Joe Spano

Actor Jul 7 (age 79) San Francisco, California, USA 1972–2026 (54 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Peter "Joe" Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor who came to prominence through his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues and is now well known for his work on NCIS as FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell.

Known For

Film

Apollo 13

NASA Director

Film

Primal Fear

Stenner

Film

Fracture

Judge Joseph Pincus

Film

Frost/Nixon

Network Executive

Film

American Graffiti

Vic

Film

The Enforcer

Mitch, Robber (uncredited)

Film

Hart's War

Col. J.M. Lange

Film

Hoppers

Ancient Beavertonian (voice)

Filmography

Acting (75)

Movies (40)

Hoppers

2026

as Ancient Beavertonian (voice)

7.6

Skeletons

2015

as Harvey Diedrich

Frost/Nixon

2008

as Network Executive

7.3

Fracture

2007

as Judge Joseph Pincus

Hollywoodland

as Howard Strickling

Hart's War

as Col. J.M. Lange

Texas Rangers

as Mr. Dunnison

Ticker

as Captain Winters

A Question of Faith

as Duncan

ATF

as Senator at Hearing (uncredited)

4.7

Logan's War: Bound by Honor

1998

as Special Agent John Downing

In Quiet Night

as Gold

A Call to Remember

as Dr. Green

Primal Fear

as Stenner

Her Costly Affair

as Carl Weston

Apollo 13

as NASA Director

Rave Review

as Lou

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

1993

as Hal Leventhal

2.0

The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?

1993

as Richard Koons

6.2

The Summer My Father Grew Up

1991

as Louis

Fever

1991

as Junkman

3.4

For the Very First Time

as Mr. Allen

The Easter Story

as Jesus (voice)

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990

as Chad Spaulding

6.7

The Girl Who Came Between Them

1990

as Jim

6.5

Cast the First Stone

1989

as Bill Spencer

Disaster at Silo 7

as Sgt. Swofford

Intimate Betrayal

as Eric Lloyd

The Brotherhood of Justice

1986

as Principal Bob Grootemat

5.9

Terminal Choice

1985

as Dr. Frank Holt

3.4

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981

as Guard

5.4

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

as Captain Murphy

Roadie

as Ace

Northern Lights

as John Sorensen

Over-Under Sideways-Down

1977

as Bit (uncredited)

The Enforcer

1976

as Mitch, Robber (uncredited)

American Graffiti

as Vic

Warlock Moon

as John Devers

One Is a Lonely Number

1972

as Earl of Kent

4.6

Television (35)

My Billionaire Ever After

2025

as Jordan Woods

Pearson

as Mr. Allen

NCIS: New Orleans

as T.C. Fornell

The Mentalist

as Greg Relin

In Plain Sight

as Gabe Andrews / Gabe Marion

Shark

as Paul Faber

The Closer

as Dr. Rose

Eyes

NCIS

as T.C. Fornell

Boomtown

as Henry Stein

Crossing Jordan

as Captain Innis

Strong Medicine

as Jonathan Freid

Static Shock

as Mr. Osgood (voice)

The Invisible Man

as Father Tom Moore

Batman Beyond

as Sniper / Doctor #2 (voice)

8.2

Providence

1999

as Dr. Carroll

6.5

From the Earth to the Moon

as George Mueller

L.A. Doctors

as Don Claybourne

Mercy Point

as Dr. DeMilla

Nash Bridges

as FBI Agent Langdon

Profiler

as Mike Ramdak

JAG

as Jack Murphy

Murder One

as Ray Velacek

Amazing Grace

Touched by an Angel

as James Cooper

The X-Files

as Mike Millar

NYPD Blue

as John Clark Sr.

Dream On

as Policeman

American Dreamer

L.A. Law

as George Ripley

Hill Street Blues

as Henry Goldblume

Trapper John, M.D.

Paris

as Milton Levelle

Lou Grant

as Jack Ridgeway

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0