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Biography

Paul McCrane was born in Philadelphia in 1961. He started learning to play the guitar in his teenage years, and even wrote a song…more

Born

1/19/1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Paul David McCrane

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- ER
  Dr. Robert "Rocket" Romano
  - S 10: Ep 8 Freefall
    11/20/03
  - S 10: Ep 7 Death and Taxes
    11/13/03
  - S 10: Ep 6 The Greater Good
    11/6/03
  - S 10: Ep 5 Out of Africa
    10/30/03
  - S 10: Ep 4 Shifts Happen
    10/23/03
  - + 77 More Credits
- ER
  Dr. Robert
  - S 10: Ep 2 The Lost
    10/2/03
- ER
  Dr. Robert Romano
  - S 10: Ep 1 Now What?
    9/25/03
  - S 9: Ep 22 Kisangani
    5/15/03
- From the Earth to the Moon
  Astronaut Pete Conrad
  - S 1: Ep 12 Le Voyage Dans La Lune
    5/10/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Original Wives' Club
    5/10/98
  - S 1: Ep 10 Galileo Was Right
    5/3/98
  - S 1: Ep 9 For Miles And Miles
    5/3/98
  - S 1: Ep 8 We Interrupt This Program
    4/26/98
  - + 3 More Credits
- Champs
  Dr. Herb Barton
  - S 1: Ep 9 Home Alone
    8/7/96
  - S 1: Ep 8 Two of a Kind
    7/31/96
  - S 1: Ep 7 To Be There or Not to Be There
    7/24/96
  - S 1: Ep 6 Live and Let Breathe
    7/17/96
  - S 1: Ep 5 We'll Never Have Paris
    7/10/96
  - + 7 More Credits
- Under Suspicion
  Detective Clarke
  - S 1: Ep 18 Wrongful Shooting
    3/10/95
  - S 1: Ep 17 Cop Killing
    3/3/95
  - S 1: Ep 16 Kinky Murder
    2/24/95
  - S 1: Ep 15 Hostage Standoff
    2/3/95
  - S 1: Ep 14 A Haunting Case
    1/27/95
  - + 13 More Credits
- Cop Rock
  Det. Bob McIntire
  - S 1: Ep 11 Bang the Potts Slowly
    12/26/90
  - S 1: Ep 10 No Noose Is Good Noose
    12/12/90
  - S 1: Ep 9 Marital Blitz
    12/5/90
  - S 1: Ep 8 Potts Don't Fail Me Now
    11/21/90
  - S 1: Ep 7 Cop-a-Feeliac
    11/7/90
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- Harry's Law
  Josh Peyton
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Rematch
    11/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 12 Last Dance
    4/4/11
  - S 1: Ep 11 With Friends Like These...
    3/28/11
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Day in the Life
    2/14/11
  - S 1: Ep 2 Heat of Passion
    1/24/11
  - + 1 More Credits
- 24
  Graem Bauer
  - S 6: Ep 7 Day 6: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.
    2/5/07
  - S 6: Ep 6 Day 6: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
    1/29/07
  - S 6: Ep 5 Day 6: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
    1/22/07
- 24
  Graem
  - S 5: Ep 23 Day 5: 5:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M.
    5/22/06
  - S 5: Ep 22 Day 5: 4:00 A.M. - 5:00 A.M.
    5/15/06
  - S 5: Ep 21 Day 5: 3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.
    5/8/06
  - S 5: Ep 20 Day 5: 2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.
    5/1/06
- 24
  Graham
  - S 5: Ep 19 Day 5: 1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.
    4/24/06
- ER
  Dr. Robert Romano
  - S 5: Ep 22 Getting to Know You
    5/20/99
  - S 5: Ep 21 Responsible Parties
    5/13/99
  - S 5: Ep 20 Power
    5/6/99
  - S 5: Ep 19 Rites of Spring
    4/29/99
  - S 5: Ep 18 Point of Origin
    4/8/99
  - + 24 More Credits
Guest Star (26)

