Joseph Peter Spano (born July 7, 1946 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues and as FBI Special Agent Tobias C. Fornell on NCIS.
He has been married to Joan Zerrien since 1980 and they have two adopted daughters.
Filmography
Film Roles
- One Is A Lonely Number as Earl of Kent
- American Graffiti as Vic
- Warlock Moon as John Devers
- The Enforcer as Robber (uncredited)
- Northern Lights as John Sorensen
- Roadie as Ace
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Guard
- Terminal Choice as Dr. Frank Holt
- Apollo 13 as NASA Director
- Primal Fear as Stenner
- Break Up as Priest
- In Quiet Night as Gold
- Texas Rangers as Mr. Dunnison
- Ticker as Captain Spano
- Hart's War as Col. J.M. Lange
- Hollywoodland as Howard Strickling
- Fracture (2007) as Judge Joseph Pincus
- Frost/Nixon as Network Executive
Television Roles
- The Streets of San Francisco as Toomey/Taxi Driver (2 episodes)
- Lou Grant as Jack Ridgeway/Larry (2 episodes)
- Trapper John, M.D. as Dr. Gallant (1 episode)
- Paris (1 episode)
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe as Duff McCoy
- Insight as Karl Rothman (1 episode)
- The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible as Jesus (1 episode)
- Hill Street Blues as Lt./Det. Henry Goldblume
- The Hogan Family as Mr. Cameron (1 episode)
- L.A. Law as George Ripley (1 episode)
- Midnight Caller as John Saringo (1 episode)
- Blind Faith as Sal Caccaro (2 episodes)
- Civil Wars as Carl Sherensky (1 episode)
- Reasonable Doubts as Jimmy Cooper (1 episode)
- Dream On as Policeman (1 episode)
- Amazing Grace as Det. Dominick Corso (5 episodes)
- Murder One as Ray Velacek (15 episodes)
- The X-Files as Mike Millar (2 episodes)
- Profiler as Det. Mike Ramdak (2 episodes)
- From the Earth to the Moon as George Mueller (1 episode)
- JAG as Captain Jack Murphy (1 episode)
- Nash Bridges as FBI Agent Langdon (1 episode)
- Mercy Point as Dr. DeMilla (7 episodes)
- Touched by an Angel as James Cooper (1 episode)
- Batman Beyond as Bennet/Boss/Sniper/Doctor #2 (4 episodes)
- Strong Medicine as Jonathan Freid (1 episode)
- Providence as Dr. Carroll
- The Invisible Man as Father Tom Moore (1 episode)
- Static Shock as Mr. Osgood (1 episode)
- NYPD Blue as Det. John Clark Sr. (16 episodes)
- Boomtown (2002) as Henry Stein (1 episode)
- Dragnet as Bill Kutler (1 episode)
- Eyes as Judge William Massey (1 episode)
- Crossing Jordan as Captain Innis (1 episode)
- The Closer as Dr. Rose (1 episode)
- Standoff as Joe Suser (1 episode)
- Shark as Paul Faber (1 episode)
- In Plain Sight as Gabe Andrews/Gabe Marion (1 episode)
- The Mentalist as Greg Relin (1 episode)
- NCIS as T.C. Fornell
- NCIS: New Orleans as T.C. Fornell
- Pearson as Mr. Allen
