
Jonathan Banks
Born: 1947-01-31
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Biography
Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Known For

Airplane!

Incredibles 2

Gremlins

Beverly Hills Cop

Horrible Bosses 2

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Coming Home

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Bullet

Frances

Ike

Identity Thief

The Rose

Dark Breed

Proximity

Catwoman: Hunted

48 Hrs.

Freejack

Boiling Point

Wiseguy

Redbad

The Commuter

Cold Steel

Blind Side

Pin

Flipper

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Assassin

Foolish

Gangster Wars

Honeymoon Academy

Reign Over Me

Downward Angel

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Circadian Rhythm

Desperate Voyage

Watercolor Postcards

Body Shot

Nadia

Trash

Outlaw Justice

R.S.V.P.

Armed and Dangerous

Authors Anonymous

The Cheap Detective

Mudbound

Stir Crazy

Making of Better Call Saul: Finale

Term Life

The Fifth Missile

Dark Blue

Dollar for the Dead

Wiseguy: Pilot

Puff, Puff, Pass

Last Man Standing

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

I'm Brave!

The Wolf: True Alpha

Downpayment on Murder

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

Who Is Julia?

Who'll Stop the Rain

There Goes the Neighborhood

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

Rage!

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

Harvey

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Let the Devil Wear Black

Shadow of Obsession

A Thousand Men and a Baby

The Girl in the Empty Grave

Murder Me, Murder You

The Macahans

Millennium Man

The Invisible Woman

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

Don't Touch My Daughter

Batman: Arkham Knight - The Voices of Arkham (Behind the Scenes)

Proud American

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Murder 101: College Can be Murder

She's Dressed to Kill
