Francis Guinan

American actor

Francis V. Guinan Jr. (born November 17, 1951) is an American film, television and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Edgar Teller the patriarch in the short-lived series Eerie, Indiana.

The Council Bluffs, Iowa-born actor has made guest appearances in many notable television series including Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, The Practice, Crossing Jordan, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, That '70s Show, Nash Bridges, Sliders, Murder, She Wrote, Frasier, Mike & Molly and other series.^[1]

He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble since 1979.^[2] In December 2007, Guinan co-starred in the Tracy Letts' play August: Osage County^[3] which opened on Broadway to critical acclaim. He played Master Pakku in the 2010 film, The Last Airbender as well as appeared in the films Hannibal (2001), Constantine (2005) and Abundant Acreage Available (2017).

Selected filmography

1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow as American Doctor
1988 Miles from Home as Tommy Malin
1992 Rock Hudson as Carl
1992 Shining Through as Andrew Berringer
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control as Rupert
1999 Guinevere as Alan Sloane
2001 Hannibal as FBI Assistant Director Noonan
2005 Constantine as Father Garret
2010 The Last Airbender as Master Pakku
2010 All Good Things as Daniel Patrick Moynihan
2013 Killing Kennedy as Lyndon B. Johnson
2015 Henry Gamble's Birthday Party as Larry Montgomery
2017 The Evil Within as Dr. Preston
2017 Abundant Acreage Available as Tom
2019 Saint Frances as Dennis
2022 Relative as David Frank
2024 Ghostlight as Janitor Fran

Awards and nominations

Theatre

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1986	Joseph Jefferson Awards^[4]	Actor in a Principal Role - Play	A Lesson from Aloes (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)	Nominated
1988			Little Egypt (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)	Nominated
2010			A Guide for the Perplexed (Victory Gardens Theater)	Won
2011			Rantoul and Die (American Blues Theater)	Nominated
2015			White Guy on the Bus (Northlight Theatre)	Nominated
2015			The Night Alive (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)	Nominated
2019	Evening Standard Theatre Award^[5]^[6]	Best Actor	Downstate	Nominated

Film

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2022	Festival of Cinema NYC Jury Award^[7]	Best Ensemble Cast	Relative	Won
2022	Midwest Film Festival^[8]	Best Actor	Relative	Won

References

^ "Frances Guinan". TV Guide. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
^ Francis Guinan biodata Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, steppenwolf.org; accessed August 9, 2017.
^ "August Osage County". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
^ "Archives | The Joseph Jefferson Awards". www.jeffawards.org. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
^ "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ Magazine, Screen (2022-08-15). "Big NYC Win for Michael Glover Smith's 'Relative' As Theatrical Expands through Chicago, Midwest". Screen Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
^ "Get Tickets". Midwest Film Fest | Chicago. Retrieved 2022-10-09.