- John Finn
:"This article is about the U.S. actor. For the U.S. Navy veteran, see
John William Finn . For the musician, seeJon Finn ."Infobox actor
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name = John Finn
birthdate =September 30 ,1952
birthplace =New York City, New York John Finn (born
September 30 ,1952 ) is an Americanactor known as one of the leads of thetelevision program s "Cold Case " and "EZ Streets ". Finn has also had supporting roles in thefilm s "The Hunted " (2003), "Catch Me If You Can " (2002), "True Crime" (1999), "Turbulence" (1997), "Blown Away" (1994), "The Pelican Brief" (1993), and "Glory" (1989).TV series that Finn has had recurring roles on include "
Dawson's Creek ", "The Practice ", "The X-Files ", "Strange World", "NYPD Blue " (he also appeared two other times on "Blue" as different characters), "Chicago Hope ", and eight episodes of "Brooklyn South ".He graduated from Eldred Central School in Eldred, NY in the year 1970. One of the jobs he had while he was starting into acting was teaching. Mr. Finn taught 6th grade at a private catholic school in a suburb of Los Angeles in the early 80s.
In 2005, Finn along with Co-stars
Kathryn Morris &Jeremy Ratchford appeared in a celebrated TV promo forCold Case on the Irish language television stationTG4 , in which an actor from the Irish DramaRos na Rún is questioned in the Philadelphia PD's interview room. Despite relentless questioning over a missing (presumed dead) woman, the suspect refuses to co-operate, answering in Gaelic that he cannot understand English. Finn promptly sits beside him and asks in fluent Irish "Ca bhfuil an bean seo? An mharaigh tú í? (Where's the woman? Did you murder her?) with a pitch perfect accent. Morris then asks (again , in Irish) "Are you understanding now?. leaving Ratchford, viewing through two-way glass, to exclaim "I did NOT see that coming..." .Finn, having Irish parents, was familiar with the language & comfortable in his delivery, and assisted the natually less fluent, but equally convincing Kathryn Morris in learning her lines phonetically.External links
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/cold_case/bios/john_finn_bio.shtml John Finn Bio at CBS - Cold Case]
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* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=He_dJM-cwrM Irish TG4 Promo advertisment - Ros na Rún / Cold Case]
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