Noah Emmerich

Noah Nicholas Emmerich (born February 27, 1965) is an American film actor who is best known for his roles in films such as Beautiful Girls (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Frequency (2000), Miracle (2004), Little Children (2006) and Super 8 (2011). From 2013 to 2018 he starred as FBI agent Stan Beeman on the FX series The Americans, for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2019.

Noah Emmerich
Emmerich in 2016
Born	Noah Nicholas Emmerich (1965-02-27) February 27, 1965 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Melissa Fitzgerald ​ ( m. 1998; div. 2003) Mary Regency Boies ( m. 2014)

Early life

Emmerich was born on February 27, 1965, in New York City, New York. His mother, Constance, is a concert pianist; and his father, André Emmerich (1924–2007), was a gallery owner and art dealer. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, André had emigrated from Nazi Germany with his family, who relocated first to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and then to New York in 1940.[1][2][3] Noah's family is Jewish, from Germany and France on his father's side and from Hungary and Romania on his mother's.[1][4][5] He has two older brothers: Toby Emmerich, a screenwriter and current chairman of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group; and Adam Emmerich, a partner at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, specializing in mergers and acquisitions.[6]

Noah Emmerich attended the Dalton School and learned to play the trumpet as a youth.[1] He studied the Meisner technique of acting privately under Ron Stetston, an actor/director who is currently senior member of the acting staff at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he majored in History. He sang in the "Yale Spizzwinks(?)" an a cappella singing group;[7] another member performing with him in the group was actor Josh Malina.

Career

Film

Emmerich had his first starring role in the film Beautiful Girls,[8] which earned him positive reviews from audiences and critics. He had supporting roles in such movies as The Truman Show,[9] Life, and Frequency.

In the 2000s, Emmerich began to star in more dramatic films, such as Julie Johnson, Beyond Borders, Little Children,[10] Pride and Glory[11] and many more. He played the main antagonist, Colonel Nelec, in J.J. Abrams's film Super 8,[12] which earned positive reviews from critics and was a box office success.

Most notably, he played assistant coach Craig Patrick in the 2004 film Miracle.

In 2016, Emmerich portrayed Bill Hammond in the western Jane Got a Gun.[13]

Television

Emmerich started his career doing guest roles in television series such as NYPD Blue and Melrose Place.

Beginning in the 2000s, Emmerich began to portray more prominent guest roles on television series such as Monk, White Collar[14] and The Walking Dead,[15] which earned him a Saturn Award nomination.[16]

His most notable role in a television series is as FBI Agent Stan Beeman on the FX series The Americans.[17] The series has earned positive reviews from critics and Emmerich earned a Critics' Choice Award nomination for his performance.[18] The series ran for six seasons ending in May, 2018.[19] Emmerich made his directorial debut on the episode 7 of the season three of the series, entitled "Walter Taffet".[20] He again directed episode 5 of season four.

In September 2019, Emmerich starred in Netflix limited series The Spy, as the Israeli Mossad recruiting agent Dan Peleg.[21]

On October 23, 2019, it was announced that Emmerich was cast as Kick Grabaston in the upcoming Netflix comedy series, Space Force.[22][23]

Personal life

Emmerich was married to actress Melissa Fitzgerald from 1998 to 2003. On April 26, 2014, Emmerich married actress and producer Mary Regency Boies (daughter of the lawyers David and Mary Boies)[24][25][26]at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York.[27] He lives in Greenwich Village in New York City.

He is not related to director Roland Emmerich.

