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John Shea

Acting

Born April 14, 1949 · North Conway, New Hampshire, USA

Also known as John B. Shea · John V. Shea · جان شی

Biography

John Victor Shea III (born April 14, 1949) is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and in film. He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and also starred in the short lived 1990s TV series WIOU as Hank Zaret. Later on in the 2000s he starred on the series Mutant X as Adam Kane. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Shea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1988
  • Theatre World Award · 1976

Filmography42 titles

Gossip Girl

2007as Harold Waldorf

Bones

2005as Dr. Marcus Eldridge

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Father John Sejac (segment "As Ye Sow")

Blue Bloods

2010as Dr. Kirk Connor

Deception

2018as Abe Dietrich

The Blacklist

2013as Senator Brian Warwick

Elementary

2012as Bill Wellstone

The Good Wife

2009as Jeffrey Agos

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Trevor Lipton

Medium

2005as David Morrow

Sex and the City

1998as Dominic

Law & Order

1990as John David Myers

Missing

1982as Charles Horman

Madam Secretary

2014as Ted Graham

Santa's Christmas Snooze

1995

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993as Lex Luthor

Do You Know the Muffin Man?

1989as Roger Dollison

Mutant X

2001as Adam Kane

Eleventh Hour

2008as Kristopher Merced

See Jane Run

1995as Dr. Michael Ravenson

Man from Atlantis

1977as Romeo

Stealing Home

1988as Sam Wyatt

Kennedy

1983as Robert F. Kennedy

Justice in a Small Town

1994as Tommy Marchant

The Impossible Spy

1987as Eli Cohen

Agent X

2015as President Eckhart

Love at First Glance

2017as Marshall

The Trouble with the Truth

2012as Robert

Boyfriend's Deceit

2018as Mr. Stein

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

1998as Hartley Cole

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992as Hendrickson

An Invisible Sign

2010as Dad

The March Sisters at Christmas

2012as Mr. Laurence

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

1985as Karl Hoffmann

Hussy

1980as Emory Cole

Grey Lady

2017as Chief Maguire

A Deadly Obsession

2012as Dr. Egan

51

2011as Sam Whitaker

A New Life

1988as Doc

The Apocalypse Watch

1997as Harry Latham / Lassiter

Backstreet Justice

1994as Nick Donovan

Anatomy of the Tide

2013as Davis Harriman