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Joseph Sikora born June 27, 1976 is an American actor who starred as Tommy Egan on Power.

Early life and education

Sikora was born in Chicago, Illinois, to mother Barbara, one of three boys, and lived in the Jefferson Park and Norwood Park neighborhoods. He is of Polish descent. Sikora graduated from Notre Dame College Prep in 1994. He studied acting at Columbia College Chicago, where he earned his MA in theater.

Career

As a teenager, Sikora appeared in a McDonald’s commercial with Michael Jordan in 1990. He made his Broadway debut in 2006 after he was cast as one of the leads on The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He is also an ensemble member of Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre Company.

Sikora made his acting debut in an episode of The New Adam-12 after playing extras on a few TV shows. He was cast as Johnny in Rudy. After making small appearances in TV shows and films such as Early Edition, Turks, The Watcher, and Ghost World, he was cast in two episodes of Third Watch.

In 2003, Sikora was cast as Roger in the direct-to-video biographical-drama film Gacy. After making a few appearances on low-budget movies, he was cast in the Golden Globe-nominated Normal, which he feels was his “break-through” moment when the star of the movie, Tom Wilkinson, told him that “all you have to do is think the line and the camera will read it”.

He also took part in plays and was part of the Geffen Theatre’s production of Fat Pig and the Los Angeles Theatre’s production of Killer Joe. He made many TV appearances between 2005–2012, appearing in major network shows including ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, Prison Break, Lost, and Dollhouse. He was later cast in the 2007 horror film Night Skies.

He appeared in the last episode of NYPD Blue in 2005. He was later cast in two episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2010.That same year He also portrayed Hans Schroeder in HBO’s series Boardwalk Empire As well as he was cast as an Orderly at the Mental Hospital in Shutter Island. In 2011, he was cast in the television pilot for Body of Proof, as well as being signed in a full role in Adult Swim’s comedy horror TV series The Heart, She Holler, playing Sheriff. In early 2012, he signed on to appear in Safe as the son of the head of the Russian mafia. He returned to theater in September 2012 with The Freedom of the City.

In October 2013, he was cast in Starz! original drama series Power.

In 2012, he appeared in Jack Reacher, in which he played a sniper wrongfully accused of gunning down random people in Pittsburgh, and who requests Jack Reacher’s assistance to prove his innocence.

Recently, Sikora portrayed Frank Cosgrove Jr. on the third season of the Netflix crime drama Ozark which was released on March 27, 2020. More recently, he and his Black Fox Productions company signed a first look deal with Lionsgate TV.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Rudy	17-Year-Old Johnny
1997	My Best Friend’s Wedding	Boy singing in tennis court
2000	The Watcher	Skater
2001	Ghost World	Reggae Fan
2003	Gacy	Roger	Direct-to-video
2003	Normal	Wayne Applewood	Television film
2007	Night Skies	Joe
2007	Charlie Wilson’s War	Chess Player
2008	Pants on Fire	Wayne
2008	Fashion Victim	Agent Reichman
2010	Shutter Island	Glen Miga
2011	The Best Man for the Job	Tommy
2012	Safe	Vassily Docheski
	Jack Reacher	James Barr
	White Alligator	Brad Paul
2019	The Intruder	Mike
2019	Jacob’s Ladder	Paul Rutiger

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Roomies	Ray	Episode: “The Ditch”
1990	The New Adam-12		Episode: “The Sniper”
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Guard #2	Episode: “The Prisoner”
1993	Missing Persons	Andy Tedesco	Episode: “I Can’t Even Imagine”
1998	Early Edition	Rick Williams	Episode: “Teen Angels”
1999	Turks	Pete Cedros	Episode: “Friends & Strangers”
2000	Walker, Texas Ranger	Brophy	Episode: “The Day of Cleansing”
2000	Movie Stars	Simon	Episode: “Last Dance”
2002	Frasier	Man in Bar	Episode: “Moons Over Seattle”
2003	Normal	Wayne Applewood	Television film
2003	JAG	Petty Officer Atwood	Episode: “Pulse Rate”
2004	Monk	Boz Harrelson	Episode: “Mr. Monk and the Paperboy”
	Third Watch	J.D. Hart	2 episodes
	CSI: NY	Joe Riggs	Episode: “A Man a Mile”
2005	ER	Riley	Episode: “The Show Must Go On”
	NYPD Blue	Det. Joe Slovak	Episode: “Moving Day”
	Carnivàle	Punk	Episode: “Outskirts, Damascus, NE”
	Grey’s Anatomy	Shane Herman	Episode: “Something to Talk About”
	Criminal Minds	Jimmy Baker	Episode: “Natural Born Killer”
	Without a Trace	Malcolm Neilus	Episode: “Patient X”
2006	CSI: Miami	Howard Benchley	Episode: “Collision”
2006	Prison Break	Sara’s Boyfriend	Episode: “Brother’s Keeper”
2008	Lost	Co-Pilot	Episode: “There’s No Place Like Home: Part 1”
2009	Dollhouse	Jimmy Baker	Episode: “Belle Chose”
2010	Rubicon	Daniel Burns	2 episodes
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jason Gambel	2 episodes
2010–2011	Boardwalk Empire	Hans Schroeder	2 episodes
2011	Body of Proof	Tom Hanson	Episode: “Pilot”
	White Collar	Jonas Ganz	Episode: “Countermeasures”
	Blue Bloods	Mark Phelan	Episode: “Silver Star”
2011–2013	The Heart, She Holler	Sheriff	19 episodes
2013	The Good Wife	Agent Norwich	Episode: “Whack-a-Mole”
2014	True Detective	Ginger	2 episodes
	Banshee	Sharp	3 episodes
	Unforgettable	Bob	Episode: “East of Islip”
2014–2020	Power	Tommy Egan	63 episodes
2015	The Player	Dominic McCall	Episode: “Ante Up”
2016	Underground	Frog Jack	3 episodes
2016	Chicago P.D.	Kevin Bingham	Episode: “Start Digging”
2018	Maniac	JC	2 episodes
2020	Ozark	Frank Cosgrove Jr.	9 episodes
2021	Power Book II: Ghost	Tommy Egan	Episode: “Heart of Darkness”
2021	Power Book IV: Force	Tommy Egan	8 episodes