Jim Metzler

TV Actor

Birthday June 23, 1951

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace New York

Age 72 years old

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About

Guest actor on several generations of television crime dramas including NYPD Blue, Murder, She Wrote, and CSI: NY.

Before Fame

He was a talented pitcher at Dartmouth College, and drafted by the Boston Red Sox out of school, but after getting cut by the team, he decided to pursue acting.

Trivia

In the few lead roles he did get - as Dr. Andy Fenton in the 1983 series, Cutter to Houston, and Dan Braden on The Best Times - the shows did not last past the first season.

Family Life

He was born to family in Oneonta, New York.

Associated With

He had a small part in the 1997 noir classic, L.A. Confidential, which starred Kevin Spacey.