Titus Welliver
| Titus Welliver | |
|---|---|
 Welliver in February 2015 | |
| Born |
Titus B. Welliver March 12, 1961 New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, painter |
| Spouse(s) |
Joanna Heimbold (m. 1998; div. 2004) Elizabeth W. Alexander (m. 2005; her death 2012) Jose Stemkens (m. 2014) |
| Children | 3 |
Titus B. Welliver[1] (born March 12, 1961) is an American actor and painter. He is best known for his portrayals of the Man in Black on Lost[2] and the title role in the television series Bosch from Amazon Studios.
Early life
Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut , the son of Norma Cripps, a fashion illustrator, and Neil Welliver, a landscape painter.[1][3] He studied drama at New York University in the early 1980s, before his film and television career began to take off.
Career
Advertisements
- Comcast Business Class.
- Ambassador for Gentleman Jack's "What is the order?" campaign.[4]
Film
Welliver has worked on several film projects, including The Doors (1991), Mobsters (1991), in which he played Al Capone, Mulholland Falls (1996), Rough Riders (1997), Once in the Life (2000), Biker Boyz (2003), Twisted (2004), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). He has been cast in all four of director Ben Affleck's films to date; Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), Argo (2012) and Live by Night (2016). He was also cast in director Michael Bay's film Transformers: Age Of Extinction in 2014.
Television
On television, he had a recurring role as a doctor on NYPD Blue and was one of the stars of the CBS police drama Brooklyn South. Moreover, Welliver is well known for playing the semi-regular character Silas Adams on the HBO series Deadwood. Welliver played "The Representative" in two episodes of Prison Break, portrayed Kyle Hollis (a.k.a. Reverend Orson Parker) in the NBC series Life, and appeared in the season five finale of Lost as the "The Man in Black" which character he continued to portray during the sixth and final season.
He was introduced into FX's Sons of Anarchy midway through season two, in which he portrays Irish gun kingpin Jimmy O'Phelan. In 2009, he started playing the role of Prosecutor Glenn Childs, a rival of Chris Noth's character, in the CBS series The Good Wife. He recently joined the cast of the apocalyptic drama The Last Ship, as Thorwald, a local warlord fighting underground in a dying world infected by a global pandemic.
Welliver plays the title role in the TV series Bosch from Amazon Studios. The series is based on the novels centered on the character of the same name by Michael Connelly. The first season of the series was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 13, 2015.[5]
Personal life
Welliver has been married 3 times.[6]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Navy SEALs | Redneck in Bar | |
| 1990 | The Lost Capone | Ralph Capone | |
| 1991 | The Doors | Macing Cop | |
| 1991 | Mobsters | Al Capone | |
| 1992 | An American Story | Jack Austin | |
| 1994 | Tick, Tick, Tick | Short | |
| 1994 | Zero Tolerance | Ray Manta | |
| 1994 | Blind Justice | Sumner | |
| 1995 | Born to Be Wild | Sergeant Markle | |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Kenny Kamins | |
| 1997 | The Clearing | Short | |
| 1997 | Rough Riders | B.F. Goodrich | |
| 1997 | Air Force One | ||
| 1997 | The Big Fall | Moe | Short |
| 2000 | Cement | Moe | |
| 2000 | Once in the Life | Torch | |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz | Max | |
| 2004 | Twisted | Dale Becker | |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Milos | |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Lionel McCready | |
| 2008 | The Narrows | Tony | |
| 2008 | The Human Contract | Mr. Praylis | |
| 2009 | Other People's Parties | Pat 'The Patriot' Prescott | |
| 2009 | Handsome Harry | Gebhardt | |
| 2010 | Mafia II | Civilians | Video game voice role |
| 2010 | The Town | Dino Ciampa | |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Dante Marcus | |
| 2012 | Item 47 | Agent Felix Blake | Short Marvel Comics film, precursor to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. |
| 2012 | Argo | Jon Bates | |
| 2012 | Promised Land | Rob | |
| 2013 | RED 2 | Senior Director of Military Intelligence | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | James Savoy | |
| 2014 | Poker Night | Maxwell | |
| 2016 | Live by Night | Tim Hickey | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Matlock | Johnny Bauer | 1 episode |
| 1992 | L.A. Law | William Boyd | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Doug | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Commish | Michael Harris | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Salucci | 1 episode |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Doug Spinney | Episode: "Darkness Falls" |
