Raymond Forchion


Raymond Forchion is an American actor, writer, producer, and director who has appeared on film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he has appeared on television series such as Burn Notice, Numb3rs, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Femme Fatales, Southland,
Will & Grace, The Golden Girls, Wiseguy and In the Heat of the Night. He has had recurring roles on General Hospital and Miami Vice. His film credits include Flight of the Navigator, Masterblaster and Point Break.
Forchion has appeared in nearly 100 commercials. He also played O.J. Simpson in CBS miniseries, American Tragedy and co-starred in HBO's Emmy-winning movie about the 2000 election, Recount, with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.
In 2007, Forchion produced Confessions of a Thug, a hip-hop musical film starring Daron Fordham, in which an educated street hustler re-examines his life. It won Best Direction from the San Diego Black Film Festival and was an official selection of the Urbanworld/Vibe Film Festival in New York. In 1992, he was a producer of Last Breeze of Summer, which was made at the American Film Institute and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short. The Horrible Dr. Bones, from Forchion's original screenplay, is available in stores now from Full Moon Releasing.
Forchion is a recipient of the 1999 Team Player Award from the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center, a lifetime achievement for service to the film industry.

Personal life

Forchion was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey. Later, he moved to Miami, Florida, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977The African QueenAfrican VillagerTV movie, uncredited
1979Jennifer's JourneyStreet Guy1 episode
1980Angel CityMigrant WorkerTV movie
1980The Wild and the FreeHabibuTV movie
1980¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.?Mike DonahueEpisode: "There Goes the Neighborhood"
1983Feel the HeatDetectivePilot
1984–1986Miami ViceDon/ O'Hara4 episodes
1986Intimate StrangersCorey WellsTV movie
1986Charley HannahN/ATV movie
1987WiseguyCecil DemontEpisode :"Loose Cannon"
1988Bustin' LooseCop1 episode
1988MoonlightingCrime Scene CopEpisode :"And the Flesh Was Made Word"
1988Star Trek: The Next GenerationLt. Ben PrietoEpisode: "Skin of Evil"
1988HemmingwayWillard4 episodes
1991In the Heat of the NightWallace FannoyEpisode :"Just A Country Boy"
1991Bad AttitudesCohnTV movie
1991UsWarden TurnerTV movie
1992The Golden GirlsProfessor BradleyEpisode :"Question and Answers"
1994Smart KidsDadTV movie
1994In a Split SecondFatherTV movie
1995–1996EllenSmitty / Customer #22 episodes
1999City GuysMr. WashingtonEpisode :"Alley Oops"
2000American TragedyO.J SimpsonTV movie
2000Will & GraceClaytonEpisode :"Low in the Mid-Eighties"
2008RecountJeff RobinsonTV movie
2008General HospitalCoast Guard OfficerEpisode #1.11681
2010Numb3rsWayne PetersenEpisode: "Scratch"
2012SouthlandCarterEpisode: "Community"
2012Burn NoticeButch McCallEpisode: "Split Decision"
2012Femme FatalesJudge AldrichEpisode: "Hell Hath No Furies"
2013Grey's AnatomyMinisterEpisode: "Things We Said Today"
2014Taylor'd ProblemsMr. JohnsonEpisode: "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner ?"
2014Franklin & BashMale Board Member #5Episode: "Falcon's Nest"
2014ScandalJudge LancasterEpisode: "An Innocent Man"
2015ShamelessMinisterEpisode: "I'm the Liver"
2015The AdversariesJudge Haywood DempseyTV movie
20162 Lava 2 Lantula !HalTV movie
2016Fresh Off the BoatTed2 episodes
2017InsecureUncle JesseEpisode: "Hella Open"
2018GoliathMayor Peter AndersonEpisode: "Who's Gabriel"
2018SnowfallRushed CustomerEpisode: "Serpiente"
2018Into the DarkHankEpisode: "The Body"
2018Almost PerfectDetective GeorgeTV movie
2018Station 19MinisterEpisode: "Last Day on Earth"
2019S.W.A.TMarcusEpisode: "Funny Money"
2019Good TroublePastor Thurston2 episodes
2020Better ThingsSettlement OfficerEpisode: "Father's Day"
2021A Christmas Family ReunionTerrenceTV movie
2023LegacyTommyEpisode: "Afternath"