Born: March 7, 1946 – Died: July 21, 2017
John Heard was a highly talented and respected actor who made his mark in the entertainment industry during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Although he is best known for his role as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's father in the home Alone movies, Heard's contributions to film and television go far beyond this iconic character. Born in Washington, D.C., to parents Helen, who had a passion for community theater, and John Heard, a government worker, he had a strong creative influence from an early age. With his captivating performances and versatile acting skills, Heard left a lasting impact on audiences throughout his career.
Early Life and Career
Heard's first professional role came in the late 1970s, where he appeared in films such as Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) and Heart Beat (1981). Although he initially struggled to establish himself as a leading man, Heard's talent and dedication to his craft led him to several supporting roles in both film and television.
However, it was his portrayal of Peter McCallister in the Home Alone series that catapulted Heard to a higher level of fame. These hugely successful films, beginning with Home Alone in 1990, had a significant impact on his career, as the role became one of his most recognizable and beloved.
Throughout his career, Heard received critical acclaim for his performances in various films and television shows. He was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of a corrupt police detective in The Sopranos and was also recognized for his work in films such as Awakenings and The Guardian. Although he did not win any major awards, Heard's talent and versatility were widely acknowledged within the industry.
In terms of his impact on Hollywood and the entertainment industry, John Heard's contributions as a skilled actor left a lasting impression on audiences. Though he may not be considered a legendary or iconic figure, he was respected by his peers for his talent and dedication to his craft. Despite his untimely passing in 2017, Heard's body of work continues to be appreciated and serves as a testament to his talent as an actor.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes | Armand Dyson |
| 2018 | Imprisoned | Unknown |
| 2018 | Buoyancy (Short) | Frank |
| 2018 | Living Among Us | Andrew |
| 2018 | The Tale | William P. Allens |
| 2017 | The Last Rampage | Blackwell |
| 2017 | Graffiti (Short) | John |
| 2017 | Pray for Rain | Markus Gardner |
| 2017 | Counting for Thunder | Garrett Stalworth |
| 2017 | Outsiders (TV Series) | Lt. Governor of Kentucky |
| 2017 | Searching for Fortune | Denton Sr. |
| 2017 | APB (TV Series) | Joe |
| 2016 | MacGyver (TV Series) | Arthur Ericson |
| 2016 | So B. It | Thurman Hil |
| 2016 | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | J.P. Monroe |
| 2016 | After the Reality | Bob |
| 2016 | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? | Sheriff Parsons |
| 2016 | Elementary (TV Series) | Henry Watson |
| 2015 | Home Alone: Deleted Scenes (Video) | Peter |
| 2015 | Boiling Pot | Tim Davis |
| 2015 | The Murder Pact | John LaSalle |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (TV Mini Series) | William Almy |
| 2014 | The Nurse | Frank |
| 2014 | NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) | Special Congressional Investigator Michael Thomas |
| 2014 | One More Day (Short) | Tom |
| 2014 | Mistresses (TV Series) | Bruce Sappire |
| 2014 | My Sister | Unknown |
| 2014 | Person of Interest (TV Series) | Congressman Roger McCourt |
| 2014 | Boys of Abu Ghraib | Sam Farmer |
| 2014 | Animals | Albert |
| 2014 | Modern Family (TV Series) | Gunther Thorpe |
| 2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) | Roger Ridley |
| 2014 | Warren | Jack Cavanee |
| 2013 | Adam Devine's House Party (TV Series) | Dregory |
| 2013 | Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) | Lawyer |
| 2013 | Torn | Detective Kalkowitz |
| 2013 | Runner Runner | Harry Furst |
| 2013 | Snake & Mongoose | Wally Parks |
| 2013 | Perception (TV Series) | Congressman Evan Rickford |
| 2013 | Assault on Wall Street | Jeremy Stancroft |
| 2013 | The Bottom Line (Short) | Brock |
| 2013 | 24 Seven | Paul Epstein |
| 2013 | Sharknado (TV Movie) | George |
| 2012 | Would You Rather | Conway |
| 2012 | Stealing Roses | Walter |
| 2012 | A Perfect Ending | Mason Westridge |
| 2012 | The Legends of Nethiah | Nethiah's Father |
| 2011 | Whisper Me a Lullaby | Poppy |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail (TV Movie) | Joe Gregory |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code (TV Series) | Mayor McGuinness |
| 2010 | The Quickening (TV Movie) | Ed Erlich |
| 2010 | Ivan's House (Short) | Ivan |
| 2007–2010 | Entourage (TV Series) | Richard Wimmer |
| 2010 | Gravity (TV Series) | B.C. |
| 2010 | The Truth | Jonathan(Robert) | husband |
| 2009 | Red State Blues (Short) | Fritz |
| 2009 | Little Hercules in 3-D | Coach Nimms |
| 2009 | Formosa Betrayed | Tom Braxton |
| 2009 | Southland (TV Series) | Ben Sherman Sr. |
| 2009 | The Beast (TV Series) | Dr. Blake |
| 2008 | Skip Tracer (TV Movie) | Con Colbert |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy (TV Series) | Peter |
| 2008 | Generation Gap (TV Movie) | Principal Winters |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Bob |
| 2008 | Justice League: The New Frontier (Video) | Ace Morgan (voice) |
| 2008 | Heaven's Messenger | Dr. Alan Shearson |
| 2007 | The Line-Up (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 2007 | Brothers Three: An American Gothic | Father |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | Sheriff Dozier |
| 2007 | Cavemen (TV Series) | Tripp |
