Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-06-19 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Ned Schmidtke

Biography:

Ned Schmidtke was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Edwin Christian Schmidtke, Jr. He attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia and then studied at the Beloit College in Wisconsin. Schmidtke graduated in 1964.

Schmidtke began his acting career appearing in a recurring role as Greg Barnard in Another World. Other shows he has appeared in are The West Wing (with Devika Parikh and Peter James Smith), NYPD Blue (with Currie Graham), NCIS (with Pauley Perrette and Francesco Quinn), The Unit (with Dennis Haysbert, Max Martini, and Michael Irby), and Heroes (with Zachary Quinto).

Schmidtke has also had recurring and regular roles in shows like Texas, Point Pleasant (with Richard Burgi and Alex Carter), Medium (with Tony Curran), and Days of Our Lives.

Aside of TV, Schmidtke has worked on films like The Change-Up (with Gregory Itzin), The Express, Accepted, Wedding Crashers, xXx: State of the Union, Mercury Rising (with Kirk B. R. Woller), The Relic (with Tom Sizemore), Chain Reaction (with Tzi Ma), and The Crazies.

Known For

Acting

2011

The Change-Up as Ted Norton

2008

2006

Accepted as Dr. J. Alexander
Heroes as Martin Gray
The Unit as Don Rohmer

2005

xXx: State of the Union as Col. Jack Pettibone
Wedding Crashers as Frank Meyers
Medium as Terry Cavanaugh

2003

Uncle Nino as Executive
NCIS as Frank Getz

2002

Fastlane as Sheriff Groves

2001

Crossing Jordan as Richard Daniels

2000

Malcolm in the Middle as Manfred Schmidt

1999

The West Wing as Industry Leader
The West Wing as Admiral, Navy Chief of Staff
Roswell as Pit Boss

1998

Mercury Rising as Senator
March in Windy City as Police Chief Mills

1997

Tangled as Pauley

1996

Chain Reaction as Wisconsin Chief Schmidke

1995

JAG as Harold Fetzer

1994

1990

1989

Music Box as Dean Talbot

1987

Rent-a-Cop as Lindy

1985

First Steps as Dr. Chandler Phillips

1982

Come Along with Me as Man at Bus Stop

1981

1975

Where Is Dead? as Father