Anthony Edwards (actor)

Anthony Charles Edwards (born July 19, 1962)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> is an American actor, director, and producer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He played Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. He has appeared in various films and television series, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Top Gun, Zodiac, Gotcha!, Miracle Mile, Revenge of the Nerds, Planes, Northern Exposure, and Designated Survivor.

Early life

Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Erika Kem Edwards Plack (née Weber), an artist/landscape painter, and Peter Edwards, an architect to whom he was one of five children.<ref name="obit">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His maternal grandfather was designer Kem Weber. He is partly of German and Irish descent. He received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England and studied theater at the University of Southern California.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Television and film

Edward's early film appearances included roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Gotcha! (1985) and The Sure Thing (1985). It was Edwards's role as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 film Top Gun that brought his first widespread public acknowledgement.<ref name="mrob">Template:Cite news</ref> His character, who died in an aviation accident, was among the most prominent and popular in the film. Scenes with him and his film family (played by Meg Ryan and Aaron and Adam Weis) were later reprised as flashbacks in the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

Edwards's roles following Top Gun included Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Miracle Mile (1988), Downtown (1990), Pet Sematary Two (1992) and The Client (1994). He also had a recurring role on the TV series Northern Exposure from 1992 to 1993.

His best-known role is as Dr. Mark Greene on the long-running TV series ER, from the series premiere in 1994 to the end of the eighth season in 2002. The series also afforded Edwards his first opportunity to direct. Edwards's desire to pursue directing led to his request to be written out of the series. He reportedly earned $35 million for three seasons on ER, which made him one of television's highest-paid actors.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Edwards received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ER. He won a Golden Globe Award For Best Performance by an Actor-In a TV Series after being nominated four times and he has two Screen Actor's Guild Awards.<ref name="chi">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2008, Edwards returned to ER to reprise his role as Dr. Greene (in flashback scenes, where he treats the dying son of character Catherine Banfield) for one episode during its 15th and final season.<ref name=drgr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following ER, he took some time to raise his children, appreciating the privilege that his ER salary provided.<ref name="dag"/>

His film appearances following ER included the science fiction film Thunderbirds (2004), the psychological thriller film The Forgotten (2004) and the crime thriller film Zodiac (2007). In 2010, Edwards appeared in the movie Motherhood, which set a record for the biggest bomb in British cinema history by garnering £88 on 11 tickets on opening weekend.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Motherhood did not fare much better in the United States, earning $93,388 in three weeks of release.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the time, he said he took the role because "it seemed like a very organic and real thing. It really kind of reminded me of what the dynamic in a family is like."<ref name="v271">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Edwards reunited with Val Kilmer, another actor from Top Gun, when he voiced one of the fighter jets in the Disneytoon Studios film Planes (2013).<ref name="tgu">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2018, Edwards was cast in the recurring role in the third season of Netflix's Designated Survivor as Mars Harper, the President's Chief of Staff.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2020, he served as an executive producer of the film adaptation of Martin Moran's The Tricky Part.<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, Edwards was cast as Alan Reed in Netflix's docu-series Inventing Anna.<ref name="eloped"/>

Honors and awards

Edwards received four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for ER and won as an executive producer on Outstanding Television Movie winner Temple Grandin. He earned a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series (1995);<ref name=drgr/> and won six Screen Actors Guild Awards for: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1996 and 1998), and Best Ensemble Cast (1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Drama in 1998).<ref name=drgr/>

Edwards also won a Daytime Emmy for the production of the underground rock documentary N.Y.H.C. (1999) and the telepic adaptation of Kimberly Willis Holt's 1998 coming of age novel My Louisiana Sky (2001),<ref name="filmdotcom"/> and earned the Carnegie Medal Award for My Louisiana Sky (2003).<ref name="filmdotcom">"Anthony Edwards Biography". Film.com. Retrieved April 17, 2009.</ref>

Theater

After a long career in television, Edwards made his Broadway debut as his second act in 2018 in the revival of Children of a Lesser God at Studio 54.<ref name="chi" /><ref name="dag">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="cpa">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2015 he appeared in Classic Stage Company's A Month in the Country but his stage acting career began when he was growing up in Santa Barbara.<ref name="teem" /><ref name="bla">Template:Cite news</ref>

