Len Cariou Wiki Biography, net worth, wife, height, death, teeth

• Len Cariou is a 79 year old Canadian actor
• He has a net worth of over $6 million
• Len is of Breton and Irish ancestry
• He has been married twice and has a daughter
• He has worked on projects such as "Spotlight", "Death Wish" and "Thirteen Days"

Known for movies

Blue Bloods (2010-2016)
as Henry Reagan

Prisoners (2013)
as Father Patrick Dunn

Secret Window (2004)
as Sheriff Dave Newsome

About Schmidt (2002)
as Ray Nichols

Len Cariou Wiki and Biography

Leonard Joseph ‘Len’ Cariou was born on 30 September 1939 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, which means that he is 79 years old and his zodiac sign is Libra. Len, whose nationality is Canadian, is best known as an actor, and in that field he has worked on projects such as “Spotlight”, “Death Wish” and “Thirteen Days”. Being successful in that field, Cariou gained recognition among the audience, which also poses some questions regarding his early life and formative years.

View this post on Instagram

#tbt to the Coney Island opening of @wahlburgers. And now I want a ?for breakfast. #bluebloods #nkotb #lencariou #bhnation #burgermania #wahlburgers

A post shared by Abigail Hawk (@hawkabigail) on Mar 28, 2019 at 6:04am PDT

Net Worth

So just how rich is Len Cariou as of mid-2019? According to authoritative sources, this actor has a net worth of over $6 million, with his wealth being accumulated from his astonishing career in the previously mentioned field. However, he hasn’t spoken about his assets, such as vehicles and houses, but he is seemingly well able to take care of himself financially.

Ethnicity and Background

Speaking about Cariou’s ethnicity, Len is Caucasian and has grey hair and blue eyes. In his youth, Len had brown hair, and judging from the photos available on the internet, he had a fit figure and always took care of his looks. He is the son of Molly Estelle and George Marius Cariou, and was born into a family of Breton and Irish ancestry. Although born in St. Boniface, he spent his formative years in East Kildonan, Manitoba, and was a student of Miles Macdonell Collegiate, where he studied 10^th and 11^th grade, and directed and starred in plays. Later on, he studied at St Paul’s College.

Len isn’t active on any social media, which makes it harder for his fans to communicate with him. However, he still has loyal followers on those platforms, and people often tweet about him. One fan posted a photo of him and Cariou, with the caption saying “Love Grandpa Reagan, aka Len Cariou, dining at @WahlburgersCA today in Toronto!”.  Sami Gayle wrote a tweet about interviewing Len, and said “Love talking Broadway with Len Cariou during the dinner scenes! What a legend! #bluebloods #cbstweetweek”.

Relationship Status

Despite being a public figure, Cariou prefers keeping the majority of personal information behind closed doors. However, we do know that he has married twice – in 1975 he married artist Susan Kapilow, however, their marriage fell through, and three years later they divorced. He went on to marry Heather Summerhayes, his fellow actor, and the couple is still married as of today. They have one child, a daughter name Laurel.

Broadway Actor Len Cariou Reminisces About Sondheim, ‘Sweeney Todd’: https://t.co/UfMOxSqgZf #ChicagoTonight @Stage773 pic.twitter.com/DN1tN6HtlE

— WTTW (Chicago PBS) (@wttw) June 8, 2018

Career

Len made his acting debut in 1963 with a minor role in the series entitled “Quest”, and continuing to work at a rapid pace, he followed by appearing in numerous TV and cinematic projects, such as “One Man”, “A Little Night Music”, “Drying Up the Streets”, “Who’ll Save Our Children?” and “The Great Detective ”. As of 1981, he played the role of John Abbot in “Madame X”, starring alongside actors such as Tuesday Weld, Jeremy Brett and Martina Deignan, in the story of a woman thrown out of her house by her jealous husband, as she deals with strange life obstacles.

Remaining busy in the ‘80s, Cariou could be seen in “Cold Storage”, “Louisiana”, “100 Centre Street” and “An Amazing Era: Revised and Updated”.  As of 1985, he began appearing in the renowned and beloved TV series entitled “Murder, She Wrote”, collaborating with people such as Angela Landsbury. In the early ‘90s, Len worked on “Miracle on Interstate 880” and “Class of ’61”.

Most Successful Projects

In 2000, Cariou landed the role of Dean Acheson in “Thirteen Days”, the critically acclaimed movie which follows the coverage of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and this gave him a chance to work with people such as Shawn Driscoll, Kevin Costner and Drake Cook. The movie, directed by Roger Donaldson was given a limited theatrical release on Christmas of 2000, and was widely released in January 2001, grossing $66 million.

