Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmental activist. He has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). The role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Equally prolific in cinema, his film appearances include Blue Collar (1978), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), She-Devil (1989), Batman Forever (1995), and Pineapple Express (2008). He is a recurring cast member in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, including Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show titled Living with Ed (2007–2010). He has been married to actress Rachelle Carson since August 23, 2000, and they have one child. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• 202625 Miles to Normal — Victor
• 2026Let's Have Kids! — Dr. Young
• The Boroughs — Edward
• 2026The Cowboy Killer — Chief White
• 2025A Very Merry Breakup — Fred
• 2025Don't Tell Larry — Bruce
• Brilliant Minds — Duke Nichols
• 2024Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story — Paul Higman
• 2024Strange Darling — Frederick
• Not Dead Yet — Bill
• 2022A Ghost Story — Charlie
• 2022Amsterdam — General Bill Meekins
• Queer as Folk — Winston
• Abbott Elementary — Mr. Ronson
• Mr. Mayor — Chet Danville
• 2020Dear Christmas — Randy Morgan
• 2020Reboot Camp — John Lehman
• 2019Bixler High Private Eye — Charlie DeWitt
• Bless This Mess — Rudy
• Human Discoveries — Marsh (voice)
• 2019Making Babies — Dr. Remis
• 2019Plus One — Chuck King
• Big City Greens — Mr. Whistler (voice)
• 2018Book Club — Tom
• 2018Imperfections — Barry
• The Cool Kids — Karl
• 2017Amelia 2.0 — Paul Wesley
• 2017CHiPs — Wasp Driver
• Future Man — Gabe Futturman
• 2017Girlfriend's Day — Rupert
• 2017Lucky — Dr. Kneedler
• Young Sheldon — Grant Linkletter
• Angie Tribeca — Bonnie
• Bad Internet
• 2016Ghostbusters — Ed Mulgrave
• 2016Mascots — A.J. Blumquist
• Party Girl — Philip
• Teachers — John-Paul Bennigan
• 2016Time Toys — Wiz
• Better Call Saul — Clifford Main
• Grace and Frankie — Mark
• Your Family or Mine — Gil
• 2014In Security — Officer Krupke
• 2014Inherent Vice — Thanks
• 2014Little Women Big Cars 2 — Principle Larry
• 2014Wish Wizard — Wish Wizard
• 2014You're Not You — Uncle Roger
• Betas — George 'Murch' Murchison
• Family Tree — Al Chadwick
• 2013How to Succeed at Birth — Dr. Finch
• 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight — Justice Harry Blackmun
• The Millers — Jeff
• 2012Brunch Village — Cafe Owner
• Common Law — Dr. Van Waals
• 2012Little Women Big Cars — Mr. Hughes
• Happy Endings — Ed Begley Jr.
• Portlandia — Priest, Dr Ravich, Cafe Owner
• 2011What's Your Number? — Mr. Darling
• $#*! My Dad Says — Terry
• Hot in Cleveland — Yogi
• Raising Hope — Ed Begley Jr.
• Regular Show — William (voice)
• Rizzoli & Isles — Dr. T. Pike
• The Good Guys — Nate Bailey
• 2010The Penthouse — Nicholas
• 2009Fatal Secrets — Reverend Vernon
• 2009Georgia O'Keeffe — Dr. Lee Steiglita
• Modern Family — Jerry
• Party Down — Bruce Nesbitt
• 2009Tripping Forward — James
• 2009Whatever Works — John
• Childrens Hospital — Senator Throman
• 2008Fly Me to the Moon — Poopchev (voice)
• Gary Unmarried — Walter Krandall
• 2008Going To Whatstock?
