Dan Lauria Filmography

The Bronx is Burning

Actors: John Turturro, Oliver Platt, Daniel Sunjata

Synopsis: Filmed on location in New York and Connecticut, the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning was a vivid (if not overly expensive) retelling of the New York Yankees' championship year of 1977. Heading the enormous cast of celebrity lookalikes were Oliver Platt as Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and Read More

Big Momma's House 2

Actors: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Emily Procter, Zachary Levi, Mark Moses

Synopsis: An FBI agent finds himself crossing the gender line again in the name of national security in this sequel to the comedy hit Big Momma's House. Tom Fuller (Mark Moses) is a computer whiz who is under investigation by the FBI, who suspect he may be the man behind a dangerous piece of underground Read More

The Path to 9/11

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Michael Benyaer, Shirley Douglas, Barclay Hope, Patricia Heaton, Mido Hamada

Synopsis: This five-hour ABC miniseries depicts the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, through the scope of a handful of intelligence and counter-terrorism officials in the U.S. government. Harvey Keitel plays John O'Neill, the counter-terrorism chief of the FBI whose belief Read More

The Book of Joe

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands

A Wake In Providence

Actors: Vincent Pagano, Victoria Rowell, Mike Pagano, Adrienne Barbeau, Micole Mercurio

Synopsis: Anthony (Vincent Pagano) is a white fledging actor who is in a happy relationship with Alissa (Victoria Rowell), who is beautiful, gainfully employed, and black. In spite of being sharply reminded that it has been 30 years since Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Anthony is reluctant to introduce her Read More

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels

Actors: Tricia Helfer, Lauren Stamile, Christina Chambers, Dan Castellaneta

Synopsis: The true story behind one of the most popular television shows of the 1970s is dramatized in this made-for-TV comedy drama. In 1975, television producer Aaron Spelling (Dan Castellaneta) was looking for a new hit, and he thought he might have one in a script about three beautiful female police Read More

High Times' Potluck

Synopsis: A veteran mobster discovers the grass is greener on the other side in this broad independent comedy. Frank (Frank Adonis) is a 60-year-old Mafia lieutenant who has been entrusted with a suitcase full of high-quality marijuana that has arrived in Manhattan from the Deep South and is ready for sale. Read More

Outside the Law

Actors: Dan Lauria, Stephen Macht, Cynthia Rothrock

Synopsis: A woman starting a new life discovers her old life won't go away so easily in this action-drama. Julie Cosgrove (Cynthia Rothrock) was an Federal intelligence agent working on a top secret assignment when she found herself in the middle of an ambush gone wrong which led to the death of the man she Read More

Smallville: Hothead

Synopsis: Inadvertently displaying his awesome superpowers, Clark (Tom Welling) is invited to join the Smallville high school football team by ruthless, "winning is the only thing" coach Walt Arnold (Dan Lauria). Worried that Clark's alien origins will be exposed if he does any sort of contact sports, the Read More

Law & Order: Sunday in the Park with Jorge

Synopsis: Several "wilding incidents" occur during a Hispanic Pride festival in Central Park. When a woman's body is found in the park's lake, the detectives at first believe that she was a victim of random violence. Slowly but surely, however, the suspect field narrows down to those closest to the woman Read More

Stories of the American Puppet

Synopsis: Film and television star Dan Lauria narrates this look back at the evolution of the puppet in American entertainment assembled from archival film clips, vintage photographs, detailed reenactments, and interviews with the puppeteers responsible for bringing these colorful characters to life. The Read More

Full Disclosure

Actors: Virginia Madsen, Penelope Ann Miller, Rachel Ticotin

Synopsis: Hard-drinking newspaper reporter John McWhirter (Fred Ward) finds himself in the middle of a messy political assassination plot when he is compelled to keep in his house an on-the-lam Palestinian operative, Armiti Khalq (Rachel Ticotin). McWhirter, who is being heavily pressured by his editor Read More

