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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

42

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-06-19 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Edwin Christian Schmidtke Jr.

Ned Schmidtke

Biography

Ned Schmidtke was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Edwin Christian Schmidtke, Jr. He attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia and then studied at the Beloit College in Wisconsin. Schmidtke graduated in 1964. Schmidtke began his acting career appearing in a recurring role as Greg Barnard in Another World. Other shows he has appeared in are The West Wing (with Devika Parikh and Peter James Smith), NYPD Blue (with Currie Graham), NCIS (with Pauley Perrette and Francesco Quinn), The Unit (with Dennis Haysbert, Max Martini, and Michael Irby), and Heroes (with Zachary Quinto). Schmidtke has also had recurring and regular roles in shows like Texas, Point Pleasant (with Richard Burgi and Alex Carter), Medium (with Tony Curran), and Days of Our Lives. Aside of TV, Schmidtke has worked on films like The Change-Up (with Gregory Itzin), The Express, Accepted, Wedding Crashers, xXx: State of the Union, Mercury Rising (with Kirk B. R. Woller), The Relic (with Tom Sizemore), Chain Reaction (with Tzi Ma), and The Crazies.

Known For

Acting

Skokie

1981

Skokie

as

Reporter

Accepted

2006

Accepted

as

Dr. J. Alexander

xXx: State of the Union

2005

xXx: State of the Union

as

Col. Jack Pettibone

The Change-Up

2011

The Change-Up

as

Ted Norton

First Steps

1985

First Steps

as

Dr. Chandler Phillips

Where Is Dead?

1975

Where Is Dead?

as

Father

Music Box

1989

Music Box

as

Dean Talbot

Chain Reaction

1996

Chain Reaction

as

Wisconsin Chief Schmidke

Mercury Rising

1998

Mercury Rising

as

Senator

March in Windy City

1998

March in Windy City

as

Police Chief Mills

Tangled

1997

Tangled

as

Pauley

Rent-a-Cop

1987

Rent-a-Cop

as

Lindy

Come Along with Me

1982

Come Along with Me

as

Man at Bus Stop

The Express

2008

The Express

as

Bill Clark

Uncle Nino

2003

Uncle Nino

as

Executive

Wedding Crashers

2005

Wedding Crashers

as

Frank Meyers

Murder Ordained

1987

Murder Ordained

as

Jeff Ellis

Shaking the Tree

1991

Shaking the Tree

as

Mr. Jack

The Crazies

1973

The Crazies

as

Sgt. Tragesser

Medium

Medium

as

Terry Cavanaugh

JAG

JAG

as

Harold Fetzer

NCIS

NCIS

as

Frank Getz

Heroes

Heroes

as

Martin Gray

The Unit

The Unit

as

Don Rohmer

ER

ER

as

The West Wing

The West Wing

as

Industry Leader

The West Wing

The West Wing

as

Admiral, Navy Chief of Staff

Roswell

Roswell

as

Pit Boss

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

as

Manfred Schmidt

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

as

Richard Daniels

Fastlane

Fastlane

as

Sheriff Groves

Early Edition

Early Edition

as

Ralph Stites

Early Edition

Early Edition

as

Mr. Roberts

The Practice

The Practice

as

Dr. Donald Sideman

24

24

as

Dr. Lee Schulman

Production

Crew

Directing