---
name: "Enrico Colantoni"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/enrico-colantoni"
fi1m_id: "enrico-colantoni"
imdb_id: "nm0170186"
tmdb_id: 15029
wikidata_id: "Q545711"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 February 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-01T00:15:47.808519+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Enrico Colantoni

## Identity

Enrico Colantoni

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/enrico-colantoni
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** enrico-colantoni
- **IMDb ID:** nm0170186
- **TMDB ID:** 15029
- **Wikidata ID:** Q545711
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Colantoni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15029

Actor. Born 14 February 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 February 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Rico Colantoni, Enrico "Rico" Colantoni, انریکو کولانتونی
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Bray](https://film.one/person/kevin-bray.md), [Tricia Brock](https://film.one/person/tricia-brock.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (4), 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 69 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 4, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $445m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Colantoni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15029

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Veronica Mars*](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md) (84), [*English Teacher*](https://film.one/tv/english-teacher.md) (73)
- **HBO Max:** [*Station Eleven*](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md) (84)
- **Peacock:** [*Person of Interest*](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.md) (77)

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## Fi1m on Enrico Colantoni

> Enrico Colantoni plays fathers and sergeants who are good at their jobs and embarrassing at home, and he does it by turning the volume down while everyone around him turns it up. Keith Mars is the proof.

Watch Keith Mars at the end of a working day in *Veronica Mars* (2004). He and his daughter sit in a small flat eating out of cartons over case files. He is worried about her, she is lying to him for his own good, and both of them know it. Colantoni does almost nothing with his face. He lets the worry sit there and does not ask us to notice it, and those evenings got to us far more than we expected, because neither he nor Kristen Bell plays for sympathy. He underplays, she deflects, and it is the deflecting that hurts.

He came up through American sitcoms, seven years on *Just Shoot Me* (1997 to 2003), and he has said that "Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience." The part most people remember from that period is not a sitcom at all. In *Galaxy Quest* (1999) he is Mathesar, an alien who has mistaken a cancelled television series for history, and he plays him in a high, careful, sing-song voice with total sincerity. He never winks. It is the same trick as Keith Mars from the other direction: everyone else is doing the comedy, and he is simply believing.

After *Veronica Mars*, which ran from 2004 to 2007 and came back in 2014 and 2019, the sergeants arrived. *Flashpoint* (2008 to 2012) put him in charge of a police tactical unit as Sergeant Greg Parker, and he led it the way he fathers, with authority that is not sure of itself. *Person of Interest* (2011 to 2016) gave him Carl Elias, a crime lord, the one recurring part of the last twenty years that asked him to be frightening rather than reassuring, and he was. Rob Thomas, who created *Veronica Mars*, has cast him three times and is the collaborator who has got the most out of him.

The smaller work is smaller. In *Full Frontal* (2002) he is Arty, who has written a play called *The Sound and the Führer* in which Nicky Katt plays Hitler; it is a few scenes in a film we did not care for, and Soderbergh gave nobody in it much to do. The honest criticism of Colantoni is that casting directors decided he was a dad and a policeman around 2004 and he has mostly let them. He has described building a character as "my heart in a different costume," and the costumes have not varied much.

He has lately begun directing episodes as well as appearing in them. We would like someone to hand him another Elias, or another Mathesar, before the sergeants close in for good.

## Biography

Enrico Colantoni is a Canadian actor. Born in Toronto in 1963, he attended the University of Toronto before training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and graduating from the Yale School of Drama.

He is known for his television roles as Elliot DiMauro in the sitcom *Just Shoot Me!* (1997–2003), Keith Mars in *Veronica Mars* (2004–2007 and later revivals), and Sergeant Greg Parker in *Flashpoint* (2008–2012). Film appearances include Mathesar in *Galaxy Quest* (1999), a part in *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Arty and Ed in *Full Frontal* (2002), and roles in *Contagion* (2011) and *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019).

Colantoni received a Gemini Award for his work in *Flashpoint*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *English Teacher* (2024), Fi1m 73, as Principal Grant Moretti — [page](https://film.one/tv/english-teacher.md)
- *Station Eleven* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md)
- *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019), Fi1m 77, as Bill Isler — [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Dennis French — [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Carl Elias — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Party Down* (2009), Fi1m 82, as Gordon McSpadden — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Keith Mars — [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *Full Frontal* (2002), Fi1m 40, as Arty / Ed — [page](https://film.one/film/full-frontal.md)
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Fi1m 84, as Murderer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)

