
Jude Ciccolella
Richard Jude Ciccolella (born November 30, 1947), better known as Jude Ciccolella, is an American character actor. Ciccolella was born in Nassau County, New York. He graduated from Brown University, class of 1969 where he acted in student productions. He studied at Temple University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre. His film roles include parts in The Shawshank Redemption as Mert, Boys on the Side as Jerry, Night Falls on Manhattan as Lieutenant Wilson, Star Trek Nemesis as Romulan Commander Suran, Down With Love as the private eye, The Terminal as Karl Iverson, the 2004 Director's Cut DVD of Daredevil, the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate as David Donovan, and the 2005 Sin City movie adaptation as Liebowitz. After guest starring roles in Law & Order, NYPD Blue, CSI: NY and ER, Ciccolella took a recurring guest role on 24. During the show's first and second seasons (2001–2003), he played Mike Novick, Chief of Staff to President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert). He has also guest starred as Principal Raymond on Everybody Hates Chris; however, he was replaced upon reprising his role as Mike Novick in the last eight episodes of Season 4 of 24. He appeared in the 1992 James Foley and David Mamet film Glengarry Glen Ross as the Detective. He appeared in the scene where Al Pacino was having an argument with Kevin Spacey about the "six-thousand dollars" owed to him. Ciccolella was also seen in the episode of Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete & Pete titled "Tool and Die," where he plays the shop class teacher Mr Slurm, whose missing left hand stirred nothing but hearsay and rumors. Mr. Ciccolella did not reprise his role as Mr. Slurm in the season 3 episode, "Road Warrior." In 24's fourth season (2005), Ciccolella returned for the last 8 episodes. Mike had become an advisor to Acting President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin), who had taken over after the downing of Air Force One critically injured President John Keeler (Geoff Pierson). He had continued this role in the show's fifth season (2006). However, he did not appear in the sixth season. In 2007, he guest-starred on NBC freshman drama Life. He also appeared in the 2007 film, The Wager. In 2008, he portrayed Phillip Davenport, a fictional Secretary of the Navy on the 6th season of the CBS show NCIS. Two years later, he appeared one more time for the last episode of the 8th season. In the "Supporting Players" featurette on the 24 season 5 DVD, actress Jean Smart reveals that Ciccolella is a folk singer.
79 acting credits
Acting · 79

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Law & Order
1990

NCIS
2003

The Mentalist
2008

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

House
2004

Medium
2005

Prison Break
2005

24
2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Monk
2002

ER
1994

The Shawshank Redemption
1994

CSI: NY
2004

Boston Legal
2004

Burn Notice
2007

The Guardian
2001

The Equalizer
1985

Lethal Weapon
2016

Everybody Hates Chris
2005

The Sentinel
1996

Viper
1994

Perception
2012

New York Undercover
1994

Life
2007

Martial Law
1998

Touch
2012

The Agency
2001

Daredevil
2003

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014

The Terminal
2004

The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993

Sin City
2005

Million Dollar Baby
2004

New York News
1995

CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984

Star Trek: Nemesis
2002

Mercury Rising
1998

High Crimes
2002

World Trade Center
2006

The Manchurian Candidate
2004

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992

Down with Love
2003

Beloved
1998

Boys on the Side
1995

Flawless
1999

Head of State
2003

Night Falls on Manhattan
1997

Mad Love
1995

Gloria
1999

Stolen
2009

Shakedown
1988

Insignificance
1985

The Babymakers
2012

Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
1987

City of Hope
1991

Julia
2008

Critical Condition
1987

Beautiful & Twisted
2015

Doubletake
1985

Event 15
2013

Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988

The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005

The Virgin of Juarez
2006

Code Breakers
2005

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Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994

Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart
2003

Out of the Darkness
1985
Washington Heights
2002

With Murder in Mind
1992

The Gauntlet
2013

Brass
1985

Inflammable
1995

A Perfect Day
2006

Stealing Roses
2012
Harrison: Cry of the City
1996

Serving Up Richard
2012

Incident on Marmont Avenue
2012