Peter Jason

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Peter Edward Ostling (July 22, 1944 - February 20, 2025), also known as Peter Jason, was an American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television shows and eighty films. He played Con Stapleton in the series Deadwood. He was a frequent collaborator with Walter Hill and John Carpenter on their films, eight and six times respectively. He voiced Sergeant Dornan in the video game Fallout 2. Jason starred in supporting roles for the films 48 Hrs. and Arachnophobia.

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Known For

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Senator Sherwood

The Karate Kid

Soccer Coach

Scorpion

General Talbertse

Hail, Caesar!

Director

The Hunt for Red October

Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)

They Live

Gilbert

Adaptation.

Defense Attorney

Mortal Kombat

Master Boyd

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Christmas at Mistletoe Manor MOVIE	Louis
2025	The Cowboy Killer MOVIE	Paul
2024	Barney & Herb MOVIE	Herb
2022	We Are Gathered Here Today MOVIE	Henry Stone
2021	Deep in the Forest MOVIE	Mark Goodman
2020	The Assent MOVIE	Father Lambert
2019	Deadwood: The Movie MOVIE	Con Stapleton
2019	Heavenly Deposit MOVIE	Steven
2018	The Other Side of the Wind MOVIE	Grover
2018	Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live MOVIE	Self
2018	Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness MOVIE	Self
2018	They'll Love Me When I'm Dead MOVIE	Self
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom MOVIE	Senator Sherwood
2018	High & Outside: A Baseball Noir MOVIE	Harold
2018	Get Married or Die MOVIE	Frank
2017	The Nth Ward MOVIE	Jeffrey
2017	The Terror of Hallow's Eve MOVIE	Dr. Hamilton
2016	Sister Cities MOVIE	Dr. Timmins
2016	It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned MOVIE	Self
2016	Hail, Caesar! MOVIE	Director
2016	Baskets TV	Uncle Jim
2014	Scorpion TV	General Talbertse
2014	Return to Zero MOVIE	Gerry
2014	Mixels TV	Major Nixel, Tuth, Sharx
2014	Mixels TV	Major Nixel, Turg, Wuzzo
2014	Merkin Penal MOVIE	Sargent Sacrifice
2013	Willow Creek MOVIE	Ranger Troy Andrews
2013	Queen City MOVIE	Bernie Donovan
2013	Robosapien: Rebooted MOVIE	Admiral Victor
2012	1600 Penn TV	General Harrigan
2012	Longmire TV	Abel 'Jenk' Jenkins
2012	Heal Thyself MOVIE	Dennis Hill
2011	Annie Claus Is Coming to Town MOVIE	Santa
2011	From the Head MOVIE	Jim
2011	Hopelessly in June MOVIE	Frankie Flowers
2011	Son of Morning MOVIE	Ned Jensen
2011	Little Murder MOVIE	Captain
2011	Valley of the Sun MOVIE	Myron McGill
2010	How to Make Love to a Woman MOVIE	Mr. Conners
2010	Justified TV	Owen Carnes
2009	Falling Up MOVIE	John O'Shea
2009	Mending Fences MOVIE	Hank Bentley
2009	Castle TV	Sheriff Sloan
2008	Raising the Bar TV	Rex
2008	Gemini Division TV	Self
2008	Crash and Burn MOVIE	Winston Manny
2008	The Man Who Came Back MOVIE	The Warden
2007	Dirty Sexy Money TV	Larry Foundry
2007	Chuck TV	General Merriweather
2007	Moving McAllister MOVIE	Mr. Robinson
2007	Claire MOVIE	Harry Bannion
2007	Planet Raptor MOVIE	Sgt. Pappy Mathis
2007	Mad Men TV	Len McKenzie
2007	Harpies MOVIE	Vorian
2007	Richard III MOVIE	Ringside Announcer
2007	John from Cincinnati TV	Self
2006	Big John MOVIE	Self
2006	The Christmas Card MOVIE	Richard
2006	The Enigma with a Stigma MOVIE	Bill Herman
2006	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde MOVIE	Lt. Hamilton
2005	American Black Beauty MOVIE	Mayor Bart Williams
