Stephen Collins

Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1, 1947) is an American former actor and writer. He's best known for his roles as Eric Camden on the WB/CW television series 7th Heaven (1996-2007), Dayton King on the ABC series No Ordinary Family, Gene Porter in the NBC series Revolution, and Commander Willard Decker in the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Pierson Bartlett

Good Day Live

2001 • as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 • as Self

The Office

2005 • as Walter Bernard, Sr.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005 • as Bruce Mathis

The View

1997 • as Self

Filmography

2025

Hollywood Demons

as Self (archive footage)

TV - Released: 3/24/2025

2013

Devious Maids

as Philippe Delatour

TV - Released: 6/23/2013

2012

The Three Stooges

as Mr. Harter

Movie - Released: 4/13/2012

Revolution

as Dr. Gene Porter

TV - Released: 9/17/2012

Scandal

as Reed Wallace

TV - Released: 4/5/2012

2010

No Ordinary Family

as Dr. Dayton King

TV - Released: 9/28/2010

2009

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

TV - Released: 10/3/2009

2008

Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth

as Dancing Alien

Movie - Released: 4/18/2008

Every Second Counts

as Joe Preston

Movie - Released: 6/15/2008

Movie

Hole in the Paper Sky

as Mr. Benson

Movie - Released: 8/7/2008

2007

Because I Said So

as Joe

Movie - Released: 2/2/2007

Private Practice

as Montgomery

TV - Released: 9/26/2007

2006

Blood Diamond

as Ambassador Walker

Movie - Released: 12/8/2006

Brothers and Sisters

as Charlie

TV - Released: 9/24/2006

2005

The Office

as Walter Bernard, Sr.

TV - Released: 3/24/2005

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Bruce Mathis

TV - Released: 8/4/2005

2004

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 9/13/2004

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

as Self

TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

The Commission

as Joseph A. Ball

Movie - Released: 11/7/2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

TV - Released: 9/8/2003

2001

Jumping Ship

as Gardner

Movie - Released: 8/17/2001

Good Day Live

as Self

TV - Released: 9/17/2001

1999

Drive Me Crazy

as Mr. Maris

Movie - Released: 10/1/1999

As Time Runs Out

as Dan Carlin

Movie - Released: 10/6/1999

Batman Beyond

as Tony Maychek / Earthmover (voice)

TV - Released: 1/10/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Pierson Bartlett

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

An Unexpected Life

as Sam Sadwich

Movie - Released: 6/24/1998

1997

The View

as Self

TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

The First Wives Club

as Aaron Paradis

Movie - Released: 9/20/1996

The Babysitter's Seduction

as Bill Bartrand

Movie - Released: 1/22/1996

An Unexpected Family

as Sam

Movie - Released: 12/4/1996

For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story

as Adam Graham

Movie - Released: 1/7/1996

Movie

On Seventh Avenue

as Tom Aiken

Movie - Released: 6/10/1996

7th Heaven

as Eric Camden

TV - Released: 8/26/1996

1995

A Family Divided

as Roger Billingsley

Movie - Released: 1/22/1995

1994

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

as Dan Broderick

Movie - Released: 10/14/1994

Scarlett

TV - Released: 11/13/1994

1993

Remember

as Clee Donovan

Movie - Released: 10/24/1993

The Disappearance of Nora

as Jack Fremont

Movie - Released: 3/7/1993

1992

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

as Dan Broderick

Movie - Released: 3/1/1992

My New Gun

as Gerald Bender

Movie - Released: 10/26/1992

1991

A Woman Named Jackie

as John Fitzgerald Kennedy

TV - Released: 10/13/1991

1990

Stella

as Stephen Dallas

Movie - Released: 2/2/1990

Working It Out

TV - Released: 8/22/1990

1989

The Big Picture

as Attorney

Movie - Released: 9/15/1989

1988

Weekend War

as Capt. John Deason

Movie - Released: 2/1/1988

Tattingers

TV - Released: 10/26/1988

1987

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

as Billy Grenville Jr.

TV - Released: 2/8/1987

1986

Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Marty Phillips

Movie - Released: 10/9/1986

Choke Canyon

as Dr. David Lowell

Movie - Released: 8/1/1986

Hold the Dream

as Shane O'Neill

TV - Released: 10/27/1986

1985

Brewster's Millions

as Warren Cox

Movie - Released: 5/22/1985

1984

Dark Mirror

as Dr. Jim Eiseley

Movie - Released: 3/5/1984

Threesome

as Peter Hatten

Movie - Released: 9/14/1984

1983

The Hitchhiker

as Todd Fields

TV - Released: 11/1/1983

Chiefs

as Billy Lee

TV - Released: 11/13/1983

1982

Inside the Third Reich

as Karl Hanke

Movie - Released: 5/9/1982

Tales of the Gold Monkey

as Jake Cutter

TV - Released: 9/22/1982

1981

Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner

as Larrabee

Movie - Released: 11/15/1981

Summer Solstice

as Josh

Movie - Released: 12/30/1981

1980

The Henderson Monster

as Pete Casimir

Movie - Released: 5/27/1980

Loving Couples

as Greg

Movie - Released: 10/24/1980

1979

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

as Captain William Decker

Movie - Released: 12/7/1979

The Promise

as Michael Hillyard

Movie - Released: 3/8/1979

1978

Fedora

as Young Barry

Movie - Released: 6/29/1978

1977

Between the Lines

as Michael

Movie - Released: 4/27/1977

The Rhinemann Exchange

as David Spaulding

TV - Released: 3/10/1977

1976

All the President's Men

as Hugh Sloan

Movie - Released: 4/9/1976

Brinks: The Great Robbery

as Agent Donald Nash

Movie - Released: 3/26/1976

Charlie's Angels

as Steve Carmody

TV - Released: 9/22/1976

Battle of the Network Stars

TV - Released: 11/13/1976

Good Heavens

TV - Released: 2/29/1976

1974

The Michele Lee Show

TV - Released: 4/5/1974

1972

The Waltons

TV - Released: 9/14/1972

1971

Great Performances

as Morton Fullerton

TV - Released: 1/28/1971