Anthony Heald

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Anthony Heald

Acting 82 August 25, 1944

New Rochelle, New York, USA

An American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott…

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The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

8.3 1991 Movie
X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

6.4 2006 Movie
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
NCIS

NCIS

7.6 2003 TV Show
Red Dragon

Red Dragon

7.0 2002 Movie
The X-Files

The X-Files

8.4 1993 TV Show
A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

7.4 1996 Movie
8MM

8MM

6.5 1999 Movie
Frasier

Frasier

7.7 1993 TV Show
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

6.6 1993 Movie
Accepted

Accepted

6.5 2006 Movie
The Client

The Client

6.7 1994 Movie

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An American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public. He also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's The Practice and Boston Legal.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    A Man in Full

    TV show Judge Taylor

  2. 2020
    Alone

    Movie Robert

  3. 2018
    Every Act of Life

    Movie Self

  4. 2015
    Old?!

    Movie

  5. 2013
    Monday Mornings

    TV show Mitch Tompkins

  6. 2010
    Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

    Movie Self

  7. 2006
    Accepted

    Movie Dean Van Horne

  8. 2006
    X-Men: The Last Stand

    Movie FBI Mystique Interrogator

  9. 2005
    The Closer

    TV show Howard Pierce

  10. 2005
    Numb3rs

    TV show Walt Merrick

  11. 2004
    Boston Legal

    TV show Judge Harvey Cooper

  12. 2003
    NCIS

    TV show Guyman Purcell

  13. 2002
    Benjamin Franklin

    TV show Jonathan Austin

  14. 2002
    Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

    Movie Self

  15. 2002
    Red Dragon

    Movie Dr. Chilton

  16. 2001
    Crossing Jordan

    TV show Attorney McBride

More credits
  1. 2001
    Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

    Movie Self

  2. 2001
    The Ruby Princess Runs Away

    Movie King Regal

  3. 2000
    Proof of Life

    Movie Ted Fellner

  4. 2000
    Boston Public

    TV show Scott Guber

  5. 1999
    8MM

    Movie Longdale

  6. 1998
    Deep Rising

    Movie Simon Canton

  7. 1997
    Liberty!

    TV show Philip Vickers Fithian

  8. 1997
    The Practice

    TV show Judge Wallace Cooper

  9. 1996
    Cosby

    TV show

  10. 1996
    A Time to Kill

    Movie Wilbert Rodeheaver

  11. 1996
    Poltergeist: The Legacy

    TV show Damon Ballard

  12. 1995
    New York News

    TV show

  13. 1995
    Bushwhacked

    Movie Reinhart Bragdon

  14. 1995
    Kiss of Death

    Movie Jack Gold

  15. 1994
    The Client

    Movie Larry Trumann

  16. 1993
    The Pelican Brief

    Movie Marty Velmano

  17. 1993
    Frasier

    TV show Corkmaster

  18. 1993
    The X-Files

    TV show Harold Piller

  19. 1993
    The Ballad of Little Jo

    Movie Henry Grey

  20. 1993
    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Movie Fighting Parent

  21. 1993
    Class of '96

    TV show Professor Davis

  22. 1992
    Whispers in the Dark

    Movie Paul

  23. 1991
    The Super

    Movie Ron Nessim

  24. 1991
    The Silence of the Lambs

    Movie Dr. Frederick Chilton