Actor Noah Emmerich is well known for his roles in Beautiful Girls, The Truman Show, Super 8, and the FX series The Americans. He also made a brief but profound appearance in the first season of The Walking Dead, a role which earned him a Saturn Award nomination.
The first season of The Walking Dead did a lot in the way of world-building for the series that would run for eleven seasons. One critical piece of information would come when Rick's (Andrew Lincoln) group encountered Dr. Jenner at the CDC.
Portrayed by Emmerich, Dr Jenner told Rick everyone is infected with the virus. Rick kept this to himself until he witnessed Shane's (Jon Bernthal) reanimation without being bit by a walker. This was important information as anyone who died without injury to the brain could become a walker.
Jenner also appeared in a coda scene at the end of The Walking Dead: World Beyond spinoff, which tied to The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon spinoff.
Before and after his role on TWD Emmerich has starred in many notable roles.
What movies and shows does Noah Emmerich star in?
Emmerich earned praise for his performance in his first starring role in the 1996 rom-com Beautiful Girls. The story follows a man who returns to his hometown of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts to attend his high school reunion. He encounters many of his former classmates and finds that they, too, are at a crossroads in their lives. The movie also stars Matt Dillon, Noah Emmerich, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Martha Plimpton, Natalie Portman, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino and Uma Thurman.
He would then star in supporting roles in the Jim Carrey led Truman Show, the buddy comedy Life, starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and Frequency, a sci-fi thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel.
In 2011, Emmerich portrayed Colonel Nelec in J.J. Abrams sci-fi thriller, Super 8, where he again earned praise for his performance.
Emmerich is well known for his role as FBI Agent Stan Beeman in the FX period spy drama, The Americans. Walking Dead actress Laurie Holden also appeared in a supporting role as Beeman's wife.
Recently, he appeared in several episodes of the Apple TV docudrama The Big Cigar. The movie tells of Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton, a man who escaped murder charges in Cuba with the help of Bert Schneider, producer of Easy Rider, and other radical celebrities. Emmerich portrayed Stanley Schneider, Bert's brother.
He appeared in the Netflix original series The Good Nurse with Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne. The movie is based on Charles Graeger's true-crime book about serial killer Charles Cullen.
He also starred in the first season of AMC's psychological thriller Dark Winds. The series is based on Tony Hillerman's novel series Leaphorn & Chee, the title characters are portrayed by Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon.
Next, Emmerich will star in a legal thriller, The Up and Comer, an adaptation of Howard Roughan's New York Times best seller.
