Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
165 acting credits
Acting · 165
Breaking Bad
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Modern Family
2009
CSI: Miami
2002
Dexter
2006
Castle
2009
Two and a Half Men
2003
Better Call Saul
2015
INVINCIBLE
2021
MythBusters
2003
ER
1994
Without a Trace
2002
Falcon Crest
1981
The Expanse
2015
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Cold Case
2003
Gravity Falls
2012
Hill Street Blues
1981
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Parks and Recreation
2009
Strong Medicine
2000
Community
2009
Hunter
1984
The Waltons
1972
Matlock
1986
Highlander: The Series
1992
T. J. Hooker
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Due South
1994
Lie to Me
2009
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The District
2000
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
seaQuest DSV
1993
Designing Women
1986
Lou Grant
1977
Shark
2006
Life
2007
Wiseguy
1987
Matt Houston
1982
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Eli Stone
2008
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Incredibles 2
2018
The Beast in Me
2025
Airplane!
1980
Dr. Ken
2015
E-Ring
2005
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
Alias
2001
Gremlins
1984
Fired Up
1997
Day Break
2006
Constellation
2024
Ringer
2011
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Skylanders Academy
2016
Otherworld
1985
Shut Eye
2016
Better Call Saul Employee Training
2017
Hollywood Beat
1985
A Tale Dark & Grimm
2021
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Women of the House
1995
Horrible Bosses 2
2014
The Commuter
2018
48 Hrs.
1982
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
Best of the West
1981
Identity Thief
2013
Show Me More
2021
The Comey Rule
2020
The Word
1978
Talking Saul
2016
Major Lazer
2015
Carter Country
1977
Talking Bad
2013
The Gangster Chronicles
1981
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
2001
Reign Over Me
2007
Freejack
1992
Redbad
2018
Ike
1979
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2014
Sanford
1980
Frances
1982
Mudbound
2017
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Dark Blue
2002
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015
Flipper
1996
Term Life
2016
Stir Crazy
1980
Coming Home
1978
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Bullet
2014
The Cheap Detective
1978
For Better or for Worse
1989
Boiling Point
1993
Harvey
1999
Rage!
1980
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
The Rose
1979
Cold Steel
1987
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977
Dark Breed
1997
Outlaw Justice
1999
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
Blind Side
1993
Foolish
1999
Gangster Wars
1981
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
Proximity
2001
Assassin
1986
Trash
1999
Pin
1988
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
Authors Anonymous
2014
Last Man Standing
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979
The Macahans
1976
Ike
1979
Dollar for the Dead
1998
Don't Touch My Daughter
1991
The Fifth Missile
1986
The Yard
2016
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
Proud American
2008
Nadia
1984
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993
Wiseguy
1996
Watercolor Postcards
2013
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
Who Is Julia?
1986
Shadow of Obsession
1994
Downward Angel
2001
The Invisible Woman
1983
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007
Body Shot
1994
R.S.V.P.
2002
Circadian Rhythm
2005
Desperate Voyage
1980
Downpayment on Murder
1987
Harvey
1996
Wiseguy: Pilot
1987
Millennium Man
1999
She's Dressed to Kill
1979
I'm Brave!
2015
Linda's Film on Menstruation
1974
The Wolf: True Alpha
2018