John SpencerFilmography

Born:: December 20, 1946 in New Jersey
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Actor John Spencer was born John Speshock to a working-class family in Patterson, NJ, on December 20, 1946. He attended the Professional Children's High School in New York City, and while a student adopted the stage name John Spencer. Spencer began acting in his teens, and landed his first big...Read More

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The West Wing: Season 06

Actors: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Janel Moloney, Dulé Hill, Joshua Malina, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: The crises facing the various members of the Bartlet administration at the outset of The West Wing's sixth season include the ever-escalating hostilities between Israel and Palestine, with President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) refusing to exploit the situation by staging a preemptive strike against a Read More

2004
The West Wing: Season 05

Actors: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Janel Moloney, Dulé Hill, Joshua Malina, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: The administration of President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) is still technically in charge of the United States as The West Wing enters its fifth season (and its first without the services of longtime producer Aaron Sorkin), but Bartlet himself is no longer commander in chief -- at least, not at Read More

2003
The West Wing: Season 04

Actors: Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Joshua Malina, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: Once the fourth season of The West Wing gets past its semi-serious two-part opener, in which White House staffers Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), and Donna Moss (Janel Moloney) get lost somewhere in Indiana while campaigning for the re-election of President Jed Read More

2002
The West Wing: Season 03

Actors: Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: Season three of The West Wing breaks the series' established continuity with the opening episode, "Isaac and Ishmael," hastily assembled to address the terrible events of September 11, 2001. Thereafter, the principal storyline picks up where season two left off, with President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen Read More

2001
The West Wing: Season 02

Actors: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill

Synopsis: Season one of The West Wing ended with a violent cliffhanger, as President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his staff were apparently targeted for assassination. As season two begins, it is revealed that the intended bull's-eye of the attack was actually Bartlet's young African-American aide, Charlie Read More

2000
Ravenous

Actors: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer

Synopsis: In 1847, many Americans made the journey across our continent in search of gold. Many failed to complete the journey or see their dreams come to light. Capt. John Boyd (Guy Pearce) found his way here thanks to an act of cowardice during the Mexican-American War; he has been banished to a desolate Read More

3/19/99
The West Wing: Season 01

Actors: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Moira Kelly, Richard Schiff

Synopsis: The first season of The West Wing wastes no time in plunging the fledgling administration of American president Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) into a crisis, when the commander in chief is injured by a fall from a bicycle borrowed from his chief of staff, Leo McGarry (John Spencer). Meanwhile, Deputy Read More

1999
The Negotiator

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer

Synopsis: F. Gary Gray directed this suspenseful action thriller based on a real case experienced by police in St. Louis. The James DeMonaco/Kevin Fox screenplay follows an accused man who is forced to commit crimes in order to prove himself innocent of murder. After Chicago police hostage negotiator Danny Read More

1998
Twilight

Actors: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: The Nobody's Fool (1994) team of Paul Newman, director Robert Benton, and scripter Richard Russo reassembled for this L.A. detective drama, beginning with a Puerto Vallarta prologue showing private eye Harry Ross (Newman) accidentally shot by 17-year-old Mel Ames (Reese Witherspoon) during his Read More

1998
Trinity

Actors: Jill Clayburgh, John Spencer, Tate Donovan, Justin Louis, Sam Trammell

Synopsis: In this TV family drama series set in NYC's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, Eileen McCallister (Jill Clayburgh) is the matriarch who oversees the working-class Irish-Catholic McCallister clan, along with her husband Simon McCallister (John Spencer). The focus is on their five grown children -- priest Read More

1998
Cop Land

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg

Synopsis: The second film from writer/director James Mangold, the corruption drama Cop Land stars Sylvester Stallone as Freddy Heflin, the much-denigrated sheriff of tiny Garrison, NJ, a community which -- thanks to a technicality -- is populated almost entirely by members of the New York City Police Read More

