Paul Guilfoyle facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Paul Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle in 2016
Born	Paul Vincent Guilfoyle (1949-04-28) April 28, 1949 (age 76) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Lisa Giobbi ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	1

Paul Vincent Guilfoyle (/ˈɡɪlfɔɪl/) (born April 28, 1949) is an American television and film actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He returned for the series finale, "Immortality", in 2015. He also returned for two episodes in the sequel CSI: Vegas.

Early life

Guilfoyle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College High School and spoke at the 2005 commencement of the school's seniors. He would later appear in Spotlight, which features the school. Guilfoyle graduated from Lehigh University in 1972.

He is a member of The Actors Studio and established a substantial theatrical reputation on and off Broadway, including 12 years with the Theatre Company of Boston, appearances on Broadway include in David Rabe's The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Those The River Keeps, Richard III with Al Pacino, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Death Defying Acts, and Search and Destroy.

Career

Guilfoyle appeared in Three Men and a Baby, and in an early episode of Crime Story, where he played a criminal who takes a hostage, getting into a shootout with the Major Crimes Unit. He has since become one of the industry's leading character actors specializing in roles on both the good and bad side of law enforcement.

His television appearances most notably include guest roles on Miami Vice, Law & Order, Wiseguy, New York Undercover, Ally McBeal and Justice League Unlimited as Travis Morgan, the Warlord. His film credits are numerous, spanning nearly three decades. His appearances in notable films include Howard the Duck, Wall Street, Celtic Pride, Beverly Hills Cop II, Quiz Show, Final Analysis, Hoffa, Mrs. Doubtfire, Air Force One, Amistad, The Negotiator, Extreme Measures, Session 9, Primary Colors, and L.A. Confidential.

Guilfoyle also appears in Alter Bridge's video for their single "Broken Wings", and the HBO original film Live from Baghdad.

Guilfoyle is best known for his role as L.V.P.D. Captain James "Jim" Brass in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which he performed from the show's inception in 2000.

In 2014, it was announced that Guilfoyle would be leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after 14 years, but returned in 2015 for the two-hour series finale "Immortality".

In 2020, he guest-starred on Star Trek: Discovery in the two-part story "Terra Firma", as Carl, the humanoid avatar of the Guardian of Forever.

Personal life

In 1989, Guilfoyle married choreographer and aerial artist Lisa Giobbi. They have one child and live in New York City.

Filmography

Film (selected)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Next Door	Unknown	Short film
1976	The Murderer	Brock	Short film
1981	The Dark End of the Street	Unknown
1986	Howard the Duck	Lieutenant Welker
	Billy Galvin	Nolan
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Nikos Thomopolis
	Three Men and a Baby	Vince
	Wall Street	Stone Livingston
1988	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Dr. Andrew Cassedy
1989	Dealers	Lee Peters
1990	The Local Stigmatic	Ray
	Cadillac Man	Jack 'Little Jack' Turgeon
1991	True Colors	John Laury
1992	Final Analysis	Mike O'Brien
	Hoffa	Ted Harmon, Reporter
1993	The Night We Never Met	Sparrow's Nest Salesman
	... in New York	Roman, Jake's Father
	Mother's Boys	Mark Kaplan, Robert's Attorney
	Mrs. Doubtfire	Head Chef
1994	Little Odessa	Boris Volkoff
	Quiz Show	Lishman
1995	Gospa	Miodrag Dobrovic
	Cafe Society	Anthony Liebler
1996	Manny & Lo	Country House Owner
	Looking for Richard	2nd Murderer	Documentary film
	A Couch in New York	Dennis
	Celtic Pride	Kevin O'Grady
	Heaven's Prisoners	Detective Magelli
	Extreme Measures	Dr. Jeffrey Manko
	Ransom	FBI Agent Wallace
1997	Night Falls on Manhattan	McGovern
	L.A. Confidential	Mickey Cohen
	Air Force One	Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd
	Amistad	Attorney
1998	Peppermills	Owner of Restaurant	Short film
	Primary Colors	Howard Ferguson
	The Negotiator	Detective Nathan Roenick (uncredited)
	One Tough Cop	Frankie 'Hot' Salvino
1999	In Dreams	Detective Jack Kay
	Entropy	Andy
	Anywhere but Here	George Franklin
	Random Hearts	Dick Montoya
2000	A Question of Faith	Francis
	Company Man	Officer Hickle
2001	Hemingway, the Hunter of Death	Alex Smith
	Session 9	Bill Griggs
2002	Pharoh's Heart	Angelo	Short film
2004	Tempesta	Taddeo Rossi
2008	American Violet	Judge Belmont
2012	That Guy... Who Was in That Thing	Himself
2015	Spotlight	Pete Conley
2016	Pandemic	Dr. Greer
2019	Turnover	Peter Parveau
2019	William	Bob Claybourn
2020	Recondition	Gerry Sanders	Short film
2021	Don't Look Up	General Themes
2022	The Good House	Henry Barlow
2022	The Man from Rome	Monsignor Paolo Spada
2024	The Mothership		Filmed in 2021, abandoned in 2024 during endless post-production
2024	Polara	Billy
2024	Arthur the King	Charlie
2024	Any Day Now	Marty
TBA	The Trip	0TBA	Filming

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Paul Guilfoyle para niños