Gordon Clapp

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Gordon Clapp (born September 24, 1948) is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Detective Greg Medavoy for 12 seasons on the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998. He has appeared in numerous TV shows, movies (including 4 for his friend director John Sayles), and stage plays.

In film, he appeared in Flags of Our Fathers as United States Marine Corps General Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith.

On Broadway, he most recently appeared in the revival of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross, where he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.

Clapp, a distant relative of Ethan Allen, was born and raised in North Conway, New Hampshire. He attended South Kent School, a small private boarding school in Connecticut followed by Williams College, where he graduated as an English major. He is no relation to Gordon Clapp, former General Manager and Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

He appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Vortex".

[edit] External links

Gordon Clapp at the Internet Movie Database
Gordon Clapp article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.

NYPD Blue
Characters	Andy Sipowicz \| John Kelly \| Bobby Simone \| Danny Sorenson \| John Clark, Jr. \| Lt. Arthur Fancy \| Greg Medavoy \| Sylvia Costas \| Diane Russell \| Baldwin Jones \| Lt. Tony Rodriguez \| Rita Ortiz \| Laura Murphy \| Lt. Thomas Bale
Actors	Dennis Franz \| David Caruso \| Jimmy Smits \| Rick Schroder \| Mark-Paul Gosselaar \| James McDaniel \| Gordon Clapp \| Nicholas Turturro \| Sharon Lawrence \| Kim Delaney \| Sherry Stringfield \| Gail O'Grady \| Andrea Thompson \| Bill Brochtrup \| Henry Simmons \| Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon \| Charlotte Ross \| Esai Morales \| Jacqueline Obradors \| John F. O'Donohue \| Currie Graham \| Bonnie Somerville
Creators	Steven Bochco \| David Milch
Episodes	Season 1 \| Season 2 \| Season 3 \| Season 4 \| Season 5 Season 6 \| Season 7 \| Season 8 \| Season 9 Season 10 \| Season 11 \| Season 12