Raymond Forchion

Raymond Forchion is an American actor, writer, producer, and director who has appeared on film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he has co-starred on series such as Burn Notice, Numb3rs, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Femme Fatales, Southland, Will & Grace, The Golden Girls, Wiseguy and In the Heat of the Night. He has had recurring roles on General Hospital and Miami Vice. His film credits include Flight of the Navigator (1986), Point Break (1991) and Masterblaster (1987).

Raymond Forchion
Raymond Forchion
Born	Moorestown Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer, producer, director
Years active	1977–present

Directors and actors he has worked with include: Ron Howard, Katherine Bigelow, Randal Kleiser, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Depp, Joshua Logan, Curtis Hanson, Keanu Reeves, Franco Zeffirelli, Cliff Robertson, James Burrows, Joe Roth, Tobe Hooper, Jay Roach, Robert Ellis Miller and others. Forchion has starred in nearly 100 commercials. In addition to playing O. J. Simpson in the award-winning CBS miniseries, American Tragedy, he co-starred in HBO's Emmy-winning movie about the 2000 election, Recount, with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.

In 2007, Forchion produced Confessions of a Thug, a hip-hop musical film starring Daron Fordham, in which an educated street hustler re-examines his life. It won Best Direction from the San Diego Black Film Festival and was an official selection of the Urbanworld/Vibe Film Festival in New York. In 1992, he was a producer of Last Breeze of Summer, which was made at the American Film Institute and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short. The Horrible Dr. Bones, from Forchion's original screenplay, is available in stores now from Full Moon Releasing.

Forchion is a recipient of the 1999 Team Player Award from the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center, a lifetime achievement for service to the film industry.

Personal life

Forchion was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey. Later, he moved to Miami, Florida, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Hot Stuff	Holdup Man #1
1980	The Pilot	Advertising Personnel
	Island Claws	Jean
1981	The Funhouse	Man in Tent Show	Uncredited
	Nobody's Perfekt	Army Officer
	Freddie of the Jungle	African Warrior	Uncredited
1983	Cat and Dog	Angry Man
	Blue Skies Again	Jimmy
	Smokey and the Bandit Part 3	Tar Worker
1985	The Mean Season	Newsroom Reporter	Uncredited
	Private Resort	Bartender
1986	Flight of the Navigator	Detective Banks
	Whoops Apocalypse	Conference Guard
1987	Masterblaster	Lincoln Shakir
	Revenge of the Nerds II	Policeman
1988	Mac and Me	Police Officer #1
1991	Point Break	Neighbor
	True Identity	Burly Cop
2001	No Turning Back	Hospital Cop
2002	Are You a Serial Killer?	Juice	Short
2005	Confessions of a Thug	Himself	Also producer
2013	Island Songs	Detective	Short
2013	Pastor Shirley	Mr. Titan
2014	Last Writes	Doctor	Short
2016	Neron	Moll
2017	Destruction Los Angeles	Fire Marshall
2018	Lost Fare	Gardener
2019	Faith, Hope and Love	City Worker Joe
2021	Wizardream	N/A

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The African Queen	African Villager	TV movie, uncredited
1979	Jennifer's Journey	Street Guy	1 episode
1980	Angel City	Migrant Worker	TV movie
	The Wild and the Free	Habibu
	¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.?	Mike Donahue	Episode: "There Goes the Neighborhood"
1983	Feel the Heat	Detective	Pilot
1984–1986	Miami Vice	Don/ O'Hara	4 episodes
1986	Intimate Strangers	Corey Wells	TV movie
	Charley Hannah	N/A
1987	Wiseguy	Cecil Demont	Episode :"Loose Cannon"
1988	Bustin' Loose	Cop	1 episode
	Moonlighting	Crime Scene Cop	Episode :"And the Flesh Was Made Word"
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Lt. Ben Prieto	Episode: "Skin of Evil"
	Hemmingway	Willard	4 episodes
1991	In the Heat of the Night	Wallace Fannoy	Episode :"Just A Country Boy"
	Bad Attitudes	Cohn	TV movie
	Us	Warden Turner
1992	The Golden Girls	Professor Bradley	Episode :"Question and Answers"
1994	Smart Kids	Dad	TV movie
	In a Split Second	Father
1995–1996	Ellen	Smitty / Customer #2	2 episodes
1999	City Guys	Mr. Washington	Episode :"Alley Oops"
2000	American Tragedy	O.J Simpson	TV movie
	Will & Grace	Clayton	Episode :"Low in the Mid-Eighties"
2008	Recount	Jeff Robinson	TV movie
	General Hospital	Coast Guard Officer	Episode #1.11681
2010	Numb3rs	Wayne Petersen	Episode: "Scratch"
2012	Southland	Carter	Episode: "Community"
	Burn Notice	Butch McCall	Episode: "Split Decision"
	Femme Fatales	Judge Aldrich	Episode: "Hell Hath No Furies"
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Minister	Episode: "Things We Said Today"
2014	Taylor'd Problems	Mr. Johnson	Episode: "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner ?"
	Franklin & Bash	Male Board Member #5	Episode: "Falcon's Nest"
	Scandal	Judge Lancaster	Episode: "An Innocent Man"
2015	Shameless	Minister	Episode: "I'm the Liver"
	The Adversaries	Judge Haywood Dempsey	TV movie
2016	2 Lava 2 Lantula !	Hal
	Fresh Off the Boat	Ted	2 episodes
2017	Insecure	Uncle Jesse	Episode: "Hella Open"
2018	Goliath	Mayor Peter Anderson	Episode: "Who's Gabriel"
	Snowfall	Rushed Customer	Episode: "Serpiente"
	Into the Dark	Hank	Episode: "The Body"
	Almost Perfect	Detective George	TV movie
	Station 19	Minister	Episode: "Last Day on Earth"
2019	S.W.A.T	Marcus	Episode: "Funny Money"
	Good Trouble	Pastor Thurston	2 episodes
2020	Better Things	Settlement Officer	Episode: "Father's Day"
2021	A Christmas Family Reunion	Terrence	TV movie
2023	Legacy	Tommy	Episode: "Afternath"

References

External links

• Raymond Forchion at IMDb