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Jamey
Sheridan
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Jamey Sheridan returns for the fifth season as the taciturn police captain James Deakins in the drama series “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Dick Wolf’s third installment of the “Law and Order” brand, the second-longest running drama series in the history of television. Sheridan first gained notice as a maverick attorney in the quirky drama “Shannon’s Deal” before going on to play a complicated doctor on “Chicago Hope.”
“Captain Deakins put himself through college as a beat cop,” says Sheridan. “He’s young for his job and has his eyes on the police commissioner’s job. He’s a straight-arrow, streetwise, family man who is both patient and demanding with his detectives.”
In the early 1990s, Sheridan began a string of starring roles in films such as “All I Want for Christmas,” “A Stranger Among Us” opposite Melanie Griffith, “Whispers in the Dark,” “Quick Change,” “Talent For The Game,” “Distant Thunder,” “Wild America,” “Desert Saints,” “Luminous Motion,” “Life As A House,” and “Rain.” Recent films include “Cradle Will Rock” opposite Emily Watson, “The Ice Storm” with Joan Allen, “Hamlet,” as the king, opposite Campbell Scott, the short film “Last Night” opposite Frances McDormand, and the soon to be released “Syriana.”
Following Sheridan’s star turn in “Shannon’s Deal” (1990-1991), he scored favorable reviews for his work as a villain in the miniseries Stephen King’s “The Stand” in 1994. Sheridan turned in a memorable performance as Ozzie Nelson in the TV movie “Ricky Nelson.” His other TV movies include “The Lost Child,” “The Echo of Thunder,” and “Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story.”
Sheridan received a Tony nomination for his performance in the Tony-winning Best Revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” The following year, he appeared on Broadway with Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst in “Long Days Journey into Night,” directed by Jose Quintero. Other Broadway performances include “Biloxi Blues” and “The Shadow Box.” He also starred as Brutus in “Julius Caesar” at New York’s Shakespeare-in-the-Park, and in Sam Shepard’s “Killer’s Head” at the Public Theatre.
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