Brian Markinson
Acting
Born September 1, 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Brian Markinson (born 1 September 1961, Brooklyn, New York) is an American-Canadian actor and producer. He is best known as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2005) and Da Vinci's City Hall (2005–2006), and for roles in Mad Men (2013), Painkiller (2023), and Fargo. In film, he has appeared in Apollo 13 (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Shooter (2007), and three Woody Allen films. On stage, he performed in Lost in Yonkers on Broadway. He lives in Vancouver, BC.
Filmography
- The Hunting Party — Dr. Lansing
- Allegiance — Max Portman
- Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent — Douglas Hill
- Under the Bridge — Adrian Brooks
- Alert: Missing Persons Unit — Walter Evans
- 2023Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas — Pastor John
- 2022Mid-Love Crisis — Marc
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Dr. Philip 'Phil' Boyce
- Family Law — Ira Rubinek
- Mayor of Kingstown — Paul Selig
- 2020All Joking Aside — Bob Carpenter, Executive Producer
- Away — George Lane
- Tribal — Chuck 'Buke' Bukansky, Associate Producer
- 2019A Dog's Way Home — Gunter
- 2019Alive — Joe Kane
- 2019The Art of Racing in the Rain — Mr. Ness
- A Million Little Things — Detective Craig Saunders
- 2018Backstabbing for Beginners — Rasnetsov
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina — Sin Bartel
- 2018Prodigals — Junior
- Salvation — Randall Calhoun
- Colony — Jonathan Crane
- The Magicians — Everett
- iZombie — Dr. Holland
- Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce — Albert
- 2014Godzilla — Whelan
- 201312 Rounds 2: Reloaded — Heller
- 2013Down River — Otto
- 2013Hunting Season — Sheriff Emmitt
- Arctic Air
- Arrow — Adam Hunt
- 2012Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome — Silas Nash
- Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome — Silas Nash
- Continuum — Jack Dillon
- Ring of Fire — Harry Stromwell
- The Firm — Calvin Parker
- Fairly Legal — Richard Neumeier
- The Killing — Gil Sloane
- 2011The Killing Game — Robert Spiro
- Caprica — Jordan Durham
- 2010Frankie & Alice — Dr. Backman
- Rookie Blue — James Mitchell
- 2009High Noon — Cpt. David McVee
- 2009Personal Effects — Finneran
- 2009Playing for Keeps — Daryl
- 2008Mayerthorpe — James Roszko
- Sanctuary — Greg Addison
- 2008The Quality Of Life
- Bionic Woman — Vincent Aldridge
- 2007Charlie Wilson's War — Paul Brown
- Mad Men — Arnold Rosen
- 2007Shooter — Attorney General Russert
- 2006Eight Days to Live — Al Ramey
- 2006Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone — Scott Clark
- 2006Murder on Pleasant Drive — Bob Hilland
- Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story — Premier Jimmy Gardiner
- Psych — Hiltz Kooler
- 2006RV — Garry Moiphine
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Da Vinci's City Hall — Police Chief Bill Jacobs
- 2005Knights of the South Bronx — Arnie
- Medium
- 2005Plague City: SARS in Toronto — Wilson
- Supernatural — Jerry Panowski, Stan Thompson
- 10.5 — Daniel
- 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction — Chris Haywood
- Category 6: Day of Destruction — Chris Haywood
- 2004Chasing Freedom — Eric Hoffman
- 2004NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 — McGregor
- 2004The Life — Tony
- 2004The Survivors Club — David Price
- Touching Evil — Special Agent Charles Bernal
- Angels in America — Martin Heller
- 2003Lucky 7 — Bernie Myer
- NCIS — Dan Trask
- 2002100 Days in the Jungle — Stan Walton
- Girls Club — Spencer Lewis
- 2002Liberty Stands Still — Rex Perry
- The Dead Zone — The Collector
- The Twilight Zone — Uniformed Cop
- 2001Anthrax — Pete Wallace
- The Chris Isaak Show
- 2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion — Al
- 2001The Sports Pages — Robert Russo
- 2001UC: Undercover — Paul Bloom
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Julius Kaplan
- 2000Cold Blooded — Alec Grinell
- Dark Angel — Dr. Sam Carr
- 2000Small Time Crooks — Cop
- 2000Take Me Home: The John Denver Story — Hal Thau
- 2000The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior — Beckwith Evans
- 1999Sweet and Lowdown — Bill Shields
- System Crash
- 1998City of Angels — Surgical Fellow
- 1998Enemy of the State — Brian Blake (uncredited)
- 1998In the Doghouse — Harvey Poolish
- 1998On the Line — Joe
- 1998Primary Colors — Randy Culligan
- Stargate SG-1 — Lotan
- The Wonderful World of Disney — Beckwith Evans
- 1997Volcano — O.E.M. Staffer #1
- 1996Alien Nation: Millennium — Jason Webster
- 1996Fall into Darkness — Detective Porter
- 1996Forgotten Sins — Lowell Hart
- 1996In the Blink of an Eye — Satz
- Millennium — Detective Teeple
- The Sentinel — Derek Wilson
- 1996Up Close & Personal — Vic Nash
- 1995Apollo 13 — Pad Rat
- 1995Shame II: The Secret — Nick Finn
- Star Trek: Voyager — Lt. Peter Durst / Sulan
- Burke's Law — Forrest
- 1994In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance — Tanner
- 1994Mixed Nuts — Policeman / Voice of Obscene Caller (voice)
- Party of Five — Mr. James Day
- 1994Web of Deception — Earl Stage
- 1994Witness to the Execution — Kirby Jacobs
- 1994Wolf — Detective Wade
- Blue Heelers
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Dr. Elias Giger
- The X-Files — Tony Fiore, Gary Lambert
- 1992Nails — Calley
- 1991The Doctor — Michael
- Law & Order — David Preston
- Star Trek: The Next Generation — Vorin
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- 20/20
- Columbo — Deirdre's Agent