Anthony Edwards

Anthony Charles Edwards[3] (born July 19, 1962)[4] is an American actor and director.[5] He is most widely known for his role as Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Additionally, he has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun, Zodiac, Miracle Mile, Revenge of the Nerds, Planes, Northern Exposure and Designated Survivor.

For other people named Anthony Edwards, see Anthony Edwards (disambiguation).

Anthony Edwards
Edwards at the 2002 Indy 500
Born	Anthony Charles Edwards (1962-07-19) July 19, 1962 Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1973–present
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1][2]
Spouse(s)	Jeanine Lobell ​ ( m. 1994; div. 2015)
Children	4

Early life

Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Erika Kem Edwards Plack (née Weber), an artist/landscape painter, and Peter Edwards, an architect.[6][7] His maternal grandfather was designer Kem Weber. He is of Irish descent. He has two older sisters, Heidi and Ann-Marie, and two older brothers, Peter and Jeffrey. Edwards was encouraged by his parents to attend college before pursuing his interest in acting. He received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England and studied theatre at University of Southern California; but by the age of nineteen was being offered enough acting work to enable him to leave college.

Career

Edwards' early work included a co-starring role in the TV series It Takes Two with Richard Crenna and Patty Duke Astin as his parents and Helen Hunt as his sister. He made a cameo in the hit 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High as "Stoner Bud". In 1984, he starred in the hit comedy film Revenge of the Nerds playing the main role of Gilbert Lowell, a sensitive and well-meaning nerd, Lewis' (played by Robert Carradine) best friend and later president of the Tri-Lambs. He reprised the role of Gilbert for a few brief scenes in the sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), with his character unable to join the rest of the nerds because of a broken leg.

He starred in the Cold War-era comedy Gotcha! (1985) as a college student who gets wrapped up in spy antics. It was Edwards' role as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 film Top Gun that brought his first widespread public acknowledgment. His character, who died in an aviation accident, was among the most prominent and popular in the film. He appeared as a terminally ill patient in Hawks (1988) alongside Timothy Dalton, another role which brought him worldwide fame. He starred in the 1990 movie Downtown with Penelope Ann Miller and Forest Whitaker. He also played widowed veterinarian Chase Matthews, father of Edward Furlong's character, in the horror film Pet Sematary Two (1992), a sequel to the film Pet Sematary in 1989. In 1992 and 1993 he played Mike Monroe in ten episodes of Northern Exposure.

Edwards' best-known role is as Dr. Mark Greene on the long-running TV series ER, from the series premiere in 1994 to the end of the 8th season in 2002. The series also afforded Edwards his first opportunity to direct. Edwards' desire to pursue directing led to his request to be written out of the series. He reportedly earned $35 million for three seasons on ER, which made him one of television's highest-paid actors.[8] Edwards and his co-star George Clooney were the ones who suggested doing an episode of ER live.[9] The fourth-season premiere, "Ambush", was performed live twice, with an East Coast and a West Coast version.

Edwards received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ER. He won a Golden Globe Award For Best Performance by an Actor-In a TV Series after being nominated four times and he has two Screen Actor's Guild Awards.

In 2007, Edwards appeared as SFPD inspector Bill Armstrong in David Fincher's Zodiac, about the Zodiac Killer, the notorious serial killer who terrorized San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s.

In 2008, Edwards returned to ER to reprise his role as Dr. Greene (in flashback scenes, where he treats the dying son of character Catherine Banfield) for one episode during its 15th and final season.[10]

In 2010, Edwards appeared in the movie Motherhood, which set a record for the biggest bomb in British cinema history by garnering £88 on 11 tickets on opening weekend.[11] Motherhood did not fare much better in the United States. earning $93,388 in three weeks of release.[12] At the time, he said he took the role because "it seemed like a very organic and real thing. It really kind of reminded me of what the dynamic in a family is like."[13]

In 2013, Edwards returned to episodic television with the conspiracy drama Zero Hour, playing the male lead Hank Galliston. After three episodes, Zero Hour was cancelled due to poor ratings.[14]

Edwards was the voice of Echo, one of the fighter jets, in the Disneytoon Studios film Planes, and also voiced the character Pegleg Pirate in an episode of Blaze and the Monster Machines.

Edwards served as the director of the 2016 film My Dead Boyfriend.[15]

In 2017, Edwards played a recurring role as Judge Stanley Weisberg on Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.

In 2018, Edwards was cast in the recurring role in the third season of Netflix's Designated Survivor as Mars Harper, the President's Chief of Staff.[16]

Personal life

From 1994 to 2015, Edwards was married to Jeanine Lobell. They have one son and three daughters. He and his ex-wife reside in New York City. In 1994, Lobell, who had worked as a makeup artist, founded the Stila cosmetics line, which she then sold to Estee Lauder in 1999.[17]

Edwards served as chairman for Shoe4Africa, a non-profit organization that donates shoes to Kenyan athletes and aims to build the largest public children's hospital in Africa. He ran in the ING New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009 to raise funds for Shoe4Africa.[18]

