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Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington D.C in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and…more

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1/31/1947, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Star (8)

Role
- Breaking Bad
  Mike (Season 3+)
  - S 2010: Ep 1 TBA
    7/15/12
  - S 4: Ep 13 Face Off
    10/9/11
  - S 4: Ep 12 End Times
    10/2/11
  - S 4: Ep 11 Crawl Space
    9/25/11
  - S 4: Ep 10 Salud
    9/18/11
  - + 8 More Credits
- Breaking Bad
  Mike (Season 3)
  - S 4: Ep 8 Hermanos
    9/4/11
  - S 3: Ep 8 I See You
    5/9/10
- Breaking Bad
  Mike
  - S 3: Ep 4 Green Light
    4/11/10
  - S 3: Ep 3 I.F.T.
    4/4/10
  - S 3: Ep 2 Caballo Sin Nombre
    3/28/10
- Fired Up (1998)
  Guy Mann
  - S 2: Ep 15 Fire and Nice
    2/2/98
  - S 2: Ep 14 Mission: and A-Hopin'
    1/26/98
  - S 2: Ep 13 Beauty and the Priests
    1/19/98
  - S 2: Ep 12 You Go Boss!
    1/12/98
  - S 2: Ep 11 Where There's Smoke
    12/22/97
  - + 23 More Credits
- Wiseguy
  Frank McPike
  - S 4: Ep 10 Wiseguy
    5/2/96
  - S 4: Ep 6 Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer
    12/8/90
  - S 4: Ep 5 La Mina
    12/1/90
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Gift
    11/24/90
  - S 4: Ep 3 Black Gold
    11/17/90
  - + 72 More Credits
- Otherworld
  Commander Nuveen Kroll
  - S 1: Ep 8 Princess Metra
    3/16/85
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mansion of the Beast
    3/9/85
  - S 1: Ep 6 I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar
    3/2/85
  - S 1: Ep 5 Village of the Motorpigs
    2/23/85
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rock and Roll Suicide
    2/16/85
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Gangster Chronicles
  Dutch Schultz
  - S 1: Ep 10 Chapter 10
    4/17/81
  - S 1: Ep 4 Chapter 4
    3/6/81
  - S 1: Ep 3 Chapter 3
    2/27/81
- Astronauts
  Director of Flight Crew Operations
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Day Break
  Shadow Man
  - S 1: Ep 5 What If They're Stuck
    12/6/06
  - S 1: Ep 4 What If He Can Change The Day
    11/29/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    11/15/06
- Falcon Crest
  Kolinski
  - S 6: Ep 22 Nowhere to Run
    3/13/87
  - S 6: Ep 21 Battle Lines
    3/6/87
  - S 6: Ep 20 Hat Trick
    2/27/87
  - S 6: Ep 19 Dance of Deception
    2/20/87
  - S 6: Ep 18 A Piece of Work
    2/13/87
  - + 3 More Credits
- Day Break
  Conrad Detweiler
  - S 1: Ep 12 What If She's the Key
  - S 1: Ep 6 What If They Find Him
    12/13/06
Guest Star (70)

