Actor
Ned Schmidtke
June 19, 1942 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Ned Schmidtke was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Edwin Christian Schmidtke, Jr. He attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia and then studied at the Beloit College in Wisconsin. Schmidtke graduated in 1964.
Schmidtke began his acting career appearing in a recurring role as Greg Barnard in Another World. Other shows he has appeared in are The West Wing (with Devika Parikh and Peter James Smith), NYPD Blue (with Currie Graham), NCIS (with Pauley Perrette and Francesco Quinn), The Unit (with Dennis Haysbert, Max Martini, and Michael Irby), and Heroes (with Zachary Quinto).
Notable work
8.5Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
as Manfred Schmidt
6.5Wedding Crashers (2005)
as Frank Meyers
6.2The Change-Up (2011)
as Ted Norton
6.6My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
as Captain
7.5Heroes (2006)
as Martin Gray
7.6NCIS (2003)
as Frank Getz
7.9Desperate Housewives (2004)
as Reverend Lawson
5.1xXx: State of the Union (2005)
as Col. Jack Pettibone
7.824 (2001)
as Dr. Lee Schulman
6.5Accepted (2006)
as Dr. J. Alexander
7.9Lie to Me (2009)
as Don Galpern
6.3Mercury Rising (1998)
as Senator
Often works with
Christopher Masterson
2 titles together
Malcolm in the Middle, My Best Friend's Wedding
Gregory Itzin
2 titles together
The Change-Up, 24
Carrie Preston
2 titles together
My Best Friend's Wedding, Mercury Rising
Mekhi Phifer
2 titles together
Lie to Me, ER
Conor O'Farrell
2 titles together
Lie to Me, Medium
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Stephen Liska
2 titles together
The Crazies, The Crazies
Full filmography · 46
The Change-Up
as Ted Norton
20116.2
The Express
as Bill Clark
20087.2
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
as Donald Merit
2008
Accepted
as Dr. J. Alexander
20066.5
Wedding Crashers
as Frank Meyers
20056.5
xXx: State of the Union
as Col. Jack Pettibone
20055.1
Uncle Nino
as Executive
2003March in Windy City
as Police Chief Mills
1998
Mercury Rising
as Senator
19986.3
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Captain
19976.6
The Relic
as Capt. Martin
19976.2Tangled
as Pauley
1997