Portrait of Anthony Heald

Anthony Heald

Acting

Biography

An American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public. He also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's The Practice and Boston Legal.

Born: August 25, 1944

Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA

Filmography

2024
A Man in Full

as Judge Taylor

2020
Alone

as Robert

2013
Monday Mornings

as Mitch Tompkins

2006
Accepted

as Dean Van Horne

2006
X-Men: The Last Stand

as FBI Mystique Interrogator

2005
The Closer

as Howard Pierce

2005
Numb3rs

as Walt Merrick

2004
Boston Legal

as Judge Harvey Cooper

2003
NCIS

as Guyman Purcell

2002
Red Dragon

as Dr. Chilton

2001
Crossing Jordan

as Attorney McBride

2000
Proof of Life

as Ted Fellner

2000
Boston Public

as Scott Guber

1999
8MM

as Longdale

1998
Deep Rising

as Simon Canton

1997
Liberty!

as Philip Vickers Fithian

1997
The Practice

as Judge Wallace Cooper

1997
The Practice

as Scott Guber

1996
1996
A Time to Kill

as Wilbert Rodeheaver

1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy

as Damon Ballard

1995
Bushwhacked

as Reinhart Bragdon

1995
Kiss of Death

as Jack Gold

1994
The Client

as Larry Trumann

1993
The Pelican Brief

as Marty Velmano

1993
Frasier

as Corkmaster

1993
The X-Files

as Harold Piller

1993
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer

as Fighting Parent

1993
Class of '96

as Professor Davis

1991
The Silence of the Lambs

as Dr. Frederick Chilton

1990
1990
Law & Order

as Ian O'Connell

1990
Law & Order

as Councilman Spencer Talbert

1987
Orphans

as Man in Park

1987
Happy New Year

as Dinner Guest

1987
1987
1986
Fresno

as Kevin Kensington

1984
The Beniker Gang

as Mr. Uldrich

1984
Teachers

as Narc

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Bob Kendall

1984
Tales from the Darkside

as Englebert Ames

1984
Miami Vice

as Commander René

1983
Silkwood

as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting

1982
Cheers

as Kevin