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Acting

Cotter Smith

Career: Active from 1983 to 2025, with a break from 2006 to 2016, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: MINDHUNTER
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Cotter Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
0.7, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Mystery 2
Legal Drama 2
Character-Driven 2
Period Piece 2
Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 59

CIA

60

TV show · as Peter Cooper

Time of Death

60

as Pat

Basic Psych

as Dr. Grant Harrison

Unsinkable

59

as Senator Smith

Rustin

71

as Chief Wells

Things Heard & Seen

44

as Tom Claire

Jack and the Treehouse

as Pap

2010s

16 titles · average score 69

MINDHUNTER

87

TV show · as Unit Chief Shepard

The Post

78

as Under Secretary William Macomber

The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner

as Preacher (voice)

Blindspot

68

TV show · as General

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as Darren Hahn

The Americans

89

TV show · as Deputy Attorney General

The Following

62

TV show · as Nathan

Revolution

64

TV show · as Jack Davis

666 Park Avenue

64

TV show · as Mayor

Friends with Kids

58

as Phil Fryman

Person of Interest

81

TV show · as Denton Weeks

Unforgettable

60

TV show · as Jay Barrett

2000s

17 titles · average score 69

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Forrest Burke

White Collar

85

TV show · as Adam Wilson

Damages

83

TV show · as Federal Investigator

Brothers and Sisters

70

TV show · as Gordon Alexander

The Unit

76

TV show · as Bill Lachey

Sleeper

as Dr. Altman

Night Stalker

43

TV show · as Tony Vincenzo

Ghost Whisperer

50

TV show · as Gerald Lucas

NCIS

64

TV show · as Sam Stevens

Tru Calling

57

TV show · as Richard Davies

Without a Trace

71

TV show · as Sean McGinnis

Run the Wild Fields

69

as Silas Green

1990s

16 titles · average score 61

Judging Amy

76

TV show · as ASA Jeremy Friedman

78

TV show · as Judge Benjamin Fee

Orleans

TV show · as Bill Brennecke

Lifeform

41

as Dr. Case Montgomery

Remember Me

42

as Adam Nichols

Chicago Hope

73

TV show · as Bob Marinak

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story

as Steve

A Place to Be Loved

as Mike Caldwell

Midnight's Child

42

as Nick Cowan

The Last Prostitute

as Joe

Equal Justice

TV show · as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Eric Martin

1980s

18 titles · average score 65

K-9

48

as Gilliam

Cameron's Closet

38

as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro

Lady Beware

31

as Mac Odell

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Tony Henderson

A Bunny's Tale

55

as Ned Holcomb

Moonlighting

78

TV show · as Brian Baker

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Robert Rhine

Blood Feud

74

TV show · as Robert F. Kennedy

Blood Feud

69

as Robert F. Kennedy

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Dr. Rowe

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show