Acting
Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Breaking Bad
2008 · TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · TV
Dexter
2006 · TV
Modern Family
2009 · TV
CSI: Miami
2002 · TV
Castle
2009 · TV
ER
1994 · TV
Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV
Better Call Saul
2015 · TV
INVINCIBLE
2021 · TV
Without a Trace
2002 · TV
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · TV
Hunter
1984 · TV
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · TV
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · TV
Cold Case
2003 · TV
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · TV
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · TV
Gravity Falls
2012 · TV
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV
Strong Medicine
2000 · TV
The Expanse
2015 · TV
Parks and Recreation
2009 · TV
Community
2009 · TV
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV
MythBusters
2003 · TV
Falcon Crest
1981 · TV
Due South
1994 · TV
Matlock
1986 · TV
The Waltons
1972 · TV
T. J. Hooker
1982 · TV
Highlander: The Series
1992 · TV
Simon & Simon
1981 · TV
Lie to Me
2009 · TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
Lou Grant
1977 · TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · TV
The District
2000 · TV
seaQuest DSV
1993 · TV
Shark
2006 · TV
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · TV
The Beast in Me
2025 · TV
Life
2007 · TV
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017 · TV
Designing Women
1986 · TV
Incredibles 2
2018 · Movie
Wiseguy
1987 · TV
Matt Houston
1982 · TV
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · TV
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · TV
Eli Stone
2008 · TV
Dr. Ken
2015 · TV
Constellation
2024 · TV
E-Ring
2005 · TV
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024 · TV
Ringer
2011 · TV
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · Movie
Horrible Bosses 2
2014 · Movie
Alias
2001 · TV
Gremlins
1984 · Movie
48 Hrs.
1982 · Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · Movie
Day Break
2006 · TV
Skylanders Academy
2016 · TV
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995 · Movie
Fired Up
1997 · TV
The Commuter
2018 · Movie
Shut Eye
2016 · TV
Identity Thief
2013 · Movie
Major Lazer
2015 · TV
Carter Country
1977 · TV
Better Call Saul Employee Training
2017 · TV
A Tale Dark & Grimm
2021 · TV
Otherworld
1985 · TV
Show Me More
2021 · TV
The Comey Rule
2020 · TV
Sanford
1980 · TV
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · Movie
Talking Bad
2013 · TV
The Word
1978 · TV
Hollywood Beat
1985 · TV
The Gangster Chronicles
1981 · TV
Reign Over Me
2007 · Movie
Women of the House
1995 · TV
Ike
1979 · Movie
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
2001 · Movie
Armed and Dangerous
1986 · Movie
Best of the West
1981 · TV
Talking Saul
2016 · TV
Ike
1979 · TV
Dark Blue
2002 · Movie
Outlaw Justice
1999 · Movie
Term Life
2016 · Movie
Freejack
1992 · Movie
Redbad
2018 · Movie
Stir Crazy
1980 · Movie
Flipper
1996 · Movie
Catwoman: Hunted
2022 · Movie
Coming Home
1978 · Movie
Nadia
1984 · Movie
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978 · Movie
Mudbound
2017 · Movie
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Movie
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999 · Movie
Boiling Point
1993 · Movie
Assassin
1986 · Movie
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · Movie
The Rose
1979 · Movie
Last Man Standing
1995 · Movie
Frances
1982 · Movie
Pin : A Plastic Nightmare
1988 · Movie
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992 · Movie
Authors Anonymous
2014 · Movie
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997 · Movie
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977 · Movie
Bullet
2014 · Movie
Dollar for the Dead
1998 · Movie
The Wolf: True Alpha
2018 · Movie
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979 · Movie
Trash
1999 · Movie
Millennium Man
1999 · Movie
Cold Steel
1987 · Movie
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994 · Movie
Don't Touch My Daughter
1991 · Movie
For Better or for Worse
1989 · Movie
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006 · Movie
Saul Goodman America’s 250th
2026 · Movie
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993 · Movie
Wiseguy: Pilot
1987 · Movie
R.S.V.P.
2002 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 · Movie
Downpayment on Murder
1987 · Movie
The Fifth Missile
1986 · Movie
Murder Me, Murder You
1983 · Movie
Circadian Rhythm
2005 · Movie
Blind Side
1993 · Movie
Watercolor Postcards
2013 · Movie
Proximity
2001 · Movie
Body Shot
1994 · Movie
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015 · Movie
Wiseguy
1996 · Movie
Who Is Julia?
1986 · Movie
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977 · Movie
Gangster Wars
1981 · Movie
Desperate Voyage
1980 · Movie
Dark Breed
1997 · Movie
Rage!
1980 · Movie
The Invisible Woman
1983 · Movie
Downward Angel
2001 · Movie
Harvey
1996 · Movie
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007 · Movie
She's Dressed to Kill
1979 · Movie
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977 · Movie
Proud American
2008 · Movie
Shadow of Obsession
1994 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987 · Movie
The Macahans
1976 · Movie
Foolish
1999 · Movie
Linda's Film on Menstruation
1974 · Movie
I'm Brave!
2015 · Movie
