Richard Portnow

Richard Portnow

Known for

Acting

Born

January 26, 1947 (age 79)

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is a prolific American character actor who played Howard Stern's father, Ben in the movie Private Parts. He has appeared on The Sopranos and many other films, video games, and television shows such as Hannah Montana and Boston Legal.

Best known work

Se7en

Se7en

1995

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Suits

Suits

2011

Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

The Mentalist

The Mentalist

2008

The Sopranos

The Sopranos

1999

Grimm

Grimm

2011

Sister Act

Sister Act

1992

Shameless

Shameless

2011

Filmography

2025
Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws
as Oscar Golden
2025
Sinatra! Eternity
as Walter Winchell
2024
MatlockTV
as Judge Colton P. Davidson (1 episode)
2021
Roe v. Wade
as Justice William Douglas
2020
Talking SopranosTV
as Self (1 episode)
2019
Stakeout
as Pat Reed
2018
Holly Day
as Benny
2018
Frank and Ava
as Walter Winchell
2018
Higher Power
as Charles Margrey
2018
Andover
as Shamus Trout
2017
The Gliksmans
as Tim Neuman
2016
TimelessTV
as Mayor William Hale Thompson (1 episode)
2016
Café Society
as Walt
2015
Trumbo
as Louis B. Mayer
2015
Parallel
as Stewart
2014
Nanny Cam
as Detective Jones
2014
This Last Lonely Place
as Jason Pure
2013
Oldboy
as Bernie Sharkey
2013
Underdogs
as John Handon II
2013
Duke
as Carroll Green
2013
In the Dark
as Detective Archer
2012
Hitchcock
as Barney Balaban
2012
ElementaryTV
as Eddie Eichorn (1 episode)
2012
A Night of Nightmares
as Cliff Tanner
2012
2 Jacks
as Lorenzo