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Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Chenowith in HBO's Six Feet Under, NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's Law & Order, George Altman in the ABC sitcom Suburgatory, for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, & Jubal Valentine in the CBS drama series FBI. He starred in Amy Heckerling’s Clueless (1995), Catherine Hardwicke’s Thirteen (2003), & Adrienne Shelly’s Waitress (2007).

Jeremy Sisto
Sisto on the set of the film Into Temptation (2008)
Born	Jeremy Merton Sisto (1974-10-06) October 6, 1974 (age 48)[1] Grass Valley, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor film producer
Years active	1991–present
Spouses	Marisa Ryan ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2002)​ Addie Lane ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2
Relatives	Meadow Sisto (sister)

In 2004, he portrayed bigoted baseball player Shane Mungitt in Take Me Out, for which he was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in a Play. In 2006, Sisto starred in Festen on Broadway. Sisto co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film Break Point (2014), in which he also starred. In 2015, he starred in A&E's The Returned. From 2016 to 2018, Sisto portrayed Freddy Green in the Audience Network drama series Ice.

Early life

Jeremy Sisto was born in Grass Valley, California, the son of Reedy Gibbs, an actress, and Richard "Dick" Sisto, a jazz musician and educator.[2] Sisto has an older sister, Meadow Sisto, who is an actress mostly known for playing Caroline in the 1992 film Captain Ron. Sisto's parents divorced and his father then married fabric artist Penny Sisto.[2] Sisto lived with his mother and sister, and has said that his father's absence made parenting his own son more difficult.[3] He was raised in the lower Sierra Nevada Mountains, before moving to Chicago at age seven.[4] He attended Hayfield Montessori School in Louisville, Kentucky for first grade, then Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. Sisto worked with local theater companies Cherry Street Theater and the Absolute Theater Company.[4] He appeared in the film Grand Canyon while attending high school. After he was accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on a non-disclosure agreement, his career took off and he began acting full-time.[5]

Career

1984–99: Beginnings and Clueless

Sisto's first national acting exposure was in the 1984 music video for the Twisted Sister song "We're Not Gonna Take It". Sisto made his film debut in the 1991 drama Grand Canyon, starring Kevin Kline and Steve Martin. He followed this with roles in the television films Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) and The Shaggy Dog (1994). In his early film and television career, Sisto played a killer in Hideaway (1995); a rich teen in Clueless (1995); a 20-something kidnapper in Suicide Kings (1997); Olympic gold medalist long-distance runner Frank Shorter in Without Limits (1998); Jesus Christ in the CBS miniseries Jesus (1999); and a widowed filmmaker in This Space Between Us (1999). He has also starred in the films Moonlight and Valentino (1995), White Squall (1996), Bongwater (1997), Some Girl (1998), and Playing by Heart (1998). In 1996, Sisto screen tested for the character of Jack Dawson in the James Cameron film Titanic alongside Kate Winslet, but ultimately lost out on the role to Leonardo DiCaprio.[6] In 1998, he portrayed Frederick W. Seward in the TNT television film The Day Lincoln Was Shot.[7]

2000–10: Six Feet Under and Law & Order

From 2001 to 2005, he portrayed Billy Chenowith in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. For that work, he was twice nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series along with his co-stars.[8] Sisto starred in the 2001 drama film Angel Eyes, alongside Jennifer Lopez. In 2003, Sisto starred in the drama film Thirteen, the romantic comedy The Movie Hero, and the horror film Wrong Turn. That same year, he also appeared in the series finale of The WB's teen drama series Dawson's Creek.[9] Sisto then performed on the Los Angeles stage, playing the role of bigoted Southerner Shane Mungitt in Richard Greenberg's play Take Me Out, about a baseball player who announces he is gay;[10] Sisto was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his role.[11]

In 2006, he appeared in the Broadway play Festen at the Music Box Theatre.[12] In the same year, he starred in the short-lived NBC drama series Kidnapped,[13] top-lined the direct-to-video mystery horror film Population 436, and starred in the crime-thriller film Unknown. In July 2007, Sisto was featured in the Maroon 5 video for the song "Wake Up Call". He played a man who was sleeping with the girlfriend of Adam Levine.[14] That same year, he appeared as Earl Hunterson opposite Keri Russell in the comedy-drama film Waitress.[15]

