J.E. Freeman photo

J.E. Freeman

Acting

  • Born
  • February 2, 1946
  • Died
  • August 9, 2014
  • Place of birth
  • Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

J.E. Freeman (born February 2, 1946) is an American actor. He was a character actor, often cast in tough guy roles and authority figures. His first movie appearance was in the early 80's actionner An Eye for an Eye in which he plays a tow truck driver who minces words with Chuck Norris.

He is especially known for his menacing characters roles : the evil gangster Marcelles Santos in David Lynch's Wild at Heart, the terrifying Eddie Dane, ferocious gay hitman from Miller's Crossing, and the infamous scientist Mason Wren in Alien Resurrection. Other notable apparitions in : Ruthless People, Patriot Games, Copycat and Go.

He is openly gay. In 2009, he published a letter to the editor on sfgate.com, detailing his reminiscences of the 1969 Stonewall riots.

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ER poster
ER
1994
MacGyver poster
MacGyver
1985
Nip/Tuck poster
Nip/Tuck
2003
Highlander: The Series poster
Highlander: The Series
1992
Fallen Angels poster
Fallen Angels
1993
Alien Resurrection poster
Alien Resurrection
1997
Wild at Heart poster
Wild at Heart
1990
Patriot Games poster
Patriot Games
1992
The Inside poster
The Inside
2005
It Could Happen to You poster
It Could Happen to You
1994
Heartland poster
Heartland
2007
Go poster
Go
1999
Miller's Crossing poster
Miller's Crossing
1990
Copycat poster
Copycat
1995
The Man Who Knew Too Little poster
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Fresno poster
Fresno
1986
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins poster
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
2004
Chase poster
Chase
1985
Ruthless People poster
Ruthless People
1986
The Doctor poster
The Doctor
1991
An Eye for an Eye poster
An Eye for an Eye
1981
Mother's Boys poster
Mother's Boys
1993
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out poster
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
The Fifth Corner
1992
Twice Upon a Time poster
Twice Upon a Time
1983
There Goes My Baby poster
There Goes My Baby
1994
The Couch Trip poster
The Couch Trip
1988
One Good Cop poster
One Good Cop
1991
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart poster
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story poster
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993
Auggie Rose poster
Auggie Rose
2000
Dream with the Fishes poster
Dream with the Fishes
1997
Bitter Harvest poster
Bitter Harvest
1981
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami poster
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
Till Death Us Do Part poster
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
Along for the Ride poster
Along for the Ride
2001
Mystery Woman poster
Mystery Woman
2003
Memphis poster
Memphis
1992
Hard Traveling poster
Hard Traveling
1986
Suspended Animation poster
Suspended Animation
2001
Fool's Gold
1998
Skeleton Woman poster
Skeleton Woman
2000