Christian Clemenson

Christian Clemenson is a film and television actor. Many of Clemenson's early roles in television and film matched his personality as a bright, soft-spoken professional. He was a law student in the television version of "The Paper Chase," Alex Keaton's English teacher in the television show "Family Ties," the bailiff in the Ivan Reitman movie "Legal Eagles," the flight surgeon in the movie "Apollo 13," a cop in "The Big Lebowski," a killer in "The Fisher King" and Dr. Dale Lawrence in the movie "And the Band Played On." While he has been a familiar face for over a decade, until recently his name was not so well known.

Recently, Clemenson has become known for his role as Jerry "Hands" Espenson on the television series "Boston Legal." For playing Espenson, he won an Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2006 and was nominated for the same award in 2007. He remained with the series through to its finale in 2008.

In film, he starred as real-life 9/11 victim Tom Burnett in "United 93." On television, he was a regular on "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." playing the part of Socrates Poole. He also had a recurring role on "Veronica Mars" as Abel Koontz. In total, Clemenson appeared in three episodes of the show: "Like a Virgin", "Mars vs. Mars", and "Rat Saw God". Clemenson also has appeared in a season 6 episode of "NCIS."

In 2009, Clemenson joined "CSI: Miami" as the new medical examiner, Dr. Tom Loman. He appeared throughout the show's eighth, ninth and tenth seasons as a recurring character. In 2016, he starred as Bill Hodgman in FX's new series, "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson."