James Handy
Biography
James Michael Handy (March 19, 1945 – June 3, 2026) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television shows since 1977. On film, he appeared as Byers in K-9 (1989) and its sequel, K-911 (1999). He later appeared in Arachnophobia (1990), Jumanji (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Logan (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). His most notable television appearances are on Profiler (1997) and Alias (2002–06). On June 3, 2026, Handy was found in his front yard with multiple fatal stab wounds in his chest. The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, Handy's girlfriend's son, was arrested and booked on a murder charge following a 911 call Gledhill made.
Known For
All Movies (58)
- Top Gun: Maverick2022 · as Bartender (Jimmy)
- Street to Table2022 · as Flynn
- Senior Entourage2021 · as Father MacGuffin
- Woman Child2017 · as Barney Winecott
- Suburbicon2017 · as Mayor Billings
- Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown2017 · as Frank
- Logan2017 · as Old Doctor
- Bad Sister2015 · as Bishop O'Reilly
- Lifted2010 · as Travis
- The Waiter2010 · as The CEO
- UC: Undercover2001 · as Priest
- The Donor2001 · as John
- 15 Minutes2001 · as Captain Duffy
- Unbreakable2000 · as Priest
- K-9112000 · as Captain Byers
- Deterrence2000 · as Lancaster
- Mary and Rhoda2000 · as Doorman
- Black & White1999 · as Sergeant Wright
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure1999 · as Frank Brady
- Time Served1999 · as Judge William T. Engstrom III
- Every Dog Has Its Day1998 · as Sign Painter
- Gang Related1997 · as Captain Henderson
- Murder in Mind1997 · as Dr. Harvard
- Gone in the Night1996
- Jumanji1995 · as Exterminator
- Rave Review1995 · as James
- The O.J. Simpson Story1995 · as Detective Vannatter
- Without Warning1994 · as Dr. Norbert Hazelton
- Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence1994 · as Don Moran
- Guarding Tess1994 · as Neal Carlo
- Sudden Fury1993 · as Det. Stockman
- Majority Rule1992 · as Sen. Carl Dempsey
- Obsessed1992 · as Jerry
- Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story1992
- Drive Like Lightning1992 · as Walter Blaine
- False Arrest1991 · as Thomas Thinnes
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent1991 · as Gerry Duffy
- The Rocketeer1991 · as Wooly
- Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston1990 · as Det. Al McQuiggan
- Arachnophobia1990 · as Milton Briggs
- Appearances1990 · as Danny Halligan
- Unspeakable Acts1990 · as Jeff Samek
- The Preppie Murder1989 · as Joe Brady Quinn
- K-91989 · as Captain Byers
- The Revenge of Al Capone1989 · as FBI Chief
- Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story1988 · as Doctor
- Bird1988 · as Esteves
- Burglar1987 · as Carson Verrill
- Convicted: A Mother's Story1987 · as Bob Huggins
- The Room Upstairs1987 · as Frank
- Brighton Beach Memoirs1986 · as Frank Murphy
- Who Is Julia?1986 · as Bob Greenmeyer
- Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story1986 · as Melvin Mander
- Popeye Doyle1986 · as Lieutenant Gregory Paulus
- Doubletake1985 · as Real Estate Broker
- Kojak: The Belarus File1985 · as Federal Agent #1
- Kojak: The Belarus File1985
- The Verdict1982 · as Kevin Doneghy
All TV Shows (36)
- 9-1-12018 · as Felix
- Documentary Now!2015 · as Self
- Mulaney2014 · as Father Ed
- Touch2012 · as Lanford Biddle
- Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Leroy Grovner
- NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Former NIS Operative
- Castle2009 · as Clifford Stuckey
- Raising the Bar2008 · as Judge Albert Meade
- Commander in Chief2005 · as Bernard Hendrix
- The Closer2005 · as Mr. Rawley
- CSI: NY2004 · as Charles Ross
- Without a Trace2002 · as Dr. Falk
- The Dead Zone2002 · as Joe Bannerman
- Alias2001 · as Arthur Devlin
- Crossing Jordan2001 · as Mr. Bergstrom
- Third Watch1999 · as Father Goodwin
- The West Wing1999 · as Joseph Bruno
- L.A. Doctors1998 · as Ronny Wilcox
- The Practice1997 · as Jeffrey Stewart
- The Practice1997 · as Philly Sidlow
- EZ Streets1996
- Early Edition1996 · as Uncle Bob Sheaghan
- Profiler1996 · as Lou Handleman
- ER1994 · as Dan Sullivan
- NYPD Blue1993 · as Borough Commander Haverill
- The X-Files1993 · as Detective Alan Cross
- Angel Street1992 · as Captain Mulligan
- Melrose Place1992 · as Matt Fielding Sr.
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992 · as Frank Brady
- Beverly Hills, 902101990 · as Tom Rose
- Law & Order1990 · as Mr. Wheeler
- Wings1990 · as Dr. Lenny
- Quantum Leap1989 · as Ross Tyler
- L.A. Law1986 · as John Vincent
- Matlock1986 · as Prosecutor
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lieutenant Pat Hogan