• 2008Pineapple Express — Robert
• 2008Recount — David Boies
• The Suite Life on Deck — Mayor Ragnar / Ragnar I
• Back to the Grind
• 2007Hard Four — Governor Begley
• 2007One Long Night — Joel
• Rules of Engagement — Reverend Todd
• 2006For Your Consideration — Sandy Lane
• Hannah Montana — Woody
• 2006Pittsburgh
• 2006Relative Strangers — Mr. Manoire
• 2006The Elder Son — Leonard
• 2006The Legend of William Tell — James
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Pastor Ed
• 2005Back By Midnight — Robert Wade
• 2005Desolation Sound — Doug Shepard
• 2005Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story — Frank Perdue
• The Office — Erin's Biological Father
• Boston Legal — Clifford Cabot
• 2004Hair High — Rev. Sidney Cheddar (voice)
• Jack & Bobby
• 2004Kingdom Hospital — Dr. Jesse James
• 2004Life on Liberty Street — Richard Spencer
• 2004Raising Genius — Dr. Curly Weeks
• 2004Stateside — Father Concoff
• Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital — Dr. Jesse James
• Veronica Mars — Cyrus O'Dell
• 2003A Mighty Wind — Lars Olfen
• Arrested Development — Stan Sitwell
• 2003Going Down — Oscar Earnest
• Las Vegas — Mr. Grimaldi
• 2003Net Games — John Fielding
• 2003War Stories — Ed O'Brian
• 2002Auto Focus — Mel Rosen
• 2002Bug — The Hand
• CSI: Miami — Scott O'Shay
• Monk — Dr. Malcolm Nash
• Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) — Paul Weffler
• 2001Anthrax — Brent Krawford
• 2001Diary of a Sex Addict — Dr. Aaron Spencer
• 2001Get Over It — Frank Landers
• 2001Hounded — Ward Van Dusen
• Scrubs — Dr. Bailey
• Six Feet Under — Hiram Gunderson
• The Agency — Lenny Musgrave
• 2000Best in Show — Hotel Manager
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Dr. Winocur / Dr. Winokur
• Gideon's Crossing — Haley's Father
• 2000Homicide: The Movie — Victor Ehrlich
• Pigs Next Door — Bradley (voice)
• 2000Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End — Henry Starling
• Static Shock — Donald Todd (voice)
• The Michael Richards Show — Imposter Vic
• Titus — Bill
• Batman Beyond — Dr. Corso (voice)
• Family Law — Attorney Ethan Beal
• Providence — Chuck Chance
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Rock T. Puss (voice)
• The West Wing — Seth Gillette
• 1998Addams Family Reunion — Phillip Adams
• 1998I'm Losing You — Zev
• 1998Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery — Fitz-Gilbert Hamilton
• 1997Alone — Gerald
• Gun — The Director
• 1997Hourglass — Det. Cecil Dish
• 1997Joey — Ambassador Ted Ross
• King of the Hill — Stephens Davies (voice)
• Meego — Edward Parker
• 1997Ms. Bear — Greg Bradley
• 1997Not in This Town — Henry Whitcomb
• 1997The Lay of the Land — Harvey Dankworth
• The Practice — Dr. Emanuel Foster
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Jeff
• 7th Heaven — Hank Hastings
• 1996Project: ALF — Dr. Warner
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Mr. Rothwell
• 1996Santa with Muscles — Ebner Frost
• 1996The Late Shift — Rod Perth
• 1996Too Soon For Jeff — Mr. Rogers
• 1995Batman Forever — Fred Stickley (uncredited)
• 1995Rave Review — Bert
• Sherman Oaks — Trust
• 1995Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time — Ned Kincaid
• Star Trek: Voyager — Henry Starling
• The Drew Carey Show — Dr. Chris Vanderkamp
• Duckman — Barry Brittle (voice)
• Ellen — Ed Begley Jr.
• 1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues — Rupert
• 1994Greedy — Carl
• 1994Incident at Deception Ridge — Jack Davis
• 1994Renaissance Man — Jack Markin
• 1994Sensation — Earl Strauber
• 1994Storybook — Pouch
• 1994The Crazysitter — Paul Van Arsdale
• The Magic School Bus — Logaway Larry (voice)
• 1994The Pagemaster — Alan Tyler
• 1994The Shaggy Dog — Ron Daniels
• Touched by an Angel — Chris Carpenter
• Winnetka Road — Glenn Barker
• World War II: When Lions Roared — Harry Hopkins
• 1993Cooperstown — Dave Cormeer
• Dave's World — Watterson
• NYPD Blue — Director
• 1993Partners — "Grave Squad" Lawyer
• The Nanny — Tom Rosenstein
• Batman: The Animated Series — Germs (voice), Charlie Collins (voice)
• 1992Cruise Control
• 1992Dark Horse — Jack Mills
• 1992Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)
• 1992Exclusive — Allen
• 1992In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion — Lt. Fred House
• 1992Mastergate — Steward Butler
• 1992Mickey's Audition — Assistant Director #1
• 1992Running Mates — Chapman Snow
• Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories — Narrator (voice)
• The Larry Sanders Show — Ed Begley Jr.
