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Scott Glenn

Acting

Born January 26, 1939 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Scott Glen

Biography

Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1939) is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in She Came to the Valley (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), John Adcox in Backdraft (1991), Bill Burton in Absolute Power (1997), Roger in Training Day (2001), Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Chris Chenery in Secretariat (2010), Kevin Garvey Sr. in the HBO series The Leftovers (2014–2017), and as Stick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil (2015–2016) and The Defenders (2017).

Awards & recognition

  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actor in a Play · 1999 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Silence of the Lambs

1991as Jack Crawford

Apocalypse Now

1979as Lieutenant Richard M. Colby

Marvel's Daredevil

2015as Stick

Monk

2002as Sheriff Rollins

Freedom Writers

2007as Steve Gruwell

Emergency!

1972as Forklift Driver (uncredited)

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

2015as Self

The Hill

2023as Red Murff

The Leftovers

2014as Kevin Garvey Sr.

The White Lotus

2021as Jim Hollinger

Training Day

2001as Roger

Secretariat

2010as Chris Chenery

The Bourne Ultimatum

2007as CIA Director Ezra Kramer

The Hunt for Red October

1990as CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)

The Right Stuff

1983as Alan Shepard

The Seventh Stream

2001as Owen Quinn

Nashville

1975as Pfc. Glenn Kelly

Bad Monkey

2024as Jim Yancy

Castle Rock

2018as Alan Pangborn

The Player

1992as Scott Glenn

Greenland

2020as Dale

The Defenders

2017as Stick

A Painted House

2003as Eli 'Pappy' Chandler

The Virgin Suicides

1999as Father Moody

Silverado

1985as Emmett

Ironside

1967as Frank Lenox

Carla's Song

1996as Bradley

Absolute Power

1997as Bill Burton

Backdraft

1991as John 'Axe' Adcox

American Experience

1988as Narrator (voice)

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981as Bill Dalton

Courage Under Fire

1996as Gartner

Urban Cowboy

1980as Wes

Greenland 2: Migration

2026as Dale

The Shipping News

2001as Jack Buggit

The Daily Show

1996as Self

The River

1984as Joe Wade

Nights in Rodanthe

2008as Robert Torrelson

Buffalo Soldiers

2001as Sergeant Lee

Tall Tale

1995as J.P. Stiles

The Patty Duke Show

1963

The Bourne Legacy

2012as Ezra Kramer

Sucker Punch

2011as Wise Man

W.

2008as Donald Rumsfeld

Camille

2008as Sheriff Foster

Vertical Limit

2000as Montgomery Wick

Edie & Pen

1996as Harry

Personal Best

1982as Terry Tingloff

Journey to the End of the Night

2006as Rosso

The Challenge

1982as Rick