Role
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Phil Carpenter
  - S 10: Ep 19 World's End
    4/22/10
- ER
  Himself/Dr. Robert Romano
  - S 15: Ep 0 Previously on ER
    4/2/09
- ER
  Dr. Robert Romano
  - S 15: Ep 7 Heal Thyself
    11/13/08
- Ugly Betty
  District Attorney Weitz
  - S 2: Ep 12 Odor in the Court
    1/17/08
- Unscripted
  Support Group Leader
  - S 1: Ep 8 Unscripted 08
    2/13/05
- Citizen Baines
  Sherman Bloom
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Whole Thump-Thump-Thump
    10/6/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Day Like No Other
    9/29/01
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 6 WTC Disaster Relief Benefit
    9/30/01
- The View
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 11 July 30, 2001
    7/30/01
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 27: Ep 1 The 27th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/7/01
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 73 Ben Chaplin, Paul McCrane, and Matthew Sweet
    10/13/00
- The List (2006)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Best Song Lyrics
    7/19/00
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 109 Show #733
    2/25/00
- The Practice
  Martin Parks
  - S 2: Ep 12 Race with the Devil
    12/13/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part I
    3/11/97
- Touched By an Angel
  Grant Abbott
  - S 3: Ep 22 Have You Seen Me?
    3/16/97
- The X-Files
  Leonard Betts
  - S 4: Ep 12 Leonard Betts
    1/26/97
- Chicago Hope
  Bob Broussard
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Parent Rap
    4/29/96
- The Commish
  Neil
  - S 3: Ep 9 All That Glitters
    11/27/93
- Sirens
  Leon
  - S 1: Ep 5 Holy Deadlock
    4/7/93
- Sirens (1993)
  Leon
- Law & Order
  James Lee Pawl
  - S 3: Ep 16 Jurisdiction
    3/3/93
- The Adventures of Superboy
  Chaos
  - S 4: Ep 12 To Be Human (2)
    1/26/92
  - S 4: Ep 11 To Be Human (1)
    1/19/92
- Wiseguy
  Johnny Medley
  - S 2: Ep 16 High Dollar Bop
    4/5/89
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Rip-Off Stick
    3/22/89
  - S 2: Ep 14 And it Comes Out Here
    3/8/89
  - S 2: Ep 13 Dead Dog Lives
    3/1/89
- The Equalizer
  Crocker
  - S 4: Ep 12 Silent Fury
    3/8/89
- Hill Street Blues
  Albert Sawyer
  - S 6: Ep 22 Come and Get It
    4/3/86
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 188 June 27, 1980
    6/27/80
- Fame
  Montgomery MacNeil
  - — Fame
    5/16/80
Director (20)

Role
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Director
  - S 12: Ep 8 Crime After Crime
    11/16/11
  - S 11: Ep 16 Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
    2/24/11
- Harry's Law
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 4 Queen of Snark
    10/12/11
- The Defenders
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 18 Morelli v. Kaczmarek
    3/11/11
- Detroit 1-8-7
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 Lost Child/Murder 101
    10/26/10
- Chase
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Above the Law
    10/18/10
- Lie To Me
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 19 Pied Piper
    8/16/10
- Miami Medical
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 10 Diver Down
    6/11/10
  - S 1: Ep 2 88 Seconds
    4/9/10
- The Forgotten
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 4 Parachute Jane
    10/13/09
- Eleventh Hour
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 16 Subway
    3/5/09
- Without a Trace
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 12 Believe Me
    1/13/09
  - S 5: Ep 17 Deep Water
    3/11/07
  - S 4: Ep 6 Viuda Negra
    11/3/05
- Life
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 11 Canyon Flowers
    12/10/08
- ER
  Director
  - S 15: Ep 8 Age of Innocence
    11/20/08
  - S 15: Ep 2 Another Thursday at County
    10/9/08
  - S 14: Ep 9 Skye's the Limit
    11/29/07
  - S 12: Ep 13 Body and Soul
    2/2/06
  - S 12: Ep 4 Blame It on the Rain
    10/13/05
  - + 4 More Credits
- Shark
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 6 No Holds Barred
    10/28/07
- House
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 20 House Training
    4/24/07
- Justice (2006)
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 12 Christmas Party
    12/22/06
  - S 1: Ep 4 Addicts
    9/20/06
- Jericho
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 Crossroads
    11/15/06
- Close to Home
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 22 Hot Grrrl
    5/19/06
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 19 Fault
    4/4/06
- The West Wing
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 10 Running Mates
    1/8/06
- Third Watch
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 5 The Hunter, Hunted
    10/22/04

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- In 1980, Paul was nominated for a Grammy for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special for the movie Fame.
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- In 2000 and 2001, Paul was nominated for SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for E.R..
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- Paul also sings the song "Miles From Here" which was a previously unreleased track from Fame that now can be found on the movies soundtrack cd.
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- Paul McCrane: I love film -- I really enjoy it. I like working in it -- I love making money -- I'm grateful for TV, too, and I've had a lot of fun with it. Film and television are different challenges for an actor than theater though.
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- Paul McCrane (on his death scenes over the years): I've got to say, I've had an interesting history of disturbing scenes. There is that one, and I was in the remake of The Blob, in which I got sort of pulled through a door, breaking my back in the process, and in another film I got blown up. Then, of course, there's ER demise, where the helicopter destroyed me.
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- Paul McCrane: I got interested in the theater because my father has been involved as an actor in Philadelphia for as long as I can remember. I went to see him in a lot of plays, and I can remember going backstage after a performance and being amazed that these rickety little sets had supported a whole world that I had been completely emeshed in. That's probably the first time I had a sense that there was something magical about that world.
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