2005	Kicking & Screaming MOVIE	Clark
2005	Alien Apocalypse MOVIE	President Demsky
2005	Frostbite MOVIE	Colonel Jaffe
2005	Confessions of an Action Star MOVIE	(uncredited)
2004	Desperate Housewives TV	Jeff
2004	Surviving Christmas MOVIE	Suit
2004	Patients MOVIE	Callie's Dad
2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself MOVIE	Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
2004	Raptor Island MOVIE	The Captain
2004	Hair High MOVIE	Coach (voice)
2004	John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies MOVIE	Self
2004	Deadwood TV	Con Stapleton
2004	Employee of the Month MOVIE	Bill Gartin
2004	The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story MOVIE	Ron Grantski
2003	Arrested Development TV	Mr. Jordan
2003	Arrested Development TV	Storage Dave
2003	Cold Case TV	Charlie Gleason
2003	NCIS TV	SGM Robert King
2003	Carnivàle TV	Lou Edwards
2003	Seabiscuit MOVIE	Reporter Max
2003	Detonator MOVIE	U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg
2003	Mister Sterling TV	Self
2002	Live from Baghdad MOVIE	Stu
2002	Adaptation. MOVIE	Defense Attorney
2002	Almost a Woman MOVIE	Mr. Fuller
2002	13th Child MOVIE	Coroner
2002	Undisputed MOVIE	Oakland TV Announcer
2002	The Rose Technique MOVIE	Detective Atwood
2002	Hard Cash MOVIE	The Counter Boss
2001	Ghosts of Mars MOVIE	Engineer McSimms
2001	Cahoots MOVIE	Eddie
2001	Out of the Wilderness MOVIE	Judge Battle
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Walter Gersh
2000	Jackie Chan Adventures TV	Farmer MacDonald (voice)
2000	Titus TV	Ridge
2000	Mystery Kids MOVIE	Monte Harrington
1999	The New Woody Woodpecker Show TV	Mr. Lux (voice)
1999	The New Woody Woodpecker Show TV	Dog Announcer (voice)
1999	The New Woody Woodpecker Show TV	Captain Goodlife /Wimpole (voice)
1999	The New Woody Woodpecker Show TV	Rock Granite (voice)
1999	Batman Beyond: The Movie MOVIE	Coach Creagar (voice)
1999	Batman Beyond TV	Coach Creagar (voice)
1999	Providence TV	Frank Moore
1998	Air America TV	Mark McCormick
1997	Mike Hammer, Private Eye TV	Self
1997	The New Batman Adventures TV	Manny (voice)
1997	Perversions of Science TV	Priest
1997	Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer MOVIE	Mr. Sheehy
1997	Dante's Peak MOVIE	Norman Gates
1996	Valley Girls MOVIE	Cop
1996	The Glimmer Man MOVIE	Millie’s Father
1996	Women: Stories of Passion TV	Joan's Husband
1996	Arli$$ TV	Marty Polk
1996	Escape from L.A. MOVIE	Duty Sergeant
1996	Nash Bridges TV	Frank
1995	Wild Bill MOVIE	Dave McCandless
1995	Rage MOVIE	Griggs
1995	JAG TV	Randy Hamill
1995	Murder One TV	Mr. Sheehy
1995	The Naked Truth TV	Senator Wilburn
1995	Mortal Kombat MOVIE	Master Boyd
1995	Congo MOVIE	Mr. Janus
1995	Village of the Damned MOVIE	Ben Blum
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV	The Royal Treasurer (voice)
1995	The Demolitionist MOVIE	Higgins
1995	In the Mouth of Madness MOVIE	Mr. Paul
1995	A Whole New Ballgame TV	Self
1994	Deconstructing Sarah MOVIE	Cliff
1993	Body Bags MOVIE	Gent
1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues TV	Lou
1993	Working with Orson Welles MOVIE	Himself
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV	Travis Stone
1992	Batman: The Animated Series TV	Mason (voice)
1991	Herman's Head TV	Fritz
1990	Marked for Death MOVIE	Pete Stone
1990	Arachnophobia MOVIE	Henry Beechwood
1990	The Hunt for Red October MOVIE	Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
1989	Johnny Handsome MOVIE	Mr. Bonet
1989	Jack in the Box MOVIE	Reese
