Len Cariou

Actor Sep 30 (age 86) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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Biography

Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor. He gained prominence for his Tony Award-winning title role in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979). Prior, Cariou had earned nominations for his performances in musicals Applause (1970) and A Little Night Music (1973). Cariou has had supporting roles in films such as The Four Seasons (1981), Thirteen Days (2000), About Schmidt (2002), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Prisoners (2013), and…

Known For

Film

Prisoners

Father Patrick Dunn

Film

Spotlight

Cardinal Law

Film

Bumblebee

Hank

Film

1408

Mike's Father

Film

Secret Window

Sheriff Dave Newsome

Film

Blue Bloods

Henry Reagan

Film

Flags of Our Fathers

Mr. Beech

Film

Death Wish

Ben

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (60)

Show of Titles

2021

as "Mame" Performer

Bumblebee

as Hank

Death Wish

as Ben

Spotlight

as Cardinal Law

Prisoners

as Father Patrick Dunn

8.1

Wallander: The Troubled Man

2013

as Atkins

5.8

Into the Storm

2009

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Onion Movie

as Norm Archer

1408

as Mike's Father

Flags of Our Fathers

as Mr. Beech

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")

The Greatest Game Ever Played

as Stedman Comstock

Boynton Beach Club

as Jack

Secret Window

as Sheriff Dave Newsome

The Skulls III

as Dean Lawton

About Schmidt

as Ray Nichols

Thirteen Days

as Dean Acheson

Border Line

as Jerry

In the Company of Spies

1999

as The President

2.0

Race for the Record

1998

as Narrator (voice)

New York Underground

1997

as Narrator

A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story

1996

as Harry Jansen

4.0

Executive Decision

1996

as Secretary of Defense Charles White

6.3

1996 New York Yankees: The Official World Series Film

1996

as Self - Narrator

The Summer of Ben Tyler

1996

as Spencer Maitland

5.7

A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

1996

as Self

The Man in the Attic

1995

as Joe Heldmann

4.1

Never Talk to Strangers

as Henry Taylor

Derby

as Henry Woods

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story

1995

as Walt Disney

4.0

1995 Atlanta Braves: The Official World Series Film

1995

as Himself - Narrator

5.0

Love on the Run

1994

as Noah Cross

Getting In

1994

as Dr. Lionel Higgs / Dr. Ezekial Higgs

4.9

Witness to the Execution

1994

as Jake Tyler

3.7

1993 Toronto Blue Jays: The Official World Series Film

as Self - Narrator

The Sea Wolf

as Dr. Picard

Miracle on Interstate 880

as Buck Helm

Class of '61

as Dr. Leland Peyton

An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated

1989

as Narrator

The Johnstown Flood

as Narrator

Lady in White

as Phil Terragarossa

There Were Times, Dear

1987

as Bob Millard

A Giants History: The Tale of Two Cities

1987

as Narrator

Killer in the Mirror

1986

5.3

An Amazin' Era

1986

as Narrator

Surviving

as David Brogan

Louisiana

as Oswald

The Tempest

as Prospero

The Taming of the Shrew

1982

as Petruchio

Madame X

as John Abbott

The Four Seasons

as Nick Callan

Drying Up the Streets

1978

as Larry

1.0

Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales

1978

as Narrator

5.2

Who'll Save Our Children?

1978

as Matt Laver

6.0

Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson

1978

as Narrator

5.0

Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic

as Narrator

One Man

as Jason Brady

A Little Night Music

as Frederick Egerman

Official 1992 World Series Film

as Self - Narrator

7.0

The 1993 World Series: Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies

as Narrator (voice)

Television (24)

American Classic

as Linus Bean

Boston Blue

as Henry Reagan

Stars in the House

as Self

When They See Us

2019

as DA Robert Morgenthau

Blue Bloods

as Henry Reagan

Damages

as Louis Tobin

Army Wives

as Randall Meade

Brotherhood

as Judd Fitzgerald

Wallander

as Atkins

Sex Traffic

as Magnus Herzoff

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Frank McCarty

Nuremberg

as Francis Biddle

The West Wing

as Alan Damson

Mentors

as Alexander Graham Bell

8.7

The Practice

1997

as Defense Attorney Weiland

FX: The Series

as Charles Emery

Swift Justice

as Al Swift

Star Trek: Voyager

as Admiral Edward Janeway

7.8

The Outer Limits

1995

as Father Anton Jonascu

7.7

Law & Order

1990

as Captain Allard Bunker

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Murder, She Wrote

as Michael Hagarty

Great Performances

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee