Christopher Cousins

Christopher Maher Cousins (born September 27, 1960) is an American actor who has been acting in television since 1986. He is best known for playing conman Cain Rogan in forty-one episodes of the soap opera One Life to Live. Between 2009 and 2012, he played Ted Beneke in thirteen episodes of the AMC series Breaking Bad. In 2013 and 2014, he played Victor Doyle in seven episodes of the NBC series Revolution.^[1][2]

Christopher Cousins
Born	(1960-09-27) September 27, 1960 (age 64) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Boston University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present

Early life and education

Cousins was born in New York City and raised in Oklahoma, where he attended Norman High School. He graduated from Boston University and relocated to New York City to act in theatre productions.^[3]

Career

Notable film roles include David Williams in Untraceable (2008),^[4] the villain Daniel in Wicker Park (2004),^[4] Bill in The Grudge 2 (2006),^[4] and the father of the main characters in Legally Blondes.^[4] He also made an appearance on Glee,^[4] on the episode "Puppet Master". He has also appeared in an episode of House, M.D.,^[4] as a victim's father on an episode called "Distractions" in season 2 episode 12.^[4]

He was in season 3 of Supernatural,^[4] he played a doctor whose comatose daughter is the spirit in "Bedtime Stories". He also appeared on Criminal Minds,^[4] as a trauma surgeon on an episode called "Nameless, Faceless" in season 5, episode 1. He also appeared on Designated Survivor,^[4] as Senator Rouse. In 2016, he had a recurring role as Martin Weiss, an attorney for an Armenian mobster in Bosch.^[4] In 2024, it was announced that Cousins would appear on The Young and the Restless as Alan Laurent.^[5] He made his first appearance on April 30 of that year.^[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Hell High	Jon-Jon
1998	The Substitute 2: School's Out	Randall Thomasson	Direct-to-video
	A Wing and a Prayer	Evan Lansing	Television film
1999	Mind Prey		Television film
	For Love of the Game	Ian
2001	Earth vs. the Spider	Officer Williams	Television film
	Dead Dog	Marquett
2004	The Long Shot	John Oaks	Television film
	Wicker Park	Daniel
2005	Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder	Adam	Television film
2006	Grounds Zero	Phone Booth 1	Short film
	The Grudge 2	Bill
2007	Final Approach	Vince Gilford	Television film
2008	Untraceable	David Williams
2009	Legally Blondes	Mr. Richard Woods
	Hangman	Phillip
2011	William & Kate: The Movie	Michael Middleton	Television film
2012	The Diary of Preston Plummer	Walter Cather
	Americana	Simon	Television film
2014	Draft Day	Max Stone
2018	Caretakers	Former Ambassador Chris Williams
2019	Check Inn to Christmas	Bill Mason	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–1987	Another World	Greg Houston
1990	As the World Turns	Colin Crowley
1991–2008	One Life to Live	Cain Rogan
1994, 1997	Law & Order	Robert Dorning / Todd Locke	2 episodes
1994	New York Undercover	Colin	Episode 1.12: "Blondes Have More Fun"
1996	Swift Justice	Cole	Episode 1.13: "Retribution"
1997	Prince Street		Episode 1.4: "Drugs, Lies and Videotape"
1998	Night Man	Jonathan Leland	Episode 1.15: "House of Soul"
2000	JAG	Chief Sturtevant	Episode 5.14: "Cabin Pressure"
	Opposite Sex	Mr. Will Perry	4 episodes
2001	Family Law	Jesse Gibson	Episode 2.19: "The Gay Divorcee"
	Stargate SG-1	Ambassador Joseph Faxon	2 episodes
	The Invisible Man	Jack Carelli	Episode 2.15: "A Sense of Community"
	Crossing Jordan	Father Lynch	Episode 1.3: "The Ties That Bind"
2002	Boston Public	Mark Tanner	Episode 2.16: "Chapter Thirty-Eight"
	The Practice	Ralph Alt	Episode 7.8: "Bad to Worse"
2003–2005	American Dreams	Ted Pryor	4 episodes
2003	Miracles	Charles Jergensen	Episode 1.2: "The Friendly Skies"
	The O.C.	Greg Fischer	Episode 1.4: "The Debut"
	The West Wing	Rep. Theo	Episode 5.4: "Han"
2004	ER	Kyle Kolber	Episode 10.12: "NICU"
	Joan of Arcadia	Tom Murphy	2 episodes
	Without a Trace	Ted Fortman	Episode 3.6: "Nickel and Dimed"
2005	CSI: Miami	Cyrus Templeton	Episode 3.16: "Nothing to Lose"
	Close to Home	Robert Flynn	Episode 1.2: "Miranda"
	CSI: NY	Oscar Bowers	Episode 2.6: "YoungBlood"
	Cold Case	Ned Burton	Episode 3.8: "Honor"
2006	In Justice	Richard Kenyon	Episode 1.4: "Confessions"
