Damian Young

Damian Young (born October 27, 1961) is an American actor notable for his appearance in the Hal Hartley film Amateur (1994).^[2] He also featured in Hartley's earlier film Simple Men (1992), and has appeared in theatre, television and film. He played bus driver Stu Benedict for three seasons in The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993–96), Mark Berman in the HBO series The Comeback,^[3] Bill Lewis on Californication, Aidan Macallan on House of Cards, and Gabriel in the 2014 film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Young played Jim Rattelsdorf for four seasons on the Netflix series Ozark, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.

Damian Young
Young in February 2012
Born	(1961-10-27) October 27, 1961 (age 64) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Welker White ​ (m. 1990)​ [1]
Children	2

Young performed in productions with Allison Janney at Kenyon College.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Refrigerator	BBQ Party
1992	Simple Men	Sheriff
1994	Amateur	Edward
1996	Dead Girl	Director
1997	Chasing Amy	John Selleck	Uncredited
1998	Olympia	Ed Pedernales
1998	The Object of My Affection	Romeo & Juliet director
2000	Snow Day	Principal Ken Weaver
2000	Unbreakable	Green Army-Jacketed Man
2001	No Such Thing	Berger
2002	G	Gene Underhill
2002	The Guru	Hank, the Camera Man
2003	Nola	Maitre d'
2003	Kill the Poor	Delilah
2006	Day on Fire	Mike
2008	Sex and the City	Karl
2009	The Good Heart	Roddie
2009	Everybody's Fine	Jeff
2010	Edge of Darkness	Senator Jim Pine
2010	Twelve	Matt McCulloch
2011	The Oranges	Gideon Allen
2011	Red State	Agent Carol
2012	Hello I Must Be Going	Larry
2012	Hope Springs	Mike, The Innkeeper
2012	Art Machine	Serge
2013	Hair Brained	Spencer the Announcer
2013	Delivery Man	Williams
2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Gabriel
2016	Catfight	Stanley
2017	Jack and Jill	Dick	Short
2017	Wonderstruck	Otto, Museum Guard
2017	The Greatest Showman	Mr. Winthrop
2018	Write When You Get Work	Paolo Manfredi
2018	Ocean's 8	David Welch
2018	We Only Know So Much	Gordon Copeland
2018	Viper Club	Dulaney
2019	Otherhood	Frank
2020	I Care a Lot	Sam Rice
2020	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Howard Ackerman
2020	Antarctica	Dr. Blake
2022	Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game	Ben Chikofsky
2022	The Independent	Rick Ackerman
2024	The Luckiest Man in America
2025	Fucktoys	Robert

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1996	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Stu Benedict	8 episodes
1997	Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing	Crab Nebula Guy	TV movie
1998	New York Undercover	Jenkins	Episode: "Mob Street"
1999–2023	Law & Order	Various	6 episodes
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Hampton Trill	Episode: "...Or Just Look Like One"
1999	Cosby	Howard	4 episodes
1999–2001	Third Watch	Various	3 episodes
2000	The War Next Door	Allan Kriegman	13 episodes
2001	100 Centre Street		Episode: "Domestic Abuses"
2002–2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	George Tate / Boaz / Mr. Wetherly	3 episodes
2004	The Jury	Evan Porter	Episode: "Lamentation on the Reservation"
2005–2006	CSI: Miami	Walter Resden	2 episodes
2005–2014	The Comeback	Mark Berman	21 episodes
2006	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Jack Stanford	Episode: "The Gang Runs for Office"
2006	As the World Turns	Dr. Ross Kreeger	6 episodes
2007–2009	Damages	Well Dressed Man	5 episodes
2007–2011	Californication	Bill Lewis	8 episodes
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Grant Normandy	Episode: "Conference Call"
2008	Numbers	Richard Taylor	Episode: "Breaking Point"
2008	Lipstick Jungle	Jim	Episode: "Chapter Five: Dressed to Kill"
2008	Canterbury's Law	Gabriel Waggett	Episode: "Sick as Your Secrets"
2011–2012	Pan Am	Mr. Bolger	2 episodes
2012	White Collar	Oliver Stringer	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2012–2013	Person of Interest	Pete Matheson / Therapist	2 episodes
2013	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight	Ramsey Clark	TV movie
2014	The Blacklist	Milton Bobbit	Episode: "Milton Bobbit (No. 135)"
2015	Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter	Doctor	5 episodes
2015–2016	The Good Wife	Clinton Foyle	3 episodes
2016	The Characters	Tom Reskin	Episode: "Kate Berlant"
2016–2017	House of Cards	Aidan Macallan	15 episodes
2016	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Satan	Episode: "Circle Jerk MCMCVIII"
2017	Elementary	Special Agent Breslin	Episode: "Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown"
2017	Difficult People	Neil Kaplan	Episode: "Fuzz Buddies"
2017	Gotham	Warden Reed	2 episodes
2018	Homeland	Jim	3 episodes
2018–2022	Ozark	Jim Rattelsdorf	19 episodes
2020	Shrill	Ron	2 episodes
2021	Prodigal Son	Jonah Shaw	Episode: "Speak of the Devil"
2021	Snowpiercer	Dr. Headwood	8 episodes
2022	Search Party	Bob Steelhead	Episode: "The Gospel of Judas"
2025	The Diplomat	Governor Bob Synar	Episode: "The Riderless Horse"