Peter Jason

ActorProduction Jul 22 (died age 80) Hollywood, California, USA 1955–2025 (70 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Edward Ostling (July 22, 1944 - February 20, 2025), also known as Peter Jason, was an American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television shows and eighty films. He played Con Stapleton in the series Deadwood. He was a frequent collaborator with Walter Hill and John Carpenter on their films, eight and six times respectively. He voiced Sergeant Dornan in the video game Fallout 2. Jason starred in supporting roles for the films 48 H…

Known For

Film

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Senator Sherwood

Film

The Karate Kid

Soccer Coach

Film

The Hunt for Red October

Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)

Film

They Live

Gilbert

Film

Adaptation.

Defense Attorney

Film

In the Mouth of Madness

Mr. Paul

Film

48 Hrs.

Cowboy Bartender

Film

Hail, Caesar!

Director

Filmography

Acting (213)

Movies (140)

Christmas at Mistletoe Manor

2025

as Louis

8.0

The Cowboy Killer

2025

as Paul

Barney & Herb

2024

as Herb

We Are Gathered Here Today

as Henry Stone

Deep in the Forest

as Mark Goodman

The Assent

as Father Lambert

Deadwood: The Movie

as Con Stapleton

Heavenly Deposit

as Steven

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018

as Senator Sherwood

6.5

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

as Grover

6.7

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Self

7.1

Get Married or Die

2018

as Frank

High & Outside: A Baseball Noir

2018

as Harold

1.0

Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live

2018

as Self

Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness

2018

as Self

The Nth Ward

2017

as Jeffrey

4.2

The Terror of Hallow's Eve

as Dr. Hamilton

Hail, Caesar!

as Director

Sister Cities

as Dr. Timmins

It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned

2016

as Self

Merkin Penal

2014

as Sargent Sacrifice

Return to Zero

as Gerry

Robosapien: Rebooted

as Admiral Victor

Willow Creek

as Ranger Troy Andrews

Queen City

as Bernie Donovan

Heal Thyself

as Dennis Hill

Son of Morning

as Ned Jensen

Valley of the Sun

as Myron McGill

Little Murder

Annie Claus Is Coming to Town

as Santa

From the Head

as Jim

Hopelessly in June

as Frankie Flowers

How to Make Love to a Woman

as Mr. Conners

Falling Up

as John O'Shea

Mending Fences

as Hank Bentley

The Man Who Came Back

as The Warden

Crash and Burn

as Winston Manny

Claire

as Harry Bannion

Planet Raptor

as Sgt. Pappy Mathis

Harpies

as Vorian

Richard III

as Ringside Announcer

2.0

Moving McAllister

2007

as Mr. Robinson

5.0

The Enigma with a Stigma

as Bill Herman

Big John

as Self

The Christmas Card

as Richard

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Lt. Hamilton

Kicking & Screaming

as Clark

American Black Beauty

2005

as Mayor Bart Williams

6.6

Confessions of an Action Star

as (uncredited)

Alien Apocalypse

as President Demsky

Frostbite

as Colonel Jaffe

Surviving Christmas

as Suit

Employee of the Month

as Bill Gartin

Hair High

as Coach (voice)

Patients

as Callie's Dad

The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story

as Ron Grantski

Raptor Island

as The Captain

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

7.6

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

as Self

Seabiscuit

as Reporter Max

Detonator

as U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg

Adaptation.

as Defense Attorney

Undisputed

as Oakland TV Announcer

6.5

Almost a Woman

2002

as Mr. Fuller

13th Child

as Coroner

Hard Cash

as The Counter Boss

Live from Baghdad

as Stu

The Rose Technique

as Detective Atwood

Ghosts of Mars

as Engineer McSimms

Cahoots

as Eddie

Out of the Wilderness

as Judge Battle

Mystery Kids

as Monte Harrington

Batman Beyond: The Movie

1999

as Coach Creagar (voice)

7.2

Dante's Peak

1997

as Norman Gates

6.2

Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer

1997

as Mr. Sheehy

Escape from L.A.

as Duty Sergeant

The Glimmer Man

as Millie’s Father

Valley Girls

as Cop

Mortal Kombat

as Master Boyd

Congo

as Mr. Janus

In the Mouth of Madness

1995

as Mr. Paul

7.2

Village of the Damned

as Ben Blum

The Demolitionist

as Higgins

Rage

as Griggs

Wild Bill

as Dave McCandless

Deconstructing Sarah

as Cliff

Working with Orson Welles

as Himself

Body Bags

as Gent

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)

