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Daniel von Bargen

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A character actor who seems to pop up everywhere as the stereotypical cop, military officer and/or tough guy, Von Bargen can nevertheless turn in performances of stunning complexity when given the chance. His role in The Postman as the Pineview sheriff who suspects 'Kevin Costner''s character of being a fraud... See full bio »

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2009 London Betty
Maury
 
2006 Things That Hang from Trees
George Burgess
 
2005 Drip
Daniel
 
1991-2004 Law & Order (TV series)
Commander Billings / Lambrusco / Supt. Cooper
– The Brotherhood (2004) … Supt. Cooper
– Navy Blues (1997) … Commander Billings (as Daniel Von Bargen)
– Confession (1991) … Lambrusco
 
2004 Dead Horse
Stu Conklin
 
2003 Without a Trace (TV series)
Chief Patrick Finn
– Trip Box (2003) … Chief Patrick Finn
 
2003 Artworks
Howard Deardorf
 
2002 S1m0ne
Chief Detective
 
2000-2002 Malcolm in the Middle (TV series)
Commandant Spangler / Commandant Edwin Spangler
– Dewey's Dog (2002) … Commandant Edwin Spangler
– Emancipation (2001) … Commandant Edwin Spangler
– Houseboat (2001) … Commandant Edwin Spangler
– Mini-Bike (2001) … Commandant Edwin Spangler
– Surgery (2001) … Commandant Spangler
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2002 Coastlines
Sheriff Tate
 
2001 The Majestic
Federal Agent Ellerby
 
2001 Trigger Happy
Harold
 
2001 Judging Amy (TV series)
Judge
– Grounded (2001) … Judge
 
2001 Super Troopers
Chief Grady (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
2001 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Judge William Kopesky
– The Ex-Files (2001) … Judge William Kopesky
 
2000 The West Wing (TV series)
Air Force General Ken Shannon
– Noël (2000) … Air Force General Ken Shannon
– In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I (2000) … Air Force General Ken Shannon
 
2000 The Fearing Mind (TV series)
P.F. O'Horgan
– Good Harvest (2000) … P.F. O'Horgan
 
2000 The Kid
Sam Duritz (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
2000 Shaft
Lt. Kearney (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
2000 Time of Your Life (TV series)
Mr. Halloway
– The Time They Got E-Rotic (2000) … Mr. Halloway
 
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Sheriff Cooley (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
2000 City of Angels (TV series)
Stewart Rafferty
– Unhand Me (2000) … Stewart Rafferty
 
2000 A Question of Faith
Adrian
 
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
Carl Heine Sr. (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1999 Universal Soldier: The Return
General Radford
 
1999 The General's Daughter
Police Chief Yardley
 
1999 The Practice (TV series)
Det. Smiley
– Happily Ever After (1999) … Det. Smiley
 
1999 Fantasy Island (TV series)
District Attorney Flynn
– Innocent (1999) … District Attorney Flynn
 
1998 A Civil Action
Mr. Granger (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1998 Party of Five (TV series)
Dr. Dick Grayson
– Love and War (1998) … Dr. Dick Grayson
 
1998 The Faculty
Mr. John Tate
 
1998 Inferno (TV movie)
Gen. Craig Maxwell (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1998 I'm Losing You
Dr. Litvak
 
1998 Desert Blue
Sheriff Jackson
 
1998 Arli$$ (TV series)
– Whatever It Takes (1998)
 
1998 The X-Files (TV series)
Jacob Steven Haley
– The Pine Bluff Variant (1998) … Jacob Steven Haley
 
1997-1998 Seinfeld (TV series)
Kruger
– The Maid (1998) … Kruger (as Daniel Von Bargen)
– The Burning (1998) … Kruger (as Daniel Von Bargen)
– The Strike (1997) … Kruger (as Daniel Von Bargen)
– The Slicer (1997) … Kruger (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1998 Significant Others (TV series)
David Lerner
– The Plan (1998) … David Lerner (as Daniel Van Bargen)
 