Role
- Ringer
  Remy Osterman
  - S 1: Ep 21 It's Called Improvising, Bitch!
    4/10/12
  - S 1: Ep 20 If You're Just An Evil Bitch Then Get Over It
    4/3/12
- CSI: Miami
  Oscar Duarte
  - S 10: Ep 10 Long Gone
    12/4/11
- Two and a Half Men
  Sid
  - S 9: Ep 10 A Fishbowl Full of Glass Eyes
    11/21/11
- Modern Family
  Donnie Pritchett
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Musical Man
    4/13/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 121 Episode #4.121
    1/24/11
- Breaking Bad
  Mike
  - S 2: Ep 13 ABQ
    5/31/09
- Lie To Me
  Ex FBI Agent Bitcher
  - S 1: Ep 13 Sacrifice
    5/13/09
- Castle
  Bruce Kirby
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hell Hath No Fury
    3/30/09
- Cold Case
  John "Shameless" Clark (2009)
  - S 6: Ep 16 Jackals
    3/8/09
- Eli Stone
  Agent Jonathan Maine
  - S 2: Ep 8 Owner of a Lonely Heart
    12/16/08
- Life
  Nathan Grey
  - S 2: Ep 5 Crushed
    10/17/08
- Shark
  Jason Normandy
  - S 2: Ep 13 Bar Fight
    4/29/08
  - S 2: Ep 12 Partners in Crime
    1/27/08
- ER
  Dr. Robert Truman
  - S 14: Ep 13 Atonement
    1/17/08
- Dexter
  FBI Deputy Director Max Adams
  - S 2: Ep 12 The British Invasion
    12/16/07
  - S 2: Ep 11 Left Turn Ahead
    12/9/07
- Without a Trace
  Sal Marcello
  - S 4: Ep 17 Check Your Head
    3/9/06
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Bobby Jensen
  - S 6: Ep 13 Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye
    1/26/06
  - S 5: Ep 7 Formalities
    11/11/04
- Ghost Whisperer
  Lyle Chase
  - S 1: Ep 13 Friendly Neighborhood Ghost
    1/6/06
- E-Ring
  Admiral Cooper
  - S 1: Ep 11 Christmas Story
    12/7/05
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Forgotten
    11/23/05
  - S 1: Ep 9 Delta Does Detroit
    11/16/05
- E-Ring
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 7 Cemetery Wind (1)
    11/2/05
- Joan of Arcadia
  Sheriff Mike
  - S 1: Ep 12 Jump
    1/9/04
- Strong Medicine
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 13 Skin
    10/12/03
- Alias
  Brandon
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Telling
    5/4/03
- Alias
  NSA Deputy Director Brandon
  - S 2: Ep 20 Countdown
    4/27/03
- The District
  Monya Pastov
  - S 1: Ep 22 Fools Russian (1)
    5/12/01
- The Trouble with Normal
  Dr. Lowell
  - S 1: Ep 3 Psychologists Without Borders
    10/20/00
  - S 1: Ep 13 Manhattan Transference
- Diagnosis Murder
  Bruce Locatelli
  - S 7: Ep 16 Murder by Remote
    2/10/00
- Diagnosis Murder
  Max Jupe
  - S 4: Ep 1 Murder by Friendly Fire
    9/19/96
- SeaQuest DSV
  Maximillian Scully
  - S 3: Ep 8 Resurrection
    12/6/95
  - S 1: Ep 16 Whale Song
    2/6/94
- Due South
  Garret
  - S 1: Ep 19 Heaven and Earth
    4/24/95
- Women of the House
  Jim Sugarbaker
  - S 1: Ep 4 That's What Friends Are For
    1/11/95
  - S 1: Ep 2 Miss Sugarbaker Goes to Washington (II)
    1/4/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 Miss Sugarbaker Goes to Washington (I)
    1/4/95
- Tales from the Crypt
  William
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Assassin
    12/7/94
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Shelby Valentine
  - S 2: Ep 23 Deadly Reunion (2)
    5/14/94
  - S 2: Ep 22 Deadly Reunion (1)
    5/14/94
- Matlock
  Jack Starling
  - S 8: Ep 19 The P.I.
    3/3/94
- Highlander
  Mako
  - S 2: Ep 12 Under Color of Authority
    2/12/94
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Shel-La
  - S 1: Ep 13 Battle Lines
    4/25/93
- Perry Mason
  Dr. William Shell
  - S 11: Ep 15 The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
    2/19/93
- Designing Women
  Eldon Ashcroft
  - S 2: Ep 1 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
    9/14/87
- Perry Mason
  Lyle Dickson
  - S 10: Ep 4 The Case of the Lost Love
    2/23/87
- Hunter
  Krewson
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Big Fall
    11/23/85
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Taylor Walsh
  - S 3: Ep 1 She Ain't Deep But She Sure Runs Fast
    9/23/85
- Crazy Like A Fox
  Hawkins
  - S 1: Ep 11 Fox and Hounds
    3/24/85
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Weed Randall
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Birthday Present
    2/25/85
- Cagney & Lacey
  Keith Edsin
  - S 4: Ep 4 Old Debts
    11/5/84
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Bill Rogers
  - S 2: Ep 1 Outlaw Champion
    9/23/84
- Legmen
  Lt. Vitelli
  - S 1: Ep 6 How The Other Half Dies
    3/16/84
- Matt Houston
  Charles Dudley
  - S 2: Ep 16 Houston Is Dead
    1/20/84
- Simon & Simon
  Lieutenant Julian Bogartis
  - S 3: Ep 5 Fly the Alibi Skies
    10/27/83
- Whiz Kids
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 Programmed For Murder
    10/5/83
- Hill Street Blues
  Carl Brown (aka Reggie Orson)
  - S 3: Ep 21 Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?
    5/5/83
- Hill Street Blues
  Reggie Orson
  - S 3: Ep 20 Spotlight on Rico
    4/28/83
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  Janos Saracen
  - S 1: Ep 1 Murder Me, Murder You
    4/9/83
- T.J. Hooker
  Freddie Baker
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Hostages
    3/5/83
- The Devlin Connection
  Sgt. Palmer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Claudine
    12/11/82
- Simon & Simon
  Alan Wyncoop
  - S 2: Ep 7 Sometimes Dreams Come True
    12/2/82
- T.J. Hooker
  Danny Scott
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Witness
    4/10/82
- Simon & Simon
  Mr. Lloyd
  - S 1: Ep 12 Matchmaker
    3/9/82
- Shannon
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 2 Neither a Borrower
    11/18/81
- Best of the West
  Hombre
  - S 1: Ep 7 They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
    10/22/81
  - S 1: Ep 6 They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
    10/15/81
- Sanford
  Al
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cal the Coward
    1/23/81
- Lou Grant
  Intruder
  - S 4: Ep 9 Rape
    1/12/81
- Little House on the Prairie
  Jed
  - S 6: Ep 19 Darkness Is My Friend
    1/21/80
- The Waltons
  Jeb Sanders
  - S 8: Ep 12 The Wager
    12/13/79
- Lou Grant
  Clay Starkes
  - S 3: Ep 9 Kidnap
    11/26/79
- Lou Grant
  Cyrus
  - S 2: Ep 16 Sweep
    2/5/79
- How the West Was Won
  Woodward
  - S 2: Ep 1 2/12/78
    2/12/78
- Carter Country
  Bob Phillips
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Fireside Burnside Budget Chat
    10/6/77
- Family
  Attendant
  - S 2: Ep 18 Taking Chances (1)
    3/1/77
- Barnaby Jones
  Car Salesman
  - S 5: Ep 17 Duet for Dying
    2/24/77
- Barnaby Jones
  Vince Gentry
  - S 4: Ep 15 Dead Heat
    1/1/76
- Day Break
  Conrad Detweiler
  - S 1: Ep 13 What If It's Him

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- After just one day of working with Aaron Paul, during Season 2, Episode 13 of Breaking Bad, Jonathan Banks remembers that when he went home that night, he could not believe how good he was and talked to his wife about Aaron.
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- Jonathan Banks once worked with Steven Bauer, a guest-star for two episodes on Breaking Bad, on Wiseguy, a television show in the 90s.
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