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American actor

John Pankow (born April 28, 1954) is an American actor. He began his career on stage in New York, in numerous Off Broadway and Broadway plays including Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation, and Brian Friel's Aristocrats. After a starring role in William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L. A., he began appearing regularly in film and on television, playing Ira Buchman for all eight seasons of Mad About You and later Merc Lapidus on Episodes.

Pankow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Catholic family of German and Irish descent, the sixth of nine siblings. His elder brother is trombonist/composer James Pankow, a founding member of the rock group Chicago. Pankow grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, and attended Maine South High School and Northeastern Illinois University. He left the university in his junior year after he attended a performance of David Mamet's The American Buffalo at the St. Nicholas Theater. Inspired by the play, he enrolled in the theater's two year theatrical training program in order to concentrate solely on acting.

While visiting a friend in New York City, Pankow auditioned for, and won, a role in an episode of PBS' Great Performances entitled "Life on the Mississippi". He went on to perform in several Off Broadway productions including Aristocrats, Italian American Reconciliation, and the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Henry VIII. He subsequently made it to Broadway with Serious Money, The Iceman Cometh, and as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus, replacing Tim Curry in the role and subsequently replacing him for a touring production. After minor roles in The Hunger and Rambo: First Blood Part II, he had his first large role on screen in To Live and Die in L. A. as rookie Secret Service agent John Vukovich, starring opposite William Petersen and Willem Dafoe. Pankow was cast after director William Friedkin deliberately sought out young, relatively unknown stage actors for the project. After casting fellow Chicagoan Petersen, the old friend reached out to Pankow, who brought him to Friedkin who cast him on the spot. He landed another major supporting role in The Secret of My Success opposite Michael J. Fox, and played Demi Moore's husband in Mortal Thoughts. He subsequently appeared for eight seasons as Ira Buchman on the NBC sitcom Mad About You, where he was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He was a series regular on the Showtime/BBC series Episodes, playing American television executive Merc Lapidus. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series.

Pankow has been married to actress Kristine Sutherland since 1986 and they have one daughter together. He resides in New York City.

YearTitleRoleTheatreNotes1980Merton of the Movies1982 83AmadeusWolfgang Amadeus MozartBroadhurst TheatreReplaced Tim Curry1981The Slab BoysHectorHudson Guild TheatreForty DeucePerry Street TheatreHunting Scenes From Lower BavariaAbramStage 731982Cloud NineJazz Poets at the Grotto1983Thornhill 1984Henry V1985The Iceman ComethRocky PioggiLunt Fontanne TheatreDrama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance1987Two Gentlemen of VeronaSpeedDelacorte TheaterNorth Shore Fish1988Serious MoneyZac ZackermanBernard B. Jacobs TheatreItalian American ReconciliationHugh Maximillian BonfiglianoManhattan Theatre Club1989AristocratsEamonTheater FourClarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer1990Ice Cream with Hot FudgeColin/Man in Devon/Shrink/Colleague/

Fellow Guest/Hitcher/Professor1992Scheherazade1995The TempestStephanoDelacorte Theater1997Baby AngerLarry PatersonPlaywrights Horizons Wilder Theater2001 02Barbra's WeddingJerry SchiffPlays and Players Theatre2001Measure for MeasureLucioDelacorte Theater2003Barbra's WeddingJerry SchiffWestside Theatre2004Good CanarySusan Stein Shiva TheaterWorkshop2004 05Twelve Angry MenJuror No. 7American Airlines Theatre2006The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieGordon LowtherAcorn Theatre2007 08CymbelinePisanioVivian Beaumont Theater2009Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love ThemReverend MikeThe Public TheaterKeep Your PantheonPelargonLinda Gross Theater2010EquivocationWilliam ShagspeareNew York City Center2012The Taming of the ShrewGrumioNew 42nd StreetMedieval PlayPershing Square Signature Center2013Natural AffectionVince BrinkmanSamuel Beckett Theatre2014Much Ado About NothingDogberryDelacorte Theater2015 16Dada Woof Papa HotMichaelVivian Beaumont Theater2017Assisted LivingEugene O'Neill Theater CenterStaged reading2018Turning Off The Morning NewsJimmyMcCarter TheatreThe TrueCharlie RyanPershing Square Signature Center2019Kiss Me, KateGangsterStudio 54

YearTitleRoleNotes 1980 Great Performances George Richie Episode: "Life on the Mississippi" 1982 The Doctors Danny Martin Contract role. 1981 1982 1984 Miami Vice Floyd Higgins Episode: "Glades" 1985 First Steps Fred Television film 1986 Search for Tomorrow Father O'Hanlan Episode: "Finale" 1987 Spenser: For Hire Billy Hanratty Episode: "The Song of Orpheus" Leg Work Chuck Savin Episode: "Pilot" 1990–1991 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Ron Luchesse Series regular (8 episodes) 1992 Law & Order Charles Meadow Episode: "Wedded Bliss" 1993–2019 Mad About You Ira Buchman Series regular (143 episodes)
Nominated—SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1995–98) 1995 Duckman Additional Characters (voices) Episode: "Research and Destroy" 1996 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Blook The Granfaloon (voice) Episode: "The Master Monster/Slumber Scare" 2002 Ally McBeal Barry Dekumbis 2 episodes 2004 Without a Trace Brian Owen Episode: "Exposure" 2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Phil Lambier Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere" The Book of Daniel Charlie Conlin 2 episodes 2008 Law & Order Assistant District Attorney Josh Lethem Episode: "Illegal" 2009 The Electric Company Stan Flea Episode: "Mighty Bright Fight" 2011 Law & Order: LA Attorney Byron Episode: "East Pasadena" The Good Wife Judge Cyril Handley Episode: "Getting Off" 2011–2017 Episodes Merc Lapidus Series regular (40 episodes) 2012 Elementary Edgar Knowles Episode: "The Long Fuse" 2013 The Arrangement Herman Mackey Television film Doubt Mr. Syd Newman 2014–2019 Madam Secretary NASA Administrator Glenn Recurring role (4 episodes) 2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lenny Simmons Episode: "Agent Provocateur" 2015–2016; 2021 Lucifer Jimmy Barnes 3 episodes 2017–2018 Chicago P. D. Tommy Wells 2018 Unorganized Crime Father Anthony Corso Television film Blue Bloods John Romano Episode: "The Devil You Know"