Michael Mulheren

Not to be confused with Matt Mulhern, another actor in Rescue Me.

Michael Mulheren is an American actor from Middletown, New Jersey.^[1] He is known for his roles in Law & Order, Rescue Me, and Royal Pains.

Michael Mulheren
Mulheren at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit
Born	Middletown, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Film, television, and stage actor
Years active	1990–present

Career

Theatre

Mulheren's Broadway debut was in 1995 in On the Waterfront, after previously appearing in the off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks in the 1980s.^[2] He also appeared in the 1997 production of Broadway's Titanic. Other Broadway credits include The Boy from Oz and La Cage aux Folles; his performance in Kiss Me, Kate earned him Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations.^[3] Mulheren also appeared on Broadway in Deuce, which starred Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes.^[4]

Mulheren appeared in the Broadway run of Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention, as well as in Matthew Lombardo's Looped. He also appeared in the rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as J. Jonah Jameson. The production was directed by Julie Taymor and featured music by U2's Bono and The Edge. The show premiered in November 2010 and closed in January 2014.^[5]

Mulheren has performed in several Encores! concerts, including Li'l Abner (1998), Do Re Mi (1999), and Of Thee I Sing (2006).^[3] His most recent Encores! concert performance was in Damn Yankees in 2008 at the New York City Center. He co-starred along with Veanne Cox and Randy Graff.^[6]

Mulheren's most recent Broadway role has been in 2016 as Mayor Dobbs in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Bright Star.^[7]

Television and film

Mulheren has guest-starred on several TV shows including Royal Pains, White Collar, Rescue Me (playing Chief Perolli), Law & Order, 30 Rock, The West Wing, and Lipstick Jungle. He has also appeared in the films Fool’s Gold, Invincible, Bringing Out the Dead, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, among others.

As of 2014^[update], he portrayed George Sibley in a recurring role on Salem.

In 2018, he had a recurring role in Daredevil as Edward Nelson, father of Foggy Nelson.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Johnny Suede	Fred Business
1996	Faithful	Foreman
1997	White Fang	Beauty Smith (voice)	Video
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Cop in elevator
2001	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Judge Callahan
	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Herb Coopersmith
2002	Ash Wednesday	Detective Pulaski
2003	Happy Hour	Kelly
2006	Invincible	AC Craney
2007	The Ten	Carvin "Big Buster" Waggle
2008	Fool's Gold	Eddie
2021	Rushed	Mr. Croission
2023	Miranda's Victim	Judge McFate
	Shelter in Solitude	Newscaster (voice)
2024	Which Brings Me to You	Eddie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Wish You Were Here	Ted	Episode: "Paris"
1993	NYPD Blue	Minetta's bartender	2 episodes
1996	As the World Turns	Nelson	1 episode
1997–2006	Law & Order	Mike / Judge Harrison Taylor	10 episodes
1998	Mad About You	Rude Man	Episode: "Season Opener"
2000	Third Watch	Johnson / Sergeant	2 episodes
2001	Ed	Hal Schaefer	Episode: "Opposites Distract"
	Great Performances		Episode: "My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Agent Wallis	Episode: "The Insider"
	Family Law	John Montag	Episode: "Ties That Bind"
	The West Wing	Statehood Supporter	Episode: "Election Night"
2003	Mister Sterling	Congressman Brennan	Episode: "Game Time"
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Shawn Taylor	Episode: "Families"
2004–2006	Rescue Me	Chief Perolli	13 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Judge Harrison Taylor	Episode: "Pattern of Conduct"
2006	Kidnapped	Jimbo	2 episodes
2008	Lipstick Jungle	Lou Peterman	Episode: "Chapter Twelve - Scary, Scary Night!"
	Life on Mars	Patrolman	2 episodes
2009	Kings	Col. Mathie Shore	Episode: "Javelin"
	30 Rock	Gordan Breckman	Episode: "Audition Day"
2009–2016	Royal Pains	Jim Harper	6 episodes
2010	White Collar	Reggie Mayfield	Episode: "Need to Know"
	Madso's War	Danny McGrath	TV movie
2011	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Drunk Passenger	Episode: "The Hero"
2011–2012	Person of Interest	Captain Artie Lynch	3 episodes
2012	NYC 22	Duty Officer Duffy	Episode: "Firebomb"
2014	Blue Bloods	Chris Scanlon	Episode: "Forgive and Forget"
2014–2015	Salem	George Sibley	13 episodes
2015	The Jack and Triumph Show	Russ	Episode: "The Commercial"
	Nurse Jackie	Eddie's Deposition Lawyer	Episode: "I Say a Little Prayer"
	Gotham	Randall Hobbs	Episode: "Rise of the Villains: Strike Force"
	The Good Wife	Dr. Douglas Dooley / Bob Bondi	2 episodes
2016	Elementary	Detective	Episode: "Worth Several Cities"
2017	Madam Secretary	Barry Milken	Episode: "Convergence"
2018	NCIS: New Orleans	Ron Cook	Episode: "A New Dawn"
	Daredevil	Edward Nelson	3 episodes
2019	The Blacklist	Chief Devin Walker	Episode: "Olivia Olson (No. 115)"
	Instinct	Darrell Hill	Episode: "Go Figure"
2020	Evil	Father Gary Douglas	Episode: "Room 320"
	Hightown	Lt. Velekee	5 episodes
	Social Distance	Hank	Episode: "You Gotta Ding-Dong Fling-Flong the Whole Narrative"
2021	The Bite	Judge Bar Samuels	Episode: "The Third Wave"
2023	Hello Tomorrow!	Doorman	Episode: "From the Desk of Sammy Jenkins"
2024	Fallout	Frederick Sinclair	Episode: "The Beginning"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983–1984	Oliver!	Long Song Seller/Ensemble	Non-Equity tour directed by Dallett Norris
1995	On the Waterfront	Truck
1997–1999	Titanic	John B. Thayer
1999–2001	Kiss Me, Kate	Second Man	Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
2003–2004	The Boy from Oz	Dick Woolnough/Dee Anthony
2004–2005	La Cage aux Folles	Edouard Dindon
2007	Deuce	An Admirer
2007–2008	The Farnsworth Invention	Leslie Gorrell
2010	Looped	Steve
2011–2014	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	J. Jonah Jameson
2015–2016	Bright Star	Mayor Dobbs	Outer Critics Circle Award
2022	Anyone Can Whistle	Police Chief Magruder

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2003	Manhunt	Cerberus member
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Bob Crawford Sr.