Rex Sikes Movie Beat chats with actor Bill Smitrovich

Bill Smitrovich, actor, stars as Vice President Raymond Jarvis, in NBC’s new high-octane thriller “The Event.” He began his professional acting career with Arthur Miller in the world premiere of Miller's “The American Clock” at the Spoleto Festival. Stage parts followed; then TY and movies. Smitrovich gained recognition for his portrayal of Drew Thacher, a family man and father of a Down syndrome son in the critically acclaimed and award-winning dramatic series “Life Goes On.” Smitrovich was also a proud member of the all-star cast of the live television version of George Clooney's production of “Fail Safe.” He has appeared in over 30 films, including, “Independence Day,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “Iron Man” “Nick of Time” (with Johnny Depp), “Air Force One,” “Thirteen Days,” “Seven Pounds”—and most recently his second film with Johnny Depp, an homage to Hunter S. Thompson's novel, “The Rum Diary,” due for a October 28th 2011 release. He's had many supporting & starring television roles include cigar- chomping Inspector Cramer in “Nero Wolfe Mysteries,”, D.A. Kenneth Walsh in “The Practice,” Agent Olcyk in “Without a Trace,” Lt. Bob Bletcher in “Millennium,” “FAT ACTRESS,” as Cry-Baby McGuire, and with Annette Bening in HBO's “Mrs. Harris.” Stay tuned to Rex Sikes' Movie Beat for other great interviews, cast & crew listings, events, premieres & more at rexsikes.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.