Anthony Heald (born August 25, 1944) is an American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's smarmy jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public. He also had a recurring role as Judge Harvey Cooper on Kelley's Boston Legal.
Heald was born Philip Anthony Mair Heald in New Rochelle, New York to an editor father. He attended Michigan State University, from which he graduated in 1971.
He has worked extensively on Broadway and has been twice nominated for the Tony Award for his work in Anything Goes (1988) and Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995). He also appeared in McNally's The Lisbon Traviata (1989) with Nathan Lane and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1991) with Lane, Christine Baranski, and Swoosie Kurtz. In addition to his work on stage, screen and film, Heald has recorded over 60 audio books/books on tape, including works as varied as Where the Red Fern Grows, New York Times bestsellers such as The Pelican Brief, Jurassic Park and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, as well as a sizable number of titles in the Star Wars audio book library. Heald also had a brief appearance in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand, and on the Cheers final episode, "One for the road".
Heald lives in Ashland, Oregon, where he regularly performs in productions of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Anthony Heald was born Philip Anthony Mair Heald on August 25, 1944 in New Rochelle, New York. He graduated from Massapequa High School on Long Island, New York in 1962, and from Michigan State University in 1971. He currently resides in Ashland, Oregon, where he was a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting company for the 97, 98 and 99 seasons.
