David James Elliott

David James Elliott is a Canadian film and television actor best known for playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr on the television series JAG Subsequently moving to Los Angeles he took the stage name David James Elliott having found an actor was already named David Smith He appeared in the film Police Academy 3 Back in Training in 1986 and subsequently in the television series Street Legal Knots Landing as Bill Nolan and in 1993s The Untouchables as Agent Paul Robbins The following year Elliott landed a recurring role on the hit series Melrose Place playing Terry Parsons and a guest appearance in an episode of Seinfeld as Carl the antiabortion furniture mover In 1995 Elliott landed the role he would hold for 10 years the role of naval aviatorturned JAG lawyer Harmon Rabb Jr in the NBCCBS television drama JAG His tenure on JAG ended in 2005 with the series finale In 1996 Elliott starred in the madeforcable movie Holiday Affair with Cynthia Gibb This is a remake of the 1949 classic Holiday Affair which starred Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh In 2005 Elliott starred in a Canadian television movie The Man Who Lost Himself which was based on the true story of Terry Evanshen a Canadian football player who was in a car accident and lost his memory due to severe head injuries Nanci Chambers also appeared in this movie as a doctor In October 2006 Elliott joined the cast of legal drama Close to Home 20052007 as Chief Deputy Prosecutor James Conlon During 2008 he had a recurring role in the Canadian series The Guard He starred in Sci Fi Channels fourhour miniseries Knights of Bloodsteel 2009 Elliott was cast as an Internet millionaire in Terror Trap directed by Dan Garcia Elliott also starred in Dads Home 2010 a widowed advertising executive who loses his job and becomes a stayathome dad for his two children On March 19 2010 Elliott replaced Neal McDonough as the male lead in the television series Scoundrels In 2010 Elliott was cast as FBI Agent Russ Josephson on CSI NY a recurring role as Detective Jo Danvilles Sela Ward exhusband a role which he first portrayed in January 2011 In 2012 Elliott also costarred as Ripp Cockburn the husband of Kristin Chenoweths character Carlene on ABCs comedydrama series GCB In 2014 Elliott appeared in Mad Men season 7 as Dave Wooster In 2015 Elliott guest starred in the TV drama Scorpion In 2015 Elliott played actor John Wayne in the film Trumbo On March 29 2019 CBS announced Elliott would be reprising his JAG role of Harmon Rabb Jr for a multiepisode arc in the tenth season of NCIS Los Angeles Description above from the Wikipedia article David James Elliott licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia