The Resume

(July 7, 1946- )
Born in San Francisco, California
Portrayed Lt.. Henry Goldblume in Hill Street Blues and FBI Special Agent Tobias C. Fornell in NCIS
Appeared in the films ‘American Graffiti’ (1973), ‘The Enforcer’ (1976), ‘Tenspeed and Brown Shoe’ (1980), ‘Apollo 13’ (1995), ‘Primal Fear’ (1996), ‘Hollywoodland’ (2006), and ‘Frost/Nixon’ (2008)
Appeared on Broadway in ‘The Price’ (1992)

Why he might be annoying:

He originally majored in pre-medicine before getting into acting.
He was the voice for one of the animatronic figures at Chuck E. Cheese – specifically, Pasqually the Chef.
His credits sometimes get confused with those of an Australian actor named Joseph Spano (no relation).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a founding member of the Berkeley Repertory Theater.
He appeared nude in a San Francisco production of ‘Oh, Calcutta.’
He and his wife adopted two daughters.
He won an Emmy as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama for his performance in an episode of ‘Midnight Caller.’
Tom Hanks credited him as his first role model as an actor.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 73]
• Hill Street Blues
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended University of California, Berkeley
• I Married in 1980
• I Portrayed a Vampire
• Outstanding Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series Emmy (Ranked: 1989)
• Profiles 45751-46000 (Ranked: 45918)
• Touched by an Angel and Guest Stars

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 78 Votes: 41.03% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying