Jonathan Banks

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	Acting
Most Rating	26.671
Birthday	1947-01-31
Place of Birth	Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As	Jonathan Ray Banks, Джонатан Бэнкс, 조나단 뱅스, 乔纳森·班克斯, Джонатан Бенкс,

Beverly Hills Cop

48 Hrs.

Airplane!

Reign Over Me

Armed and Dangerous

Frances

Boiling Point

Cold Steel

Puff, Puff, Pass

Freejack

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Foolish

Flipper

Don't Touch My Daughter

Nadia

Blind Side

Proximity

Dollar for the Dead

Last Man Standing

Let the Devil Wear Black

Dark Breed

Identity Thief

A Thousand Men and a Baby

Murder Me, Murder You

The Fifth Missile

Harvey

The Girl in the Empty Grave

Bullet

Wiseguy

Authors Anonymous

Body Shot

Desperate Voyage

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair

Honeymoon Academy

Trash

There Goes the Neighborhood

Horrible Bosses 2

Pin

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magische Freundschaft

Dark Blue

Proud American

Term Life

R.S.V.P.

Who'll Stop the Rain

The Commuter

Mudbound

Linda's Film on Menstruation

Gangster Wars

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

She's Dressed to Kill

Who Is Julia?

Watercolor Postcards

Gremlins

Murder 101: College Can be Murder

Redbad

Incredibles 2

The Invisible Woman

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Rage!

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

Assassin

I'm Brave!

Outlaw Justice

The Cheap Detective

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Millennium Man

Downward Angel

The Wolf: True Alpha

Catwoman: Hunted

The Rose

Coming Home

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

Stir Crazy

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

Shadow of Obsession

Ike