
Scott Glenn
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1939) is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in She Came to the Valley (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), John Adcox in Backdraft (1991), Bill Burton in Absolute Power (1997), Roger in Training Day (2001), Ezr...
Known For
Filmography

Greenland 2: Migration
2026
as Dale

Eugene the Marine
2025
as Gene Lee Grady

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Himself (archive footage)

Bad Monkey
2024
as Jim Yancy

The Hill
2023
as Red Murff

The Real Hunt for Red October
2021
as Self (archive footage)

The White Lotus
2021
as Jim Hollinger

Greenland
2020
as Dale

Castle Rock
2018
as Alan Pangborn

Marvel's The Defenders
2017
as Stick

Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
as Sully

The Barber
2015
as Eugene Van Wingerdt

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
as Self

Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Stick

The Leftovers
2014
as Kevin Garvey Sr.

The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Ezra Kramer

The Paperboy
2012
as W.W. Jansen

Sucker Punch
2011
as Wise Man

Blood Meridian Test Reel
2011
as Tobin The Ex Priest

Magic Valley
2011
as Ed Halfner

Secretariat
2010
as Chris Chenery

W.
2008
as Donald Rumsfeld

Camille
2008
as Sheriff Foster

Surfer, Dude
2008
as Alister Greenbough

Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Robert Torrelson

Freedom Writers
2007
as Steve Gruwell

The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
as CIA Director Ezra Kramer

Journey to the End of the Night
2006
as Rosso

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Charles Duke (voice)

Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Martin Darius

Faith of My Fathers
2005
as Jack McCain

Code Breakers
2005
as Coach Earl 'Red' Blaik

Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
as Self

Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
2004
as Clayton Price

Homeland Security
2004
as Joe Johnson

Homeland Security
2004
as Joe Johnson

Seabiscuit
2003
as Narrator

A Painted House
2003
as Eli 'Pappy' Chandler

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
as Self

Bataan Rescue
2003
as Narrator (voice)

Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Sergeant Lee

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self

Monk
2002
as Sheriff Rollins

Training Day
2001
as Roger

The Shipping News
2001
as Jack Buggit

The Seventh Stream
2001
as Owen Quinn

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self

The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Father Moody

Vertical Limit
2000
as Montgomery Wick

The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self

The Last Marshal
1999
as Cole McClary
The Making of Silverado
1999
as Self

Firestorm
1998
as Wynt Perkins

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Sgt. Daniel Muldoon

Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998
as Sgt. Daniel Muldoon

Absolute Power
1997
as Bill Burton

Lesser Prophets
1997
as Iggy

Larga distancia
1997

Carla's Song
1996
as Bradley

Edie & Pen
1996
as Harry

Courage Under Fire
1996
as Gartner

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
as J.P. Stiles

Night of the Running Man
1995
as David Eckhart

Reckless
1995
as Lloyd

The Spy Within
1994
as William B. Rickman

Past Tense
1994
as Gene Ralston

Extreme Justice
1993
as Dan Vaughn

Shadowhunter
1993
as John Cain

Slaughter of the Innocents
1993
as Stephen Broderick

The Player
1992
as Scott Glenn

The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Jack Crawford

Backdraft
1991
as John 'Axe' Adcox

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as H.D. Dalton

Mara
1991
as Henry

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
as Henry

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991
as Self

The Hunt for Red October
1990
as CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)

Miss Firecracker
1989
as Mac Sam

The Outside Woman
1989
as Jesse Smith

Off Limits
1988
as Colonel Dexter Armstrong

The Verne Miller Story
1988
as Verne Miller

Intrigue
1988
as Crawford

American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)

Man on Fire
1987
as Creasy

As Summers Die
1986
as Willie Croft

Silverado
1985
as Emmett

Wild Geese II
1985
as John Haddad

Countdown to Looking Glass
1984
as Michael Boyle

The River
1984
as Joe Wade

The Right Stuff
1983
as Alan Shepard

The Keep
1983
as Glaeken Trismegestus

Personal Best
1982
as Terry Tingloff

The Challenge
1982
as Rick

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
as Bill Dalton

Urban Cowboy
1980
as Wes

Apocalypse Now
1979
as Lieutenant Richard M. Colby

More American Graffiti
1979
as Newt

She Came To The Valley
1979
as Bill Lester

Fighting Mad
1976
as Charlie Hunter

Nashville
1975
as Pfc. Glenn Kelly

Baretta
1975

Hex
1973
as Jimbang

Gargoyles
1972
as James Reeger

In Pursuit of Treasure
1972

The Sixth Sense
1972

Emergency!
1972
as Forklift Driver (uncredited)

Angels Hard as They Come
1971
as Long John

The Baby Maker
1970
as Tad Jacks

Ironside
1967
as Lonnie Burnett

Ironside
1967
as Frank Lenox

The Patty Duke Show
1963

The Edge of Night
1956

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Owen Quinn

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Eli "Pappy" Chandler