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Demetri Goritsas

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Demetri Goritsas is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Ethan in the Sky One television series Baddiel's Syndrome and Max Cain in the psychological thriller television series Modus.

He is also best known for his film roles as Parker in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan (1998),[1] Dr. Perkins in the 2019 film Radioactive (2019)[2] and as Stuart Hutchinson in the 2015 film Everest (2015).[3]

Career

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In 1994, Goritsas made his film debut as a minor character in the drama film Little Women, featuring Winona Ryder, Christian Bale and Susan Sarandon. He also appeared as the character Slim Jim Man in the Slim Jim beef jerky commercials in the late 1990s.[4]

He played alongside Jeremy Irons in Gallipoli in 2005 and appeared in the Torchwood series as the father of Jack Harkness. He has also dubbed video games like DRIV3R, Killzone 2, Driver: San Francisco and 007 Legends.

Goritsas appeared as Levene in the 2011 superhero film X-Men: First Class, featuring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon and Nicholas Hoult.[5] He appeared as Parker in the 1998 Steven Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan, featuring Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns and Matt Damon.

He appeared in films such as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, A Mighty Heart, Darkest Hour, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Road to Guantanamo, The Catcher Was a Spy and Thunderbirds.

His television credits include The New Addams Family, Hawkeye, Highlander: The Series, Black Mirror and Episodes.

In 2020, he appeared as Bernie Peterson in the TNT original drama series The Alienist's second season, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness.[6]

Goritsas played actor Roy Scheider in The Shark is Broken, Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon's stage play about the making of the motion picture Jaws (1975). The Shark is Broken was staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2019, starring Ian Shaw as Robert Shaw, Liam Murray Scott as Richard Dreyfuss, and Duncan Henderson as Roy Scheider. Goritsas replaced Henderson in the role of Scheider for the played successful run at London's West End from October 2021-January 2022. "The Shark is Broken" transferred to the Royal Alexandra Theatre for a run from September–November 2022.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Little Women Bhaer's Student
1997 Excess Baggage Surveillance Van Cop
1998 Saving Private Ryan Parker
1998 House Arrest Phil Short film
2001 Spy Game Billy Hyland
2002 The Bourne Identity Con Tech
2004 Thunderbirds News Anchor
2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Radio Operator
2005 Gallipoli Narrator Documentary film
2006 The Road to Guantanamo Interrogator #7 Documentary film
2007 A Mighty Heart John Skelton
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Asa Trenchard
2008 Genova Demetri Titled as A Summer in Genova in the United States
2009 That Deadwood Feeling Frank Direct-to-video
2010 The Whistleblower Kyle
2011 X-Men: First Class Levene
2012 Acts of Godfrey Brad Angel
2012 Good Vibrations Paul McNally
2013 Austenland Jimmy
2013 Rush American Journalist
2015 Everest Stuart Hutchinson
2016 Angel of Decay Roger
2016 Snowden CIA Supervisor
2016 American Killing Clark
2017 Darkest Hour Cabinet Secretary Bridges
2017 Papillon Jean-Pierre Castelneau
2017 Borg vs. McEnroe Bjorn Borg's Agent #1
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Clifton Fadiman
2019 Rocketman Carter Credited as Demtrios John Goritsas
2019 Radioactive Dr. Perkins

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 Hawkeye Guard Episode: "Amnesty"
1995 Highlander: The Series Timon Episode: "Song of the Executioner"
1995 The Annette Funicello Story Jimmie Dodd Television movie
1996 Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. Baxter Television movie
1996 The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue Young Kansas Man Television movie
1997 Smudge Jan Television movie
1998 Millennium Agent Dixon Episode: "Exegesis"
1999 Viper Alan Keefe Episode: "Of Course, It's a Miracle"
1999 The New Addams Family Simon Episode: "Lurch's Little Helper"
2000 Search Vince Unknown episodes
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome Ethan 14 episodes
2002 Breaking News Spokesman Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Numb3rs FBI Tech #2 Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2006 Cracker Harry Peters Television movie
2006 The Path to 9/11 American Driver Television movie
2007 Spooks Frank Lowell Episode: "The Courier"
2008 Torchwood Jack's Father Episode: "Adam"
2009 Clouds Over the Hill Stonetong Uncredited
Unknown episodes
2010 The Special Relationship Strategist Television movie
2011 Wicked Pirate City Narrator Television documentary movie
2011-2012 Episodes Director 9 episodes
2011 Wallaby Run Seb (voice) US version
Television movie
2012 6 passi nei giallo Sebastian Brody Episode: "Souvenirs"
2012 Twenty Twelve Max Madeley[7] Episode: "The Rapper"[8]
2012-2013 Nova Narrator 3 episodes
Television documentary series
2012 Playhouse Presents HR Haldeman Episode: "Nixon's the One"
2013 Nixon's the One HR Haldeman 6 episodes
2014 A Poet in New York Dr. Milton Feltenstein Television movie
2014-2015 Railroad Alaska Narrator 18 episodes
2015 The Gamechangers US Radio DJ (voice) Television movie
2016 Black Mirror Hansen Episode: "Nosedive"
2017 Modus Max Cain 4 episodes
2018 Ransom Stan Merker Episode: "Promised Land"
2020–present The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Bernie Peterson Recurring cast

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Ghost Master Additional Voices (voice)
2004 Driver 3 Bad Hand, Additional Voices (voice) Credited as Demitri Goritsas[9]
2009 Killzone 2 Sgt. Thomas "Sev" Sevchenko (voice)
2010 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Additional Voices (voice)
2010 Apache: Air Assault Additional Voices (voice)
2011 Driver: San Francisco John Tanner (voice) Credited as Demitri Goritsas[9]
2012 Inversion Davis Russell (voice)
2012 007 Legends Felix Leiter (voice)
2014 The Crew Additional Voices (voice)
2018 Overkill's The Walking Dead Survivors (voice)
2020 The Signifier Carl (voice)
2022 Dying Light 2 Stay Human Waltz (voice)
2022 Triangle Strategy Maxwell Trier (voice)

References

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  1. ^ Hathaway, Hashim (July 20, 2018). "Miller's Men: What became of the cast of 'Saving Private Ryan'". www.yardbarker.com. Yard Barker. Retrieved October 31, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Hermanns, Grant (July 24, 2020). "Radioactive Review: A Compelling Lead Can't Save a Flawed Script". www.coming soon.net. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Young, Sage (September 18, 2015). "Where Are The 'Everest' Survivors Today?". www.bustle.com. Bustle. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "Eat Me Guy From Slim Jim Commercials: Memba Him?!". www.tmz.com. TMZ. May 12, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Demetri Goritsas Talks about His Career and Role in "X-Men:First Class"". www.hollywoodgreekreporter.com. Hollywood Greek Reporter. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Bundel, Ani (July 19, 2020). "The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness brings another serial killer case to 1890s New York". www.tv.avclub.com. AV Club. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  7. ^ Writer: John Morton; Director: John Morton; Producer: Jon Plowman (20 April 2012). "The Rapper". Twenty Twelve. BBC. BBC Two.
  8. ^ "Demetri Goritsas' British Comedy Guide Page". www.comedy.co.uk. British Comedy Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Demetri Goritsas (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 September 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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