As of 2013, Len had yet another prominent role, playing Father Patrick Dunn in “Prisoners”, which ultimately earned an Oscar nomination and was rewarded with awards such as Saturn Award, ASCAP Award, Golden Schmoes in categories of Most Underrated Movie of the Year, and Biggest Surprise of the Year. Two years later, Cariou joined the cast of an appraised double-Oscar winner, “Spotlight”, which follows the story of how the Boston Globe uncovered and exposed a scandal regarding child molestation and its cover-up in the Catholic Archdiocese, an event that shook the church to its core. The movie was ultimately rewarded with 123 other awards, including BAFTA, AACTA International, AFI and Awards Circuit Community Awards.

Cariou’s most recent projects include “When They See Us” and “Wake”, with the latter being in pre-production. Overall, he has had 80 acting gigs, which helped him rise to fame and gain attention in the media, and as he’s a hardworking individual, we believe there is still more to come for him career-wise.

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on why violence is so common an element in entertainment media] It appeals to the little badness all of us have in our makeup.It's part of human nature and, being privy to that kind of thing, people find it somewhat fascinating and the more you give them, the more they want.

Facts

#	Fact
1	He was awarded the 1985 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Traveler in the Dark" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2	Len Cariou sang in both the NYC Broadway "What the World Needs Now" and the Broadway for Orlando on Maya & Marty singing to benefit the LGBT Center of Central Florida.
3	New York, NY USA: An NYU Faculty Coach for workshops leading up to the 2011 National High School Musical Theater Awards. [June 2011]
4	Performing in the CanStage production of Frost/Nixon at the Bluma Appel theatre in Toronto. [October 2008]
5	Although he plays Tom Selleck's father in Blue Bloods (2010), he is only 5 years his senior in real life.
6	Member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.
7	Daughter, Laurel.
8	Won a Canadian Genie Award for Best Actor in "One Man".
9	Accomplished singer/actor in numerous Broadway shows. He won a Best Actor (Musical) Tony Award in 1979 for "Sweeney Todd". He was also Tony-nominated in the same category in 1970 for "Applause," and in 1973 for "A Little Night Music," a role he recreated in the film version of the same name, A Little Night Music (1977).
10	Lived with Glenn Close in the '70s.

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Wake		pre-production	Richard Moore
Blue Bloods	2010-2016	TV Series	Henry Reagan
The Last Day of Charley E. Rays	2016	Short	Charley
Spotlight	2015/I		Cardinal Law
The Sonnet Project	2014	TV Series
Prisoners	2013		Father Patrick Dunn
Wallander	2013	TV Series	Atkins
The Escape	2012/I	Short	Jerry
Damages	2010	TV Series	Louis Tobin
Power, Privilege & Justice	2009	TV Series documentary	Narrator
Into the Storm	2009	TV Movie	Franklin J Roosevelt
Army Wives	2008	TV Series	Randall Meade
Law & Order	1993-2008	TV Series	Edgar Beezley / Mac Geller / Capt. Allard Bunker
The Onion Movie	2008		Norm Archer
Brotherhood	2006-2007	TV Series	Judd Fitzgerald
War Stories	2007	TV Series	Narrator
1408	2007		Mike's Father
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2007	TV Series	Frank McCarty
Flags of Our Fathers	2006		Mr. Beech
Boynton Beach Club	2005		Jack
The Greatest Game Ever Played	2005		Stedman Comstock
Numb3rs	2005	TV Series	Alan Emrick
The Skulls III	2004	Video	Dean Lawton
Secret Window	2004		Sheriff Dave Newsome
Sex Traffic	2004	TV Mini-Series	Magnus Herzoff
Ed	2003	TV Series	Mr. Stuckey
About Schmidt	2002		Ray Nichols
Thirteen Days	2000		Dean Acheson
The West Wing	2000	TV Series	Pharmaceutical Executive
Nuremberg	2000	TV Mini-Series	Francis Biddle
D.C.	2000	TV Series	Senator William Abbott
The Outer Limits	1995-2000	TV Series	Doc Wells / Father Anton Jonascu
In the Company of Spies	1999	TV Movie	The President
Border Line	1999	TV Movie	Jerry, Allison's Associate
The Practice	1999	TV Series	Defense Attorney Weiland
Mentors	1998	TV Series	Alexander Graham Bell
American Experience	1997	TV Series documentary	Narrator
F/X: The Series	1997	TV Series	Charles Emery
Star Trek: Voyager	1997	TV Series	Admiral Edward Janeway
The Summer of Ben Tyler	1996	TV Movie	Spencer Maitland
Executive Decision	1996		Secretary of Defense Charles White
Swift Justice	1996	TV Series	Michael Swift
A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story	1996	TV Movie	Harry Jansen
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story	1995	TV Movie	Walt Disney
Never Talk to Strangers	1995		Henry Taylor
Derby	1995	TV Movie	Henry Woods
The Man in the Attic	1995	TV Movie	Joseph Heldmann
Love on the Run	1994	TV Movie	Noah Cross
Getting In	1994		Dr. Lionel Higgs / Dr. Ezekial Higgs
Witness to the Execution	1994	TV Movie	Jake Tyler
North of 60	1993	TV Series	Mike Birkett
The Sea Wolf	1993	TV Movie	Dr. Picard
Class of '61	1993	TV Movie	Dr. Leland Peyton
Miracle on Interstate 880	1993	TV Movie	Buck Helm
Murder, She Wrote	1985-1992	TV Series	Michael Hagarty / Monsignore O'Shaugnessy
Street Legal	1992	TV Series	Christian Peveril
The Ray Bradbury Theater	1992	TV Series	Douglas
Monkey House	1991	TV Series	Ambassador Kelly
Gabriel's Fire	1990	TV Series	Judge Norton Heller
American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts	1989	TV Series	Pat Sweeney
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated	1989	Video	Narrator
My Dad the Babe	1988	Video	Narrator
Lady in White	1988		Phil Terragarossa
Killer in the Mirror	1986	TV Movie	Jason Howell
There Were Times, Dear	1985	TV Movie	Bob Millard
Surviving	1985	TV Movie	David Brogan
100 Centre Street	1984	TV Movie	Judge Charles Felt
Louisiana	1984	TV Movie	Oswald
Cold Storage	1983	TV Movie	Richard Landau
The Tempest	1983	TV Movie	Prospero
The Taming of the Shrew	1982	TV Movie	Petruchio
The Four Seasons	1981		Nick Callan
Madame X	1981	TV Movie	John Abbott
The Great Detective	1979	TV Series	Tanner
Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson	1978	Short voice
Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic	1978	Short voice
The Mad Trapper	1978
Who'll Save Our Children?	1978	TV Movie	Matt Laver
Drying Up the Streets	1978		Larry
A Little Night Music	1977		Frederick Egerman
One Man	1977		Jason Brady
Festival	1964	TV Series	Ragner