| 1994 | One Woman's Courage | Television movie | |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Frankie | 1 episode |
| 1995–98 | NYPD Blue | Dr. Mondzac | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | Cameron | 1 episode |
| 1996 | High Incident | Sgt. Crispo | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Murder One | Larry White | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Nash Bridges | Richard Drake | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Spy Game | Sebastian Dane | 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Practice | Gordon | 1 episode |
| 1997–98 | Brooklyn South | Officer Jake Lowery | Main role; 22 episodes |
| 1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Lewis Thornton Powell | Television movie |
| 1999 | Total Recall: The Series | Henry Sumers | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Voyager | Lt. Cmdr. Maxwell Burke | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Touched by an Angel | Gregory/Lonnie | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Mind Prey | John Mail | Television movie |
| 2000 | Falcone | Santino 'Sonny' Napoli | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Big Apple | FBI Special Agent Jimmy Flynn | 8 episodes |
| 2001 | Blonde | The Baseball Player | Television miniseries |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | Rick Jansen | 1 episode |
| 2001–02 | That's Life | Dr. Eric Hackett | Recurring role; 17 episodes |
| 2002 | Third Watch | Cameron | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Tom Landricks | 1 episode |
| 2003 | The Twilight Zone | Dylan | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Hack | Zachary | 2 episodes |
| 2004–06 | Deadwood | Silas Adams | 27 episodes (one credit only) |
| 2006 | Law & Order | Bill Whitney | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Agent Graves | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Kidnapped | Senator Bill Ross | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Jericho | Colonel Robert Hoffman | 1 episode |
| 2007 | NCIS | Navy Captain Roger Walsh | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Shark | Dexter Modene/Javier | 1 episode |
| 2007–08 | Life | Kyle Hollis | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Prison Break | Scott (The Representative) | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Monk | Daniel Reese | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Raising the Bar | Nate Chrisman | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Kings | Bartender | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Supernatural | Roger/War | 1 episode |
| 2009–10 | Lost | Man in Black / Smoke Monster | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | The Closer | Gregory Drisken | 1 episode |
| 2009–10 | Sons of Anarchy | Jimmy O'Phelan | 13 episodes |
| 2010 | True Blue | John Leeson | Television movie |
| 2010 | Lost: The Final Journey | Himself/Narrator | Television documentary |
| 2011 | Law & Order: LA | Attorney Kennedy | 1 episode |
| 2011, 2015 | Suits | Dominic Barone | 3 episodes |
| 2009–11 | The Good Wife | Glenn Childs | Recurring role; 16 episodes |
| 2011–12 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mark Gabriel/Matt Gabriel | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | The Awakening | The Hunter | Television movie |
| 2011 | Good Morning, Killer | Mike Donato | Television movie |
| 2012 | Grimm | Farley Kolt | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Touch | Randall Meade | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Powers | Triphammer | Television movie |
| 2012 | Midnight Sun | Bennett Maxwell | Television movie |
| 2013 | White Collar | Senator Terence Pratt | 2 episodes |
| 2013–16 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Felix Blake | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | The Mentalist | Michael Ridley | 3 episodes |
| 2014–15 | The Last Ship | Thorwald | 4 episodes |
| 2015–present | Bosch | Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch | Lead role; 20 episodes |
References
- 1 2 "Welliver". The New York Times. April 8, 2005.
- ↑ The Man in Black (Lost)
- ↑ "Titus Welliver Biography (1961-)". FilmReference.com.
- ↑ "Gentleman Jack". JackDaniels.com. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Amazon's Original Hour Long Drama Series Bosch". BusinessWire.
- ↑ "Profile". People. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
External links
- Titus Welliver at the Internet Movie Database
- "80 minute interview". Kevin Pollak's Chat Show.