Common Ground

Actors: Ed Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey Fierstein

Synopsis: Harvey Fierstein, Terrence McNally, and Paula Vogel each wrote episodes for this three-part made-for-cable drama which examines changing attitudes and issues facing the gay and lesbian community in the small town of Homer, Connecticut. Opening in the 1950s and leading up to the present day, Common Read More

ER: Match Made in Heaven

Synopsis: With Weaver on suspension, the prickly Romano (Paul McCrane) is in charge of the ER. Carter (Noah Wyle) goes ballistic when he suspects that his patient is faking an injury. Abby (Maura Tierney) treats a woman with five children, who doesn't want the sixth baby on the way. Finch (Michael Michele) Read More

Law & Order: Burn Baby Burn

Synopsis: Actor-director Clarence Williams III guest stars as Lateef Miller, a former member of the militant Black Panther party. A prominent 1960s activist, Miller again makes headlines when he is accused of murdering a white police detective. Media coverage of the subsequent trial serves as a forum for Read More

Mr. Murder

Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Julie Warner, Bill Smitrovich, Thomas Haden Church, James Coburn

Synopsis: A scientific experiment gone wrong causes a man to become his own evil twin in this made-for-TV thriller. Marty Stillwater (Stephen Baldwin) would seem to have it made; he has a beautiful wife, two loving daughters, and a great career as a bestselling mystery novelist. However, it soon seems Read More

The Hoop Life

Actors: Mykelti Williamson, Dorian Harewood, Rick Peters, Cirroc Lofton, Dan Lauria

Synopsis: The off-court lives of a team of professional basketball players, as well as their friends and family, are the focus of The Hoop Life, a made-for-cable movie that serves as pilot and introduction for a series produced for the Showtime premium cable network. The New England Knights lose the final Read More

Fear Runs Silent

Synopsis: Kerry (Suzanne Davis) emerges from a dense forest in a daze, her clothes shredded and her memories of what happened only vague flashes of her high school friends, blood, and a vicious animal with yellow eyes and fangs. As her thoughts clear, she recalls the adventure all too accurately: Her Read More

Wide Awake

Actors: Joseph Cross, Dana Delany, Denis Leary, Robert Loggia

Synopsis: In this film by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, a young boy learns lessons about life and God during a trying year of discovery in fifth grade at a Catholic boys' school. As the school year opens, Joshua Beal (Joseph Cross) is despondent over the recent death of his grandfather (Robert Read More

Costello

Actors: Sue Costello, Dan Lauria, Jenny O'Hara, Chuck Walczak, Kerry O'Malley

Synopsis: This TV sitcom, set in a bar in the blue-collar Irish-Catholic neighborhood of South Boston, is "inspired by the real life" of comic Sue Costello who hails from South Boston. It also stars Costello in the lead role of a loud-mouthed female barmaid, but just to make sure you're paying attention Read More

From the Earth to the Moon

Actors: David Andrews, Bryan Cranston, Tim Daly, Al Franken, Tony Goldwyn

Synopsis: Originally aired on HBO and directed by Apollo 13 star and space enthusiast Tom Hanks, among others, From the Earth to the Moon explores the ups and downs of space travel, beginning with President Kennedy's famous speech before Congress on May 25, 1961, and chronicling the journey to putting the Read More

True Friends

Actors: James Quattrochi, Loreto Mauro, Rodrigo Botero, Kyle Gibson, Mario Renden

Synopsis: In NYC's Spanish Harlem, Puerto Rican emigrant Juan Jose (Bryan Burke) enters a new school where he becomes friendly with Joey (Kyle Gibson) and Louie (Mario Renden), who call their new pal J.J. The three unite as a tight trio of close friends, hoping to someday open a bar together. The story Read More

Touched By an Angel: Redeeming Love

Synopsis: Monica (Roma Downey) and Tess (Della Reese) find young Lydia (Alanna Ubach), a talented artist from a wealthy family, living in squalor and addicted to crack cocaine. Despite the best efforts by Lydia's father Bill (Dan Lauria) and new stepmother Margaret (Mary-Joan Negro), the girl makes no Read More

From the Earth to the Moon, Part 1: Can We Do This?