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Great Performances	1985	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards	1979	TV Special performer: "Manhattan"
A Little Night Music	1977	performer: "Now/Soon/Later", "You Must Meet My Wife", "A Weekend in the Country", "It Would Have Been Wonderful", "Finale"

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Another Day Gone By	2015	Short executive producer
Days Like This	2013	Short executive producer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Space Station 76	2014	special thanks
Desolation Sound	2005	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Talk	2014	TV Series	Himself
The Chase Backer Show	2014	TV Movie	Himself for charity-actor
Showing Up	2014	Documentary	Himself
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen	2013	Documentary	Ernest Hemingway (voice)
The Marilyn Denis Show	2011	TV Series	Himself
Creating Characters	2011	Video short	Himself
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Mr. Prince	2009	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Vintage World Series Films: Toronto Blue Jays 1992	2007	Video documentary	Narrator (voice)
Vintage World Series Films: Toronto Blue Jays 1993	2007	Video documentary	Narrator (voice)
Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis	2001	Video documentary	Dean Acheson
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	2000	TV Special documentary	Himself
Working in the Theatre	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Race for the Record	1998	Video documentary	Narrator
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury	1996	TV Movie	Himself - Performer
The 50th Annual Tony Awards	1996	TV Special	Himself - Previous Winner
1995 World Series	1995	Video documentary	Narrator (voice)
The 44th Annual Tony Awards	1990	TV Special	Himself - Performer
The Johnstown Flood	1989	Documentary short	Narrator (voice)
Great Performances	1985-1989	TV Series	Himself
An Amazin' Era	1986	Video documentary	Narrator (voice)
Something Hidden - A Portrait of Wilder Penfield	1981	Documentary	Narrator (voice)
The 34th Annual Tony Awards	1980	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
Captain Kangaroo	1979	TV Series	Himself
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards	1979	TV Special	Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Actor in a Musical
Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales	1978	Documentary short	Narrator (voice, uncredited)
The 27th Annual Tony Awards	1973	TV Special	Himself
The 24th Annual Tony Awards	1970	TV Special	Himself
Blindness	1964	Documentary short

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Damages	2010	TV Series	Louis Tobin
The Outer Limits	1995	TV Series	Father Anton Jonascu

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast	Spotlight (2015)
1977	Etrog	Canadian Film Awards	Best Performance by a Lead Actor	One Man (1977)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2009	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Into the Storm (2009)
2009	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Into the Storm (2009)
2007	Movies for Grownups Award	AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	Best Actor	The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club (2005)
1992	Gemini	Gemini Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Monkey House (1991)