Cotter Smith

Biography

Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

Known For

NCIS

Law & Order

Person of Interest

The Good Wife

Without a Trace

Murder, She Wrote

Ghost Whisperer

White Collar

All Movies (35)

• Time of Death2025 · as Pat
• Basic Psych2025 · as Dr. Grant Harrison
• Unsinkable2024 · as Senator Smith
• Rustin2023 · as Chief Wells
• Jack and the Treehouse2021 · as Pap
• Things Heard & Seen2021 · as Tom Claire
• The Standoff at Sparrow Creek2019 · as Roman
• The Post2017 · as Under Secretary William Macomber
• The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner2017 · as Preacher (voice)
• Burning Blue2014 · as Admiral Lynch
• Friends with Kids2012 · as Phil Fryman
• You Don't Know Jack2010 · as Dick Thompson
• Lunatics, Lovers & Poets2010 · as Scotty MacGregor
• Sleeper2005 · as Dr. Altman
• X22003 · as President McKenna
• Reeseville2003 · as John Meyers
• Run the Wild Fields2000 · as Silas Green
• The History of Glamour1999 · as Loren Valentine (voice)
• Bridge of Time1997 · as Robert Creighton
• Lifeform1996 · as Dr. Case Montgomery
• Remember Me1995 · as Adam Nichols
• Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story1993 · as Steve
• With Hostile Intent1993 · as Officer Rob Arnold
• A Place to Be Loved1993 · as Mike Caldwell
• A Message from Holly1992
• Midnight's Child1992 · as Nick Cowan
• The Last Prostitute1991 · as Joe
• K-91989 · as Gilliam
• Cameron's Closet1988 · as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
• Lady Beware1987 · as Mac Odell
• The Rape of Richard Beck1985 · as Lt. Hugo
• A Bunny's Tale1985 · as Ned Holcomb
• Master Ninja II1984 · as Chad Webster
• Nickel Mountain1984 · as Trucker
• Blood Feud1983 · as Robert F. Kennedy

All TV Shows (40)

• CIA2026 · as Peter Cooper
• MINDHUNTER2017 · as Unit Chief Shepard
• Blindspot2015 · as General
• Madam Secretary2014 · as Darren Hahn
• The Americans2013 · as Deputy Attorney General
• The Following2013 · as Nathan
• Revolution2012 · as Jack Davis
• Person of Interest2011 · as Denton Weeks
• Unforgettable2011 · as Jay Barrett
• White Collar2009 · as Adam Wilson
• The Good Wife2009 · as Forrest Burke
• Damages2007 · as Federal Investigator
• Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Gordon Alexander
• The Unit2006 · as Bill Lachey
• Night Stalker2005 · as Tony Vincenzo
• Commander in Chief2005 · as Governor Stan Preston
• Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Gerald Lucas
• Invasion2005
• Tru Calling2003 · as Richard Davies
• NCIS2003 · as Sam Stevens
• Without a Trace2002 · as Sean McGinnis
• Alias2001 · as Hank Foster
• Judging Amy1999 · as ASA Jeremy Friedman
• Oz1997 · as Judge Benjamin Fee
• Spy Game1997
• Orleans1997 · as Bill Brennecke
• Chicago Hope1994
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Bob Marinak
• Law & Order1990 · as Eric Martin
• Equal Justice1990 · as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
• L.A. Law1986 · as Tony Henderson
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
• Moonlighting1985
• Moonlighting1985 · as Brian Baker
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Robert Rhine
• Mistral's Daughter1984 · as Frank
• Blood Feud1983 · as Robert F. Kennedy
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Dr. Rowe
• Cagney & Lacey1982
• Hill Street Blues1981