Rod McLachlan
Born: 1960-09-09 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rod McLachlan (born September 9, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan) is a White American actor and writer who earned a B.S. in Speech and Drama from Northwestern University and has been a member of David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company for nearly 20 years. He taught theater at the National High School Institute for Theater Arts in 1994, served as administrator of the Atlantic Theater School's West Coast Conservatory (2007–2008), and wrote the play Good Television (2013, Atlantic Second Stage). On stage he has performed on Broadway in Holiday (with Laura Linney), Death and the King's Horseman, Our Town (1988, with William H. Macy), The Real Inspector Hound (1992), Saint Joan, Timon of Athens, and The Government Inspector, and off-Broadway in Julius Caesar (with Martin Sheen and Al Pacino) and Cyrano de Bergerac. He originated the Messenger in David Mamet's Keep Your Pantheon at the Kirk Douglas Theater and performed in Mamet's School with John Pankow. His most notable film credits include Daniel Hill in Magnolia (1999), Guard Anderson in Instinct (1999), Justice Guard in Conspiracy Theory (1997), Independence Hall Guide in National Treasure (2004), Lloyd the Cop in Where the Money Is (2000), Actual Editor in Superhero Movie (2008), and Lawyer Seamus in The Kid (2000, with Bruce Willis). On television he is best known as Ed Wilson in Bull (2016), Charlie Peterson in Blue Bloods (2010), Jimmy Gildea in The Loudest Voice (2019, 5 episodes, with Philip Seymour Hoffman), and Jimmy Reilly in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020, 4 episodes), with additional credits in Mad Men (2007), Modern Family (2014), Veep (2016), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), ER, Law & Order, CSI, Madam Secretary (2014), and Countdown (2025).
Filmography
2020
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as Jimmy Reilly
2019
- The Loudest Voice as Jimmy Gildea
2017
- Class Rank as Principal Greely
2015
- Caught as Officer Martin
2013
- The Crazy Ones as Terrance
- Home, James as Father
2012
2010
- Blue Bloods as Charlie Peterson
2009
- Modern Family as Fred
- Glee as Newsstand Guy
- The Mother of Invention as Don Shanks - Diner Manager
2008
- Superhero Movie as Actual Editor
2007
- Mad Men as Terry
2004
- Boston Legal as Steve Hughes
- National Treasure as Independence Hall Guide
2001
- The Guardian as Doctor
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Nelson Oakes / Dr. Watson
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Defense Attorney
- The Kid as Lawyer Seamus
- Where the Money Is as Lloyd the Cop
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Officer Bob Whitson
1997
- Conspiracy Theory as Justice Guard
1996
- Spin City as Reporter
- Aliens in the Family as Priest
- MURDER and murder as Jim
- Breathing Room as Cousin Andy
1994
- ER as Tohill
- Radioland Murders as Black Whip / Granite's Dog
1990
- Law & Order as Wally
1987
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Roger