Jason Gedrick

Jason Gedrick
Gedrick in February 2010
Born	Jason Michael Gedroic (1965-02-07) February 7, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–2019
Spouse	Dana Lavas ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1997)​
Children	3

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

Gedrick was born Jason Gedroic 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

Film

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

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”

External links

• Jason Gedrick at IMDb