Jonathan Banks

Acting

Born Jan 31, 1947

From Washington, D.C., USA

Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays 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. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. 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, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.

Jonathan Banks

Known For

Incredibles 2

Airplane!

Reign Over Me

Beverly Hills Cop

Gremlins

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Horrible Bosses 2

48 Hrs.

Identity Thief

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Filmography — Acting

Incredibles 2

Airplane!

Reign Over Me

Beverly Hills Cop

Gremlins

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Horrible Bosses 2

48 Hrs.

Identity Thief

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

The Commuter

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Stir Crazy

Freejack

Catwoman: Hunted

Flipper

Frances

Dark Blue

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Redbad

Mudbound

Coming Home

Term Life

The Rose

Boiling Point

The Cheap Detective

Armed and Dangerous

Bullet

Outlaw Justice

Watercolor Postcards

Pin

Ike

Who Is Julia?

Puff, Puff, Pass

Rage!

Proximity

Who'll Stop the Rain

Blind Side

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

Assassin

Dark Breed

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

Last Man Standing

There Goes the Neighborhood

Body Shot

Cold Steel

Wiseguy

Gangster Wars

Don't Touch My Daughter

Authors Anonymous

A Thousand Men and a Baby

Trash

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Dollar for the Dead

Nadia

Let the Devil Wear Black

Harvey

R.S.V.P.

Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair

Foolish

Desperate Voyage

Millennium Man

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful