John F. O'Donohue

John F. O'Donohue (born August 6, 1959) is an American actor^[1] and former police officer who played Sgt. Eddie Gibson in the television series NYPD Blue.

John F. O'Donohue
Other names	John F. Donohue, John F. O'Donahue, John O'Donahue, John O'Donohue
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present

Career

A twenty-year veteran of the New York Police Department, his first acting role was that of an armed guard in Knots Landing in 1991. The next year, he was hired as a main supporting character in every episode of the short lived, critically acclaimed Ben Stiller Show until its cancellation. He has since appeared in such programs as Diagnosis: Murder, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Brooklyn South and The West Wing. After appearing on NYPD Blue intermittently, O'Donohue joined the show on a regular basis for the second half of the eleventh season as the squad commander, Sergeant Eddie Gibson.

Selected filmography

• Knots Landing (1 episode, 1991) - Armed Guard
• Matlock (1 episode, 1991) - Detective Vorhess
• L.A. Law (1 episode, 1992) - Jury Foreman
• Doogie Howser, M.D. (1 episode, 1992) - Harry
• Snapdragon (1993) - Fat Man
• Reality Bites (1994) - Food Mart Clerk (uncredited)
• Seinfeld (1 episode, 1995) - Gus
• ER (1 episode, 1995) - Mr. Goodwin
• Step by Step (1 episode, 1995) - Lester
• The Single Guy (1 episode, 1995) - Fireman
• Mad About You (1 episode, 1995) - Ernest
• Chicago Hope (3 episodes, 1995–1998) - Detective Gene Pirro / Detective Ryan
• NewsRadio (1 episode, 1996) - Stan
• The Cable Guy (1996) - Prison Guard
• Guy (1996) - Detective
• Cybill (1 episode, 1996) - Stagehand
• Diagnosis: Murder (2 episodes, 1996) - Jail Guard
• Living Single (1 episode, 1996) - Kenneth Reed
• Early Edition (1 episode, 1996) - Jordan Butler
• Steel (1997) - Federal Reserve Guard
• As Good as It Gets (1997) - Detective Ray
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1 episode, 1998) - Harry
• Living Out Loud (1998) - Sid
• Simon Says (1998) - Bobby Morgan
• The King of Queens (1 episode, 1999) - Jack O'Boyle
• Just Shoot Me! (1 episode, 1999) - Sgt. Fanning
• Suddenly Susan (1 episode, 1999) - Dirk
• NYPD Blue (28 episodes, 1994–2004) - Det. Eddie Gibson / Court Clerk
• Lucky Numbers (2000) - Bobby
• Providence (1 episode, 2000) - Henry Pillup
• The Family Man (2000) - Tony the Doorman
• The West Wing (1 episode, 2001) - Mr. Koveleskie
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode, 2001) - Carl Mercer
• CSI: Miami (1 episode, 2003) - Fire Marshal Ronnie Jameson
• Law & Order (1 episode, 2003) - David Carlson
• Crooked Lines (2003) - Detective Anderson
• The Groomsmen (2006) - Pops
• Lonely Street (2008) - Hank The Tank
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode, 2009) - Stevedore
• Meet Pete (1 episode, 2013) - Larry
• Cop Show (9 episodes, 2015–2016) - Tommy

References

1. "John F. O'Donohue List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved August 6, 2022.

External links

• John F. O'Donohue at IMDb
• John F. O'Donohue at AllMovie