Born in Cincinnati to parents of German and English heritage, von Bargen completed high school in 1968 before earning a degree at Purdue University and later honing his craft with a long stint at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence. He entered television in 1974 with a PBS drama about Oscar Wilde, and his stage work earned a Theatre World Award in 1990 for the off-Broadway production Maste… Read more
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Known for The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Malcolm in the Middle 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Philadelphia 1993 Series ★ 8.3 The West Wing 1999
Ken Shannon Series ★ 7.4 The Pretender 1996
Captain Prentiss McClaren Series ★ 7.6 The Practice 1997
Detective Smiley Series ★ 7.2 Without a Trace 2002
Patrick Finn ★ 7 Amistad 1997
Warden Pendleton Series ★ 7.5 Judging Amy 1999
Judge Series ★ 7 Party of Five 1994
Dr. Dick Grayson ★ 6.8 The Kid 2000
Sam Duritz ★ 7.5 Truman 1995
General MacArthur ★ 6.8 The Majestic 2001
Federal Agent Ellerby ★ 6.8 Looking for Richard 1996
Ratcliffe Series ★ 6.9 Spenser: For Hire 1985
★ 6.7 Shadows and Fog 1991
Vigilante ★ 6.6 The Saint of Fort Washington 1993
Boat Captain ★ 6.3 Citizen Cohn 1992
Clyde Tolson Series ★ 6.1 Great Performances 1971
Wooldridge Series ★ 6.5 Ally McBeal 1997
Judge William Kopesky ★ 6.5 A Civil Action 1998
Mr. Granger ★ 6.5 Super Troopers 2001
Chief Grady ★ 5.7 Desert Blue 1999
Sheriff Jackson ★ 6.4 Six Degrees of Separation 1993
Detective ★ 6.4 The General's Daughter 1999
Police Chief Yardley ★ 6.1 Snow Falling on Cedars 1999
Carl Heine Sr. ★ 5.3 The Real Blonde 1998
Devon ★ 5.3 Company Business 1991
Mike Flinn ★ 5.9 Before and After 1996
Fran Conklin ★ 6 I.Q. 1994
Secret Service Agent ★ 5.9 Lord of Illusions 1995
Nix ★ 6.1 Broken Arrow 1996
Air Force General Creely ★ 6 Shaft 2000
Lt Kearney ★ 5.9 Thinner 1996
Duncan Hopley ★ 5.9 Universal Soldier: The Return 1999
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