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He grew up in the Detroit area, studied drama in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (on a Fullbright Fellowship no less) and performed in several repertory stage productions in the Dallas area early in his career. See more trivia »

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in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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2012 Treasure Buddies (video)
Philip Wellington
 
2012 Price Check
Bennington
 
2010-2012 The Good Wife (TV series)
Lionel Deerfield / Lionel Greenfield
– Alienation of Affection (2012) … Lionel Greenfield
– Cleaning House (2010) … Lionel Deerfield
 
2011 The Christmas Pageant (TV movie)
Garrett
 
2011 A Christmas Wish (TV movie)
Les
 
2011 Drop Dead Diva (TV series)
Reverend Phillips
– Ah, Men (2011) … Reverend Phillips (as Ed Herrmann)
 
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
 
2011 Better with You (TV series)
Judge
– Better with the Baby (2011) … Judge
 
2011 Son of Morning
Thomas
 
2011 Wonder Woman (TV movie)
Senator Warren
 
2011 For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
 
2010 The Surge: The Untold Story (short)
Narrator
 
2009 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrmann (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2009 The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Goodenough
 
2009 Hatching Pete (TV movie)
Principal Fred Daly
 
2009 The Skeptic
Dr. Shepard (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1995-2009 Law & Order (TV series)
Drew Seely / Frederic Matson / Mr. Mosbeck
– Anchors Away (2009) … Frederic Matson
– Empire (1999) … Mr. Mosbeck
– Progeny (1995) … Drew Seely
 
2008 30 Rock (TV series)
Walter
– Episode 210 (2008) … Walter
 
2007 Andrew Jackson (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Dr. Norman Shales
– Haunt You Every Day (2007) … Dr. Norman Shales
– The Heart of the Matter (2007) … Dr. Norman Shales
– Let the Truth Sting (2007) … Dr. Norman Shales
 
2000-2007 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Richard Gilmore
– Bon Voyage (2007) … Richard Gilmore
– Unto the Breach (2007) … Richard Gilmore
– Lorelai? Lorelai? (2007) … Richard Gilmore
– It's Just Like Riding a Bike (2007) … Richard Gilmore (credit only)
– Hay Bale Maze (2007) … Richard Gilmore (credit only)
See all 154 episodes »
 
2007 I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Landis
 
2006 Factory Girl
James Townsend
 
2006 The Mayflower (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 Wedding Daze
Lyle
 
2006 Violent Earth: New England's Killer Hurricane (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
 
2006 The Ten Commandments: Part 2 - The Laws of Man (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 Eighty Acres of Hell (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 The Revolution (TV series)
Narrator
 
2005 Bible Battles (TV special)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 UFO Files (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Beyond the War of the Worlds (2005) … Narrator
 
2005 Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV series)
Benjamin Kaplan
– Porcelain Birds (2005) … Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
 
2004 The Aviator
Joseph Breen
 
2004 Men of Valor (Video Game)
Narrator (voice) (as Edward Herman)
 
2004 Bereft (TV movie)
Lloyd
 
2004 First Invasion: The War of 1812 (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2004 Isaac's Storm (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower (Debate Moderator) (uncredited)
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
 
2003 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Captain Thomas Malden
– Pandora's Trunk: Part 2 (2003) … Captain Thomas Malden
 
2000-2003 Oz (TV series)
Harrison Beecher
– Dead Man Talking (2003) … Harrison Beecher
– Cuts Like a Knife (2001) … Harrison Beecher
– Gray Matter (2000) … Harrison Beecher
– Works of Mercy (2000) … Harrison Beecher
– Obituaries (2000) … Harrison Beecher
See all 6 episodes »
 
2002 The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
 
1997-2001 The Practice (TV series)
Anderson Pearson
– Honor Code (2001) … Anderson Pearson
– Trench Work (1998) … Anderson Pearson
– The Battlefield (1998) … Anderson Pearson
– The Defenders (1998) … Anderson Pearson
– Body Count (1998) … Anderson Pearson
See all 10 episodes »
 