## Complete filmography (93)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ballistic* (2026), as Rick Barber
- *Miss Valentine* (2025), as Bob Foster
- *Out Standing* (2025), Actor
- *Suits LA* (2025), series, as Enrico Colantoni
- *English Teacher* (2024), series, as Principal Grant Moretti — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/english-teacher.md)
- *Humane* (2024), as Bob
- *Mother Father Sister Brother Frank* (2024), as Jerry
- *The Trades* (2024), series, as Jimi
- *Allegiance* (2024), series, as Vince Brambilla
- *FUBAR* (2023), series, as Reed
- *Vandits* (2022), as Ned
- *Under the Christmas Tree* (2021), as Alma's Dad
- *Station Eleven* (2021), series, as Brian — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md)
- *A Christmas Letter* (2021), as Robert Marino
- *Ghosts* (2021), series, as Michael Davenport
- *Feel the Beat* (2020), as Frank
- *Kill Chain* (2020), as The Old Sniper
- *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019), as Bill Isler — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.md)
- *The Hot Zone* (2019), series, as Rudy Giuliani
- *Bunker Burger* (2019), as Rico
- *Bad Blood* (2017), series, as Bruno Bonsignori
- *The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship* (2017), as Freddy Fiore
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Patrick Basehart
- *Justice League Dark* (2017), as Felix Faust (voice)
- *Ransom* (2017), series, as Joe Morris
- *Travelers* (2016), series, as Vincent Ingram
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Whitman — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Dark Stranger* (2016), as Brendan Garrison
- *Private Eyes* (2016), series, as Chief Cutler
- *iZombie* (2015), series, as Lou Benedetto · Director
- *Powers* (2015), series, as Senator Bailey Brown
- *Lines* (2014), as Doctor
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as Jim Fox
- *The Mysteries of Laura* (2014), series, as Dan Hauser
- *Play It Again, Dick* (2014), series, as Keith Mars / Enrico Colantoni
- *Carmilla* (2014), series, as Sherman Hollis
- *Veronica Mars* (2014), as Keith Mars
- *Remedy* (2014), series, as Dr. Allen Conner
- *House of Versace* (2013), as Gianni Versace
- *Malibu Country* (2012), series, as Leslie
- *Servitude* (2012), as Franz
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Carl Elias — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), as Dennis French — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Issues* (2011), Director, Writer
- *The Kennedys* (2011), series, as J. Edgar Hoover
- *The Chaperone* (2011), as Dr. Etman
- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, as Julian
- *Republic of Doyle* (2010), series, as Donny Pearl
- *Glenn Martin, DDS* (2009), series, as (voice)
- *Weather Girl* (2009), as George
- *Warehouse 13* (2009), series, as Anthony Bishop
- *Party Down* (2009), series, as Gordon McSpadden — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *ZOS: Zone of Separation* (2009), series, as Speedo Boy
- *Flashpoint* (2008), series, as Gregory Parker
- *Céline* (2008), as René Angélil
- *My Mom's New Boyfriend* (2008), as Enrico the Chef
- *Sherman's Way* (2008), as D.J.
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Evan
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Micah Leggat — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Ben
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Keith Mars — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *Criminal* (2004), as Businessman
- *Century City* (2004), series, as Frank Summers
- *Whoopi* (2003), series, as Victor
- *The Vest* (2003), as Dad
- *Full Frontal* (2002), as Arty / Ed — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/full-frontal.md)
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Joe Christie
- *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002), as Francis Benoit
- *Kim Possible* (2002), series, as Dr. Cyrus Bortel (voice)
- *Frank McKlusky, C.I.* (2002), as Scout Bayou
- *Justice League* (2001), series, as Glorious Gordon Godfrey (voice)
- *James Dean* (2001), as Elia Kazan
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), as Murderer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Preston
- *Galaxy Quest* (1999), as Mathesar
- *Stigmata* (1999), as Father Dario
- *Divorce: A Contemporary Western* (1998), Actor
- *Cloned* (1997), as Steve Rinker
- *The Wrong Guy* (1997), as Creepy Guy
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Burke
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, as Elliot DiMauro
- *The Member of the Wedding* (1997), as Mr. Addams
- *Albino Alligator* (1997), as Agent #3
- *Life's Work* (1996), series, as Marty Cranepool
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, as Frankie
- *Money Train* (1995), as Dooley
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Michael Burr
- *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, as Louis Utz
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, as David Kinsoling
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Ron Blocker — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), series, as Adrian
- *Shark Week*, as Bill Sr.
- *A Christmas Letter*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Enrico Colantoni](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-7e49d3be7e7f.jpg) Enrico Colantoni — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Enrico_Colantoni_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Enrico_Colantoni_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Enrico Colantoni at the premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-05a1b7e48cca.jpg) Enrico Colantoni at the premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood_07_%2848735012477%29.jpg/1280px-A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood_07_%2848735012477%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris Cooper, Tom Hanks, Marielle Heller, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni at the premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 Toro](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-7185f1b76984.jpg) Chris Cooper, Tom Hanks, Marielle Heller, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni at the premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 Toro — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood_18_%2848735024467%29.jpg/1280px-A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood_18_%2848735024467%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris Cooper, Tom Hanks, Marielle Heller, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni at the premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 Toro](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-3f63986b60aa.jpg) Chris Cooper, Tom Hanks, Marielle Heller, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni at the premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 Toro — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood_18_%2848735024467%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood_18_%2848735024467%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Enrico Colantoni](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-0653ce765e5e.jpg) Enrico Colantoni — Image via TMDB
- ![Enrico Colantoni](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-4374c66b7fde.jpg) Enrico Colantoni — Image via TMDB
- ![Enrico Colantoni](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-411f74f51645.jpg) Enrico Colantoni — Image via TMDB
- ![Enrico Colantoni speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Veronica Mars", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Pleas](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-5a59224cf47f.jpg) Enrico Colantoni speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Veronica Mars", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Pleas — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Enrico_Colantoni_2013_Comic-Con.jpg/1280px-Enrico_Colantoni_2013_Comic-Con.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Enrico Colantoni speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Veronica Mars", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Pleas](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-51f646cc4f09.jpg) Enrico Colantoni speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Veronica Mars", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Pleas — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Enrico_Colantoni_SDCC_2013.jpg/1280px-Enrico_Colantoni_SDCC_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Enrico Colantoni](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-6474b16647d3.jpg) Enrico Colantoni — Image via TMDB
- ![Enrico Colantoni](https://film.one/media/person/9774/gallery-16b903090c6c.jpg) Enrico Colantoni — Image via TMDB

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