Elliott Gould is an American actor.
He is known for his performances in film such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), M*A*S*H (1970), The Long Goodbye (1973), California Split (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), American History X (1998), the Ocean's film franchise (2001, 2004, 2007, 2018), Contagion (2011), and Ruby Sparks (2012).
He is also known for his performances in television shows such as Friends, Ray Donovan, Mulaney, Grace and Frankie, and The Kominsky Method.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1964 Quick, Let's Get Married The Mute 1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's Billy Minsky 1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Ted Henderson1970 M*A*S*H Capt. "Trapper" John Francis Xavier McIntyre Getting Straight Harry Bailey Move Hiram Jaffe I Love My Wife Richard Burrows1971 Little Murders Alfred Chamberlain The Touch David Kovac 1973 The Long Goodbye Philip Marlowe 1974 Busting Vice Detective Michael Keneely Who? Sean RogersS*P*Y*S Griff California Split Charlie Waters 1975 Nashville Himself Cameo Whiffs Dudley Frapper Mean Johnny Barrows The Professor1976 I Will, I Will... for Now Les BinghamHarry and Walter Go to New York Walter Hill 1977 A Bridge Too Far Col. Bobby Stout1978 Capricorn One Robert Caulfield Matilda Bernie Bonnelli The Silent Partner Miles Cullen 1979 Escape to Athena Charlie Dane The Muppet Movie Beauty Contest Compere Cameo The Lady Vanishes Robert Condon1980 The Last Flight of Noah's Ark Noah Dugan Falling in Love Again Harry Lewis1981 The Devil and Max Devlin Max Devlin Dirty Tricks Prof. Colin Chandler 1983 Tramps Willie Zobel1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge Alby Sherman The Naked Face Angeli The Muppets Take Manhattan Cop in Pete's Cameo 1986Inside Out Jimmy Morgan1987 Lethal Obsession Serge Gart My First Forty Years Nino Ranuzzi 1988 The Telephone Rodney Dangerous Love Rick1989 The Big Picture Lawyer Uncredited cameo Night Visitor Ron Devereaux The Lemon Sisters Fred Frank Massacre Play Theo Steiner Secret Scandal Film director 1990 I'll Be Going Now Alcide Dead Men Don't Die Barry Barron1991 Bugsy Harry Greenberg Beyond Justice Red Murchison1992 The Player Himself Cameo Judgement Judge Callow Direct-to-video Wet and Wild Summer! Mike McCain1993 Amore! George Levine Hoffman's Hunger Felix Hoffman1994 Naked Gun : The Final Insult Himself Uncredited cameo The Glass Shield Greenspan Bleeding Hearts Mr. Baum1995 A Boy Called Hate Richard Kicking and Screaming Grover's Dad Cover Me Capt. Richards The Dangerous Levine The Feminine Touch Kahn Direct-to-video 1996 Johns Manny Gold1997 Inside Out Aaron's Father Short film City of Industry Gangster Uncredited cameo Busted TV show host Direct-to-video Camp Stories Older David Katz1998 Michael Kael vs. the World News Company CooganThe Big Hit Morton Shulman American History X Murray Caminho dos Sonhos Samuel Stern2000 Playing Mona Lisa Bernie Goldstein Picking Up the Pieces Father LaCage Boys Life 3 Aaron's Father Segment: "Inside Out"2001 Ocean's Eleven Reuben Tishkoff The Experience Box Dr. Keith Huber Also producer 2002 Puckoon Dr. Goldstein The Cat Returns Toto English dub 2004 Ocean's Twelve Reuben Tishkoff 2006 Open Window John2007 Ocean's Thirteen Reuben Tishkoff Saving Sarah Cain Bill The Ten Commandments God Voice; Direct-to-DVD2008 The Deal Rabbi Seth Gutterman The Caller Frank Turlotte 2009 Little Hercules in 3-D Socrates 2010 Expecting Mary Horace Weitzel Morning Male Doctor Goodman2011 The Encore of Tony Duran Jerry Braill Contagion Dr. Ian Sussman Dorfman Burt Dorfman Art & Sex Therapist Also executive producer2012 Noah's Ark: The New Beginning God Voice; Direct-to-DVD Switchmas Sam Finkelstein Fred Won't Move Out Fred Ruby Sparks Dr. Rosenthal Divorce Invitation Paul Lipnicks 2013 Live at the Foxes Den Paul Munchak 2014 Yellowbird The Owl Voice 2016 The History of Love Bruno Leibovitch 2017 Humor Me Bob Kroll 2018 Ocean's 8 Reuben Tishkoff 2020 Dangerous Lies Leonard 2023 You People Mr. Greenbaum2024Legend of DestructionRabbi Ben ZakkaiEnglish dub
Sources: Turner Classic Movies