1989	Quantum Leap TV	Kilpatrick
1989	Coach TV	Harry Heftler
1989	From the Dead of Night MOVIE	Self
1988	They Live MOVIE	Gilbert
1988	Annie McGuire TV	Self
1988	Roseanne TV	Self
1988	Alien Nation MOVIE	Fedorchuk
1988	Dear John TV	Bill Conners
1988	Red Heat MOVIE	TV Announcer
1988	Sunset MOVIE	Frank Coe
1987	Prince of Darkness MOVIE	Dr. Paul Leahy
1987	A Different World TV	Mr. Schmect
1987	Party Camp MOVIE	Sarge
1987	Married... with Children TV	Manager
1987	The Betty Ford Story MOVIE	Counselor
1986	Heartbreak Ridge MOVIE	Major G.F. Devin
1986	Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star MOVIE	Self
1986	Amazing Stories MOVIE	Commander
1986	Eat or Be Eaten MOVIE	Self
1985	Amazing Stories TV	commander
1985	Izzy & Moe MOVIE	Bartender
1985	The Golden Girls TV	Policeman
1985	Command 5 MOVIE	Warden Bryan
1985	Brewster's Millions MOVIE	Chuck Fleming
1985	A Reason to Live MOVIE	Dick Biheller
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Vincent Nader
1984	Impulse MOVIE	Man in Truck
1984	Cover Up TV	Self
1984	Oxford Blues MOVIE	Mr. De Angelo
1984	Dreamscape MOVIE	Babcock
1984	The Karate Kid MOVIE	Soccer Coach
1984	Streets of Fire MOVIE	Ardmore Cop Harry
1984	Mister Roberts MOVIE	Chief Johnson
1984	Angel MOVIE	The John
1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King TV	Brockett
1983	Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land MOVIE	Schultie
1982	48 Hrs. MOVIE	Cowboy Bartender
1982	Trick or Treats MOVIE	Malcolm O'Keefe
1982	Remington Steele TV	Foreman
1982	Remington Steele TV	Martin Rome
1982	Silver Spoons TV	Agent McConnell
1982	Filthy Rich TV	Self
1982	Some Kind of Hero MOVIE	Honcho #1
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Leonard Nolan
1982	Butterfly MOVIE	Allen
1981	Splendor in the Grass MOVIE	Coach
1981	Mommie Dearest MOVIE	Pepsi Executive #4
1981	Nice Dreams MOVIE	Det. Drooler
1981	Texas Lightning MOVIE	Frank Whitman
1981	Beyond the Universe MOVIE	Self
1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb MOVIE	Self
1980	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story MOVIE	Lt. Micklin
1980	The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story MOVIE	TV Reporter
1980	The Long Riders MOVIE	The Pinkertons
1980	Angel on My Shoulder MOVIE	Self
1980	The Baltimore Bullet MOVIE	Bert
1979	Knots Landing TV	Security Expert
1979	Disaster on the Coastliner MOVIE	LeBoux
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Policeman
1979	Hart to Hart TV	McCoy
1979	The Illegal MOVIE	Self
1979	B. J. and the Bear TV	Ansel
1978	The Driver MOVIE	Commuter
1978	With This Ring MOVIE	Dirk
1977	The Incredible Hulk TV	Bennett
1975	One Day at a Time TV	Self
1975	Starsky & Hutch TV	Fred Oates
1972	Kung Fu TV	Townsman (uncredited)
1970	Rio Lobo MOVIE	Lt. Ned Forsythe
1968	Shadow on the Land MOVIE	Man at Airport (uncredited)
1968	Land of the Giants TV	Mylo
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Jack Rigney
1967	A Bell for Adano MOVIE	Duty Officer
1967	Judd for the Defense TV	Self
1967	Cimarron Strip TV	Groom
1967	Cimarron Strip TV	David Arlyn
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Link
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Clint Bickford
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Cully Haimes
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Colt Gentry
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Pope
	Back of Book MOVIE	Roy Watkins
	Knights of the Kitchen Table TV	Rick Stepjack

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