Look Up	General Themes
The Mothership		Filmed in 2021, ultimately unreleased
2022	The Good House	Henry Barlow
The Man from Rome	Monsignor Paolo Spada
2024	Polara	Billy
Arthur the King	Charlie
2025	Any Day Now	Marty Lyons
2026			Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Ephriam McDowell's Kentucky Ride	Unknown	Television film
1986	American Playhouse	Unknown	Episode: "Roanoak: Part 1"
Crime Story	Deranged Gunman	Episode: "Hide and Go Thief"
1987	Spenser: For Hire	Ross Bates	Episode: "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Miami Vice	Milton Glantz	Episode: "Death and the Lady"
1988	Kate & Allie	Benny Rinaldi	Episode: "My Day with Paul Newman"
Internal Affairs	The Watcher	Television film
Wiseguy	Calvin Hollis	3 episodes
1989	Unsub	Joe	Episode: "White Bone Demon"
Miami Vice	John Baker	Episode: "Victims of Circumstance"
The Equalizer	Max Gorman	Episode: "Heart of Justice"
A Man Called Hawk	Stan	Episode: "Life After Death"
Big Time	Ted	Television film
Kojak: Fatal Flaw	Hoods	Television film
1990	Curiosity Kills	Ortley	Television film
Against the Law	Shraker	Episode: "Pilot"
Law & Order	Anthony Scalisi	Episode: "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"
1991	The Great Pretender	Martin Brinkman	Television film
Darrow	Bert Franklin	Television film
Civil Wars	Jerry Bennett	Episode: "Pilot"
1992	Notorious	Norman Prescott	Television film
Those Secrets	Leonard	Television film
Unnatural Pursuits	Larry Leitz	Episode: "I'm the Author"
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	Commander Steve Mccall, US Coast Guard	Television film
1993	Anna Lee: Headcase	Dr. Frank	Television film
Class of '61	Unknown	Television film
Fallen Angels	Steve Prokowski	Episode: "Dead-End for Delia"
1994	Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight	Paul Mantz	Television film
M.A.N.T.I.S.	Michael Rompath	Episode: "Soldier of Misfortune"
New York Undercover	Remmy Powers	Episode: "Eyewitness Blues"
1996	September	Conrad	Television film
C.P.W.	Detective	2 episodes
The Burning Zone	Dr. Arthur Glyndon	Episode: "Pilot"
1997	New York Undercover	Alex Pratt	Episode: "Hubris"
Path to Paradise	Lou Napoli	Television film
1998	Ally McBeal	Harold Lee	Episode: "Theme of Life"
Exiled: A Law & Order Movie	Detective Sammy Kurtz	Television film
2000	Now and Again	Ed Bernstadt	Episode: "The Eggman Cometh"
Secret Agent Man	Brubeck	Recurring role
2000–2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Captain Jim Brass	Main cast
2001	Night Visions	John (segment "The Passenger List")	Episode: "The Passenger List/The Bokor"
2002	Live from Bagdad	Ed Turner	Television film
2003	Coyote Waits	FBI Agent Jay Kennedy	Television film
2005	Justice League Unlimited	Travis Morgan / Warlord	Voice, episode: "Chaos at the Earth's Core"
2015	The Fourth Man	Liska 'The Bear'	Miniseries; episode: "#1.2"
CSI: Immortality	Jim Brass	Television film
Stanistan	Ambassador Matthews	Television film
2016	Colony	Quayle	Recurring role
2017	Blindspot	Rosmond Ott	Episode: "Gunplay Ricochet"
2017–2018	The Good Fight	Henry Rindell	Recurring role
2019	The Morning Show	Reid	Episode: "Lonely at the Top"
A Million Little Things	Lenny	Episode: "Daisy"
2020	Star Trek: Discovery	Carl, The Guardian of Forever	2 episodes
2021	CSI: Vegas	Jim Brass	2 episodes
2023	Julia	Frank Bludger	2 episodes
2024	Evil	Archibishop Kirby	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice Role
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Captain Jim Brass
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives	Captain Jim Brass
2006	CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder	Captain Jim Brass
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence	Captain Jim Brass
2009	Prototype	Dr. Raymond McMullen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent	Captain Jim Brass
2010	CSI: Fatal Conspiracy	Captain Jim Brass

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Accolade	Category	Results
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	rowspan=3
2003
2004
2005	rowspan=2
2016	Spotlight	Independent Spirit Award	Best Ensemble

References

"Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes".
Upadhyaya, Ruchinka (July 24, 2015). [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/csi-finale-will-feature-pivotal-death-find-out-which-original-character-will-return-two-hour-1512388 "''CSI'' finale will feature a 'pivotal death'; find out which original character will return in two-hour episode"]. ''[[International Business Times]]''. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
(May 3, 2021). "'CSI: Vegas' Jamie McShane To Recur In CBS Sequel, Paul Guilfoyle To Reprise Jim Brass Role". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
Bricker, Tierney. (March 24, 2014). "CSI Shocker: Find Out Which Original Castmember Is Leaving the CBS Drama". E! Entertainment Television, LLC.
"Bios: Paul Guilfoyle as Capt. Jim Brass". CBS.
Stedman, Alex. (2024-01-24). "Netflix Scraps Halle Berry Sci-Fi Film The Mothership, Despite Completing Filming".

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