Filmography

Noah Emmerich in September 2008.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Last Action Hero	Rookie
1994	Laura Sobers	Dale	Short film
1996	Beautiful Girls	Michael "Mo" Morris
1997	Cop Land	Deputy Bill Geisler
1998	The Truman Show	Louis Coltrane / Marlon
1999	Life	Stan Blocker
1999	Crazy in Alabama	Sheriff Raymond
1999	Tumbleweeds	Vertis Dewey
2000	Love & Sex	Eric
2000	Frequency	Gordo Hersch
2001	Julie Johnson	Rick Johnson
2002	Windtalkers	Private Chick
2003	Beyond Borders	Elliot Hauser
2004	Miracle	Craig Patrick
2004	Cellular	Jack Tanner
2006	Little Children	Larry Hedges
2007	Joulutarina	Nikolas	English dub
2008	Pride and Glory	Francis Tierney, Jr.
2010	Sympathy for Delicious	Rene Faubacher
2010	Trust	Al Hart
2010	Fair Game	Bill Johnson
2011	Super 8	Colonel Nelec
2011	Warrior	Dan Taylor
2012	The Fitzgerald Family Christmas	Francis "FX" Xavier
2013	Blood Ties	Lt. Connellan
2016	Jane Got a Gun	Bill Hammond
2017	The Wilde Wedding	Jimmy Darling
2018	That's Harassment	Actor	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Flying Blind	Ronald	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
1993	Precious Victims	Patrolman	Television film
1994	NYPD Blue	Eddie	Episode: "Serge the Concierge"
1994	Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	Cop #1	Television film
1995	Melrose Place	Sam Bennett	Episode: "Love and Death 101"
1995	If Someone Had Known	Officer Ed Hurt	Television film
1996	Smoke Jumpers	Rhino	Television film
2000	The West Wing	Bobby Zane	Episode: "Take This Sabbath Day"
2000	Wonderland	Johnny	Episode: "Spell Check"
2005	Sometimes in April	Lionel Quaid	Television film
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Officer Pete Breslin	Episode: "Ripped"
2009	Monk	Roderick Brody	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Bully"
2009–2010	White Collar	Garrett Fowler	5 episodes
2010	The Walking Dead	Dr. Edwin Jenner	Episodes: "Wildfire" and "TS-19"
2010–2011	Backwash	Sgt. Benjamin Belter	5 episodes
2013–2018	The Americans	Stan Beeman	75 episodes
2015	Master of None	Mark	Episode: "The Other Man"
2016–2019	Billions	Freddy Aquafino	3 episodes
2019	The Hot Zone	Lt. Col. Jerry Jaax	6 episodes
2019	The Spy	Dan Peleg	6 episodes
2020	Space Force	Kick Grabaston	Recurring role

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2015–2017	The Americans	3 episodes
2017–2018	Billions	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	Saturn Awards	Best Guest Starring Role on Television	The Walking Dead	Nominated	[28]
2013	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Americans	Nominated	[29]
2019				Won	[30]
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated

References

1. Noah Emmerich of ‘The Americans:’ Emmy Awards watch | The Ticket. Jewish Journal (2013-06-29). Retrieved on 2014-06-05.
2. "Andre Emmerich, influential art dealer". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
3. "Noah Emmerich Biography (1965-)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
4. Bloom, Nate (October 31, 2008). "Jewish Stars". Cleveland Jewish News.
5. https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/299189/noah-emmerich-enters-the-hot-zone/
6. Emmy Watch: Noah Emmerich Talks TV vs. Movies, 'The Americans' |Thompson on Hollywood. Blogs.indiewire.com (2013-03-31). Retrieved on 2014-06-05.
7. "Noah Emmerich". The Yale Spizzwinks(?). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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14. Frederick, Brittany S (25 February 2015). "'The Americans' Star Noah Emmerich On His Journey To Television". Starpulse. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
15. "Could Noah Emmerich Reprise His 'Walking Dead' Role in Prequel?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
16. "2011 Saturn Award Nominations". Collider.com. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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18. "2013 // Nominees for the 3rd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards - Critics' Choice Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
19. Andreeva, Nellie (May 25, 2016). "'The Americans' To End Run With Two-Season Final Renewal By FX, EPs Ink Deals". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
20. Silman, Anna. ""The Americans" star Noah Emmerich on Stan's troubles, the heart behind the spycraft and directing tonight's pivotal episode". Salon. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
21. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_spy
22. Reimann, Tom (October 23, 2019). "'Space Force' Cast Adds Noah Emmerich, Fred Willard, and Jessica St. Clair". Collider. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
23. Andreeva, Nellie (October 23, 2019). "'Space Force': Noah Emmerich, Fred Willard & Jessica St. Clair Join Cast Of Netflix Comedy Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
24. Schneider-Mayerson, Anna (18 December 2006). "The Boies Family". Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
25. Freedlander, David (16 November 2017). "David Boies Was America's Top Litigator. Now He's Known As Weinstein's Lawyer". Intelligencer. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
26. "The Superstar Lawyer Tied to Harvey Weinstein Isn't Panicked". Bloomberg. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
27. "Biografie Noah Emmerich" (in German). SerienJunkies.de. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
28. "'Inception,' 'Walking Dead' Top Saturn Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
29. TVLine, Team (22 May 2013). "Big Bang, Horror Story, Parks & Rec, Good Wife, The Americans Lead Critics Choice Nominations". TVLine.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
30. Tapley, Kristopher (December 10, 2018). "'Americans,' 'Versace,' 'Dannemora' Lead Critics' Choice Nominees". Variety.

External links

• Noah Emmerich on IMDb