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Craig Wasson (born March 15, 1954) is an American actor.

Career

Wasson's first feature film was the 1977 movie Rollercoaster. In 1978 he appeared in two films about the Vietnam war: first as a private in The Boys in Company C and then as a corporal in Go Tell the Spartans. In 1982 he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor for his performance in Four Friends. He later starred as Jake Scully in the 1984 Brian De Palma suspense movie Body Double. His other big role was as Dr. Neil Gordon in the hit 1987 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. In 1989, Wasson starred as James Madison in A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation. His most recent movie role was in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee.

Wasson was featured as Doug Ebert in the soap opera One Life to Live in 1991. He has made guest appearances in a number of series, including Phyllis, Skag, For Jenny with Love, M*A*S*H, Walker, Texas Ranger, Profiler, The Practice, Seven Days and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

He is often mistaken for Bill Maher.

Filmography

• Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
• Tracks (2005)
• Ghost Rock (2004)
• Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)
• Under Pressure (2000)
• The Last Best Sunday (1999)
• Back to Even (1998)
• Velocity Trap (1997)
• Trapped in Space (1994)
• Malcolm X (1992)
• Midnight Fear (1990)
• A More Perfect Union (1989)
• Tales from the Darkside "The Geezenstacks"
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• Body Double (1984)
• Second Thoughts (1983)
• Ghost Story (1981)
• Four Friends (1981)
• Schizoid (1980)
• The Outsider (1979)
• Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
• Rollercoaster (1977)
• The Boys in Company C (film) (1977)

External links

• Craig Wasson at the Internet Movie Database
• Craig Wasson at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)