---
name: "Jan Munroe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-munroe"
fi1m_id: "jan-munroe"
imdb_id: "nm0613197"
tmdb_id: 109762
wikidata_id: "Q22918905"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 June 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:42:03.848397+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."
---

# Jan Munroe

## Identity

Jan Munroe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-munroe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-munroe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613197
- **TMDB ID:** 109762
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22918905
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22918905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613197/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109762

Actor. Born 24 June 1952 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 June 1952, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- **Active:** 1990–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $438m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22918905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613197/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109762

## Biography

Jan Munroe is an American actor. He was born on 24 June 1952 in Iowa City, Iowa.

He began in performance art and experimental theatre, studying mime with Marcel Marceau and Étienne Decroux. He was an original member of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and a founding member of The Theatah of the Apres-Garde. His film roles include Guy at Bar in *The Grifters* (1990), Captain Oliver in *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), Jury Foreman in *A Few Good Men* (1992), Nick in *Poseidon* (2006), Edwin Turley in *Ford v Ferrari* (2019) and Dr. Weddle in the series *For All Mankind* (2019).

Munroe has been married to actress Frances Conroy since April 1992.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Poseidon* (2006), Fi1m 55, as Nick — [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *A Few Good Men* (1992), Fi1m 79, as Jury Foreman — [page](https://film.one/film/a-few-good-men.md)
- *The Grifters* (1990), Fi1m 84, as Guy in bar — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Club Rats* (2025), Actor
- *Moving* (2025), as Doctor
- *The Hyperions* (2022), as Hugh Montgomery
- *Blood Moon* (2021), as Dr. Rainer
- *Ford v Ferrari* (2019), as Edwin Turley — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ford-v-ferrari.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, as Dr. Weddle — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, as Elder #1
- *Forever* (2018), series, as Older White Haired Oceansider
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, as Owner — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Colony* (2016), series, as American Delegate
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Dr. Henderson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Complacent* (2012), as Dick Sanderson
- *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as Dinner Host
- *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Golfer
- *Poseidon* (2006), as Nick — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *Fields Of Freedom* (2006), as General Garnett
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Dr. Sherman — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Sam Drake
- *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), as Captain Oliver — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, Actor
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Dr. Graydon Whitcomb
- *Power Play* (2002), as McCullough
- *Vanilla Sky* (2001), as Older Editor (uncredited) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md)
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Seymour
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Defense Psychologist
- *A Few Good Men* (1992), as Jury Foreman — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-few-good-men.md)
- *Intimate Stranger* (1991), as Cop #4
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Arnold Radison, Father Galva — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Grifters* (1990), as Guy in bar — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)
- *Gross Anatomy* (1989), as Interviewing Professor
- *L.A. Takedown* (1989), as Forensic Technician
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Janson
- *Police Story: The Freeway Killings* (1987), as Reporter
- *I Am Joe's Heart* (1987), as Doctor
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Prosecutor Richardson
- *Happy* (1983), as Organist
- *Marian Rose White* (1982), as Attendant
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Private Detective
- *The Black Dog*, as Dan

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