Since his teenage years, Edwards has been a close friend of picture book illustrator Steven Kellogg. In 2011, Edwards's gift of $350,000 made it possible for Kellogg's complete life's work of more than 2700 illustrations to be donated to the Mazza Museum of International Art from Picture Books.[19]

Edwards has been a licensed private pilot (airplane single engine land) since 2012.[20]

On November 10, 2017, Edwards wrote an essay on Medium in which he stated that screenwriter/producer Gary Goddard befriended and then sexually assaulted him and several of his friends "for years" beginning when they were 12 years old.[21][22] Edwards serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of 1in6, a leading national organization dedicated to helping men who have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences live healthier, happier lives.[23]

Honors and awards

Edwards received four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for ER and won as an executive producer on Outstanding Television Movie winner Temple Grandin.[24] He earned a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series (1995);[24] and won six Screen Actors Guild Awards for: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1996 and 1998), and Best Ensemble Cast (1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999).[24] He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Drama in 1998).[24]

Edwards also won a Daytime Emmy for the production of the underground rock documentary N.Y.H.C. (1999) and the telepic adaptation of Kimberly Willis Holt's 1998 coming of age novel My Louisiana Sky (2001),[25] and earned the Carnegie Medal Award for: My Louisiana Sky (2003).[25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Big Zapper	Kono's Boy
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Stoner Bud
1983	Heart Like a Wheel	John Muldowney (age 15-23)
1983	High School U.S.A.	Bo Middleton (Age 18)
1984	Revenge of the Nerds	Gilbert Lowe
1985	Gotcha!	Jonathan Moore
1985	The Sure Thing	Lance
1986	Top Gun	Lt. (j.g.) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw
1987	Summer Heat	Aaron
1987	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Gilbert Lowe
1988	Hawks	Deckermensky, 'Decker'
1988	Miracle Mile	Harry Washello
1988	Mr. North	Theophilus North
1989	How I Got Into College	Kip Hammett
1990	Downtown	Alex Kearney
1992	Pet Sematary Two	Chase Matthews
1992	Delta Heat	Mike Bishop
1992	Landslide	Bob Boyd
1993	Sexual Healing	David	Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
1994	The Client	Clint Von Hooser
1994	Charlie's Ghost Story	Dave
1998	Good Night, Gorilla	Zookeeper	Voice
1998	Playing by Heart	Roger
1999	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Tony Dorfman
2000	The Island of the Skog	Narrator	Voice
2001	Jackpot	Tracy
2003	Northfork	Happy
2004	Thunderbirds	Ray "Brains" Hackenbacker
2004	The Forgotten	Jim Paretta
2007	Zodiac	Inspector William Armstrong
2009	Motherhood	Avery Welsh
2010	Flipped	Steven Loski
2012	Big Sur	Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2013	Planes	Echo	Voice
2015	Experimenter	Miller
2015	Consumed	Lab Scientist

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The Killing of Randy Webster	Tommy Lee Swanson	TV movie
1981	Walking Tall	Robbie	Episode: "The Fire Within"
1982	Police Squad!	Dental Patient	1 episode - uncredited
1982–1983	It Takes Two	Andy Quinn	Main role
1983	High School U.S.A.	Beau Middleton	TV movie
1983	For Love and Honor	Michelson	Episode: "Mind Games"
1984	Call to Glory	Billy
1985	Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story	Bill Johnson	TV movie
1990	El Diablo	Billy Ray Smith	TV movie
1990	Hometown Boy Makes Good	Boyd Geary
1991	The General Motors Playwrights Theater	Josh	Episode: "Unpublished Letters"
1992–1993	Northern Exposure	Mike Monroe	Recurring role, 10 episodes
1995	Saturday Night Live	Host	1 episode
1996	In Cold Blood	Dick Hickock	2 episodes
2001	Cursed	Ricky	Episode: "...And Then Jack Forgot His Dream"
2001	Frasier	Tom	Episode: "The Return of Martin Crane"
1994–2002, 2008	ER	Dr. Mark Greene	Lead role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1998) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1996, 1998) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series (1995–98) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1996–1999) TV Land Award - Icon Award (2009) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1996–1997, 1999) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1997) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1997, 1999, 2001) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995, 2000–01) Nominated — TV Guide Award for Actor of the Year in a Drama Series (2001)
2013	Zero Hour	Hank Galliston	Lead role
2015	Girls	Melvin Shapiro	Episode: "Iowa"
2015	Blue Bloods	Owen Cairo[26]	Episode: "The Bullitt Mustang"
2016	Billions	Judge Whit Wilcox	Episodes: "Where the F*ck Is Donnie?" and "Quality of Life"
2016	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Patrick Griffin	Episode: "Rape Interrupted"
2016	Drunk History	Giles Allen	1 episode
2017	Law & Order True Crime	Judge Stanley Weisberg	6 episodes
2019	Designated Survivor	White House Chief of Staff Mars Harper	Recurring role

Producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Executive producer
1999	Border Line	Executive producer	Television film
1999	N.Y.H.C.	Executive producer
2001	My Louisiana Sky	Executive producer	Television film Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video (2002) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special (2002)
2003	Die, Mommie, Die!	Producer
2010	Temple Grandin	Executive producer	Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (2010)

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External links

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