Hollywood's Real Life Former Top Cops

1. Julia Davis

Julia Davis is a Columnist for The Daily Beast, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a Washington Post contributor. Julia is a Russian Media Analyst and served as a featured Russian expert with the Atlantic Council's Disinformation Portal in Washington, DC, targeting Russian propaganda, ...

2. Geraldo Rivera

Actor | Contact

Geraldo Rivera was born on July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Contact (1997), Grumpier Old Men (1995) and Primary Colors (1998). He has been married to Erica Levy since August 10, 2003. They have one child. He was previously married to C.C. ...

3. Dan Aykroyd

Writer | Ghostbusters

Daniel Edward Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Lorraine Hélène (Gougeon), a secretary from a French-Canadian family, and Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer who advised prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Aykroyd attended Carleton University in 1969, where...

4. Shaquille O'Neal

Actor | Steel

Shaquille O'Neal is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal ...

5. Audie Murphy

Actor | To Hell and Back

Audie Murphy became a national hero during World War II as the most decorated combat soldier of the war. Among his 33 awards was the Medal of Honor, the highest award for bravery that a soldier can receive. In addition, he was also decorated for bravery by the governments of France and Belgium, and...

6. Dennis Farina

Actor | Get Shorty

Dennis Farina was one of Hollywood's busiest actors and a familiar face to moviegoers and television viewers alike. Recently, he appeared in the feature films, "The Grand," a comedy about a Vegas poker tournament with Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Ray Romano; "Bottle Shock," also starring Alan ...

7. James Woods

Actor | Vampires

James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...

8. David Zayas

Actor | Skyline

David Zayas was born on August 15, 1962 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is an actor and producer, known for Skyline (2010), The Expendables (2010) and Dexter (2006). He has been married to Liza Colón-Zayas since November 21, 1998. They have one child.

9. Chuck Norris

Actor | Walker, Texas Ranger

Chuck Norris is familiar to fans worldwide as the star of action films such as The Hitman (1991), The Delta Force (1986) and Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990). He also starred in Missing in Action (1984) and its sequels, Firewalker (1986) and Sidekicks (1992). He was an executive ...

10. Elvis Presley

Soundtrack | Girls! Girls! Girls!

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. ...

11. J.W. Cortes

Actor | Gotham

JW Cortés is a Marine Combat Veteran turned actor, singer and philanthropist. Born and raised in Sunset Park Brooklyn, to inspiring Puerto Rican parents, he developed an interest in the arts along with a desire to serve his community and country. Cortés played the recurring role of 'Detective ...

12. Lou Ferrigno

Actor | The Incredible Hulk

An internationally famous and well respected bodybuilder / actor, Lou Ferrigno first appeared on TV screens in 1977 as the musclebound title character of The Incredible Hulk (1978), the alter ego of meek scientist David Banner. Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951 and as a child ...

13. Erik Estrada

Actor | CHiPs

Erik Estrada was born on March 16, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CHiPs (1977), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002). He has been married to Nanette Mirkovich since September 20, 1997. They have one child. He was previously ...

14. Barney Martin

Actor | Arthur

Barney Martin was born on March 3, 1923 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Arthur (1981), The Producers (1967) and Seinfeld (1989). He was married to Catherine Martin. He died on March 21, 2005 in Studio City, California, USA.

15. Gene Roddenberry

Writer | Star Trek

While in junior high school, he became interested in science fiction, and years later while reading a copy of 'Astounding Stories' when he was working as an airline pilot, he decided to give it up and become a writer. He moved West and joined the Los Angeles police force to gain experience that ...

16. Dan Mahoney

Actor | Baron Von Laugho's Halloween Spook-A-Thon!

Dan Mahoney is known for Baron Von Laugho's Halloween Spook-A-Thon! (2016), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Baron Von Laugho's Halloween Spook-A-Thon! Special Restored Edition (2018).

