John F. O'Donohue

John F. O'Donohue is an American actor and former police officer who played Sgt. Eddie Gibson in the television series NYPD Blue. Career A twenty-year veteran of the New York Police Department, his first acting role was that of an armed guard in Knots Landing in 1991. The next year, he was hired as a main supporting character in every episode of the short lived, critically acclaimed Ben Stiller Show until its cancellation. He has since appeared in such programs as Diagnosis: Murder, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Brooklyn South and The West Wing. The only time that he has appeared in the opening credits was NYPD Blue when he joined the show on a regular basis for the second half of the eleventh season as the squad commander, Sergeant Eddie Gibson. Gibson had been a recurring character beforehand. Selected filmography Knots Landing (1 episode, 1991) - Armed Guard Matlock (1 episode, 1991) - Detective Vorhess L.A. Law (1 episode, 1992) - Jury Foreman Doogie Howser, M.D. (1 episode, 1992) - Harry Snapdragon (1993) - Fat Man Reality Bites (1994) - Food Mart Clerk (uncredited) Seinfeld (1 episode, 1995) - Gus ER (1 episode, 1995) - Mr. Goodwin Step by Step (1 episode, 1995) - Lester The Single Guy (1 episode, 1995) - Fireman Mad About You (1 episode, 1995) - Ernest Chicago Hope (3 episodes, 1995–1998) - Detective Gene Pirro / Detective Ryan NewsRadio (1 episode, 1996) - Stan The Cable Guy (1996) - Prison Guard Guy (1996) - Detective Cybill (1 episode, 1996) - Stagehand Diagnosis: Murder (2 episodes, 1996) - Jail Guard Living Single (1 episode, 1996) - Kenneth Reed Early Edition (1 episode, 1996) - Jordan Butler Steel (1997) - Federal Reserve Guard As Good as It Gets (1997) - Detective Ray Everybody Loves Raymond (1 episode, 1998) - Harry Living Out Loud (1998) - Sid Simon Says (1998) - Bobby Morgan The King of Queens (1 episode, 1999) - Jack O'Boyle Just Shoot Me! (1 episode, 1999) - Sgt. Fanning Suddenly Susan (1 episode, 1999) - Dirk NYPD Blue (28 episodes, 1994–2004) - Det. Eddie Gibson / Court Clerk Lucky Numbers (2000) - Bobby Providence (1 episode, 2000) - Henry Pillup The Family Man (2000) - Tony the Doorman The West Wing (1 episode, 2001) - Mr.