Television Year Title Role Notes 1964 Once Upon a Mattress Jester Television film 1972 The Special London Bridge Special The Villain Television special 1976ABC Olivia Newton-John Special with Elliott GouldHimself 1976–1980 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 6 episodes 1979Cher... and Other FantasiesSign PainterTelevision special 1982 The Rules of Marriage Michael Hagen Television film 1983 Faerie Tale Theatre The Giant Episode: "Jack and the Beanstalk" 1984–1985 E/R Dr. Howard Sheinfeld 23 episodes 1986 Vanishing Act Lieutenant Rudameyer Television film The Twilight Zone Harry Folger Episode: "The Misfortune Cookie" Tall Tales & Legends Casey Episode: "Casey at the Bat" Together We Stand David Randall 6 episodes 1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 Leonard Weinglass Television film Frog Bill Anderson 1988 Act of Betrayal Callaghan 1989 Murder, She Wrote Lt. J. T. Hanna Episode: "The Error of Her Ways" 1990 Stolen: One Husband Martin Slade Television film 1991 Sessions Dr. Bookman 6 episodes The Hitchhiker Augie Benson Episode: "A Whole New You" Beyond Justice Red Murchison 3 episodes 1992 The Ray Bradbury Theatre Leo Auffmann Episode: "The Happiness Machine" Somebody's Daughter Hindeman Television film 1993 Frogs! Bill Anderson Bloodlines: Murder in the Family Stewart Woodman L.A. Law Ed Morrison 3 episodes Moon Over Miami Gavin Mills Episode: "In a Safe Place" 1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Vincent Winninger Episode: "Witness" Burke's Law Harry Waters Episode: "Who Killed the Host at the Roast?" Screen One Joe Warren Episode: "Doggin' Around" 1994–2003 Friends Jack Geller 20 episodes 1995 The Magic School Bus Mr. Perlstein Episode: "Going Batty" Cybill Himself UncreditedEpisode: "The Last Temptation of Cybill" P.C.H Randy's Father Television film 1996 Touched by an Angel Max Episode: "Dear God" 1997 The Shining Stuart Ullman Episode #1.1 Shanghai 1937 Hutchinson 2 episodes 1997–1998 Hey Arnold! Rabbi Goldberg (voice) 2 episodes 1998 Diagnosis: Murder Peyton Cartwright Episode: "Drill for Death" Mentors Albert Einstein Episode: "The Genius" Getting Personal Jack Kacmarczyk 17 episodes 1999 It's Like, You Know... Himself 3 episodes 2000 Just Shoot Me! Himself Uncredited; Episode: "Hot Nights in Paris" 2001 Life with David J Todd Pilot 2002–2003 Baby Bob Sam Spencer 14 episodes 2003 The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Vegas Dick Clay Pilot Las Vegas The Professor Episode: "Jokers and Fools" K Street Bergstrom 3 episodes 2003, 2007 Kim Possible Mr. Stoppable (voice) 7 episodes 2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Mr. Stoppable (voice) Television film 2004 Bad Apple Buddha Stanzione 2005 Crumbs Frank Bergman 2 episodes Agatha Christie's Poirot Rufus Van Aldin Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" 2006 Masters of Horror Barney Episode: "The Screwfly Solution" 2007 St. Urbain's Horseman Uncle Abe 2 episodes American Dad! Russell Rothberg (voice) Episode: An Apocalypse to Remember 2008 WordGirl Masked Meat Marauder (voice) Episode: "The Masked Meat Marauder" 2009 Drop Dead Diva Larry Baxter Episode: "Second Chances" Law & Order Stan Harkavy Episode: "Shotgun" Uncorked Paul Browning Television film 2010 The Life & Times of Tim Dr. Fishman (voice) Episode: "Personality Disorder" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Earnest Boozell Episode: "Pool Shark" 2011 The Cape Samuel 2 episodes 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Walter Thompkins Episode: "Lessons Learned" I'm Not Dead Yet Irv Television film Listen to Grandpa, Andy Ling Grandpa 3 episodes 2013–2016 Ray Donovan Ezra Goldman 19 episodes 2013 Back in the Game Louie Episode: "I'll Slide Home for Christmas" 2014 Sensitive Skin Dr. H. Cass 3 episodes The Michaels Max Barnworth Television film 2014–2015 Mulaney Oscar 13 episodes 2015 Maron Himself Episode: "Stroke of Luck" Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures Sir Loin (voice) Episode: "Hunger Pains" 2016Hawaii Five-0 Leo Hirsch Episode: "Pilina Koko" 2017Doubt Isaiah Roth 13 episodes 2017–2018 9JKL Harry 16 episodes 2018 The Kominsky Method Himself Episode: "An Agent Crowns" 2020 Grace and Frankie Dr. Rogers Episode: "The Funky Walnut" 2021 Friends: The Reunion Himself HBO Max special Ten Year Old Tom Tom's Grampa (voice) Episode: "Tomz Lemonade/A Tale of Two Lunch Ladies" Fairfax Uncle Mendy (voice) Episode: "Fairfolks" 2022–2026 The Lincoln Lawyer David "Legal" Siegel 13 episodes2025Monster: The Ed Gein StoryWeegeeEpiode: "Ice"
Video games Year Title Voice Role Notes 1997 Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders Captain Richards 2005 Friends: The One with All the Trivia Jack Geller 2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours Brent Stein
Theatre Year Title Role Venue 1957 Rumple Ensemble Alvin Theatre, Broadway1958 Say, Darling Earl Jorgensen ANTA Theatre, Broadway1960 Irma La Douce Various roles The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 1962 I Can Get It for You Wholesale Harry Bogen Shubert Theatre, Broadway1965 Drat! The Cat! Bob Purefoy Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway1967 Little Murders Alfred Chamberlain Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway1983 The Guys in the Truck Al Klein New Apollo Theatre, Broadway
Sources: Playbill and IBDB
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