American film and television acting veteran Bill Smitrovich began his career on the stage. As a founding member of the No Theatre Company, he made his New York debut in their 1978 "The Elephant Man" production, and has appeared in almost 100 film and television productions since the 1980s.http://www.billsmitrovich.com/ Smitrovich has appeared in a number of feature films including, Iron Man (2008), Independence Day (1996), Air Force One (1997) and Seven Pounds (2008).http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/ The Connecticut-born actor continues to be an active SAG Hollywood Board Member and a national chair of the Senior Performers Committee.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ He lives in Woodland Hills, California, with wife Shaw Purnell and daughter Maya. Their son, A.J. Smitrovich, appeared on television series Criminal Minds.http://www.billsmitrovich.com/

Smitrovich began his professional acting career after graduating from Smith College in 1976 with a Master of Fine Arts degree.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ The former University of Massachusetts acting teacher first took to the stage for the world premiere of Arthur Miller's "The American Clock" at the 1980 Spoleto Festival. Smitrovich and the production went on Broadway for 13 performances.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ http://www.spoletousa.org/wp-content/themes/spoleto/pdfs/SFUSAProgramHistoryThrough2010.pdf He continued to act on stage, appearing in productions such as 1984's Food From Trash at the Actor's Theater of Louisville. He also became a founding member of the No Theatre Company of Northampton, Massachusetts.http://www.billsmitrovich.com/ http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ While Smitrivich has built a career in film and television since he began getting cop and villain roles in the early 1980s, he continues to work on the stage. He was in Caryl Churchill's A Number at the ACT in San Francisco, where it won Best Play of 2007.

Smitrovich played Drew Thacher, a family man and father of a Down syndrome son in the critically-acclaimed dramatic series "Life Goes On from 1989-1993.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/ He has played many supporting and starring television roles, such as the "cigar-chomping" Inspector Cramer in Nero Wolfe Mysteries, D.A. Kenneth Walsh in The Practice, with Annette Bening in HBO's Mrs. Harris, in Fat Actress as Cry-Baby McGuire, and as Agent Olcyk in Without a Trace and Lt. Bob Bletcher in Millennium.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/raymond-jarvis/ Smitrovich has featured in more than 30 feature films and recently completed shooting The Rum Diary with Johnny Depp, his second film with the actor since 1995's Nick of Time. It is expected to be released in 2011.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/ http://www.billsmitrovich.com/

• 2011: The Rum Diary as Zimburgerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2010: The Event as Vice President Raymond Jarvis (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2009: Castle as Ben Davidson in episode A Chill Goes Through Her Veins (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Seven Pounds as George Ristucciahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Boston Legal as D.A. Jack Fitzhugh in episode "Kill, Baby, Kill!" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Eagle Eye as Admiral Thompsonhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Flash of Genius as Judge Frankshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: To Be Continued as Bob (short)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Desperate Housewives as Reverend Green in episode "The Gun Song" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Iron Man as General Gabrielhttp://www.billsmitrovich.com/
• 2008: The Last Lullaby as Martinhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2008: Eli Stone as Judge Oliver Doyle in episode "I Want Your Sex" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2007: Brothers & Sisters as Ben Ridge in episode "History Repeating" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2007: Criminal Minds as Det. Farraday in the episodes "Revelations" and "The Big Game" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2007: Me & Lee? (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2006: The Nine as Powell in episode "Outsiders" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2006: The Contract as Police Chief Ed Wainwrighthttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2006: Heavens Fall as George Chamleehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2006: Law & Order as Ernie in episode "Family Friend" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2006: A House Divided as Wexler (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2005: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Liam Weller in episode "Strain" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2005: Mrs. Harris as Joel Arnou (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2005: Numb3rs as David Croft in episode "Noisy Edge" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2005: The Game of Their Lives as Admiral Higginshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2005: Fat Actress as John McGuire (TV series)http://www.billsmitrovich.com/
• 2005: 24 as Gene McLennan in episode "Day 4: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m." (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2005: NYPD Blue as Al Angelotti in episode "Moving Day" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2004: While I Was Gone as Reverend Daniel Beckett (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2004-2008: Without a Trace as SAC Alexander Olczyk (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2004: LAX as Nick's Supervisor (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2003: The Reagans as Alexander Haig (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2003: The Law and Mr. Lee as Pasternak (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2002: Robbery Homicide Division as Howard Castman in episode "In/Famous" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2001-2002: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Inspector Cramer (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2001: God, the Devil and Bob as God's Girlfriend (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2001: Far East as Captain James Anderson (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2001: Nash Bridges as Ray Urbanski (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2001: H.M.O. (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2001-2004: The Practice as Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Walsh (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2000: Thirteen Days as Gen. Maxwell Taylorhttp://www.billsmitrovich.com/
• 2000: Fail Safe as Gen. Stark (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/
• 2000: The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Inspector Cramer (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/

"To bring artful and, hopefully, poetic meaning to the words on the page. It is a collaborative effort, but everyone must serve the word. If you can't find the meaning, value, and humanity in your character? Go back and read the script. It's in there. Have fun and "drop your ass." Bring the truth. And, don't let your fellow actors down,"—Smitrovich on "The Responsibility of an Actor" on his website www.billsmitrovich.com.http://www.billsmitrovich.com/