Jack Coleman

Biography: With his good looks and everyman air, this always-employed but often-anonymous character actor has book-ended his career with a pair of enigmatic TV turns. After studying acting at Duke University, Coleman honed his skills on stage. While performing in a Long Island stage production of Grease, he made his small-screen debut on the soap Days of our Lives as Jake Kositchek, the Salem Strangler. A quarter of a century later, his subtle but striking work on the sci-fi smash Heroes as a bespectacled and morally ambiguous character simply referred to as HRG (short for Horn-Rimmed Glasses) garnered him the most mainstream attention he'd had in 25 years in showbiz. Coleman kept busy in between, both on stage and on the small screen, notably with a six-season stint on Dynasty as Steve Carrington. The second actor to play the part after Al Corley left the series, Coleman was, to some fans, less believable in the part, which was one of the first homosexual characters on a prime-timeWith his good looks and everyman air, this always-employed but often-anonymous character actor has book-ended his career with a pair of enigmatic TV turns. After studying acting at Duke University, Coleman honed his skills on stage. While performing in a Long Island stage production of Grease, he made his small-screen debut on the soap Days of our Lives as Jake Kositchek, the Salem Strangler. A quarter of a century later, his subtle but striking work on the sci-fi smash Heroes as a bespectacled and morally ambiguous character simply referred to as HRG (short for Horn-Rimmed Glasses) garnered him the most mainstream attention he'd had in 25 years in showbiz. Coleman kept busy in between, both on stage and on the small screen, notably with a six-season stint on Dynasty as Steve Carrington. The second actor to play the part after Al Corley left the series, Coleman was, to some fans, less believable in the part, which was one of the first homosexual characters on a prime-time drama. In the '80s and '90s, Coleman popped up all over the tube, usually playing white-collar types, on everything from Diagnosis Murder to Entourage. Although his Heroes role was initially a small one, the mysteriousness of the character — a ferociously loving father who happened to be an agent for a shady company — turned him into one of the series' breakout stars. Off-screen, Coleman is a direct, sixth-generation descendant of Benjamin Franklin and the grandson of Pulitzer Prize winner Herbert Agar. Expand

Jack Coleman's Scores

  • TV
Average career score: 57
Highest Metascore: 67 Heroes: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 47 Kingdom Hospital: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
9 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Hawaii Five-0: Season 9 Sep 28, 2018 Agent Miller / Miller 5.8
53 Heroes: Reborn: Season 1 Sep 24, 2015 Noah Bennet / Noah Bennet 4.6
tbd Castle: Season 8 Sep 21, 2015 Senator William H. Bracken / Senator Will Bracken 6.4
tbd Scandal: Season 3 Oct 3, 2013 Daniel Douglas Langston / Daniel Douglas Langston 7.4
tbd CSI: Season 14 Sep 25, 2013 Jim Logan 6.2
tbd Castle: Season 6 Sep 23, 2013 Senator William H. Bracken 7.8
tbd Burn Notice: Season 7 Jun 6, 2013 Andrew Strong / Andrew Strong 8.0
tbd Castle: Season 5 Sep 24, 2012 Senator William H. Bracken / Senator Bracken 8.4
64 The Office: Season 9 Sep 20, 2012 Senator Lipton / Senator Lipton 7.2
64 Scandal: Season 1 Apr 5, 2012 Daniel Douglas Langston 7.1
tbd The Office: Season 8 Sep 22, 2011 State Sen. Robert Lipton / Senator Lipton 6.6
tbd Criminal Minds: Season 7 Sep 21, 2011 Bill 7.4
tbd The Vampire Diaries: Season 3 Sep 15, 2011 Bill Forbes 8.3
tbd The Mentalist: Season 3 Sep 23, 2010 Max 8.2
tbd The Office: Season 7 Sep 23, 2010 State Sen. Robert Lipton / Actor 7.9
tbd House: Season 7 Sep 20, 2010 Sen. Anderson 7.6
tbd Heroes: Season 4 Sep 21, 2009 Noah Bennet/HRG / Mr. Bennet / Noah 'H.R.G. (Horn-Rimmed Glasses)' Bennet 3.4
50 The Vampire Diaries: Season 1 Sep 10, 2009 Bill Forbes 7.6
54 Castle: Season 1 Mar 9, 2009 William H. Bracken 8.4
tbd Heroes Unmasked: Season 3 Oct 1, 2008 Himself tbd
56 Heroes: Season 3 Sep 22, 2008 Noah Bennet/HRG / Noah 'H.R.G. (Horn-Rimmed Glasses)' Bennet 5.2
tbd Free Radio: Season 1 Feb 3, 2008 Appearing tbd
tbd Heroes: Season 2 Sep 24, 2007 Noah Bennet/HRG / Noah 'H.R.G. (Horn-Rimmed Glasses)' Bennet 4.4
67 Heroes: Season 1 Sep 25, 2006 Noah Bennet/HRG / Mr. Bennet / HRG / Noah 'H.R.G. (Horn-Rimmed Glasses)' Bennet 8.7
tbd The View: Season 10 Sep 4, 2006 Jack Coleman tbd
tbd Cow Belles Mar 24, 2006 Reed Callum tbd
62 The Office: Season 1 Mar 24, 2005 Senator Lipton 8.4
tbd Days of our Lives: Season 40 Nov 8, 2004 Jake Kositchek (1981-1982) tbd
tbd CSI: Miami: Season 3 Sep 20, 2004 Martin Gillespie 5.6
47 Kingdom Hospital: Season 1 Mar 3, 2004 Peter Rickman tbd