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Len Cariou
ActorBorn September 30, 1939 (85 years)
Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor. He gained prominence for his Tony Award-winning title role in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979). Prior, Cariou had earned nominations for his performances in musicals Applause (1970) and A Little Night Music (1973). Cariou has had supporting roles in films such as The Four Seasons (1981), Thirteen Days (2000), About Schmidt (2002), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Prisoners (2013), and Spotlight (2015). On television, he is known for recurring roles in the shows Murder, She Wrote (1985–1992), Brotherhood (2005-2006), and Damages (2010) and his starring role in Blue Bloods (2010–2024).
Known For
Filmography
| 2019 | When They See Us (TV Series) · as Da Robert Morgenthau |
| 2018 | Bumblebee · as Hank |
| 2018 | Death Wish · as Ben |
| 2015 | Spotlight · as Cardinal Law |
| 2013 | Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen · as Ernest Hemingway |
| 2013 | Prisoners · as Father Patrick Dunn |
| 2013 | Wallander: The Troubled Man · as Atkins |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Henry Reagan |
| 2009 | Into the Storm · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 2008 | The Onion Movie · as Norm Archer |
| 2007 | Damages (TV Series) · as Louis Tobin |
| 2007 | 1408 · as Mike's Father |
| 2007 | Army Wives (TV Series) · as Randall Meade |
| 2007 | War Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers · as Mr. Beech |
| 2006 | Brotherhood (TV Series) · as Judd Fitzgerald |
| 2005 | Wallander (TV Series) · as Atkins |
| 2005 | The Greatest Game Ever Played · as Stedman Comstock |
| 2005 | Boynton Beach Club · as Jack |
| 2005 | Numb3rs (TV Series) · as Alan Emrick |
| 2004 | Sex Traffic (TV Series) · as Magnus Herzoff |
| 2004 | The Skulls III · as Dean Lawton |
| 2004 | Secret Window · as Sheriff Dave Newsome |
| 2002 | About Schmidt · as Ray Nichols |
| 2002 | Power, Privilege, and Justice (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis · as Dean Acheson |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days · as Dean Acheson |
| 2000 | Ed (TV Series) · as Mr. Stuckey |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Frank Mccarty |
| 2000 | Nuremberg (TV Series) · as Francis Biddle |
| 2000 | D.C. (TV Series) · as Senator William Abbott |
| 1999 | In the Company of Spies · as The President |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Alan Damson |
| 1999 | Border Line · as Jerry |
| 1998 | Mentors (TV Series) · as Alexander Graham Bell |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Defense Attorney Weiland |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler · as Spencer Maitland |
| 1996 | F/X: The Series (TV Series) · as Charles Emery |
| 1996 | Executive Decision · as Secretary Of Defense Charles White |
| 1996 | Swift Justice (TV Series) · as Michael Swift |
| 1996 | A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story · as Harry Jansen |
| 1995 | A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story · as Walt Disney |
| 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers · as Henry Taylor |
| 1995 | The Man in the Attic · as Joe Heldmann |
| 1995 | Derby · as Henry Woods |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Father Anton Jonascu |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Admiral Edward Janeway |
| 1994 | Getting In · as Dr. Lionel Higgs / Dr. Ezekial Higgs |
| 1994 | Witness to the Execution · as Jake Tyler |
| 1994 | Leo Mol: In Light and Shadow · as Narrated By |
| 1993 | The Sea Wolf · as Dr. Picard |
| 1993 | Class of '61 · as Dr. Leland Peyton |
| 1993 | Miracle on Interstate 880 · as Buck Helm |
| 1993 | 1993 World Series Video: Philadelphia vs Toronto Blue Jays · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | North of 60 (TV Series) · as Mike Birkett |
| 1991 | Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (TV Series) · as Ambassador Kelly |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Captain Allard Bunker |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire (TV Series) · as Judge Norton Heller |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Lady in White · as Phil Terragarossa |
| 1987 | Street Legal (TV Series) · as Christian Peveril |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) · as Douglas |
| 1985 | Surviving · as David Brogan |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Michael Hagarty |
| 1984 | Louisiane · as Oswald |
| 1981 | The Four Seasons · as Nick Callan |
| 1981 | Madame X · as John Abbott |
| 1979 | The Great Detective (TV Series) · as Tanner |
| 1978 | Drying Up the Streets · as Larry |
| 1978 | Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales · as Narrator |
| 1978 | The Mad Trapper · as Cast |
| 1977 | A Little Night Music · as Frederick Egerman |
| 1977 | One Man · as Jason Brady |