Synopsis: President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge to America in a speech to Congress in 1961: Land a man on the moon within the decade. This HBO mini-series, produced by Tom Hanks, chronicles the story of NASA's efforts to carry out the vision. Episode one of the 12-part series looks at the early Read More

Boy Meets World: Wheels

Synopsis: Now that he has his driver's license, Cory (Ben Savage) wants to spend his 16th birthday in Atlantic City with Shawn (Rider Strong) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel). This does not sit well with dad Alan (William Russ), who'd hoped that Cory could celebrate the occasion with his family. The situation Read More

Prison of Secrets

Actors: Stephanie Zimbalist, Dan Lauria, Finola Hughes, Gary Frank, Rusty Schwimmer

Synopsis: This made-for-television drama is based on the true story of a female prison inmate who fought for women's rights while still behind bars. Stephanie Zimbalist stars as Lynn Shaffer, a wife and mother who gets convicted of white-collar crime and is sentenced to ten years in prison. While behind Read More

Party of Five: You Win Some, You Lose Some

Synopsis: Bailey's anger over the prospect of losing Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) when she goes off to Brown University turns to joy when Sarah opts for a college closer to home; unfortunately, this doesn't mean that Sarah wants to rekindle her romance with Bailey (Scott Wolf). In a similar development Read More

Party of Five: Hitting Bottom

Synopsis: Refusing to face up to his drinking problem, Bailey (Scott Wolf) has been "expelled" from his own family. Before long, even such friends and intimates as Coach Petrocelli (Dan Lauria) and Callie (Alexondra Lee) have turned their backs on Bailey. His efforts to "prove" that everyone else is Read More

Party of Five: Significant Others

Synopsis: His obsession with winning at all costs causes friction between Bailey (Scott Wolf) and Coach Petrocelli (Dan Lauria). Likewise fed up with Bailey's selfishness is Callie (Alexondra Lee), who walks out on him at a crucial moment. The emotional strain takes its inevitable toll, and before long Read More

NYPD Blue: Burnin' Love

Synopsis: Investigating the murder of a young woman who was burned to death, leaving only a tattoo as identification, Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) receives unexpectedly helpful input from veteran cop Vince Gotelli (Carmine Caridi). Meanwhile, Medavoy (Gordon Clapp), endeavoring to steer clear of his marital Read More

No One Could Protect Her

Actors: Joanna Kerns, Anthony John Denison, Dan Lauria, Peter MacNeill

Synopsis: This made-for-TV shocker was inspired by a true story which occurred in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Housewife Jessica Rayner (Joanne Kerns) becomes the latest in a long line of victims when she is attacked in her own home by a vicious serial rapist and murderer who preys on blondes. The difference is Read More

Terror in the Family

Actors: Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Hilary Swank, Kathleen Wilhoite, Andrew Kavovit

Synopsis: Long before she became a two-time Oscar winner, Hilary Swank paid her dues in such hard-hitting TV movies as Terror in the Family. The actress is cast as Deena Martin, a profoundly troubled 15-year-old with a history of wild and abusive behavior. An argument over a boy Deena has been seeing Read More

Party of Five: Christmas

Synopsis: Christmas at the Salinger home marks the return of Grandpa Jake (Carroll O'Connor), who brings along a combination of good cheer and bad news. Meanwhile, Charlie (Matthew Fox) strengthens his resolve to forget about Kirsten, while simultaneously softening his attitude towards homeless people. Read More

Party of Five: Desperate Measures

Synopsis: Leaving Julia (Neve Campbell) in charge of the younger kids, Charlie (Matthew Fox) heads to Chicago for a surprise reunion with Kirsten (Paula Devicq), which does not meet with the approval of her troubled mother Ellie (Kathleen Noone). Before long, Kirsten is begging Charlie to take her away from Read More