Marked for Death

as Pete Stone

Arachnophobia

as Henry Beechwood

Johnny Handsome

as Mr. Bonet

From the Dead of Night

1989

5.5

Jack in the Box

1989

as Reese

They Live

as Gilbert

Red Heat

as TV Announcer

Sunset

as Frank Coe

Alien Nation

as Fedorchuk

Prince of Darkness

as Dr. Paul Leahy

Party Camp

as Sarge

The Betty Ford Story

as Counselor

Heartbreak Ridge

as Major G.F. Devin

Amazing Stories

as Commander

Eat or Be Eaten

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

Brewster's Millions

as Chuck Fleming

Izzy & Moe

as Bartender

Command 5

as Warden Bryan

A Reason to Live

as Dick Biheller

The Karate Kid

as Soccer Coach

Oxford Blues

as Mr. De Angelo

Dreamscape

as Babcock

Streets of Fire

as Ardmore Cop Harry

Angel

as The John

Impulse

as Man in Truck

Mister Roberts

as Chief Johnson

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Schultie

48 Hrs.

as Cowboy Bartender

Butterfly

as Allen

Some Kind of Hero

as Honcho #1

Trick or Treats

as Malcolm O'Keefe

Mommie Dearest

as Pepsi Executive #4

6.3

Splendor in the Grass

as Coach

Beyond the Universe

Nice Dreams

as Det. Drooler

Texas Lightning

as Frank Whitman

Angel on My Shoulder

The Long Riders

as The Pinkertons

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980

as Lt. Micklin

4.5

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

The Baltimore Bullet

as Bert

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

1980

as TV Reporter

Disaster on the Coastliner

as LeBoux

The Illegal

The Driver

as Commuter

With This Ring

as Dirk

Rio Lobo

1970

as Lt. Ned Forsythe

6.5

Shadow on the Land

1968

as Man at Airport (uncredited)

8.0

A Bell for Adano

1967

as Duty Officer

Back of Book

as Roy Watkins

Television (73)

Baskets

as Uncle Jim

Scorpion

as General Talbertse

Mixels

as Major Nixel, Turg, Wuzzo

7.5

Longmire

2012

as Abel 'Jenk' Jenkins

1600 Penn

as General Harrigan

Justified

as Owen Carnes

Castle

as Sheriff Sloan

Raising the Bar

as Rex

Gemini Division

Chuck

as General Merriweather

Mad Men

as Len McKenzie

Dirty Sexy Money

as Larry Foundry

John from Cincinnati

Desperate Housewives

as Jeff

Deadwood

as Con Stapleton

NCIS

as SGM Robert King

Cold Case

as Charlie Gleason

Arrested Development

as Mr. Jordan

Carnivàle

as Lou Edwards

Mister Sterling

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Walter Gersh

7.6

Jackie Chan Adventures

2000

as Farmer MacDonald (voice)

Titus

as Ridge

Batman Beyond

as Coach Creagar (voice)

8.2

Providence

1999

as Frank Moore

6.5

The New Woody Woodpecker Show

as Mr. Lux (voice)

Air America

as Mark McCormick

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as Manny (voice)

8.0

Perversions of Science

1997

as Priest

5.6

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

Arli$$

as Marty Polk

Nash Bridges

as Frank

Women: Stories of Passion

as Joan's Husband

JAG

as Randy Hamill

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as The Royal Treasurer (voice)

Murder One

as Mr. Sheehy

The Naked Truth

as Senator Wilburn

A Whole New Ballgame

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993

as Travis Stone

7.6

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

1993

as Lou

6.7

Batman: The Animated Series

as Mason (voice)

Herman's Head

as Fritz

Coach

as Harry Heftler

Quantum Leap

as Kilpatrick

Dear John

as Bill Conners

Roseanne

Annie McGuire

Married... with Children

as Manager

A Different World

as Mr. Schmect

Amazing Stories

as commander

The Golden Girls

as Policeman

Murder, She Wrote

as Vincent Nader

Cover Up

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as Brockett

Cagney & Lacey

as Leonard Nolan

Remington Steele

as Foreman

Silver Spoons

Filthy Rich

Knots Landing

as Security Expert

Hart to Hart

as Policeman

B. J. and the Bear

The Incredible Hulk

as Bennett

Starsky & Hutch

as Fred Oates

One Day at a Time

Kung Fu

as Townsman (uncredited)

Hawaii Five-O

as Jack Rigney

Land of the Giants

as Mylo

Judd for the Defense

Cimarron Strip

as Groom

The F.B.I.

as Link

Daniel Boone

as Clint Bickford

Gunsmoke

as Cully Haimes

Knights of the Kitchen Table

as Rick Stepjack

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Hopelessly in June

2011

Co-Producer

5.0

Village of the Damned

1995

Casting Director

6.1