	Las Vegas	Chairman of Gaming Commission	Episode 3.14: "And Here's Mike with the Weather"
	House	Doug	Episode 2.12: "Distractions"
	Shark	Richard Metcalfe	Episode 1.10: "Sins of the Mother"
	Vanished	Judge Wallace Rainer	8 episodes
2007	The Shield	Benjamin Webb	Episode 6.10: "Spanish Practices"
	Monk	Lt. Hendrix	Episode 6.4: "Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend"
	Supernatural	Dr. Garrison	Episode 3.5: "Bedtime Stories"
	Cane	Agent Clark	Episode 1.8: "All Bets Are Off"
2008	Moonlight	Kent Morrow	Episode 1.13: "Fated to Pretend"
	Lipstick Jungle	Charles Reilly	6 episodes
2009	NCIS	Mr. Jones	Episode 6.21: "Toxic"
	Chuck	Bill Bergey	Episode 2.20: "Chuck Versus the First Kill"
	Hawthorne	Aaron Breyer	Episode 1.7: "Night Moves"
	Criminal Minds	Dr. Barton	Episode 5.1: "Faceless, Nameless"
2009–2012	Breaking Bad	Ted Beneke	13 episodes
2010	Miami Medical	Truman	Episode 1.7: "Man on the Road"
	In Plain Sight	Vince Anderson / Vince Jordan	Episode 3.12: "WitSec Stepmother"
	Nikita	Henry Sampson	Episode 1.3: "Kill Jill"
	Terriers	Robert Lindus	3 episodes
	Chase	Craig Wilson	Episode 1.6: "Havoc"
	Law & Order: LA	Nelson's Lawyer	Episode 1.5: "Pasadena"
2011	Southland	Peter Wellington	Episode 3.5: "The Winds"
	The Defenders	Rick Neville	Episode 1.16: "Noland v. Galloway Pharmaceuticals"
	Body of Proof	Dr. David Cryer	Episode 2.8: "Love Bites"
2012	Hawaii Five-0	Rick Summers	Episode 2.13: "Ka Ho' Oponopono"
	Ringer	Tobias Schecht	Episode 1.19: "Let's Kill Bridget"
	Awake	John Ferriss	Episode 1.7: "Ricky's Tacos"
	Drop Dead Diva	Dr. Bradley Alton	Episode 4.13: "Jane's Getting Married"
	Vegas	Randall	Episode 1.4: "(Il) Legitimate"
	Private Practice	Eli Wilson	Episode 6.7: "The World According to Jake"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Sam Nelson	Episode 3.15: "No More Drama in My Life"
2013	Ben and Kate	Dave	Episode 1.14: "Gone Fishin'"
	The Mentalist	Jason Lennon	2 episodes
	Chicago Fire	Steven Goody	2 episodes
	Longmire	Calvin Cowley	Episode 2.6: "Tell It Slant"
	Castle	Nolan Burns	Episode 6.6: "Get a Clue"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ken Wallace	Episode 14.8: "Helpless"
	Major Crimes	Dr. Charles Mason	Episode 2.14: "All In"
2013–2014	Twisted	Mayor John Rollins	3 episodes
	Revolution	Victor Doyle	7 episodes
2013–2015	Glee	Superintendent Bob Harris	7 episodes
2014	Matador	Llewyn Smith	8 episodes
2014–2015	The Vampire Diaries	Joshua Parker	4 episodes
2015	Code Black	John Harris	Episode 1.7: "Buen Árbol"
	CSI: Cyber	Mason Lynne	2 episodes
2016	Bosch	Martin Weiss	4 episodes
2016–2018	UnREAL	Gary	10 episodes
2017	Famous in Love	Paige's Dad	Episode 1.2: "A Star Is Torn"
	Training Day	Ken Patterson	2 episodes
	Designated Survivor	Senator Alan Rouse	Episode 2.5: "Suckers"
	The Exorcist	Peter Osborne	4 episodes
	Kevin (Probably) Saves the World	Sam Haslett	2 episodes
2018	The Gifted	Lawrence Hayes	Episode 2.9: "gaMe changer"
2019	L.A.'s Finest	Dan Howser	2 episodes
	9-1-1	Charles Bryson	Episode 3.1: "Kids Today"
2020	General Hospital	Dr. Warren Kirk	6
2021	Goliath	Samuel Margolis	Episode 4.3: "Signed, William Hamilton McBride"
2022–2023	The Resident	Marco	2 episodes
2024	The Young and the Restless	Alan Laurent	Recurring role

References

1. Rigby, Sam (2013-10-14). "'Breaking Bad' star joins 'Revolution'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
2. Petski, Denise (2017-08-15). "'The Exorcist': Christopher Cousins & Cyrus Arnold Set To Recur In Season 2 Of Fox Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
3. "High school role sets stageNorman graduate finds success in television, theater and films". Oklahoman.com. 2004-09-03. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
4. "Christopher Cousins Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
5. Mason, Charlie (April 17, 2024). "A *Very* Familiar Face Rides to the Rescue of Young & Restless' Ashley". Soaps She Knows. SHE Media. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
6. Brounstein, Diane (April 17, 2024). "Soap Vet Christopher Cousins joins Y&R in pivotal role". Soap Opera Digest. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
7. Boyle, Kelli (April 17, 2024). "'The Young & the Restless': Christopher Cousins Cast in Recurring Role Tied to Ashley's Time in Paris". TV Insider. NTVB Media, Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

External links

• Christopher Cousins at IMDb