Acting credits
83
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Len Cariou
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 60Series: 23
TMDB ID: 41247
IMDb ID: nm0137230
Known for: Acting
Born: September 30, 1939
Age: 86
Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2026
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.96
Wikidata: Q1720470
Also known as
Leonard Joseph Cariou
Biography
Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor. He gained prominence for his Tony Award-winning title role in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979). Prior, Cariou had earned nominations for his performances in musicals Applause (1970) and A Little Night Music (1973). Cariou has had supporting roles in films such as The Four Seasons (1981), Thirteen Days (2000), About Schmidt (2002), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Prisoners (2013), and Spotlight (2015). On television, he is known for recurring roles in the shows Murder, She Wrote (1985–1992), Brotherhood (2005-2006), and Damages (2010) and his starring role in Blue Bloods (2010–2024).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Len Cariou.
Oct 22
as Richard (voice)
Wildwood
2026 • Movie
as "Mame" Performer
Show of Titles
2021 • Movie
as Hank
Bumblebee
2018 • Movie
as Ben
Death Wish
2018 • Movie
as Cardinal Law
Spotlight
2015 • Movie
as Father Patrick Dunn
Prisoners
2013 • Movie
as Atkins
Wallander: The Troubled Man
2013 • Movie
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Into the Storm
2009 • Movie
as Norm Archer
The Onion Movie
2008 • Movie
as Mike's Father
1408
2007 • Movie
as Mr. Beech
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 • Movie
as James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 • Movie
as Stedman Comstock
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005 • Movie
as Jack
Boynton Beach Club
2005 • Movie
as Dean Lawton
The Skulls III
2004 • Movie
as Sheriff Dave Newsome
Secret Window
2004 • Movie
as Ray Nichols
About Schmidt
2002 • Movie
as Dean Acheson
Thirteen Days
2000 • Movie
as The President
In the Company of Spies
1999 • Movie
as Jerry
Border Line
1999 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Race for the Record
1998 • Movie
as Narrator
New York Underground
1997 • Movie
as Spencer Maitland
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996 • Movie
as Self - Narrator
1996 New York Yankees: The Official World Series Film
1996 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Len Cariou.
as Linus Bean • 8 eps
American Classic
2026 • Series
as Henry Reagan • 1 eps
Boston Blue
2025 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Stars in the House
2020 • Series
as DA Robert Morgenthau • 3 eps
When They See Us
2019 • Series
as Henry Reagan • 293 eps
Blue Bloods
2010 • Series
as Louis Tobin • 5 eps
Damages
2007 • Series
as Randall Meade • 1 eps
Army Wives
2007 • Series
as Judd Fitzgerald • 6 eps
Brotherhood
2006 • Series
as Atkins • 1 eps
Wallander
2005 • Series
as Magnus Herzoff • 2 eps
Sex Traffic
2004 • Series
as Frank McCarty • 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 • Series
as Francis Biddle • 2 eps
Nuremberg
2000 • Series
as Alan Damson • 1 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as Defense Attorney Weiland • 1 eps
The Practice
1997 • Series
as Charles Emery • 1 eps
FX: The Series
1996 • Series
as Al Swift • 13 eps
Swift Justice
1996 • Series
as Father Anton Jonascu • 1 eps
The Outer Limits
1995 • Series
as Admiral Edward Janeway • 1 eps
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 • Series
as Edgar Beezley • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
American Experience
1988 • Series
as Michael Hagarty • 7 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
as Self - Nominee • 2 eps
Tony Awards
1956 • Series