Joel Gretsch (born December 20, 1963) is an American actor. His credits include The 4400 (2004–2007), Taken (2002), V (2009–2011), Friends (1995), Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1994), JAG (1999), Silk Stalkings, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Burn Notice, NCIS, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Journeyman, The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Minority Report (2002), The Emperor's Club (2002), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), The Vampire Diaries (2016–2017), and All Rise (2020).
Early life
Gretsch was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and grew up in Albany, Minnesota, the son of Russ and Barb. He has a sister, Jane, and a brother, Steve. Gretsch was raised Roman Catholic.
Career
Gretsch studied acting at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles in 1989. His stage work includes roles in Molière's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.
He started his television work in the early 1990s, appearing in episodes of Married... with Children,
In 2009, he guest starred in the Diablo Cody created Emmy Award nominated Showtime Comedy-Drama The United States of Tara.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1999
|Kate's Addiction
|Jack
|
|-
|2000
|'
|Bobby Jones
|
|-
|2001
|Jane Bond
|Handsome Man
|Short
|-
|2002
|Minority Report
|Donald Dubin
|
|-
|2002
|'
|Older Sedgewick Bell
|
|-
|2006
|Glass House: The Good Mother
|Raymond Goode
|Video
|-
|2007
|National Treasure: Book of Secrets
|Thomas Gates
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|-
|2009
|Shrink
|Evan
|
|-
|2009
|Saving Grace B. Jones
|Dan Jones
|
|-
|2009
|Push
|Jonah Gant
|
|-
|2011
|Commerce
|Ken
|Short
|-
|2013
|Are You Here
|"Red" Coulter
|
|-
|2015
|Safelight
|Mr. Sullivan
|
|-
|2015
|Silent War
|Shae's Father
|Short
|-
|2017
|Dead Trigger
|General Conlan
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|-
|2023
|Air
|John O'Neil
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|}
Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1993
|Married... with Children
|Johnny
|Episode: "It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This"
|-
|1994
|Saved by the Bell: The New Class
|Tony Hartley
|Episode: "Tommy the Tenor"
|-
|1994
|Melrose Place
|Mitch Sheridan
|Episode: "No Strings Attached"
|-
|1994
|Family Album
|John
|TV miniseries
|-
|1995
|Friends
|Fireman Ed
|Episode: "The One with the Candy Hearts"
|-
|1995
|'
|Ramone
|2 episodes
|-
|1997
|Renegade
|Chris
|Episode: "SWM Seeks Vctm"
|-
|1999
|JAG
|Chief Hodge
|Episode: "Silent Service"
|-
|1999
|Silk Stalkings
|Rusty
|Episode: "Where and When"
|-
|1999
|Pacific Blue
|Mark Lewis
|Episode: "Trust"
|-
|2000
|Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
|Dan
|Episode: "One for the Road"
|-
|2002
|Taken
|Colonel Owen Crawford
|TV miniseries
|-
|2003
|CSI: Miami
|John Walker
|Episode: "Death Grip"
|-
|2003, 2012–2013, 2015
|NCIS
|NCIS Special Agent Stan Burley
|Episodes: "High Seas", "Playing with Fire", "Squall", "Saviors"
|-
|2004–2007
|'
|Tom Baldwin
|Main role
|-
|2006
|CSI: NY
|Dr. Keith Beaumont
|Episode: "Live or Let Die"
|-
|2006
|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|Jason Raines
|Episode: "Siren Call"
|-
|2007
|Journeyman
|Frank Vasser
|Episodes: "The Legend of Dylan McCleen", "Home by Another Way"
|-
|2008
|Women's Murder Club
|Pete Raynor
|Recurring role
|-
|2009
|Burn Notice
|Scott Chandler
|Episode: "Seek and Destroy"
|-
|2009
|United States of Tara
|Dr. Holden
|Episodes: "Snow", "Miracle"
|-
|2009–2011
|V
|Father Jack Landry
|Main role
|-
|2011
|In Plain Sight
|Major Lucas Provo
|Episode: "Provo-Cation"
|-
|2011
|'
|Jimmy Wallace
|Episodes: "Trouble in Makeoutsville", "A Matter of Simple Duplicity"
|-
|2013
|'
|Ranger Captain Reese
|Episodes: "Wild Nights Are Calling", "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am"
|-
|2013–2014
|Witches of East End
|Victor
|Recurring role
|-
|2014
|Caper
|Sam Clarke
|Episodes: "City of Angels", "Psycho Path", "Southpaw's Always Right"
|-
|2014
|Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse
|Professor Neil Martin
|TV film
|-
|2014
|Scorpion
|Governor Paul Lane
|Episode: "Single Point of Failure"
|-
|2014
|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
|Hank Thompson
|Episode: "The Writing on the Wall"
|-
|2015
|Criminal Minds
|Sheriff Paul Desario
|Episode: "Pariahville"
|-
|2016–2017
|'
|Peter Maxwell
|Recurring role (season 8)
|-
|2018
|Do Unto Others
|Pastor Adler
|TV film
|-
|2018
|'
|Matt Carmichael
|TV film
|-
|2020
|All Rise
|Frank Frost
|2 episodes
|}