Acting
Gerald McRaney
Born 1947-08-19
Collins, Mississippi, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
Gerald Lee McRaney (born August 19, 1947) is an American television and film actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, Promised Land and House of Cards. He most recently starred as Admiral Hollace Kilbride on NCIS: Los Angeles. He was a series regular in the first season of Jericho and the final season of Deadwood. He appeared in a recurring role as main antagonist Mason Wood in season eight of Castle. Recently, he played Barlow Connally in the A&E series Longmire and had a recurring role in the NBC series This Is Us as Dr. Nathan Katowski, a role which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. McRaney has been married to actress Delta Burke since 1989.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Gerald McRaney
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Focus
2015
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Family Guy
1999
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The A-Team
2010
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The NeverEnding Story
1984
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House of Cards
2013
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Castle
2009
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
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One Tree Hill
2003
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The Best of Me
2014
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This Is Us
2016
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (126 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Murdaugh: Death in the Family | Randolph Murdaugh | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Paradise | Kane Bradford | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Filthy Rich | Eugene Monreaux | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Duncanville | Dick Harris (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Dolly Parton's Heartstrings | Tom | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Deadwood: The Movie | George Hearst | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Violent Separation | Tom Campbell | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Million Little Things | Lenny Farache | TV Series | 2018 |
 | 24: Legacy | Henry Donovan | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Santa Clarita Diet | Ed Thune | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love | Rev. Jake Owens | Movie | 2016 |
 | Shooter | Red Bama Sr. | TV Series | 2016 |
 | This Is Us | Nathan Katowski | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Disappointments Room | Judge Ernest Blacker | Movie | 2016 |
 | Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors | Rev. Jake Owens | Movie | 2015 |
 | Focus | Owens | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Best of Me | Tuck Hostetler | Movie | 2014 |
 | Manhattan | Sec. Hentry Stimson | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Heart of the Country | Calvin | Movie | 2013 |
 | House of Cards | Raymond Tusk | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Longmire | Barlow Connally | TV Series | 2012 |
| Longmire | Barlow | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Red Tails | Lieutenant General Luntz | Movie | 2012 |
 | Fairly Legal | Judge David Nicastro | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Undercovers | Carlton Shaw | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Get Low | Rev. Gus Horton | Movie | 2010 |
 | The A-Team | General Morrison | Movie | 2010 |
| The A-Team | Stunt Double | Movie | 2010 |
 | Justified | Josiah Cairn | TV Series | 2010 |
 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Hollace Kilbride | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Castle | Mason Wood | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Jericho | Johnston Green | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Saving Shiloh | Ray Preston | Movie | 2006 |
 | Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Lieutenant General George S. Patton | Movie | 2004 |
 | Deadwood | George Hearst | TV Series | 2004 |
 | One Tree Hill | Royal Scott | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Designing Women Reunion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | Going for Broke | Jim Bancroft | Movie | 2003 |
 | Mister Sterling | Burt Gammel | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Hansel & Gretel | Father | Movie | 2002 |
 | Tornado Warning | Dr. Jake Arledge | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Dead Zone | Harrison Fisher | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Danger Beneath the Sea | Admiral Eugene Justice | Movie | 2001 |
 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Eli Schindler | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Take Me Home: The John Denver Story | Dutch | Movie | 2000 |
 | Comanche | Col. Samuel Sturgis | Movie | 2000 |
| The Making of Comanche | Self | Movie | 2000 | |
 | A Holiday Romance | Cal Peterson | Movie | 1999 |
 | Third Watch | Glen Hobart | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The West Wing | Alan Adamle | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Family Guy | Old West (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
 | A Thousand Men and a Baby | Capt. John 'Chick' Hayward | Movie | 1997 |
 | A Nightmare Come True | Don Zarn | Movie | 1997 |
 | Promised Land | Russell Greene | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Lawrence Barker | Movie | 1995 |
 | JAG | Sergeant Major Charvis Krohn | TV Series | 1995 |
| Fast Forward | Alex (Adult) | Movie | 1995 | |
 | The Stranger Beside Me | Dave Morgan | Movie | 1995 |
 | Central Park West | Adam Brock | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Not Our Son | George Keller | Movie | 1995 |
 | Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou | Jake Lassiter | Movie | 1995 |
 | Women of the House | Dash Goff | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again | Rick Simon | Movie | 1995 |
 | Someone She Knows | Frank Mayfield | Movie | 1994 |
 | Touched by an Angel | Russell Greene | TV Series | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Joe Patcherik | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Deadly Vows | Tom Weston | Movie | 1994 |
 | Motorcycle Gang | Cal Morris | Movie | 1994 |
 | Rebel Highway | Cal Morris | TV Series | 1994 |
 | D-Day: The Total Story | Host | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Burke's Law | Ronnie Gelico | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Armed and Innocent | Bobby Lee Holland | Movie | 1994 |
 | Scattered Dreams | George Messenger | Movie | 1993 |
 | Diagnosis: Murder | Det. Andy Ruggio | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Fatal Friendship | Hank Landrum | Movie | 1991 |
 | Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story | Howard Danner | TV Series | 1991 |
| Love and Curses... and All That Jazz | Ross | Movie | 1991 | |
| Love and Curses... and All That Jazz | Director | Movie | 1991 | |
 | Vestige of Honor | Major Falon | Movie | 1990 |
 | Blind Vengeance | Garr Hagar | Movie | 1990 |
| Blind Vengeance | Executive Producer | Movie | 1990 |
 | Major Dad | John D. MacGillis | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Murder on the Moon | Dennis Huff | Movie | 1989 |
 | Coach | Jim Collins | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? | Jones | Movie | 1988 |
 | The People Across the Lake | Chuck Yoman | Movie | 1988 |
 | A Hobo's Christmas | Charlie Grovner | Movie | 1987 |
 | A Woman's Guide to Firearms | Self - Host | Movie | 1987 |
 | Designing Women | Dash Goff | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Jackals | Jake Wheeler | Movie | 1986 |
 | Easy Prey | Christopher Wilder | Movie | 1986 |
 | City Killer | Lieutenant Eckford | Movie | 1984 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Terry Folger | TV Series | 1984 |
 | The NeverEnding Story | Bastian's Father | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Haunting Passion | Dan Evans | Movie | 1983 |
 | Memories Never Die | Howdy Tilford | Movie | 1982 |
 | Simon & Simon | Rick Simon | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Magnum, P.I. | Rick Simon | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | Cliff Sulkes | Movie | 1980 |
 | Where the Ladies Go | Merle Johnson | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Aliens Are Coming | Patrolman Ashley | Movie | 1980 |
 | Roots: The Next Generations | Harry Owens | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Women in White | Dr. Gus Henderson | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Jordan Chance | Sid Burton | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Return of the Incredible Hulk | Denny Kayle | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Incredible Hulk | Denny Kayle | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Sam Roberts | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Colin Roark | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Logan's Run | Gera | TV Series | 1977 |
 | CHiPs | Demick | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Fantastic Journey | Co-Pilot | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Keep Off My Grass! | David Sherman | Movie | 1975 |
 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Smith | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Rockford Files | Jerryl | TV Series | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Irv | TV Series | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Manager | TV Series | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | John Pleasance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Police Woman | Comet | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Bob Marsh | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Brain Machine | Willie West | Movie | 1972 |
 | His Wife's Habit | Terrance Bradford | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Night of Bloody Horror | Wesley Stuart | Movie | 1969 |
 | Hawaii Five-O | Tim Ryder | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Gunsmoke | Gentry | TV Series | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Lonnie Colby | TV Series | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Pete Murphy | TV Series | 1955 |