In 2008, Sisto joined the cast of the NBC crime drama series Law & Order, as Detective Cyrus Lupo, replacing Milena Govich's Detective Nina Cassady as the partner of Jesse L. Martin's Ed Green.[16] Sisto had already appeared on the show, as a lawyer, in the previous season's finale. Sisto stayed on for the series' final three seasons, and his character became partners with Anthony Anderson's Detective Kevin Bernard after Martin left the series near the end of season 18. Also in 2008, Sisto starred in the drama film Gardens of the Night, and voiced the role of Batman in the direct-to-video film Justice League: The New Frontier.[17] In 2009, he played a Catholic priest, alongside Kristin Chenoweth as a prostitute, in the independent drama film Into Temptation.[18] The following year, he starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Spirit Control at the New York City Center, gaining rave reviews for his performance as Adam Wyatt.[19]

2011–present: Suburgatory, screenwriting debut and FBI

From 2011 to 2014, Sisto starred in the ABC comedy series Suburgatory, which premiered on September 28, 2011.[20] He played the role of George Altman, the divorced father of the series' main character, for three seasons, after which the series was cancelled.[21][22] Sisto was nominated for the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as George. In 2011, he starred in the drama film Sironia, directed by Brandon Dickerson. In 2012, he starred as Sheriff Rowlings in the critically acclaimed science-fiction comedy-drama Robot & Frank.[23] The following year, Sisto co-starred as Guy Karlsburg, alongside James Marsden and Claire Danes, in the comedy-drama As Cool as I Am.

In 2014, Sisto co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film Break Point with Gene Hong. He also starred in the film and served as a producer.[24] On June 5, 2014, it was announced that Sisto had joined the cast of Carlton Cuse's remake of The Returned for the cable channel A&E.[25] The series lasted one season before it was cancelled by the network.[26] He then voiced Talon in the animated direct-to-video film Batman vs. Robin.[27] In 2015, Sisto produced and starred as Aaron Miller in the British thriller film Hangman, which had its premiere at South by Southwest.[28] That same year, he joined the cast of ABC's crime drama series Wicked City. Sisto portrayed Detective Jack Roth, an LAPD officer searching for a serial killer on the Sunset Strip. The role was originally portrayed by Adam Rothenberg, but after the series was given its premiere date, the role was recast.[29] It was poorly received by critics and was cancelled after airing only 3 episodes due to weak ratings by ABC.

Sisto was then cast alongside Archie Panjabi in ABC's drama pilot The Jury, but the project was not picked up to series.[30] From 2016–2018, Sisto starred as Freddy Green in Antoine Fuqua's Audience Network drama series Ice, opposite Cam Gigandet and Donald Sutherland.[31] Sisto currently portrays Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Jubal Valentine in Dick Wolf's CBS drama series FBI.[32]

Personal life

On August 30, 1993, Sisto married actress Marisa Ryan in Las Vegas; both were 18 years old at the time.[33] Sisto and Ryan separated two days later but remained legally married until June 21, 2002,[34] when their divorce was finalized.[35]