2001 James Dean (TV movie)
Raymond Massey
 
2001 The Cat's Meow
W.R. Hearst
 
2001 Down
Milligan
 
2001 Double Take
Charles Allsworth
 
1999 Walking Across Egypt
Rev. Vernon
 
1999 Vendetta (TV movie)
D.A. Luzenberg
 
1999 Atomic Train (TV movie)
The President
 
1998 A Civil Action ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1998 Saint Maybe (TV movie)
Doug Bedloe
 
1998 Better Living
Jack
 
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV mini-series)
Narrator
– Are We to Be a Nation? 1783-1788 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– The World Turned Upside Down: 1778-1783 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Oh, Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1997 Critical Care
Robert Payne
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer (1997) … Narrator
 
1996 Pandora's Clock (TV movie)
President
 
1996 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Thomas Pandolfi
– M.E., Myself and I (1996) … Thomas Pandolfi
 
1996 What Love Sees (TV movie)
Morton Treadway
 
1996 A Season in Purgatory (TV movie)
Dr. Shugrue
 
1996 Soul of the Game (TV movie)
Branch Rickey
 
1995 Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1995 Wings (TV series)
Y.M. Burg
– So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong (1995) … Y.M. Burg
 
1995 Here Come the Munsters (TV movie)
Herman Munster
 
1995 The Face on the Milk Carton (TV movie)
Frank Jessmon
 
1994 Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
 
1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
Mr. Kilroy
 
1994 Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
 
1993 Screen One (TV series)
Ralph
– A Foreign Field (1993) … Ralph
 
1993 My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
 
1993 Born Yesterday
Ed Devery
 
1992/I Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide (uncredited)
 
1991 Fire in the Dark (TV movie)
Robert
 
1991 Sweet Poison (TV movie)
Henry
 
1991 The General Motors Playwrights Theater (TV series)
Ben Cunningham
– The Last Act Is a Solo (1991) … Ben Cunningham
 
1990 So Proudly We Hail (TV movie)
James Wagner
 
1988 Hothouse (TV series)
Woods
– The Actress (1988) … Woods
 
1988 Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
 
1987 Overboard
Grant Stayton III
 
1987 The Lost Boys
Max (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
– The Mole (1987) … Dr. Maxwell Stoddard/Litton
 
1984-1987 American Playhouse (TV series)
Alger Hiss / Headmaster
– The Prodigious Hickey (1987) … Headmaster
– Concealed Enemies (1984) … Alger Hiss
 
1984-1986 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Father Joseph McCabe / Priest
– Where There's Hope, There's Crosby (1986) … Father Joseph McCabe
– Time Heals: Part 2 (1986) … Father Joseph McCabe
– Time Heals: Part 1 (1986) … Father Joseph McCabe
– Playing God: Part 1 (1984) … Priest
 
1986 The Lawrenceville Stories (TV mini-series)
Head Master
 
1986 Murrow (TV movie)
Fred Friendly
 
1985 Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
 
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
 
1984 Mrs. Soffel
Warden Peter Soffel
 
1983 Memorial Day (TV movie)
Ned Larwin
 
1982 Annie
FDR
 
1982 A Little Sex
Tommy
 
1982 The Gift of Life (TV movie)
Dr. Quinn
 
1982 Death Valley
Paul Stanton
 
1982 The Electric Grandmother (TV movie)
Father
 
1982 Freedom to Speak (TV mini-series)
Andrew Carnegie / Robert Ingersoll / Abraham Lincoln / …
 
1981 Reds
Max Eastman
 
1981 Dear Liar (TV movie)
George Bernard Shaw
 
1981 The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (TV movie)
The Stranger
 
1981 Harry's War
Harry Johnson
 
1980 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Capt. Steven J. Newsome
– Heal Thyself (1980) … Capt. Steven J. Newsome
 
1979 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! (TV movie)
Kip Lawton
 
1979 Freedom Road (TV movie)
Stephen Holms
 
1979 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin (TV movie)
Kip Lawton
 
1979 Portrait of a Stripper (TV movie)
Frank Andrews
 
1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
 
1979 Take Down
Ed Branish
 
1978 Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
 
1978 The Betsy
Dan Weyman
 
1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (TV movie)
Lou Gehrig
 
1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (TV movie)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
1976 Eleanor and Franklin (TV movie)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, age 20-50
 