1998 The Pretender (TV series)
Captain Prentiss McClaren
– Collateral Damage (1998) … Captain Prentiss McClaren
 
1997 The Postman
Pineview Sheriff Briscoe
 
1997 Amistad
Warden Pendleton (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1997 Girls Night Out (short)
 
1997 Trouble on the Corner
Cecil, The Butcher
 
1997 The Real Blonde
Devon (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1997 G.I. Jane
Theodore Hayes (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1995-1997 New York Undercover (TV series)
Duane / Green / Omega Bomber
– The Promised Land (1997) … Green
– Color Lines (1995) … Omega Bomber/Duane
 
1996 NYPD Blue (TV series)
Sgt. Ray Kahlins
– Unembraceable You (1996) … Sgt. Ray Kahlins
– Hollie and the Blowfish (1996) … Sgt. Ray Kahlins
 
1996 Thinner
Chief Duncan Hopley
 
1996 The Writing on the Wall (TV movie)
Rockwell
 
1996 Before and After
Fran Conklin
 
1996 Broken Arrow
Air Force General Creely
 
1996 Looking for Richard (documentary)
Ratcliffe (as Dan von Bargen)
 
1995 Truman (TV movie)
General MacArthur
 
1995 Lord of Illusions
Nix
 
1995 Crimson Tide
Vladimir Radchenko
 
1995 The Shamrock Conspiracy (TV movie)
Sternhardt (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1994-1995 All My Children (TV series)
Lt. Cody
 
1994 I.Q.
Secret Service Agent
 
1994 The Gift of Love (TV movie)
 
1994 One West Waikiki (TV series)
Capt. Charlie Dalton
– 'Til Death Do Us Part (1994) … Capt. Charlie Dalton
 
1993 Guiding Light (TV series)
Joe Morrison
 
1993 Philadelphia
Jury Foreman
 
1993 Six Degrees of Separation
Detective (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
Boat Captain
 
1993 Rising Sun
Chief Olson / Interrogator
 
1993 Scam (TV movie)
Albert Magliocco
 
1993 With Hostile Intent (TV movie)
Officer Ted Campbell
 
1993 RoboCop 3
Moreno
 
1993 The Last Hit (TV movie)
Nordlinger
 
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie)
Clyde Tolson
 
1992 Basic Instinct
Lieutenant Nilsen (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1992 Complex World
Malcom
 
1991 Shadows and Fog
Vigilante (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1991 Company Business
Mike Flinn
 
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
SWAT Communicator
 
1991 The Good Policeman
 
1990 H.E.L.P. (TV series)
Whitehall
– Are You There, Alpha Centauri? (1990) … Whitehall (as Daniel Von Bargen)
 
1985-1986 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Al / Mr. Hurley
– Rage (1986) … Mr. Hurley
– Autumn Thieves (1985) … Al (uncredited)
 
1985 American Playhouse (TV series)
Thomas
– Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985) … Thomas
 
1985 Right to Kill? (TV movie)
Det. Roberts
 
1983 The Dean of Thin Air (TV movie)
George Berkeley (as Dan Von Bargen)
 
1979 The Scarlet Letter (TV mini-series)
A Sailor
 
1976 Visions (TV series)
Guard
– Life Among the Lowly (1976) … Guard
 
1974 Great Performances (TV series)
Wooldridge
– Feasting with Panthers (1974) … Wooldridge
 
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2003 Cincinnati: Just Around the Corner (documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
FBI Agent Ellerby
– The Majestic (2001) … FBI Agent Ellerby
 
1999 Margaret Sanger (TV documentary) (voice)
 
1997 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (TV special documentary) (voice)
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
– Fight No More Forever (1996) (voice)
– Death Runs Riot (1996) (voice)
– Speck of the Future (1996) (voice)
 
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2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Malcolm in the Middle (TV series)
 

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[on his role in Seinfeld] "When you start becoming a commodity because of your face or your stature or whatever, those opportunities become fewer and fewer. So it's nice to get on a comedy and have people go, "You're funny!'" See more »

Trivia:

20 February 2012, called 911 (emergency) after shooting himself in the temple with a .38 caliber gun. Was listed as in a critical condition after the shooting. See more »

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Usually cast as a military or police officer, or other authority figure See more »

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