On June 5, 2009, Sisto and then-girlfriend Addie Lane welcomed their first child, a daughter named Charlie-Ballerina Sisto.[36] Sisto and Lane married on October 13, 2009, at New York City Hall.[37] On March 9, 2012, the couple welcomed their second child, a son named Sebastian Kick Sisto.[38][39] The family resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.[40] Sisto has been a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation since approximately 2001.[41]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Grand Canyon	Roberto
1994	The Crew	Timothy Grant
1995	Hideaway	Jeremy "Vassago" Nyebern
	Clueless	Elton Tiscia
	Moonlight and Valentino	Steven
1996	White Squall	Frank Beaumont
1997	Bongwater	Robert
	Suicide Kings	T. K. Lawrence
	Three Women of Pain	Lance	Short film, also executive producer
	Oakland Underground	Nox Iluminata Leader
1998	Some Girl	Chad
	Without Limits	Frank Shorter
	Playing by Heart	Malcolm	Uncredited
1999	This Space Between Us	Alex Harty
	No Fear	Sonny James
	The Bible Collection: Jesus	Jesus
	The Auteur Theory	Jules	"The Crap Shoot of Life" segment only
	Little Servant	Flamingo
2000	Track Down	Lance Petersen
	Men Named Milo, Women Named Greta	Deke Masters	Short film
2001	Don's Plum	Bernard
	Angel Eyes	Larry Pogue, Sr.
	Dead Dog	Tom Braeburn
2002	May	Adam Stubbs
	Showboy	Himself – Actor, Six Feet Under
	Inside	Daniel	Short film
	Now You Know	Jeremy
	Robbing 'Hef"	Jackie
2003	Thirteen	Brady
	The Movie Hero	Blake Gardner
	Manfast	Mica
	Wrong Turn	Scott Korbee
	Something More	Luke	Short film
2004	Paranoia 1.0	Simon J.	Also co-producer
	In Enemy Hands	Jason Abers
	Dead & Breakfast	Christian
	The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things	Chester
	Method	Jake Fields
	Film Trix 2004	Himself	Documentary short
2005	The Nickel Children	The Doctor
	A Lot Like Love	Ben Miller
	In Memory of My Father	Jeremy
	Clueless. Suck N' Blow – A Tutorial	Himself	Video documentary short
2006	Population 436	Steve Kady	Video
	The Thirst	Darius
	Unknown	Handcuffed Man
	Broken	Will
2007	Waitress	Earl Hunterson
	Kidnapped: Ransom Notes	Himself	Video short
	The War Prayer	The Stranger	Short film
2008	Gardens of the Night	Jimmy
	Justice League: The New Frontier	Batman	Voice, Video
	A Cat's Tale	Squirrel	Voice, Video
2009	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead	Detective Wimbly
	Into Temptation	Father John Buerlein
2010	Asleep in the Park		Producer, writer, director, cinematographer, editor
	Slippage		Composer, short film
2011	Hook, Line and Sinker	Gordon	Short film, also executive producer
	Sironia	Tucker
2012	Robot & Frank	Sheriff Rowlings
	Blow Me	GoldenBoy	Short film
2013	Kids Like You & Me		Producer
	As Cool as I Am	Guy Karlsburg
2014	Break Point	Jimmy Price	Also writer and producer
2015	Batman vs. Robin	Talon	Voice, Video
	Hangman	Aaron Miller	Also producer
	H8RZ	Mr. Faustin
2016	The Other Side of the Door	Michael Harwood
	Love Is All You Need?	Mr. Thompson
	The Second Sound Barrier	Roger Valour	Short film
	Girl Trip	Jonah	Short film
	Girl Flu.	Arlo
2017	Star Citizen: Lost and Found	Sam Doherty	Voice, Video short Uncredited
	Ferdinand	Ferdinand's Father	Voice
2018	Hidden Heroes Gala: Alicia Silverstone Tribute	Himself	Short film
2019	Frozen II	King Runeard	Voice
2020	In the Footsteps of Elephant	Narrator	Documentary
	Wichita	Josh	Short film
2021	Last Night in Rozzie	Joey Donovan
	Adrianne	Himself	Documentary
2022	Captain Tsunami's Army	Captain Tsunami	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Desperate Choices: To Save My Child	Josh Ryan	TV film
1994	The Shaggy Dog	Trey Miller
1996	Out of Order		Episode: "Familiar Bonds"
1997	Duckman	Bobby	Voice, Episode: "With Friends Like These"
	Rugrats	Larry	Voice, Episode: "Angelica Orders Out/Let It Snow"
1998	Real Life	James Barrett III	Unaired pilot[citation needed]
	The Day Lincoln Was Shot	Frederick W. Seward	TV film
1998–1999	The Wild Thornberrys	Radio Announcer, D.J.	Voice, 2 episodes
1999	The '60s	Kenny Klein	TV film
	Jesus	Jesus
2001	The Outer Limits	Thomas	Episode: "A New Life"
2001–2005	Six Feet Under	Billy Chenowith	Main role, 31 episodes
2003	Julius Caesar	Gaius Julius Caesar	2-part movie
	The Twilight Zone	Grady Finch	Episode: "The Executions of Grady Finch"
	Dawson's Creek	Christopher	Episode: "All Good Things..."
2003–2004	Ancient Egyptians	Narrator	2 episodes
2004	Punk'd	Himself	1 episode
	Celebrity Poker Showdown	Himself	Episode: "Tournament 2, Game 3"
2005	World Poker Tour	Himself	Episode: "Hollywood Home Game VIII"
2006–2015	American Dad!	Mitch	Voice, 2 episodes
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Willie Evans	Episode: "The Fifth Quarter"
2006–2007	Kidnapped	Lucian Knapp	Main role, 13 episodes
2007	Numbers	AUSA Alvin Brickle	Episode: "The Art of Reckoning"
	Law & Order	Clint Glover	Episode: "The Family Hour"
	My Boys	Thorn	2 episodes
2008–2010	Law & Order	Detective Cyrus Lupo	Main role, 63 episodes
2010	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Uncredited Episode: "Zach Galifianakis/Vampire Weekend"
	Spy Wars	Narrator
2011–2014	Suburgatory	George Altman	Main role, 57 episodes
2013	Air Force One Is Down	Fergus Markey	2-part movie
	Hell's Kitchen	Himself – Restaurant Patron	Episode: "7 Chefs Compete: Part 2"
	BlackBoxTV Presents	Jonathan	Episode: "Inside"
	Hollywood Help	Jeremy
2015	The Returned	Peter Lattimore	Main role, 10 episodes
	Rent Control	George	Episode: "George"
	CollegeHumor Originals	Jeremy	Episode: "The Guy Who's Way Too Competitive (with Jeremy Sisto)"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Cop	Episode: "Public Defenders"
	Wicked City	Detective Jack Roth	Main role, 8 episodes
2016	The Jury	Dan	Television film
2016–2018	Ice	Freddy Green	Main role, 20 episodes
2017	The Long Road Home	Sgt. Robert Miltenberger	Miniseries
	Heroes of the Long Road Home	Himself	Television film documentary
2018–present	FBI	Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine	Main role
2019	Awokened	Dretti	Television film
2020	FBI: Most Wanted	Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine	Episode: "Reveille"
	Hollywood Game Night	Himself – Celebrity Player	Episode: "7 Seconds of Kressley"
	Robot Chicken	Marv Merchants, Tywin Lannister	Voice, Episode: "Buster Olive in: The Monkey Got Closer Overnight"
	To Tell the Truth	Himself – Panelist	Episode: "Yara Shahidi, Russell Peters, Michelle Buteau, Jeremy Sisto"
2021–22	FBI: International	Assistant Special in Charge Jubal Valentine	3 episodes

