Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American veteran character actor in film and television. He tends to plays villains. Probably his most well-known movie roles were in 48 Hrs., Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he played a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Both films star Eddie Murphy. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His most recent film to date is the 2007 film Reign Over Me. His big role on television, was the series Wiseguy, as Frank McPike. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final season two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER and Shark. (more)
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Freejack:
Freejack is a 1992 science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy. It stars Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Jonathan Banks, and Anthony Hopkins. The film was R-rated in the United States and received disappointing reviews despite an acclaimed
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Gremlins:
Gremlins is a darkly comic American horror movie directed by Joe Dante and released in 1984 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is about a young man who receives a strange creature named Gizmo as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into s
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Beverly Hills Cop:
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 Academy Award nominated American action-comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. The film is the first in the Beverly Hills Cop series. The film shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People's
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Wiseguy:
Wiseguy (1987-1990) was a U.S. television program about Vincent "Vinnie" Terranova, an undercover agent of the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau), a fictional division of the FBI. Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, the show differed from previous crime dramas
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48 Hrs.:
48 Hrs. is a 1982 action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. This was Ed
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Day Break:
Day Break is a television program for which one 13-episode season was produced. The series aired on the ABC network, and premiered on November 15, 2006. Rapidly declining ratings led to the show being cancelled on December 15 after only six episodes
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Otherworld (TV series):
Otherworld was a short-lived science fiction TV series that aired for only eight episodes in 1985 on CBS. It was created by Roderick Taylor as a sort of Lost in Space on Earth. Taylor gave himself a cameo role in each episode.
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Armed and Dangerous (1986 film):
Armed and Dangerous (1986) is a movie starring John Candy as Frank Dooley, Eugene Levy as Norman Kane, Robert Loggia as Michael Carlino and Meg Ryan as Maggie Cavanaugh. The plot involves Dooley, a police officer and Kane, a criminal defense attorney
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Fired Up (TV series):
Fired Up was a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered promotions
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory:
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is a 1995 action film set on board a train traveling through the Rocky Mountains from Denver to Los Angeles. Directed by Geoff Murphy, it stars Steven Seagal as the ex-Navy SEAL, Casey Ryback and is the sequel to the 199
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Women of the House:
Women of the House is a spin-off of Designing Women starring Delta Burke, who had reconciled with producers after a bitter, highly publicized, off-screen battle.
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