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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".