Other credits

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2007	"Wake Up Call" (Original and Director's Cut versions)	Maroon 5
2012	"Just Cuz"	Himself (as Escape Tailor)

Soundtrack

• Six Feet Under – (performer: "Daddy Sang Bass") Episode: "Time Flies"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Location
2004	Take Me Out	Shane Mungitt	Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
2006	Festen	Mr. Klingenfelt	Music Box Theatre, Broadway
2010	Spirit Control	Adam Wyatt	New York City Center, Off-Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2002	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Six Feet Under	Nominated
2003	Dahlonega International Film Festival	Jury Award for Best Actor – Feature Film	The Movie Hero	Won
	Cinequest Film Festival	Special Jury Maverick Acting Award		Won
2004	Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award	Featured Performance in a Play	Take Me Out	Nominated
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Six Feet Under	Nominated
2009	Newport Beach Film Festival	Achievement Award	Into Temptation	Won
2013	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Suburgatory	Nominated

References

External links

• Jeremy Sisto on Twitter
• Jeremy Sisto at IMDb
• Jeremy Sisto at the Internet Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Merton Sisto (* 6. Oktober 1974 in Grass Valley, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Filmproduzent.

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[es] Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Merton Sisto (Grass Valley, California; 6 de octubre de 1974[1]) es un actor estadounidense.

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[ru] Систо, Джереми

Дже́реми Си́сто (англ. Jeremy Sisto, род. 6 октября 1974, Грасс-Валли, Калифорния, США) — американский актёр, наиболее известный по ролям в телесериалах «Клиент всегда мёртв», «Закон и порядок» и «Пригород».

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