Ned Bellamy

Ned Bellamy
Bellamy in 2011
Born (1957-05-07) May 7, 1957 (age 67)
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present

Ned Bellamy (born May 7, 1957)[1] is an American actor.

Early life and education

Bellamy was educated at UCLA. His brother, Mark Bellamy, was the United States Ambassador to Kenya from 2003 until 2006.[2]

Career

After graduating from UCLA, Bellamy founded the Los Angeles–based theater company The Actors' Gang with fellow actor Tim Robbins.[3]

Bellamy has appeared in numerous films and television series, including Scrubs, Treme, 24, Chicago P.D., Justified, Criminal Minds, Gotham, and Paradise City. He portrayed the Reverend Lester Coggins in the first season of the CBS adaptation of Stephen King's Under the Dome.

Bellamy became a fan-favorite on an episode of Seinfeld, portraying Eddie, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ army veteran co-writer in "The Fatigues". His television career began with another veteran—Paul, an American-born German soldier, in the final season of The Waltons.

Bellamy played Wilson in Quentin Tarantino’s seventh film, Django Unchained. In 2021, he appeared as Ross on the Amazon Prime series Paradise City.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1988 The Night Before Tuff #2
1989 Wired Paul Forrest
1990 Fatal Charm Adolph
1992 Bob Roberts Uzi Kornhauser
Universal Soldier FBI Agent
House IV Lee
1993 Twenty Bucks Bowling Alley Entrepreneur
Carnosaur Fallon
1994 Cobb Ray
Ed Wood Dr. Tom Mason
Floundering Phonebook
The Shawshank Redemption Youngblood
1997 Con Air Chopper Pilot
That Darn Cat Agent #1
1999 Being John Malkovich Derek Mantini
Angel's Dance Police Detective
Cradle Will Rock Paul Edwards
Mystery Men Funk
2000 Charlie's Angels Red Star Systems Director
2001 Antitrust Phil Grimes
2003 Runaway Jury Jerome
2004 Saw Jeff
2005 Lords of Dogtown Peter Darling
The Ice Harvest Sidney
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Security Guard
2007 Wind Chill Snowplow Driver
Skills like This Uncle Morris
2008 Twilight Waylon Forge
War, Inc. Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini/Zubleh
2011 Crazy Eyes Bob
2012 The Paperboy Tyree Van Wetter
Django Unchained Wilson
2013 Wish You Well George Davis
2018 An L.A. Minute Ross Brandt
2022 Blonde Doc Fell
Father Stu Dr. Novak

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Waltons Paul Episode: "The Spirit"
1982 The Greatest American Hero R.J. Episode: "The Shock Will Kill You"
1982 M*A*S*H G.I. Episode: "Where There's a Will, There's a War"
1984 The Dukes of Hazzard Hoby Episode "Play It Again, Luke"
1985 Diff'rent Strokes Undercover Police Officer Episode: "Sam's Missing"
1986 Remington Steele Ernie Episode: "Steele in the Running"
1986 The Twilight Zone Man Episode: "The After Hours"
1986 MacGyver Larkin Episode: "Ugly Duckling"
1987 21 Jump Street Riordan Episode: "Next Generation"
1988 MacGyver Remick Episode: "The Negotiator"
1989 Matlock Lyle Episode: "The Thoroughbred"
1991 Matlock Jimmy Giles Episode: "The Trial" Pt. 1
1992 In the Deep Woods Jerome Spears TV film
1992 Unsolved Mysteries Coroner Episode 5.8
1993 Murder, She Wrote Captain Elgin Meyers Episode: "The Survivor"
1995 Dumb and Dumber Announcer (voice) 2 episodes
1996 Seinfeld Eddie Episode: "The Fatigues"
1996 Boy Meets World Luther Episode: "Turkey Day"
2004 CSI: Miami Rick Bingham Episode: "Rap Sheet"
2004 Scrubs Dr. Green 2 episodes
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Peter Carson Episode: "Birthright"
2005 The Closer Mr. Schiller Episode: "Flashpoint"
2006 ER Detective 2 episodes
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Police Officer Episode: "Dependent"
2007 Jericho Deputy Perkins 2 episodes
2008–2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Ed Winston 3 episodes
2008–2009; 2011 WordGirl The Coach, Fish Selling Guy (voices) 4 episodes
2009 24 Attorney General Episode: "Day 7: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m."
2011 Treme Vincent Abreu Recurring role
2013 Justified Gerald Johns 3 episodes
2013 Under The Dome Reverend Lester Coggins 4 episodes
2014 Criminal Minds Alan Anderson Episode: "Mr. and Mrs Anderson"
2014 Resurrection Samuel Catlin 3 episodes
2016 Gotham Warden Carlson Grey Episode: "Wrath of the Villains: Prisoners"
2017 Chicago P.D. Arlen Pfister Episode: "Last Minute Resistance"
2021 Paradise City Ross Recurring role

References

  1. ^ Southern, Nathan. "Ned Bellamy". Allmovie. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Bengali, Shashank (January 4, 2008). "Nation & World | Was peace an illusion? Clashes raise questions about Kenya's stability | Seattle Times Newspaper". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  3. ^ Henerson, Evan (October 21, 2001). "Enter, Stage Left: Robbins Returns to Roots". Daily News of Los Angeles.