Scott Glenn

American actor with a career spanning five decades, celebrated for commanding roles across film and television.

Scott Glenn - Personal Information

  • Name: Scott Glenn
  • Date of Birth: January 26, 1939
  • Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Gender: Male
  • Job Title: Actor

Biography

Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1939) is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in She Came to the Valley (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), John Adcox in Backdraft (1991), Bill Burton in Absolute Power (1997), Roger in Training Day (2001), Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Chris Chenery in Secretariat (2010), Kevin Garvey Sr. in the HBO series The Leftovers (2014–2017), and as Stick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil (2015–2016) and The Defenders (2017).

Selected Filmography

A look at Scott Glenn's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.

  • Greenland 2: Migration (2026) as Dale
  • Eugene the Marine (2025) as Gene Lee Grady
  • A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (2025) as Self (archive footage)
  • Bad Monkey (TV - 2024) as Jim Yancy
  • The Hill (2023) as Red Murff
  • The White Lotus (TV - 2021) as Jim Hollinger
  • The Real Hunt for Red October (TV - 2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Greenland (2020) as Dale
  • Castle Rock (TV - 2018) as Alan Pangborn
  • Marvel's The Defenders (TV - 2017) as Stick

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