17. Eddie Money

Soundtrack | Over the Top

Eddie Money was born on March 21, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Over the Top (1987), The Iron Claw (2023) and Sideways (2004). He was married to Laurie Money and Margo Lee Walker. He died on September 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

18. Ted Nugent

Soundtrack | Superbad

Ted Nugent was born on December 13, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Superbad (2007), The Heat (2013) and Pain & Gain (2013). He has been married to Shemane Nugent since January 21, 1989. They have one child. He was previously married to Sandra Ann Jezowski.

19. Dean Cain

Actor | God's Not Dead

Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to actress Sharon Thomas Cain and Roger Tanaka. His mother married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain, when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored ...

20. Justin McKinney

Actor | Dance of the Dead

Justin McKinney was born on September 16, 1976 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Dance of the Dead (2008), The Weirdsies (2015) and Snaps of Terror (2009).

21. Kam Fong

Actor | Hawaii Five-O

The Asian-American actor Kam Fong, best known for his co-starring role as Chin Ho in the original Hawaii Five-O (1968) TV series, was born Kam Tong Chun on May 27, 1918 in Kalihi, Hawaii. (The name Fong was the result of a teacher incorrectly teaching him how to write his name. The name stuck and ...

22. Joseph F. Kosala

Actor | The Fugitive

Joseph F. Kosala was born on August 22, 1946. He was an actor, known for The Fugitive (1993), Primal Fear (1996) and Under Siege (1992). He died on March 22, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

23. Steven Seagal

Actor | On Deadly Ground

Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic ...

24. Ken Osmond

Actor | Leave It to Beaver

Forever tagged as the unctuous, trouble-making truant Eddie Haskell on the quintessential 50s family show Leave It to Beaver (1957), actor Ken Osmond did not manage much of a career after the stereotype. So inextricably typed was he that he gave up on any semblance of a career within a short time ...

25. Jamie McBride

Actor | Collateral

Jamie McBride was born on April 6, 1969 in Venice, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Collateral (2004), The Island (2005) and Transformers (2007).

26. Chic Daniel

Stunts | Star Trek: First Contact

Chic Daniel began is acting career in 1988 and has worked in over forty films and television shows. Chic has appeared in films by Steven Soderberg, Michael Mann, and Roland Jaffe just to name a few.

Benicio Del Toro sent Daniel to his acting teacher, Arthur Mendoza of Actors Circle Theatre, where he...

27. Robert Deamer

Actor | Collateral

Deamer began his career in the U.S. Marine Corp's Force Recon. After discharge from the Marines he began his career with the LAPD. While in the LAPD, he has worked a variety of assignments, such as Patrol in the 77th Division, Van Nuys Division, Van Nuys Hype Unit, Pacific Division, Hollywood ...

28. Richard Lampone

Producer | Marvin

Richard Lampone is the founder of One Last Day Productions, A film production company based in Tribeca. He is a Producer/Director and a trained Meisner actor. He studied the Meisner technique with Terry Knickerbocker at William Esper Studios in New York City. He is passionate about Independent film...

29. Frank Serpico

Producer | Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

Frank Serpico was born on April 14, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle (2018), Frank Serpico (2017) and John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017).

30. Arthur J. Nascarella

Actor | The Sopranos

Arthur J. Nascarella's appearance in films is often as a mobster or police officer, but he has also portrayed fathers, a priest, and other good men. His notable film credits include a corrupt cop in Cop Land (1997), the hypocritical ambulance Captain Barney in Martin Scorsese's film Bringing Out ...

31. Randy Jurgensen

Actor | Sorcerer

Randy Jurgensen was born on December 7, 1933 in New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Sorcerer (1977), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Superman (1978).

32. Bo Dietl

Actor | Carlito's Way

Richard "Bo" Dietl is an American retired New York City Police Detective, a media personality and actor. Dietl is the founder and CEO of Beau Dietl & Associates and Beau Dietl Consulting Services. He is engaged to Margo Urban, actor/singer/National recording artist. Bo is known for Carlito's Way (...

