Acting credits
83
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Len Cariou
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
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Movies: 60Series: 23
TMDB ID: 41247
IMDb ID: nm0137230
Known for: Acting
Born: September 30, 1939
Age: 87
Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2026
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.94
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
Movie credits linked with Len Cariou.
In 3 weeks
Wildwood
as Richard (voice)
2026 Movie
Show of Titles
as "Mame" Performer
2021 Movie
Bumblebee
as Hank
2018 Movie
Death Wish
as Ben
2018 Movie
Spotlight
as Cardinal Law
2015 Movie
Prisoners
as Father Patrick Dunn
2013 Movie
Wallander: The Troubled Man
as Atkins
2013 Movie
Into the Storm
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
2009 Movie
The Onion Movie
as Norm Archer
2008 Movie
1408
as Mike's Father
2007 Movie
Flags of Our Fathers
as Mr. Beech
2006 Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
2006 Movie
The Greatest Game Ever Played
as Stedman Comstock
2005 Movie
Boynton Beach Club
as Jack
2005 Movie
The Skulls III
as Dean Lawton
2004 Movie
Secret Window
as Sheriff Dave Newsome
2004 Movie
About Schmidt
as Ray Nichols
2002 Movie
Thirteen Days
as Dean Acheson
2000 Movie
In the Company of Spies
as The President
1999 Movie
Border Line
as Jerry
1999 Movie
Race for the Record
as Narrator (voice)
1998 Movie
New York Underground
as Narrator
1997 Movie
The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Spencer Maitland
1996 Movie
1996 New York Yankees: The Official World Series Film
as Self - Narrator
1996 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Len Cariou.
American Classic
as Linus Bean • 8 eps
2026 Series
Boston Blue
as Henry Reagan • 2 eps
2025 Series
Stars in the House
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
When They See Us
as DA Robert Morgenthau • 3 eps
2019 Series
Blue Bloods
as Henry Reagan • 293 eps
2010 Series
Damages
as Louis Tobin • 5 eps
2007 Series
Army Wives
as Randall Meade • 1 eps
2007 Series
Brotherhood
as Judd Fitzgerald • 6 eps
2006 Series
Wallander
as Atkins • 1 eps
2005 Series
Sex Traffic
as Magnus Herzoff • 2 eps
2004 Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Frank McCarty • 1 eps
2000 Series
Nuremberg
as Francis Biddle • 2 eps
2000 Series
The West Wing
as Alan Damson • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Practice
as Defense Attorney Weiland • 1 eps
1997 Series
FX: The Series
as Charles Emery • 1 eps
1996 Series
Swift Justice
as Al Swift • 13 eps
1996 Series
The Outer Limits
as Father Anton Jonascu • 1 eps
1995 Series
Star Trek: Voyager
as Admiral Edward Janeway • 1 eps
1995 Series
Law & Order
as Edgar Beezley • 1 eps
1990 Series
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1988 Series
Murder, She Wrote
as Michael Hagarty • 7 eps
1984 Series
Great Performances
as Self • 3 eps
1971 Series
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee • 2 eps
1956 Series