Anthony Zerbe

Zerbe was born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, and served a stint in the United States Air Force before heading off to New York to study drama under noted acting coach Stella Adler.

Was inspired to become an actor after seeing Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in the play "Picnic" on Broadway (1953).

Attended and graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California (1958).

Served in the United States Air Force from 1959-1961.

Hailing from Long Beach, California, talented character actor Anthony Zerbe has kept busy in Hollywood and on stage since the late 1960s, often playing villainous or untrustworthy characters, with his narrow gaze and unsettling smirk.

He made his screen debut as Dutchie, one of Charlton Heston's fellow cowhands in the western Will Penny (1967), played a miner in The Molly Maguires (1970), was a post-apocalyptic, lunatic messiah in The Omega Man (1971), hustled a naive Paul Newman in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), played a leper colony leader in Papillon (1973) and a former lawman gone bad in Rooster Cogburn (1975).

Zerbe also starred alongside David Janssen in the television series Harry O (1973) as the urbane, nattily dressed Lieutenant K. C. Trench, Janssen's sometime nemesis, for which he picked up an Emmy Award.

Definitely in strong demand for sinister roles, Zerbe played a crazed scientist in the corny Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978), was an arrogant father in DEAD ZONE (1983), made a great General Ulysses S.

Grant in North and South, Book II (1986), starred in the military drama Opposing Force (1986) and suffered a grisly demise in an airlock full of money in the James Bond thriller Licence To Kill (1989).

Has done regular two-month tours with Roscoe Lee Browne, reading lyric and dramatic verse in a production entitled "Behind the Broken Words" (1996).

He and his sister-in-law Salome Jens have both played "Star Trek" villains. He played Admiral Matthew Dougherty in Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998) while she played the Female Changeling on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Has performed a continuing project of Colorado writer, poet and lyricist Joe Henry, entitled "Prelude to Lime Creek", which he has adapted for the stage (2000).

Most recently, Zerbe has been seen as Councillor Hamann in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003). In addition to his extensive television and film appearances, Zerbe has appeared in Broadway productions including "The Little Foxes", "Terra Nova" and "Solomon's Child". He was in residence for five summer seasons at The Old Globe Theatre playing several key Shakespearean characters to strong critical acclaim. He has also held residencies at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, the Arena Stage in Washington, D. C. , and the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston.