Timothy Carhart

Timothy Carhart is an American actor born Timothy Grunig on December 24, 1953, in Washington, D.C. He attended junior high and high school in Evanston, Illinois, and traveled to İzmir and Ankara in Turkey and to Verdun in France before returning to the United States to study theater.

Carhart made his television debut in NBC's 1978 miniseries The Awakening Land. During the 1980s he accumulated guest appearances on series including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Miami Vice, Crime Story, and two episodes of Spenser: For Hire. He played Richard in the Tales from the Darkside episode "Ursu Minor" in 1985. In 1989, Carhart held a recurring role on Thirtysomething and was a series regular on the CBS medical drama Island Son, which ran through 1990. His television work in the 1990s spanned a wide range of genres, including appearances on Quantum Leap and a 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation titled "Redemption (Part 2)." In 1995 he guest-starred on The X-Files as Virgil Incanto in the episode "2Shy." Additional guest credits from that decade include Midnight Caller, Roseanne, L.A. Law, Law & Order, and Profiler. He also appeared in several television films during the period, among them Call Me Anna (1990), Quicksand: No Escape (1992), Smoke Jumpers (1996), and America's Dream (1996), as well as the CBS miniseries In a Child's Name (1991) and Gone in the Night (1996). From 2000 to 2003, Carhart played Eddie Willows in four episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and in 2002 he portrayed Assistant NSA head Eric Rayburn in four episodes of the Fox series 24. Later television appearances include episodes of Frasier, Judging Amy, The Practice, a 2007 installment of Law & Order: Criminal Intent titled "Silencer," and a season four episode of Criminal Minds, "Roadkill," in which he played Detective Quinn.

Carhart's film career began with the 1984 blockbuster Ghostbusters. In 1985 he had a supporting role in the Academy Award-winning drama Witness, playing an undercover narcotics officer whose murder drives the story's plot, and also appeared in Desperately Seeking Susan and the drama Marie. Three films followed in 1986: Sweet Liberty, The Manhattan Project, and Playing for Keeps. He took the second male lead in The Rescue (1988) and appeared in Working Girl that same year. Pink Cadillac (1989), Thelma & Louise (1991), Red Rock West (1992), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), Black Sheep (1996), Air Force One (1997), and Motocrossed (2001) are among his subsequent film credits. He also appeared in the 2005 direct-to-DVD film Black Dawn.

On stage, Carhart starred in a 1987 production of Don DeLillo's The Day Room at New York City Center, a performance for which he received a nomination for the 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Acting. On Broadway, he played Harold "Mitch" Mitchell in the 1992 revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.