On May 13, 2022, Edwards made his unexpected Broadway musical debut when he appeared as Dr. Walker in the Broadway production of Girl from the North Country due to COVID-19 cases impacting the cast. The show also stars his wife, Mare Winningham.<ref name="debut">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>

Edwards appeared in the 2024 Broadway production of Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Edwards was married to Jeanine Lobell from 1994 to 2015. They have one son and three daughters.<ref name="eloped"/><ref name="teem">Template:Cite news</ref> At the end of 2021, Edwards and longtime friend and fellow actor Mare Winningham eloped.<ref name="eloped"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="meli">Template:Cite news</ref>

On November 10, 2017, Edwards wrote an essay on Medium, in which he stated that producer and screenwriter Gary Goddard had befriended and for years sexually assaulted him and his friends, beginning when they were 12 years old.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Edwards has been a licensed private pilot since 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Stoner Bud
1983	Heart Like a Wheel	John Muldowney (age 15–23)
1984	Revenge of the Nerds	Gilbert Lowe
1985	Gotcha!	Jonathan Moore
1985	Template:Sortname	Lance
1986	Top Gun	LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw
1987	Summer Heat	Aaron
1987	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise<ref name="mma">Template:Cite news</ref>	Gilbert Lowe
1988	Hawks	Deckermensky, 'Decker'
1988	Miracle Mile	Harry Washello
1988	Mr. North	Theophilus North
1989	How I Got into College	Kip Hammett
1990	Downtown	Alex Kearney
1992	Pet Sematary Two	Chase Matthews
1992	Delta Heat	Mike Bishop
1993	Sexual Healing	David	Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
1994	Template:Sortname	Clint Von Hooser
1994	Charlie's Ghost Story	Dave
1998	Playing by Heart	Roger
1999	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Tony Dorfman
2001	Jackpot	Tracy
2003	Northfork	Happy
2004	Thunderbirds	Ray "Brains" Hackenbacker
2004	Template:Sortname	Jim Paretta
2007	Zodiac	Inspector William Armstrong
2009	Motherhood	Avery Welsh
2010	Flipped	Steven Loski
2012	Big Sur	Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2013	Planes	Echo (voice)
2015	Experimenter	Miller
2015	Consumed	Lab Scientist
2016	My Dead Boyfriend<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:N/A	Director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The Killing of Randy Webster	Tommy Lee Swanson	Television film
1981	Walking Tall	Robbie	Episode: "The Fire Within"
1982–1983	It Takes Two	Andy Quinn	Main role, 22 episodes
1983	High School U.S.A.	Beau Middleton	Television film
1984	Call to Glory	Billy	1 episode
1985	Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story	Bill Johnson	Television film
1990	El Diablo	Billy Ray Smith	Television film
1992–1993	Northern Exposure	Mike Monroe	Recurring role, 10 episodes
1994–2002, 2008	ER	Dr. Mark Greene	Main role, 180 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1998) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1996, 1998) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1996-1997–1998-1999) TV Land Award - Icon Award (2009) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1996–1997, 1999) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series (1995–98) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1997) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1997, 1999, 2001) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995, 2000–01) Nominated — TV Guide Award for Actor of the Year in a Drama Series (2001)
1995	Saturday Night Live	Host	1 episode
1996	In Cold Blood	Dick Hickock	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2001	Cursed	Ricky	1 episode
2001	Frasier	Tom	1 episode
2013	Zero Hour<ref name="dec">Template:Cite news</ref>	Hank Galliston	Main role, 10 episodes
2015	Girls	Melvin Shapiro	1 episode
2015	Blue Bloods	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1 episode
2016	Billions	Judge Whit Wilcox	2 episodes
2016	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Patrick Griffin	1 episode
2016	Drunk History	Giles Allen	1 episode
2017	Law & Order True Crime	Judge Stanley Weisberg	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2019	Designated Survivor	White House Chief of Staff Mars Harper	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2022	Inventing Anna	Alan Reed	Miniseries, 5 episodes
2022	WeCrashed	Bruce Dunlevie	Miniseries, 7 episodes
2022	Tales of the Walking Dead	Dr. Chauncey Everett	1 episode

Producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	N.Y.H.C.	Executive producer
2001	My Louisiana Sky	Executive producer	Television film Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video (2002) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special (2002)
2003	Die, Mommie, Die!	Producer
2010	Temple Grandin	Executive producer	Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (2010)

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