Party of Five: Gimme Shelter

Synopsis: Grace (Tamara Taylor) uses the local media to attack Charlie (Matthew Fox) for his "cruel and unusual" treatment of homeless people at his restaurant, while Claudia (Lacey Chabert) is also sore at Charlie for blocking her from studying at the music conservatory. More seriously, Bailey's drinking Read More

The Bachelor's Baby

Actors: Scott Bakula, Chelsea Field, Dan Lauria

Synopsis: A fun-loving bachelor (with every intention of staying unmarried) suddenly finds himself saddled with a big responsibility after a former flame dumps the baby she claims he made on his doorstep. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Independence Day

Actors: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch

Synopsis: A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer Dean Devlin Read More

Dogwatch

Actors: Sam Elliott, Esai Morales, Paul Sorvino, Dan Lauria, Richard Gilliland, Jessica Steen, Mimi Craven

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a tough San Francisco policeman is shocked to discover that his recently murdered partner was actively involved in departmental corruption. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Faithful

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Mazursky, Amber Smith

Synopsis: A hit man discovers the pros and cons of getting to know his victim in this dark comedy. Margaret (Cher) is supposed to be celebrating her 20th wedding anniversary, but she hardly feels like having a party; her marriage is in sad shape, her husband Jack (Ryan O'Neal) has just called to say he's Read More

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

Actors: Adam Arkin, Nicholas Turturro, Dan Lauria

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a detective investigating the murder of a state trooper finds himself caught up with terrorists. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

Actors: Tim Daly, Dan Lauria, William O'Leary, Neal McDonough, Lewis Smith

Synopsis: This made-for-television drama first aired on NBC and was made shortly after the tragic stand-off in Waco, Texas when a conflict between the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and a group of cultist led by charismatic leader and self-proclaimed messiah David Koresh turned into a Read More

Another Stakeout

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman

Synopsis: In Stakeout, cop Richard Dreyfuss fell in love with Madeline Stowe, the woman he and his partner Emilio Estevez were watching during a police stakeout. Stowe's back in Another Stakeout, but her part is fleeting and unbilled. On the other hand, we get plenty of Dreyfuss and Estevez, still both as Read More

The Wonder Years: Season 06

Actors: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Josh Saviano, Danica McKellar

From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One

Actors: John Spencer, Eddie Velez, Dan Lauria, Rachel Ticotin, Cheryl Paris

Synopsis: This made-for-TV cop drama is deliberately reminiscent of Joseph Wambaugh's previous video success Police Story. LA Law star John Spencer plays a big-city cop with deep and serious emotional problems. His inner turmoil is exacerbated when he plunges into a troublesome murder case. Among the many Read More

Overexposed

Actors: Terence Knox, Marcy Walker

Synopsis: Overexposed starts out as a "heavy breather of the week" TV movie and develops into a truly involving suspense tale. Marcy Walker plays a wife and mother, stalked by wacko Terence Knox. This isn't just the usual hit-and-run harassment; Knox is a businessman who has an "X-rated" video of an Read More

The Wonder Years: Season 05

Actors: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Josh Saviano, Danica McKellar

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

Synopsis: The superb, utterly convincing special effects in the two-part TV movie The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake cannot be faulted. Less convincing are the scenes in which the fictional TV reporters, demoralized and in tears, can't bring themselves to describe the extent of the destruction. Read More

Mob Justice

Synopsis: The fact-based TV movie Dead and Alive bears a remarkable resemblance to the plot and structure of the 1931 Fritz Lang classic M. A cocaine-addicted cop killer (Tony Danza) is on the loose, managing to elude the authorities at every juncture. The killer has known mob connections, so the police put Read More

In the Line of Duty: Mob Justice

Actors: Tony Danza, Dan Lauria, Ted Levine, Frank Vincent, Joe Lisi

Synopsis: In this crime drama, G-men team up with syndicate hit-men to capture the drug dealer who killed one of the best agents in the Drug Enforcement Agency. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Wonder Years: Season 04

Actors: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Josh Saviano, Danica McKellar