1997
Cold Around the Heart

Actors: David Caruso, Kelly Lynch, Stacey Dash, Chris Noth, John Spencer

Synopsis: This crime film, in the tradition of Bonnie and Clyde, is the directorial debut of writer John Ridley, scripter of Oliver Stone's U Turn. The neo-noir tale begins as Jude (Kelly Lynch) and Ned (David Caruso) attempt a getaway with $250,000 worth of stolen diamonds, leaving three dead back at the Read More

1997
Albino Alligator

Actors: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Joe Mantegna, Viggo Mortensen

Synopsis: Actor Kevin Spacey made his directorial debut with this thriller. Dova (Matt Dillon), Milo (Gary Sinise), and Law (William Fichtner) are three small-time crooks on the run after a botched robbery of a New Orleans warehouse led to a car chase, causing the death of two cops. Needing a place to hide Read More

1996
The Rock

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe

Synopsis: The sophomore film from former music video and commercial director Michael Bay, this fast-paced action yarn featured rapid-fire editing, a cutting-edge rock soundtrack and liberal use of shots awash in a haze of burnished hues, all trademarks of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage Read More

1996
Cafe Society

Actors: Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer

Synopsis: This urban drama examines the diverse lives of the patrons of a fictional bar for the rich and famous, El Casbah. Among them are the playboy heir to a margarine fortune, Mickey Jelke, and Jack Cale, a handsome actor who has become a new client and works hard to ingratiate himself to others. Using Read More

1995
Touched By an Angel: The Driver

Synopsis: Monica (Roma Downey) is now employed at station KQIS as producer for hotshot TV reporter Debra Willis (Vanessa Bell Calloway), who has gained fame with her catchphrase "As my mother always says..." When star high-school athlete Bobby Garcia is seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident, Bobby's Read More

1995
Forget Paris

Actors: Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna, Cynthia Stevenson, Richard Masur

Synopsis: Actor Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed, and starred in this romantic comedy. Forty-something couple Andy (Joe Mantegna) and Liz (Cynthia Stevenson) are about to be married, and as they gather with their friends for dinner not long before the wedding, they are told the story of their mutual friends Read More

1995
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

1992
We're Talkin' Serious Money

Actors: Dennis Farina, Leo Rossi, Fran Drescher, Denis Arndt, Robert Costanzo

Synopsis: When Sal (Dennis Farina) and his friend Charlie (Leo Rossi) are cheated out of $10,000 of borrowed money in an implausible money-making scheme, the two must flee to Los Angeles to avoid the wrath of the gangster debt collectors. Once there, they become embroiled in an underhanded scheme that Read More

1992
In the Arms of a Killer

Actors: Jaclyn Smith, John Spencer, Michael Nouri

Synopsis: A rookie detective's investigation of a particularly brutal murder takes a personal turn for her when her lover turns out to the their main suspect. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
When No One Would Listen

Actors: Michele Lee, James Farentino, John Spencer, Lee Garlington, Anndi McAfee

Synopsis: Based on a true story, once again we have a tale of a battered homemaker who seeks help from the deaf ear of bureaucracy when she feels that she must protect herself and her children from her abusive husband. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Green Card

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Robert Prosky

Synopsis: Green Card fuses the template of a light romantic comedy with a classic fish-out-of-water scenario. In order to retain her beautiful rent-controlled Manhattan apartment, a beautiful, socially-conscious American woman (Andie MacDowell) has to be married, so she decides to marry a burly French Read More

12/23/90
Presumed Innocent

Actors: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield

Synopsis: Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) is a bland, oppressed man who burns with a quiet, corrosive intensity that can flare uncontrollably. A Philadelphia prosecutor, Sabich's fire seems to have one outlet: his job. He loves prosecuting people. Otherwise, his life is dead-ended. He has a loveless marriage Read More