1975 Valley Forge (TV movie)
Folsom
 
1975 Beacon Hill (TV series)
Richard Palmer
 
1975 The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
 
1974 The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
 
1973 The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
 
1973 The Paper Chase
Thomas Craig Anderson
 
1971 Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
2007 How the Earth Was Made (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
2005 Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
2004 Siberia: How the East Was Won (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2003 Intolerable Cruelty ("I've Been Working on the Railroad" - uncredited)
 
1982 Annie (performer: "Tomorrow White House Version" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2010 Hold at all Costs (documentary)
Narrator
 
2010 Hold at All Costs: The Story of The Battle of Outpost Harry (documentary) (voice)
 
2008 MonsterQuest (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Giganto: The Real King Kong (2008) … Narrator
 
2007 Columbus: The Lost Voyage (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator (voice) (as Ed Herrmann)
 
2007 The States (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Georgia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland/DC (2007) … Narrator
– Michigan, Tennessee, Maine, Missouri, South Dakota (2007) … Narrator
– Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota (2007) … Narrator
– Illinois, Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming (2007) … Narrator
– Florida, Indiana, Washington, Utah, Rhode Island (2007) … Narrator
See all 10 episodes »
 
2007 Banned from the Bible II (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2006 Witness to 'Reds' (video)
Himself
 
2006 Mayan Doomsday Prophecy (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 The Ten Commandments: Part 1 - The Laws of God (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 FDR: A Presidency Revealed (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 The Presidents (TV documentary)
Host
 
2005 The French Revolution (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Time Machine: Beyond the Da Vinci Code (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Giganto: The Real King Kong (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Ape to Man (video documentary)
Narrator
 
2004 Countdown to Armageddon (TV documentary)
Announcer
 
2004 The Lost Boys: A Retrospective (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Gilmore Girls Backstage Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Nature (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Holy Cow (2004) … Narrator
 
2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Rex Rexroth' (also archive footage) (as Ed Hermann)
 
2003 The Day They Died (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Nostradamus: 500 Years Later (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– 4x4 (2003) … Narrator
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Munsters: America's First Family of Fright (2003) … Himself
 
2003 TR: An American Lion (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 The Samurai (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Russia, Land of the Tsars (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
– Episode #1.2 (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.3 (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.4 (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Ivan the Terrible (2003) … Narrator
 
2002 The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Founding Brothers (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Antarctica: A Frozen History (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 First Mothers (TV documentary)
Himself (for The History Channel)
 
2001 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Cat's Meow … Himself
 
2001 The Face: Jesus in Art (video documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Horror in the East (TV documentary)
Narrator for The History Channel (voice)
 
2001 The Impressionists (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Founding Fathers (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 New York: A Documentary Film (TV series documentary) (voice)
 
1999 Ultimate Autos (TV series documentary)
Host/Narrator
 
1998-1999 Nova (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself
– Surviving AIDS (1999) … Himself/Narrator
– Submarines, Secrets, and Spies (1999) … Himself/Narrator
– The Beast of Loch Ness (1998) … Narrator
 
1999 Niagara: A History of the Falls (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 History's Lost & Found (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 The Korean War: Fire and Ice (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Frank Lloyd Wright (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
– A Burning Desire (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Let's Play House (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Selling the American Way (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– The Beat (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– The Fear & the Dream (1997) … Narrator (voice)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
 
1984 The Making of 'Mrs. Soffel' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration (1982) … Himself
 
1976 The 30th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Featured Actor in a Play
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2002) Supplies voice for US radio announcements on behalf of the Salvation Army. See more »

Alternate Names:

Edward Herman | Ed Hermann | Ed Herrmann

Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I love the spoken word. I love hearing it. The way the words can seduce you. See more »

Trivia:

He grew up in the Detroit area, studied drama in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (on a Fullbright Fellowship no less) and performed in several repertory stage productions in the Dallas area early in his career. See more »

Trademark:

Often plays wealthy men, political figures, millionaires. See more »

Nickname:

The History Channel Guy See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer