--- name: "Jay Acovone" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-acovone" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 August 1955" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-19T17:09:09.747094+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." --- # Jay Acovone Actor. Born 20 August 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 August 1955, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1996–2003 - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2000s 71 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Drama 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,682m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Acovone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42547 ## Biography Jay Acovone is an American actor born on 20 August 1955 in New York City. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. His early career included a role opposite Al Pacino in the 1980 film *Cruising*. Acovone has appeared in over 100 film and television credits across four decades. He is known for recurring television roles including D.A. Joe Maxwell in *Beauty and the Beast* (1987–1990) and Major Charles Kawalsky in *Stargate SG-1* (1997–2005). Film credits include *Independence Day* (1996), *Cast Away* (2000) and *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), where he played the officer who pulls over the T-X, a connection to his former *Beauty and the Beast* co-star Linda Hamilton. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Fi1m 61, as Cop - Westside Street — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md) - *Cast Away* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Pilot Peter — [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md) - *Independence Day* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Area 51 Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md) ## Complete filmography (86) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Rattlesnakes* (2019), as Jamie Jarret - *Lethal Weapon* (2016), series, as Elliott - *A Stranger in Paradise* (2013), as The Interrogator - *Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods* (2009), as Major Charles Kawalsky - *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Nicky Shaw - *InAlienable* (2008), as Gerhard - *Traci Townsend* (2007), as Jesse - *The Hills Have Eyes 2* (2007), as Wilson - *Shadow People* (2007), as Eerie Man - *World Trade Center* (2006), as Donna's Male Neighbor - *Paved with Good Intentions* (2006), as John Barrhauser - *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Detective Morrison - *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Vance - *Mobsters and Mormons* (2005), as Jackie - *Sharkskin 6* (2005), as Molina - *Rancid* (2004), Actor - *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Paul Gionetti - *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Tom Collison (2005) - *NCIS* (2003), series, as Frankie Dean - *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Ray Abazon - *S.W.A.T.* (2003), as Lear Jet Pilot - *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), as Cop - Westside Street — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md) - *Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone* (2002), Actor - *Monk* (2002), series, as Ray Galardi - *Collateral Damage* (2002), as Bennie - *24* (2001), series, as Tom Wegman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md) - *Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles* (2001), as Eric - *The Seventh Sense* (2001), as Melvin Snow - *The Amati Girls* (2001), as Mr. Moltiani - *Cast Away* (2000), as Pilot Peter — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md) - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Tommy Grazetti - *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Jimmy Gentile - *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, as O'Ryan - *The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood* (2000), as B.B. Bascomb - *Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For* (2000), as Lt. Det. Bob Mankowski - *Molly* (1999), as Jack the Bartender - *Providence* (1999), series, as Vincent, Aldini - *Charmed* (1998), series, as Keats - *On the Line* (1998), as Capt. Unander - *Time Under Fire* (1997), as Schmidt - *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show* (1997), series, Actor - *The Peacemaker* (1997), as Cop - *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Charles Kawalsky, Captain Charles Kawalsky - *Crash Dive* (1997), as Murphy - *Opposite Corners* (1997), as Puggy - *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Det. Stan Wilkins - *Crime of the Century* (1996), as Sgt. Wallace - *Foxfire* (1996), as Chuck - *Independence Day* (1996), as Area 51 Guard — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md) - *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Gary Hendrickson - *Crosscut* (1995), as Frank - *JAG* (1995), series, as Col. Harry R. Presser - *Sliders* (1995), series, as Dr. Tassler, Ben Siegel III, Stu - *Friends* (1994), series, as Fireman Charlie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md) - *Viper* (1994), series, as Victor Rand - *Lookin' Italian* (1994), as Vinny Pallazzo - *Desperately Looking For Success* (1994), as Al Mariotti - *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Clifton Moloney - *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Detective Curtis, Duffy Haskell — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) - *Born to Run* (1993), as Richie - *Conflict of Interest* (1993), as Det. Bob Falcone - *Marked for Murder* (1993), as Minelli - *The Magician* (1993), as David Katz - *Doctor Mordrid* (1992), as Tony Gaudio - *Renegade* (1992), series, as Russell - *Nails* (1992), as Capt. Evan Graham - *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, as Goucho - *Stepfather 3* (1992), as Steve Davis - *Quicksand: No Escape* (1992), as Det. Harris - *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, Actor - *The Commish* (1991), series, Actor - *Out for Justice* (1991), as Bobby Arms - *Hardball* (1989), series, Actor - *Cold Steel* (1987), as Cookie - *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, Actor - *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Joe Maxwell - *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1987), series, Actor - *Women of Valor* (1986), as Capt. Rader - *Matlock* (1986), series, as Bruce Jacobs, Joe Ahern - *Growing Pains* (1985), series, as Jake - *Hollywood Beat* (1985), series, as Det. Jack Rado - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Det. Sgt. Vinnie Grillo, Sgt. Nick Acosta, Lieutenant Nick Acosta - *Parole* (1982), as Leo - *Times Square* (1980), as Plainclothes Cop - *Cruising* (1980), as Skip Lee - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Bruno Romano — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) ## Gallery - ![Jay Acovone in Malibu 1989](https://film.one/media/person/408820/gallery-693ae9165005.jpg) Jay Acovone in Malibu 1989 — Guybear1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Jayfoto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jay Acovone](https://film.one/media/person/408820/gallery-a53b4f52f697.jpg) Jay Acovone — Suzan Marie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Jay_Acovone_Creation_Con_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jay Acovone](https://film.one/media/person/408820/gallery-9d305f356d09.jpg) Jay Acovone — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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