Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television.
Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up.
Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up.
Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Known for
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Constellation
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Catwoman: Hunted
Show Me More
A Tale Dark & Grimm
The Comey Rule
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Wolf: True Alpha
Redbad
Incredibles 2
The Commuter
Mudbound
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Skylanders Academy
Term Life
Talking Saul
The Expanse
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Dr. Ken
I'm Brave!
Major Lazer
Better Call Saul
Horrible Bosses 2
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Authors Anonymous
Bullet
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Identity Thief
Watercolor Postcards
Gravity Falls
Modern Family
Community
Parks and Recreation
Castle
Lie to Me
Proud American
Eli Stone
Breaking Bad
Life
Reign Over Me
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
Day Break
Dexter
Shark
Puff, Puff, Pass
Ghost Whisperer
E-Ring
Cold Case
Joan of Arcadia
Two and a Half Men
MythBusters
Dark Blue
Without a Trace
R.S.V.P.
Alias
Proximity
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Downward Angel
The District
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Strong Medicine
Millennium Man
Trash
Foolish
Outlaw Justice
Let the Devil Wear Black
Dollar for the Dead
A Thousand Men and a Baby
Fired Up
Dark Breed
Harvey
Flipper
Wiseguy
Last Man Standing
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Women of the House
Due South
ER
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
Shadow of Obsession
Body Shot
Diagnosis: Murder
seaQuest DSV
Walker, Texas Ranger
Boiling Point
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Blind Side
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
There Goes the Neighborhood
Highlander: The Series
Freejack
Don't Touch My Daughter
Honeymoon Academy
Tales from the Crypt
Pin
Cold Steel
Wiseguy
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Downpayment on Murder
Who Is Julia?
Designing Women
Armed and Dangerous
Assassin
Matlock
The Fifth Missile
Hollywood Beat
Otherworld
Crazy like a Fox
Beverly Hills Cop
Hunter
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Nadia
Gremlins
Hardcastle and McCormick
Murder Me, Murder You
The Invisible Woman
48 Hrs.
Frances
Matt Houston
Cagney & Lacey
T. J. Hooker
Falcon Crest
Simon & Simon
Best of the West
Gangster Wars
The Gangster Chronicles
Hill Street Blues
Stir Crazy
Desperate Voyage
Rage!
Airplane!
Sanford
She's Dressed to Kill
The Rose
Ike
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
The Word
Who'll Stop the Rain
The Cheap Detective
Coming Home
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Lou Grant
Carter Country
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Little House on the Prairie
Linda's Film on Menstruation
The Waltons