 Television and film actor Dan Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the intimidating and money-conscious father on the TV series “The Wonder Years,” which ran from 1988 to 1993. He has also appeared on various episodes of such television series as “How I Met Your Mother,” “Army Wives,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “The Mentalist,” “Smallville,” “Criminal Minds” and “JAG,” and had a role in the 1996 movie “Independence Day.”
A native of Brooklyn, NY, Lauria was an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1970s and served in the Vietnam War. He got his start in acting while attending Southern Connecticut State University on a football scholarship. Lauria also earned a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from the University of Connecticut.
Lauria has written, directed and produced for the stage, and also appeared in an Off Broadway production of “A Stone Carver” in 2006. In late 2009 he returned to the stage, appearing as Jimmy Hoffa in Brian Lee Franklin’s “Good Bobby,” a fictionalized account of Robert Kennedy’s rise. In 2010, Lauria starred as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play “Lombardi.”
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