Chelcie Ross

Chelcie Ross
Born	Chelcie Claude Ross (1942-10-26) October 26, 1942 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present

Chelcie Claude Ross (born October 26, 1942) is an American character actor, most known for Above the Law, Major League, Basic Instinct, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Hoosiers, Rudy, Trouble with the Curve and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Raised in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, Ross graduated in 1960 from Pemberton Township High School and played baseball at Southwest Texas State University (nowTexas State Bobcats baseball).

Ross served in Vietnam as an officer in the United States Air Force where he was awarded a Bronze Star, before leaving the service in 1970. Ross later earned an MFA from the Dallas Theater Center.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Keep My Grave Open	Kevin
1981	On the Right Track	Customer
1983	The Big Score	Hoffa
	The Last Leaf	Constable	Short
1986	One More Saturday Night	Mr. Lundahl
	Hoosiers	George Walker
1987	The Untouchables	Reporter
1988	Above the Law	Nelson Fox
1989	Major League	Eddie Harris
	The Package	General Hopkins
1990	The Long Walk Home	Martin
1991	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey	Colonel Oats
	The Last Boy Scout	Senator Calvin Baynard
1992	Basic Instinct	Captain Talcott
1993	Amos & Andrew	Earl
	Rudy	Dan Devine
1994	Richie Rich	Ferguson
1996	Chain Reaction	FBI Agent Ed Rafferty
1997	My Best Friend's Wedding	Priest	Uncredited
1998	Primary Colors	Senator Charlie Martin
	A Simple Plan	Sheriff Carl Jenkins
1999	Charming Billy	Raymond Starkman
2000	The Gift	Kenneth King
2001	Madison	Roger Epperson
	Novocaine	Mike
	The Majestic	Avery Wyatt
2002	Waking Up in Reno	Fred Bush
2003	Uncle Nino	Stewart	Uncredited
2008	The Express: The Ernie Davis Story	Lew Andreas
2009	The Strip	Mr. Davis
	Horsemen	Police Chief Krupa
	Drag Me to Hell	Leonard Dalton
	Formosa Betrayed	Daltry
2011	The Dilemma	Thomas Fern
	Fertile Ground	Avery
	The Last Rites of Joe May	Billy Tidrow
2012	At Any Price	Byron
	Trouble with the Curve	'Smitty' Smith
2015	Consumed	Senator Bob McHenry
2017	Cowboy Drifter	Mortician
	New Money	Boyd Tisdale
2018	Imperfections	'Lil Pop'
	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	Trapper	Segment: "The Mortal Remains"

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Awakening Land	Billy Harbison	TV miniseries
1979	Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter	'Buck' Harkness	TV film
1981	The Children Nobody Wanted	Ralph
1987	Night of Courage	Lieutenant Beiber
	Jack and Mike	Polaski	"Till Death Do Us Part"
	Sable	Mr. Wylie	"Evangelist"
1990	Elvis	Bill Kenney	"Grand Ole Opry"
	Tales from the Crypt	George Yates	"Four-Sided Triangle"
	Rainbow Drive	Tom Cutler	TV film
	Gabriel's Fire	Captain Jack O'Neil	"Pilot", "To Catch a Con: Parts 1 & 2"
	Dallas	Dr. Wykoff	3 episodes
1991	Equal Justice	Coach Nichols	"The Devil His Due"
1992	The Burden of Proof	Dr. Nate Cawley	TV miniseries
	Legacy of Lies	Phil MacFarlane	TV film
1994	Against Their Will: Women in Prison	Warden Henley
1994–95	Christy	Ben Pentland	Recurring role
1996	Evil Has a Face	McGarrell	TV film
1997	Chicago Hope	FBI Agent Tom Strickler	"The Day of the Rope"
	Early Edition	Nick Harper	"Dad"
1999	Judging Amy	Simon McKinley	"Last Tango in Hartford"
2000	Once and Again	Warren Wyler	"Ozymandias 2.0"
2001	King of the Hill	Councilman Fred Ebberd (voice)	"It's Not Easy Being Green"
	Snap Decision	Detective John Collins	TV film
2003	Everybody Loves Raymond	Reverend Stevens	"Robert's Wedding"
	Cold Case	Henry Phillips	"A Time to Hate"
2004	JAG	Dr. Mallory	"A Girl's Best Friend"
2005	Prison Break	Bishop McMorrow	"Pilot"
2006	A Little Thing Called Murder	Ken Kimes Sr.	TV film
2007	My Name Is Earl	Mr. White	"Get a Real Job", "The Trial"
2009	The Beast	Alan Posner	"Infected"
	Mad Men	Conrad 'Connie' Hilton	Recurring role
2010, 2017	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Harper Avery	2 episodes
2011	CSI: Miami	Wesley Habeck	"Hunting Ground"
2012	Boss	Royczyk	"Backflash", "The Conversation"
	The Mob Doctor	Seamus O'Connell	"Game Changers"
	Scandal	Harold Pierce	"Defiance"
2014	NCIS	Joseph Hanlon	"Crescent City: Part 2"
2014–16	Chicago P.D.	Robert Platt	"Turn the Light Off", "All Cylinders Firing"
2019–20	Billions	Robert Beaufort	"Infinite Game"
2022	Super Pumped	David Bonderman	Recurring role

Other media

In 2008, Ross played Beverly Weston in the National Theatre production of August: Osage County.

External links

• Chelcie Ross at IMDb