John Mahoney
Actor
Biography
Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. He played retired police officer Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, receiving nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
After moving from England to the United States, Mahoney began his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 1986 Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, and went on to achieve wider recognition for his roles in the films Suspect and Moonstruck (both 1987). Other notable credits included Tin Men (1987), Frantic, Eight Men Out (both 1988), Say Anything... (1989), Barton Fink (1991), Striking Distance, In the Line of Fire (both 1993), Reality Bites (1994), The American President (1995), Primal Fear (1996), and The Broken Hearts Club (2000). He also voiced roles in animated films such as Antz (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).
Filmography
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Preston B. Whitmore (voice) 2001
Antz
as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice) 1998
Atlantis: Milo's Return
as Whitmore (voice) 2003
Primal Fear
as Shaughnessy 1996
Flipped
as Chet Duncan 2010
Barton Fink
as W.P. Mayhew 1991
In the Line of Fire
as Sam Campagna 1993
Kronk's New Groove
as Papi (voice) 2005
Dan in Real Life
as Poppy 2007
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Chief 1994
Frantic
as Williams 1988
Say Anything...
as James Court 1989
Moonstruck
as Perry 1987
Striking Distance
as Lt. Vince Hardy 1993
Reality Bites
as Grant Gubler 1994
The American President
as Leo Solomon 1995