Daniel J. Travanti

'''Danielo Giovanni "Daniel J." Travanti''' is an American actor.

Background
Travanti was born as one of five children to Italian immigrant parents. His father worked as a factory worker. During his teenage years, Travanti was an athlete and an excellent student, earning scholarships to Ivy League universities, though he eventually attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1957, before his senior year in high school, he attended a youth government and leadership program known as Badger Boys State as a representative for his school.

Career
In 1964, Travanti made his acting debut, guest-starring in an episode of the drama TV series The Reporter. Credited as Dan Travanty, he appeared in episodes of Lost in Space and Mission: Impossible. Years later, Travanti earned five nominations and two Emmy Awards for his most well-known role, of Hill Street Station Captain Frank Furillo. In 1983, Travanti starred in the TV movie Adam, for which he received another Emmy nomination. Since then, Travanti has appeared in several TV movies and also made appearances in television programs such as Poltergeist: The Legacy and Prison Break. In 1986, Travanti's portrayal of Edward R. Murrow in the TV movie Murrow received a Cable Ace nomination. He costarred in the film Millennium and starred in the TV series Missing Persons. In 2007, Travanti appeared off-Broadway in Oren Safdie's The Last Word... at the Theater at St. Clements in New York City, and in 2008, Travanti starred in an off-off Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's A Touch of the Poet for Friendly Fire Theater, also in New York. Travanti currently has a recurring role on the television series Boss.

On Criminal Minds
In 2010, Travanti appeared in the Season Six episode Remembrance of Things Past as elderly serial killer Lee Mullens.