Jay Acovone's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Beauty and the Beast (1987) Deputy D.A.… Down and Out in Beverly Hills Eddie Hollywood Beat Det. Jack R…

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Jay Acovone starred in various movies during the 2000s and also appeared in several television series including Beauty and the Beast and Hollywood Beat. He also appeared as Charles Kawalsky in season 1, 2, 3 and 8 of Stargate SG-1. He can be seen playing the officer pulling over the TX Terminator in Terminator 3.

He appeared in Criminal Minds, guest-starring as Detective Morrison of the Palm Beach Police Department who enlists the BAU's help in capturing a bomber in the episode, Won't Get Fooled Again. He also appeared in an episode of Friends.

Jay guest starred in an episode of Sliders in season three called "Sole Survivors."

Jay played Skip Lee in the film Cruising (1980).

In Independence Day, he played a guard who at first denies Will Smith's character entrance to Area 51.


TRIVIA:

• Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute for eight months.
• His family owns a dry cleaning business in Mahopac.
• Graduate of Mahopac High School (1973)
• Didn't decide to become an actor until he was 19.
• Attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1977.
• The youngest of three children.