Scott Glenn
Acting • Born 1939-01-26
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).
Filmography
115 credits
Apocalypse Now
Movie • 1979
Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
Absolute Power
Movie • 1997
Bill Burton
The Silence of the Lambs
Movie • 1991
Jack Crawford
Training Day
Movie • 2001
Roger
The Virgin Suicides
Movie • 2000
Father Moody
Carla's Song
Movie • 1996
Bradley
Freedom Writers
Movie • 2007
Steve Gruwell
W.
Movie • 2008
Donald Rumsfeld
The Hunt for Red October
Movie • 1990
CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)
Nashville
Movie • 1975
Pfc. Glenn Kelly
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie • 2007
CIA Director Ezra Kramer
The Hill
Movie • 2023
Red Murff
The Player
Movie • 1992
Scott Glenn
Backdraft
Movie • 1991
John 'Axe' Adcox
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Movie • 2005
Charles Duke (voice)
The Shipping News
Movie • 2001
Jack Buggit
Camille
Movie • 2008
Sheriff Foster
Silverado
Movie • 1985
Emmett
Sucker Punch
Movie • 2011
Wise Man
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie • 2002
Sergeant Lee
More American Graffiti
Movie • 1979
Newt
The Right Stuff
Movie • 1983
Alan Shepard
The Keep
Movie • 1983
Glaeken Trismegestus
Personal Best
Movie • 1982
Terry Tingloff
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
Movie • 2004
Clayton Price
Countdown to Looking Glass
Movie • 1984
Michael Boyle
Gargoyles
Movie • 1972
James Reeger
Firestorm
Movie • 1998
Wynt Perkins
Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Angels Hard as They Come
Movie • 1971
Long John
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Movie • 1995
J.P. Stiles
Gone But Not Forgotten
Movie • 2005
Martin Darius
Journey to the End of the Night
Movie • 2006
Rosso
Lesser Prophets
Movie • 1997
Iggy
The River
Movie • 1984
Joe Wade
Off Limits
Movie • 1988
Colonel Dexter Armstrong
A Painted House
Movie • 2003
Eli 'Pappy' Chandler
Urban Cowboy
Movie • 1980
Wes
The Challenge
Movie • 1982
Rick
The Bourne Legacy
Movie • 2012
Ezra Kramer
Wild Geese II
Movie • 1985
John Haddad
Secretariat
Movie • 2010
Chris Chenery
Faith of My Fathers
Movie • 2005
Jack McCain
Man on Fire
Movie • 1987
Creasy
The Last Marshal
Movie • 1999
Cole McClary
Night of the Running Man
Movie • 1995
David Eckhart
The Paperboy
Movie • 2012
W.W. Jansen
Reckless
Movie • 1995
Lloyd
Fighting Mad
Movie • 1976
Charlie Hunter
Extreme Justice
Movie • 1993
Dan Vaughn
Homeland Security
Movie • 2004
Joe Johnson
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Movie • 1991
H.D. Dalton
The Verne Miller Story
Movie • 1988
Verne Miller
The Baby Maker
Movie • 1970
Tad Jacks
She Came To The Valley
Movie • 1979
Bill Lester
The Spy Within
Movie • 1994
William B. Rickman
Hex
Movie • 1973
Jimbang
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Bill Dalton
Shadowhunter
Movie • 1993
John Cain
Blood Meridian Test Reel
Movie • 2011
Tobin The Ex Priest
Code Breakers
Movie • 2005
Coach Earl 'Red' Blaik
Past Tense
Movie • 1994
Gene Ralston
In Pursuit of Treasure
Movie • 1972
Intrigue
Movie • 1988
Crawford
Into the Grizzly Maze
Movie • 2015
Sully
Miss Firecracker
Movie • 1989
Mac Sam
Vertical Limit
Movie • 2000
Montgomery Wick
Slaughter of the Innocents
Movie • 1993
Stephen Broderick
As Summers Die
Movie • 1986
Willie Croft
Edie & Pen
Movie • 1996
Harry
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Daniel Muldoon
The Barber
Movie • 2015
Eugene Van Wingerdt
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Daniel Muldoon
Magic Valley
Movie • 2011
Ed Halfner
Courage Under Fire
Movie • 1996
Gartner
Eugene the Marine
Movie • 2025
Gene Lee Grady
The Making of Silverado
Movie • 1999
Self
Larga distancia
Movie • 1997
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Movie • 2003
Self
Mara
Movie • 1991
Henry
The Seventh Stream
Movie • 2001
Owen Quinn
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Movie • 1991
Henry
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 2001
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 2002
Self
Surfer, Dude
Movie • 2008
Alister Greenbough
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Movie • 2005
Self
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Movie • 2000
Self
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Movie • 2015
Self
Greenland
Movie • 2020
Dale
The Outside Woman
Movie • 1989
Jesse Smith
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 1991
Self
Bataan Rescue
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Nights in Rodanthe
Movie • 2008
Robert Torrelson
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Greenland 2: Migration
Movie • 2026
Dale
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Monk
TV • 2002
Sheriff Rollins
Baretta
TV • 1975
The Edge of Night
TV • 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Owen Quinn
The Patty Duke Show
TV • 1963
The Sixth Sense
TV • 1972
Homeland Security
TV • 2004
Joe Johnson
Marvel's Daredevil
TV • 2015
Stick
Castle Rock
TV • 2018
Alan Pangborn
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Real Hunt for Red October
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Leftovers
TV • 2014
Kevin Garvey Sr.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Eli "Pappy" Chandler
Ironside
TV • 1967
Lonnie Burnett
Ironside
TV • 1967
Frank Lenox
Bad Monkey
TV • 2024
Jim Yancy
Marvel's The Defenders
TV • 2017
Stick
The White Lotus
TV • 2021
Jim Hollinger
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Forklift Driver (uncredited)