Joel James Gretsch (born
December 20, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on The 4400, Taken and on V.
Gretsch was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and grew up in Albany,
Minnesota, the son of Russ
and Barb. He has a sister, Jane, and a brother, Steve. Gretsch was raised Catholic.
Gretsch studied acting at
the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before
moving to Los Angeles in
1989. His stage work includes roles in Molière's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.
He started his television work in the early 1990s,
appearing in episodes of Married... with
Children, Melrose Place, Friends and Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Since
then he has appeared in episodes of JAG, Silk Stalkings, CSI: Miami, Burn Notice, and NCIS. More recently, he played a
wealthy advertising executive and husband of a supermodel on an episode
of Law &
Order: Criminal Intent. He also had two guest appearances on
NBC's Journeyman,
playing the father of protagonist Dan Vasser.
Gretsch has also had supporting roles in a number of films including
playing Bobby Jones in The Legend of
Bagger Vance (2000), Minority Report (2002), The Emperor's Club(2002)
and National
Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).
In 2008, Gretsch had a recurring role as Pete Raynor, Lindsay
Boxer's love interest, on the television series Women's
Murder Club.
Some of his notable roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400 and Owen Crawford
in Steven Spielberg's
2002 science fiction miniseries Taken. Gretsch
reunited with Scott Peters (creator
of The 4400) on his remake of V. Gretsch played priest
and resistance fighter, Father Jack Landry in the series.
He guest starred in the new Diablo Cody created Emmy Award nominated Showtime Comedy-Drama The United States
of Tara in the 1st season's last two episodes.
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