| 2006 | The Line-Up (TV Movie) | Walter Clark |
| 2006 | Twenty Questions (TV Movie) | C. Collin Whitworth |
| 2006 | Dead Lenny (Video) | Dr. Robert Hooker |
| 2005–2006 | Prison Break (TV Series) | Governor Frank Tancredi |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Capt. Frank Larson |
| 2006 | Gamers | Gordon's Dad |
| 2006 | Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) | Commander Barry Garner |
| 2006 | Steel City | Carl Lee |
| 2005 | Numb3rs (TV Series) | Peter Houseman |
| 2005 | Sweet Land | Minister Sorrensen |
| 2005 | Tracks | Prison Warden |
| 2005 | Edison | Tilman |
| 2005 | The Deal | Professor Roseman |
| 2004–2005 | Jack & Bobby (TV Series) | Dennis Morgenthal |
| 2003–2005 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) | Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne |
| 2005 | Locusts (TV Movie) | Dr. Peter Axelrod |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Officer Lou Bratley |
| 2004 | Under the City | Scova |
| 2004 | My Tiny Universe | Bobby |
| 2004 | White Chicks | Warren Vandergeld |
| 1999–2004 | The Sopranos (TV Series) | Vin Makazian | Det. Vin Makazian |
| 2004 | Mind the Gap | Henry Richards |
| 2003 | Word of Honor (TV Movie) | Dr. Steven Brandt |
| 2002 | Researching Raymond Burke (Short) | Raymond Burke |
| 2002 | Hack (TV Series) | Paul 'Webster' Ballinger |
| 2002 | Fair Play (Short) | Owen |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) | Peter Sipes |
| 2002 | The Pilot's Wife (TV Movie) | Jack Lyons |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) | Allen Lowry |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem (TV Movie) | Roone Arledge |
| 2001 | Dying on the Edge | John Fuller |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) | Larry Wiegert |
| 2001 | The Big Heist (TV Movie) | Richard Woods |
| 2001 | O | Dean Brable |
| 2001 | The Boys of Sunset Ridge | John Burroughs |
| 2000 | Pollock | Tony Smith |
| 2000 | The Wednesday Woman (TV Movie) | Bill Davidson |
| 2000 | The Photographer | Marcello |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (TV Mini Series) | Larry Mason |
| 2000 | Animal Factory | James Decker |
| 1999 | Jazz Night (Short) | John Little |
| 1999 | The Secret Pact | Jerome Carver |
| 1994–1999 | Law & Order (TV Series) | Walter Grobman | Mitch Burke |
| 1999 | Freak Weather | David |
| 1999 | The Witness | Gregor |
| 1998 | Desert Blue | Prof. Lance Davidson |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | Gilbert Powell |
| 1997 | Silent Cradle | Dr. Brittain |
| 1997 | Men | George Babbington |
| 1997 | Executive Power (Video) | Cyrus Walker |
| 1997 | One Eight Seven | Dave Childress |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | Vice President Ted Matthews |
| 1995–1996 | The Client (TV Series) | Roy Foltrigg |
| 1996 | Before and After | Wendell Bye |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) | Paul Stein |
| 1995 | American Masters (TV Series) | Montresor (segment "The Cask of Amontillado") |
| 1994 | Because Mommy Works (TV Movie) | Ted Forman |
| 1994 | In Spite of Love (TV Movie) | Andrew |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Gavin Verheek |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | Professor Riger |
| 1993 | There Was a Little Boy (TV Movie) | Gregg |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Peter |
| 1992 | Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (TV Movie) | Dan Lawn - State of Alaska |
| 1992 | Me and Veronica | Frankie |
| 1992 | Waterland | Lewis Scott |
| 1992 | Gladiator | John Riley |
| 1992 | Radio Flyer | Daugherty |
| 1991 | Deceived | Jack Saunders |
| 1991 | Rambling Rose | Willcox Hillyer |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Dr. Kaufman |
| 1990 | Home Alone | Peter |
| 1990 | The End of Innocence | Dean |
| 1990 | Mindwalk | Thomas Harriman |
| 1989 | Cross Fire (TV Movie) | David 'D.C.' Stephenson |
| 1989 | The Package | Col. Glen Whitacre |
| 1989 | Screen Two (TV Series) | Michael Johnson |
| 1988 | Beaches | John Pierce |
| 1988 | Betrayed | Michael Carnes |
| 1988 | Big | Paul |
| 1988 | Blown Away (TV Movie) | Charlie |
| 1988 | The Seventh Sign | Reverend |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Charlie Bloom |
| 1988 | The Telephone | Telephone Man |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (TV Movie) | Johnny Boy (voice, unconfirmed) |
| 1987 | The Equalizer (TV Series) | Ron Parrish |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb (TV Mini Series) | David Manning |
| 1986 | Miami Vice (TV Series) | Laurence Thurmond |
| 1985 | The Trip to Bountiful | Ludie Watts |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) | Bill Callahan |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night (TV Mini Series) | Abe North |
| 1985 | Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) | Billy Malone |
| 1985 | After Hours | Tom the Bartender |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Brother Timothy |
| 1984 | Best Revenge | Charlie |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream | Steve |
| 1984 | C.H.U.D. | George Cooper |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie (TV Series) | Max McArdle |
| 1984 | Violated | Skipper |
| 1983 | Legs (TV Movie) | Dan Foster |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? (TV Movie) | Clifford Odets |
| 1982 | Cat People | Oliver Yates |
| 1981 | Cutter's Way | Alex Cutter |
| 1980 | Heart Beat | Jack Kerouac |
| 1979 | Chilly Scenes of Winter | Charles |
| 1979 | The Scarlet Letter (TV Mini Series) | Arthur Dimmesdale |
| 1978 | On the Yard | Juleson |
| 1978 | Rush It | Byron |
| 1977 | First Love | David Bonner |
| 1977 | Between the Lines | Harry |
| 1975 | Valley Forge (TV Movie) | Mr. Harvie |
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