Acting • AGE 71
An American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actor's Studio since 1984....


The Thing Expanded
Self
2026

Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
Richard Crown
2025

Target
Director
2023

6:45
Larry
2021

The Savant
Chief Bocchino
2019

FBI
Detective Dryden
2018

Marvel's The Punisher
Arthur Walsh
2017

Broadway's Finest
2012

Homeland
Clayton
2011

The Life Zone
Roger Fields
2011

The Great Fight
Chief Bocchino
2011

The Grand Theft
Randy Lemar
2011

An Affirmative Act
Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
2010

New Amsterdam
James Lucas
2008

The Exonerated
Deputy
2006

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lance Brody
2001

Nailed
Carpet Guy
2001

American Virgin
Grip
2000

Rites of Passage
John Willio
1999

A Thousand Men and a Baby
Supply Sergeant
1997

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cop
1997

An American Affair
Mulroney
1997

Timelock
Warden Andrews
1996

Money Train
Barricade Captain
1995

Sliders
Randy, Airplane Mechanic
1995

McBain
Gill
1991

State of Grace
Frankie's Man #1
1990

Law & Order
Burton Fenster
1990

Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Tink
1990

Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988

The Verne Miller Story
Al Capone
1988

Shakedown
Officer Kelly
1988

Light of Day
Smittie
1987

Crime Story
Prosecutor
1986

The Clan of the Cave Bear
Broud
1986

The Equalizer
Jim Kaufman
1985

Miami Vice
D.E.A. Agent Thompson
1984

The Thing
Windows
1982

...And Justice for All
Jeff McCullaugh
1979

The Warriors
Fox (uncredited)
1979

On the Yard
Chilly
1978

The Block