Jude Ciccolella

Richard Jude Ciccolella born November 30 1947 better known as Jude Ciccolella is an American character actor Ciccolella was born in Nassau County New York He graduated from Brown University class of 1969 where he acted in student productions He studied at Temple University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre His film roles include parts in The Shawshank Redemption as Mert Boys on the Side as Jerry Night Falls on Manhattan as Lieutenant Wilson Star Trek Nemesis as Romulan Commander Suran Down With Love as the private eye The Terminal as Karl Iverson the 2004 Directors Cut DVD of Daredevil the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate as David Donovan and the 2005 Sin City movie adaptation as Liebowitz After guest starring roles in Law amp Order NYPD Blue CSI NY and ER Ciccolella took a recurring guest role on 24 During the shows first and second seasons 20012003 he played Mike Novick Chief of Staff to President David Palmer Dennis Haysbert He has also guest starred as Principal Raymond on Everybody Hates Chris however he was replaced upon reprising his role as Mike Novick in the last eight episodes of Season 4 of 24 He appeared in the 1992 James Foley and David Mamet film Glengarry Glen Ross as the Detective He appeared in the scene where Al Pacino was having an argument with Kevin Spacey about the sixthousand dollars owed to him Ciccolella was also seen in the episode of Nickelodeons The Adventures of Pete amp Pete titled Tool and Die where he plays the shop class teacher Mr Slurm whose missing left hand stirred nothing but hearsay and rumors Mr Ciccolella did not reprise his role as Mr Slurm in the season 3 episode Road Warrior In 24s fourth season 2005 Ciccolella returned for the last 8 episodes Mike had become an advisor to Acting President Charles Logan Gregory Itzin who had taken over after the downing of Air Force One critically injured President John Keeler Geoff Pierson He had continued this role in the shows fifth season 2006 However he did not appear in the sixth season In 2007 he gueststarred on NBC freshman drama Life He also appeared in the 2007 film The Wager In 2008 he portrayed Phillip Davenport a fictional Secretary of the Navy on the 6th season of the CBS show NCIS Two years later he appeared one more time for the last episode of the 8th season In the Supporting Players featurette on the 24 season 5 DVD actress Jean Smart reveals that Ciccolella is a folk singer