33. Eddie Egan

Actor | The French Connection

Mr. Egan was the tough-talking New York City police officer whose exploits inspired the Academy Award winning film The French Connection (1971). With partner Sonny Grosso, he managed a 112-pound heroin bust in 1962, one of the biggest in New York's history. Mr. Egan was nicknamed 'Popeye' and was ...

34. Sonny Grosso

Producer | Night Heat

Sonny Grosso was a New York City police officer when his experiences with his partner Eddie Egan during the early 60s became the basis of the film The French Connection (1971). Grosso had a bit part in the film while Egan had a more substantial role. Grosso later appeared in two more feature films, ...

35. David Toma

Actor | Toma

David Toma was born on March 7, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Toma (1973), Police Woman (1974) and Police Story (1973). He has been married to Patricia Toma since November 1955.

36. Jamie Joseph

Actor | Natural Injustice

Jamie Joseph is known for Natural Injustice (2015), 80 Proof (2014) and A Life's Affair (2014).

37. Brad Garrett

Self | ABC Evening News

Brad Garrett was born on August 15, 1948 in Anderson, Indiana, USA. He is married to Elisa Poteat. They have one child. He was previously married to Stacy Ann Straeffer.

38. J. Warner Wallace

Actor | God's Not Dead 2

J. Warner Wallace is a cold case homicide detective, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, Adjunct Professor of Apologetics at Biola University, popular national speaker, and author of Cold-Case Christianity, God's Crime Scene, and Forensic Faith. His professional ...

39. Joe Kenda

Actor | Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie

Joe Kenda was born on November 14, 1946 in Herminie, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie (2017), Homicide Hunter (2011) and Homicide Hunter: Never Give Up (2022). He has been married to Mary Kathleen Mohler since December 26, 1967. They have two...

40. Mike Rogers

Producer | Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies

Mike Rogers was born on June 2, 1963 in Livonia, Michigan, USA. He is a producer, known for Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies (2016), Nullification: The Rightful Remedy (2012) and Outside the Wire: The Forgotten Children of Afghanistan (2011).

41. Clint Watts

Self | Operation InfeKtion: Russian Disinformation from Cold War to Kanye

Former FBI Special Agent.

Miles Taylor was born on February 20, 1987 in La Porte, Indiana, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Whistleblowers: Inside the Trump Administration (2023), CNN Newsroom (1989) and MSNBC Live (1996).

46. Jonathan Wackrow

Self | The Accidental President

47. Michael Hayden

Self | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Michael Hayden was born on March 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is married to Jeanine Carrier. They have three children.

48. John O. Brennan

Self | The Dissident

John O. Brennan was born on September 22, 1955 in North Bergen, New Jersey, USA.

49. James Clapper

Self | American Deep State

50. Josh Campbell

Self | CNN Newsroom with Rosemary Church

Josh Campbell is a Law Enforcement Analyst currently providing insight and analysis for CNN across their daytime and primetime TV shows. Prior to joining the network, Campbell spent 12 years in the FBI. Josh Campbell graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in ...

51. John Kelly

Self | The Surge: The Whole Story

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2017-July 31, 2017).

52. Frank Figliuzzi

Self | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

Frank Figliuzzi was born on September 12, 1962 in the USA.

53. Philip Mudd

Self | Black Ops

Former FBI senior intelligence advisor.

54. Malcolm Nance

Producer | Stealing America 2016

Malcolm Nance is known for Stealing America, Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020) and Dirty Wars (2013).

55. Joseph Wambaugh

Writer | The Black Marble

Joseph Wambaugh was born on January 22, 1937 in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Black Marble (1980), Police Story (1973) and The New Centurions (1972). He has been married to Lawana Dee Allsup since November 26, 1955. They have three children.

56. Alexander Vindman

Actor | Curb Your Enthusiasm

Alexander Vindman was born on June 6, 1975 in Ukraine. He is an actor, known for Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), Iron Birds and Rick Wilson's the Enemies List (2022).

57. Asha Rangappa

Self | ASSSSCAT 3000: New York

A former FBI counterintelligence agent.