Miguel Ferrer Dead at Age 61

Posted by at 8:52 am on January 20, 2017

Miguel Ferrer who had a featured role as assistant director Owen Granger on CBS’ hit NCIS: Los Angeles and, before that, to NBC crime drama “Crossing Jordan,” has died. CBS said Ferrer died Thursday of cancer at his Los Angeles home. He was 61.”

He had played assistant director Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles since 2012. Before that, he played the chief medical examiner and gruff-but-supportive boss to series star Jill Hennessy for the six seasons of “Crossing Jordan.”

A native of Santa Monica, California, Ferrer was the son ofactor Jose Ferrer and singer-actress Rosemary Clooney, and a cousin of George Clooney.

Ferrer began his career in the early 1980s with guest shots on many TV series. In 1990 he scored a signature role as FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on David Lynch’s smash series “Twin Peaks.” He reprised that character for the 1992 movie “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.”

He will encore yet again as Agent Rosenfield for Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” revival airing this spring.

Along with TV, Ferrer appeared in more than 40 movies, including RoboCop, where he played the villainous Bob Morton, designer of the title character, Iron Man 3 , where he portrayed the vice president, and Traffic.

Voiceover credits include Superman: The Animated Series, Robot Chicken and American Dad!

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