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Gordon Clapp Biography
Birth Name:Gordon Allen Clapp
Birth Place:North Conway, New Hampshire, United States
Profession Actor
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in a Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross․"
- Started out doing regional theater in Canada and became a company member of Ottawa's National Arts Centre
- Frequently appears in films directed by John Sayles
- Usually a supporting actor, he is best known for his 12-season-long roles as faulted but tenacious and inventive Det․ Greg Medavoy on "NYPD Blue․"
- Is an adept writer, and even won a Los Angeles Press Club Award for a humorous account of winning an Emmy that was published in "Variety․"
- Voices the main antagonist, Gen․ Peter Randall, in the video game "Prototype․"
- During the early 1980s, he worked at one of Canada's leading regional theatres, Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Awards
- 1994Gemini-Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress: nominated
- 1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1995Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
- 1996Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1997Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1998Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: winner
- 1999Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2000Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2016Grace Award-Most Inspiring Performance in Television: nominated