Acting
Born June 19, 1942 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Ned Schmidtke was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Edwin Christian Schmidtke, Jr. He attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia and then studied at the Beloit College in Wisconsin. Schmidtke graduated in 1964. Schmidtke began his acting career appearing in a recurring role as Greg Barnard in Another World. Other shows he has appeared in are The West Wing (with Devika Parikh and Peter James Smith), NYPD Blue (with Currie Graham), NCIS (with Pauley Perrette and Francesco Quinn), The Unit (with Dennis Haysbert, Max Martini, and Michael Irby), and Heroes (with Zachary Quinto). Schmidtke has also had recurring and regular roles in shows like Texas, Point Pleasant (with Richard Burgi and Alex Carter), Medium (with Tony Curran), and Days of Our Lives. Aside of TV, Schmidtke has worked on films like The Change-Up (with Gregory Itzin), The Express, Accepted, Wedding Crashers, xXx: State of the Union, Mercury Rising (with Kirk B. R. Woller), The Relic (with Tom Sizemore), Chain Reaction (with Tzi Ma), and The Crazies.

The Change-Up
2011

The Express
2008

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008

Accepted
2006

Wedding Crashers
2005

xXx: State of the Union
2005

Uncle Nino
2003
March in Windy City
1998

Mercury Rising
1998

My Best Friend's Wedding
1997

The Relic
1997
Tangled
1997

Chain Reaction
1996

Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
1994

Shaking the Tree
1991

Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
1990

Music Box
1989

Rent-a-Cop
1987

Murder Ordained
1987

The Manhattan Project
1986

First Steps
1985

Come Along with Me
1982

Skokie
1981

Chicago Story
1981

Where Is Dead?
1975

The Crazies
1973