David Warshofsky (born David Warner) is an American actor. The aspiring actor studied in New York City at NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts and reverted to his family's Russian surname upon joining the theatrical performer's union The Actor's Equity. His talent for finding the heart of even the most minor characters first surfaced in 1989's Last Exit to Brooklyn, which he followed with a string of appearances on everything from the gadget-happy sitcom Home Improvement (ABC, 1991-99), to the medical drama Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994-2000). Many of his film roles showcased his signature mix of everyman amiability and stoic intensity: there's the Navy SEAL instructor in G.I. Jane (1997); low-key cop in The Bone Collector (1999); greedy oil executive in There Will Be Blood (2007); and longtime CIA agent in the Taken trilogy. He served as an assistant professor of theatre acting at the University of Southern California, and later juggled his promotion to Head of Acting with a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated Lincoln (2012). 

Filmography

• Nemesis — Breckenridge Peters
• 2026Okay — George
• 2024Manny Wolfe — Lyndon Marlowe
• 2022Blonde — Mr. Z
• The Rookie: Feds — Pierce Langham
• Ordinary Joe — Frank Kimbreau
• 2020Body Cam — Darlo Penda
• 2019It's Not About Jimmy Keene — Joel Roistacher, Producer
• Stumptown — Jimmy Arrieta
• Barry — FBI Agent Harris
• 2018True Blue — Larry
• 2017Beatriz at Dinner — Grant
• 2017Feed — Dr. Rothstein
• 2017Wilson — Orson
• 2016Now You See Me 2 — Agent Cowan
• 2016The Hollow — Principal Adam Markey
• 2016Valeria — Doctor Greenberg
• Fear the Walking Dead — George Geary
• 2015Stockholm, Pennsylvania — Glen Dargon
• 2015Superior — Sal
• 2014Taken 3 — Bernie Harris
• 2014The Two Faces of January — Paul Vittorio
• 2013Captain Phillips — Mike Perry
• 2013Now You See Me — Cowan
• 2013The Grief Tourist — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 2012Lincoln — William Hutton
• Scandal — Theodore Peus
• 2012Small Apartments — Detective Holman
• 2012The Master — Philadelphia Police
• 2011Little Birds — Joseph Hoffman
• 2011The Future — Marshall
• 2010Fair Game — Pete
• Justified — Jim Ferzinsky
• 2010Unstoppable — Judd Stewart
• Lie to Me — Owen Finnegan
• 2009Public Enemies — Warden Baker
• 2008American Violet — Robert Foster
• Sons of Anarchy — Stockton Cop
• 2008Taken — Bernie Harris
• The Mentalist — Donny Culpepper
• Mad Men — Leonard Fillmore
• 2007There Will Be Blood — H.M. Tilford
• 2006Running Scared — Lester the Pimp
• 2006Walkout — Lloyd Hurley
• Commander in Chief — Frank Terzano
• Medium — Russell Burgess
• Numb3rs — Detective Jack Collins
• 2004The Best Thief in the World — Paul Zaidman
• CSI: Miami — Arnie Tice
• 2002Personal Velocity — Kurt Wurtzle
• 2002Welcome to Collinwood — Babitch
• Without a Trace — Dave Santorum
• 2001Don't Say a Word — Ryan
• 2001Human Nature — Police Detective
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Ray Wiznesky
• Scrubs — Dave Bradford
• 2000Endsville — Doug
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Chief Duggan
• 1999The Bone Collector — Amelia's Partner
• 1999The Minus Man — Pate
• Brooklyn South — Barman
• 1997Face/Off — Bomb Leader
• 1997G.I. Jane — Instructor Johns
• JAG — Commander Blake
• Chicago Hope — Joseph Bonora
• Friends — Fireman #2
• 1993Skinner — Geoff Tate
• Home Improvement — Fireman #1
• Law & Order — Danny Miller, Walter Grimes, Roger Kraslow
• 1989Born on the Fourth of July — Lieutenant - Vietnam
• 1989Last Exit to Brooklyn — Mike
• 1989Suffering Bastards — Al Johnson

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2014Capturing Captain Phillips — Self