7/27/90
Law & Order: Prescription for Death

Synopsis: In this first telecast of Law & Order, a case of fatal criminal negligence takes front and center. During a particularly frantic night in an emergency room, a young woman dies, prompting her father to sue the hospital. Investigating detectives Greevey (George Dzundza) and Logan (Chris Noth) Read More

1990
Black Rain

Actors: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Shigeru Koyama, Yusaku Matsuda

Synopsis: Under scrutiny by his superiors for allegedly dipping into confiscated drug money, New York vice cop Michael Douglas can expect no sympathy from his ex-wife, who is gouging him for alimony. Douglas gets a chance to redeem himself when he is assigned to escort Japanese mob boss Yusaku Matsuda back Read More

9/22/89
Sea of Love

Actors: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey

Synopsis: Sea of Love is a sexy, atmospheric thriller, very much in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, with involving characters, steamy love scenes, and surprising plot twists. Frank Keller (Al Pacino), is a lonely, tired, disillusioned, police detective, who has a problem with alcohol. Frank is investigating Read More

9/15/89
Far from Home

Actors: Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, Anthony Rapp, Karen Austin, Andras Jones, Susan Tyrrell

Synopsis: Former child star and one-time scandal magnet Drew Barrymore had her first teenage role in this offbeat thriller with comic overtones. Charlie Cross (Matt Frewer) is vacationing with his 15-year-old daughter Joleen (Barrymore). Charlie and Joleen are stranded in an Arizona trailer park when they Read More

6/2/89
Simple Justice

Actors: Cesar Romero, Doris Roberts, Cady McClain, John Spencer

Synopsis: When a group of criminals shoot all of the witnesses to their bank robbery, one woman (Cady McClain) survives her injuries. As the crooks discover that a witness survived their massacre, they begin to threaten her family to frighten them into withholding testimony. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Read More

1989
Hiding Out

Actors: Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Gretchen Cryer, Oliver Cotton

Synopsis: Hiding Out, a surprisingly entertaining and engaging action comedy, directed by Bob Giraldi, takes the implausible idea that an adult man could enroll in high school and pass as a student and makes it real. Andrew (Jon Cryer) is a stockbroker hunted by a professional killer. He flees to stay with Read More

11/6/87
Verne Miller Story

Actors: Scott Glenn, Barbara Stock, Thomas G. Waites, Ed O'Ross, Andrew Robinson

Synopsis: This crime drama tells the story of the man behind the terrible Kansas City massacre, Verne Miller. Miller started out as a South Dakota sheriff and during the 1920s became a notorious gangster hit man. He started out doing jobs for Al Capone in Chicago and was so good at his job that Capone Read More

1987
Key Exchange

Actors: Ben Masters, Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Daniel Stern, Nancy Mette

Synopsis: Based on a play by Kevin Wade, this comedy stars Brooke Adams as a television producer who demands commitment from her free-spirited lover (Ben Masters). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Living Nightmare

Actors: Richard Alfieri, Nathalie Nell, Mercedes McCambridge, Ruth Roman, Gale Sondergaard

Synopsis: In this psychological horror movie, an art student begins to seriously question his sanity after a terrifying nightmare recurs over a long period of time. In the dream, his twin, who died at birth is trying to kill him. The dream eventually becomes so intense that the young man is barely able to Read More

1983
Cocaine and Blue Eyes

Actors: O.J. Simpson, Candy Clark, Cindy Pickett

Synopsis: Cocaine and Blue Eyes was the pilot film for a TV detective series starring former footballer O.J. Simpson (who also produced the film). Playing a private eye in San Francisco, Simpson is hired by a man who ends up seriously dead. The deceased client had wanted Simpson to locate a former girl Read More

1983
WarGames

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin

Synopsis: Once more, a wise-guy teenager tries to prove he's smarter than any adult-and nearly destroys the whole world in the process-in WarGames. Computer-game aficionado Matthew Broderick inadverently taps into a hush-hush Pentagon computer, then proceeds to inaugurate his favorite game, "Global Read More

1983