Craig Bierko Movies and Career Information

Craig Philip Bierko (born August 18, 1964) is an American actor. Bierko is perhaps best known for his role as Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight, as Max Baer in the film Cinderella Man, as Tom Ryan in Scary Movie 4 (spoofing Tom Cruise throughout the film) and on the Broadway stage as Harold Hill in The Music Man. He was also the original choice for the character of Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends but turned it down. He had a short role as Sarah Jessica Parker's jazz musician love interest in the fourth season of Sex and the City. He had another short role as attorney Jeffrey Coho during the third season of the ABC television series Boston Legal. He was also cast as Dave Lister in the infamous pilot for the American version of Red Dwarf, which was not picked up as a series. Craig was also in 2001's Kate and Leopold in an uncredited role as the actor in the market research film played at the beginning of the movie in the director's cut version (did not make the theatrical copy). Bierko was slated to appear on Broadway in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of To Be Or Not To Be but withdrew from the production Aug. 29, 2008, for unspecified reasons. He