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Jude Ciccolella

Jude Ciccolella

Actor · b. 1947 · Burlington, Vermont, USA

Richard Jude Ciccolella (born November 30, 1947), better known as Jude Ciccolella, is an American character actor. Ciccolella was born in Nassau County, New York. He graduated from Brown University, class of 1969 where he acted in student productions. He studied at Temple University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre. His film roles include parts in The Shawshank Redemption as Mert, Boys on the Side as Jerry, Night Falls on Manhattan as Lieutenant Wilson, Star Trek Nemesis as Romulan Commander Suran, Down With Love as the private eye, The Terminal as Karl Iverson, the 2004 Director's Cut DVD of Daredevil, the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate as David Donovan, and the 2005 Sin City movie adaptation as Liebowitz. After guest starring roles in Law & Order, NYPD Blue, CSI: NY and ER, Ciccolella took a recurring guest role on 24. During the show's first and second seasons (2001–2003), he played Mike Novick, Chief of Staff to President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert). He has also guest starred as Principal Raymond on Everybody Hates Chris; however, he was replaced upon reprising his role as Mike Novick in the last eight episodes of Season 4 of 24. He appeared in the 1992 James Foley and David Mamet film Glengarry Glen Ross as the Detective. He appeared in the scene where Al Pacino was having an argument with Kevin Spacey about the "six-thousand dollars" owed to him. Ciccolella was also seen in the episode of Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete & Pete titled "Tool and Die," where he plays the shop class teacher Mr Slurm, whose missing left hand stirred nothing but hearsay and rumors. Mr. Ciccolella did not reprise his role as Mr. Slurm in the season 3 episode, "Road Warrior." In 24's fourth season (2005), Ciccolella returned for the last 8 episodes. Mike had become an advisor to Acting President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin), who had taken over after the downing of Air Force One critically injured President John Keeler (Geoff Pierson). He had continued this role in the show's fifth season (2006). However, he did not appear in the sixth season. In 2007, he guest-starred on NBC freshman drama Life. He also appeared in the 2007 film, The Wager. In 2008, he portrayed Phillip Davenport, a fictional Secretary of the Navy on the 6th season of the CBS show NCIS. Two years later, he appeared one more time for the last episode of the 8th season. In the "Supporting Players" featurette on the 24 season 5 DVD, actress Jean Smart reveals that Ciccolella is a folk singer.

Movies24

  • Movie8.7

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994 · 31K votes

  • Movie7.4

    The Terminal

    2004 · 9K votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie8.0

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004 · 10K votes

  • Movie5.3

    Daredevil

    2003 · 5.6K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Sin City

    2005 · 9.1K votes

  • Movie6.3

    Mercury Rising

    1998 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.3

    Star Trek: Nemesis

    2002 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.3

    High Crimes

    2002 · 913 votes

  • Movie6.1

    World Trade Center

    2006 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.4

    Boys on the Side

    1995 · 272 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Manchurian Candidate

    2004 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Down with Love

    2003 · 811 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Head of State

    2003 · 327 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Flawless

    1999 · 317 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Babymakers

    2012 · 145 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Critical Condition

    1987 · 81 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Mad Love

    1995 · 125 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Night Falls on Manhattan

    1997 · 150 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Beloved

    1998 · 112 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Shakedown

    1988 · 102 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Stolen Lives

    Stolen

    2009 · 122 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Gloria

    1999 · 157 votes

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  • TV7.3

    Law & Order

    1990 · 727 votes

  • TV8.0
  • TV8.4

    The Mentalist

    2008 · 4.8K votes

  • TV7.6

    NCIS

    2003 · 2.6K votes

  • TV7.6
  • TV8.6

    House

    2004 · 7.9K votes

  • TV7.6
  • TV7.8

    24

    2001 · 1.9K votes

  • TV7.9

    Monk

    2002 · 1.3K votes

  • TV8.1

    Prison Break

    2005 · 6.2K votes

  • TV7.8

    ER

    1994 · 968 votes

  • TV7.5

    Medium

    2005 · 590 votes

  • TV7.9

    Boston Legal

    2004 · 399 votes

  • TV7.3

    CSI: NY

    2004 · 782 votes

  • TV7.5

    Burn Notice

    2007 · 611 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Equalizer

    1985 · 69 votes

  • TV7.3

    Lethal Weapon

    2016 · 812 votes

  • TV8.1

    Everybody Hates Chris

    2005 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.0

    The Guardian

    2001 · 60 votes

  • TV7.2

    Perception

    2012 · 287 votes

  • TV7.3

    New York Undercover

    1994 · 38 votes

  • TV6.2

    Viper

    1994 · 52 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Sentinel

    1996 · 68 votes

  • TV7.6

    Life

    2007 · 277 votes