Jon Korkes


Jonathan David Korkes was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for playing the recurring role of corrections officer Tom Robinson in the American drama television series Oz from 2001 to 2003.

Life and career

Korkes was born in New York, and was raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He attended and graduated from Marblehead High School. He first worked in the theater in Jules Feiffer's Little Murders, directed by Alan Arkin, in 1968. He later began acting in film and television, as his credits include All in the Family, The Front Page, Dr. Vegas, The Day of the Dolphin, Two-Minute Warning, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Getting Away with Murder, Starsky & Hutch, Riding in Cars with Boys, Catch-22, The Outside Man, The Larry Sanders Show, The Out-of-Towners, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Rookies.
Korkes died in New York on December 31, 2025, at the age of 80.

Filmography

  • The Out-of-Towners as Looter
  • Catch-22 as Snowden
  • Little Murders as Kenny Newquist
  • The Outside Man as First Hawk
  • Cinderella Liberty as Dental Corpsman
  • The Day of the Dolphin as David
  • The Front Page as Rudy Keppler
  • Two-Minute Warning as Jeffrey
  • Between the Lines as Frank
  • Jaws of Satan as Dr. Paul Hendricks
  • Worth Winning as Sam
  • Syngenor as Tim Calhoun
  • Too Much Sun as Fuzby Robinson
  • Getting Away with Murder as Chemistry Lab Professor
  • Riding in Cars with Boys as Counselor
  • The Double as Detective