The Great L.A. Earthquake

In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing

Actors: James Farentino

Synopsis: James Farentino plays the chief of a big-city underground narcotics unit. When a drug buy goes awry, a shotgun blows away one of Farentino's best men--and closest friends. As the once-harmonious drug unit disintegrates into recriminations and guilt, Farentino becomes more and more withdrawn, until Read More

The Wonder Years: Season 03

Actors: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Josh Saviano, Danica McKellar

Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder

Synopsis: The controversial case of a black man killed in Howard Beach, a working-class all white neighborhood of Queens, NY provides the basis of this docudrama. Much of the story centers around the attempts of Joe Hynes, the state prosecutor to bring the case to trial. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Police Story: Cop Killers

Actors: Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig

Synopsis: Cop Killers was one of five Police Story specials, telecast in the fall of 1988. These "new" 2-hour specials were actually rewrites of scripts from the original Police Story series of 1973-80; there was an industry strike going on in '88, and networks needed material in a hurry. Ken Olin stars in Cop Killers Read More

Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story

Actors: Michael Nouri

Synopsis: This is the true story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer (Michael Nouri). At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy marriage and public adulation. Then in 1977, Charlie is diagnosed as suffering from ALS, a Read More

The Wonder Years: Season 01

Actors: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Josh Saviano, Danica McKellar

The Wonder Years: Season 02

Actors: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Josh Saviano, Danica McKellar

David

Actors: Bernadette Peters

Synopsis: In this above-average made-for-television drama, Bernadette Peters stars as a mother facing the greatest challenge of her life. Based a true story, Matthew Lawrence stars as David Rothenberg, a six year-old who was viciously set on fire by his jealous father. Severely burned and disfigured, David Read More

Stakeout

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Dan Lauria

Synopsis: Though John Badham's Stakeout doesn't flinch in the violence department, the film concentrates primarily on characterization. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez play a pair of Seattle detectives, assigned to capture escaped hood Aidan Quinn. The twosome spends much of the film on stakeout in a Read More

Angel in Green

Synopsis: In Angel in Green, an unlikely alliance between a Jesuit missionary and a trained-for-combat Green Beret trooper is formed to help protect the island natives from insurgent-spawned violence. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Growing Pains: Born Free

Synopsis: Hoping to motivate his underachieving son Mike (Kirk Cameron), Jason (Alan Thicke) takes the boy along on a plane trip to Jason's alma mater in Boston. En route, a pregnant passenger (Mimi Lieber) goes into labor, forcing Jason to deliver the baby miles above the earth--with Jason as his nervous Read More

Growing Pains: First Blood

Synopsis: An angry Jason (Alan Thicke) confronts Ben's hockey coach (Dan Lauria), whose win-at-all-costs philosophy extends to teaching the kids how to play dirty. As a result, Jason ends up with a black eye--putting him in good company with the similarly "decorated" Ben. Meanwhile, Maggie (Joanna Kerns) Read More

Hunter: The Beautiful and the Dead, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two part story, Hunter (Fred Dryer) comes home to find the body of a murdered woman sprawled over a chair in his living room. Almost immediately thereafter, the corpse disappears--and with it all evidence of the killing. Though he doesn't know it at first, Hunter has Read More

Hunter: The Beautiful and the Dead, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Hunter (Fred Dryer) continues to search for the link between a Russian defector and the woman he found murdered in his home (whose body immediately disappeared after its discovery!) When a gang of thugs attack him and steal a valuable piece of evidence Read More

Truth or Die

Synopsis: Sitcom star Tony Danza made his dramatic debut in the made-for-TV Truth or Die. Danza plays Jerry Rosenberg, real-life "jailhouse lawyer." A lifelong criminal, the Brooklyn-born Rosenberg utilized his knowledge of legal maneuvers to save himself from the electric chair. In 1971, Rosenberg became a Read More

Moonlighting: Portrait of Maddie

Synopsis: The Blue Moon Detective Agency has finally posted a profit, but Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) spends every penny on a painting of herself. No, she's not motivated by vanity, but rather curiosity: The artist had never met Maddie, but was clearly infatuated by her--and shortly after completing the Read More