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John Shea

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Acting credits

70

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

0.7

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Movies: 41Series: 29Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 78439

IMDb ID: nm0790291

Known for: Acting

Born: April 14, 1949

Age: 76

Place of birth: North Conway, New Hampshire, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1977 - 2018

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 6.68

Wikidata: Q28151

Also known as

John B. Shea • John V. Shea • جان شی

Other jobs

Director (1)Writer (1)

Biography

John Victor Shea III (born April 14, 1949) is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and in film. He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and also starred in the short lived 1990s TV series WIOU as Hank Zaret. Later on in the 2000s he starred on the series Mutant X as Adam Kane.

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Series

Series

Series credits linked with John Shea.

Deception poster
7.7

Deception

as Abe Dietrich • 1 eps

2018 Series
Agent X poster
5.8

Agent X

as President Eckhart • 10 eps

2015 Series
Madam Secretary poster
7.0

Madam Secretary

as Ted Graham • 1 eps

2014 Series
The Blacklist poster
7.6

The Blacklist

as Senator Brian Warwick • 1 eps

2013 Series
Elementary poster
7.6

Elementary

as Bill Wellstone • 1 eps

2012 Series
Common Law poster
6.8

Common Law

1 eps

2012 Series
Blue Bloods poster
7.8

Blue Bloods

as Dr. Kirk Connor • 1 eps

2010 Series
The Good Wife poster
7.6

The Good Wife

as Jeffrey Agos • 2 eps

2009 Series
Eleventh Hour poster
6.6

Eleventh Hour

as Kristopher Merced • 1 eps

2008 Series
Gossip Girl poster
8.2

Gossip Girl

as Harold Waldorf • 6 eps

2007 Series
Bones poster
8.2

Bones

as Dr. Marcus Eldridge • 1 eps

2005 Series
Medium poster
7.5

Medium

as David Morrow • 1 eps

2005 Series
Mutant X poster
6.6

Mutant X

as Adam Kane • 50 eps

2001 Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster
7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Jack Walker II • 1 eps

2001 Series
A Will of their Own poster
7.0

A Will of their Own

as Dr. Jonathan Abbott • 2 eps

1998 Series
Sex and the City poster
7.4

Sex and the City

as Dominic • 1 eps

1998 Series
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster
6.9

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Lex Luthor • 25 eps

1993 Series
Love at First Sight poster
3.0

Love at First Sight

as Alessandro • 1 eps

1992 Series
WIOU poster
6.0

WIOU

as Hank Zaret • 20 eps

1990 Series
Law & Order poster
7.3

Law & Order

as John David Myers • 1 eps

1990 Series
Small Sacrifices poster

Small Sacrifices

as Frank Joziak • 2 eps

1989 Series
Tales from the Crypt poster
8.0

Tales from the Crypt

as Father John Sejac (segment "As Ye Sow") • 1 eps

1989 Series
Baby M poster
5.0

Baby M

as Bill Stern • 2 eps

1988 Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster
7.2

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Brian Whitman • 1 eps

1985 Series
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