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Chance of a Lifetime — Darrel
• Rugrats — Bob / Waiter (voice)
• 1991The Story Lady — Otis
• 1990In the Best Interest of the Child — Howard Feldon
• 1990Meet the Applegates — Richard P. Applegate
• 1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less — Stephen Bradley
• Parenthood
• 1990The Great Los Angeles Earthquake — Jerry Soloway
• 1990Timeless Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker — Bertram (voice)
• 1989Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills — Peter
• 1989She-Devil — Bob
• Tales from the Crypt — Judd Campbell (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")
• 1989The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places — Dr. Jack Brooker
• The Simpsons — Ed Begley Jr. (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Roseanne
• 1988Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs — Alan
• 1988The Accidental Tourist — Charles Leary
• 1987Amazon Women on the Moon — Griffin (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
• 1987Celebration Family — Jake
• 1987Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle — Brom Dutcher
• 1987Roman Holiday — Leonard Lupo
• 1987The Incredible Ida Early — Paul Sutton
• 1986Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays — Moose Simms
• George Burns Comedy Week — Tiny Tim Sr.
• Tall Tales & Legends — Ichabod Crane
• 1985The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Ichabod Crane
• 1985The Pound Puppies — Arnold (voice)
• 1985Transylvania 6-5000 — Gil Turner
• 1984Protocol — Hassler
• 1984Streets of Fire — Ben Gunn
• 1984This Is Spinal Tap — John 'Stumpy' Pepys
• 1984Voyager from the Unknown — Wilbur Wright
• 1983An Uncommon Love — Matt Randolph
• 1983Get Crazy — Colin Beverly
• 1983Still the Beaver — Whitey
• 1982An Officer and a Gentleman — Altitude Chamber Instructor
• 1982Cat People — Joe Creigh
• 1982Eating Raoul — Hippie
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Wilhelm Grimm, Brom Dutcher
• 1982Not Just Another Affair — Warren Krantz
• 1982Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn — Jeb
• St. Elsewhere — Victor Ehrlich
• 1982Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang — Amos Tucker
• Voyagers!
• 1982Young Doctors in Love — The Flashback - Young Simon's Father
• 1981Buddy Buddy — Lieutenant #1
• 1981Private Lessons — Jack Travis
• Riker — Jack Sheridan
• 1979A Shining Season — John Haaland
• 1979Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill — Moss Tillis
• 1979Elvis — D.J. Fontana
• 1979Hardcore — Soldier
• 1979Hot Rod — Clay
• Tales of the Unexpected — George Princey
• 1979The Concorde... Airport '79 — Rescuer #1
• 1979The In-Laws — Barry Lutz
• 1978Battlestar Galactica — Flight Sgt. Greenbean
• Battlestar Galactica — Ensign Greenbean, Flight Sergeant Greenbean
• 1978Blue Collar — Bobby Joe
• Fantasy Island — Jamie
• 1978Goin' South — Mr. Haber
• 1978Record City — Pokey
• 1978The One and Only — Arnold - The King
• 1977Citizens Band — The Priest
• 1977Dead of Night — Frank
• Charlie's Angels — Kenny Daniels
• Laverne & Shirley
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Steve Fletcher
• Quincy, M.E. — Kit Sawyer, David Phillips
• 1976Stay Hungry — Lester
• Baretta
• Starsky & Hutch — Harv Schwab
• Wonder Woman — Harold Farnum
• 1974Cockfighter — Tom Peeples
• Happy Days
• 1973Charley and the Angel — Derwood Moseby
• Roll Out — Lt. Robert W. Chapman
• 1973Showdown — Pook
• 1973Superdad — The Gang
• 1972Evil Roy Slade — Husband Making Fun of Stool (uncredited)
• 1972Family Flight — Driver
• M*A*S*H
• Maude — Young Man
• 1972Now You See Him, Now You Don't — Druffle
• Columbo — Officer Stein, Irving Krutch
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Howard Dubberly
• 1970Equinox — Camera Operator
• 1970How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? — Bellhop
• Nanny and the Professor
• The Immortal
• Room 222
• 1969The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes — Student (uncredited)
• 1969The Lottery — Jack Watson
• Adam-12 — Bud
• Ironside
• Mannix
• The F.B.I. — Youngblood
• Inhuman

Appearances as themselves (31)

• In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin — Self
• 2020Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? — Self
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• 2016Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words — Self
• 2016Vegan: Everyday Stories — Self
• Beverly Hills Pawn — Self
• 2013The Arrested Development Documentary Project — Self
• 2012The Real Love — Self - Master of Ceremonies
• 2011Adventures in Plymptoons! — Self
• 2010What is the Electric Car? — Self
• Big Time Rush — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• 2008Finding Amanda — Self
• Free Radio — Self
• Living With Ed — Self
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Self, Self (uncredited)
• 2006Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business — Self
• 2006Who Killed the Electric Car? — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• Dharma & Greg — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1986Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce — Self
• Jeopardy! — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Weltspiegel — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest
• Today — Self
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — Self
• One Planet — Self