Wilbur Fitzgerald

Biography

Wilbur Fitzgerald is an actor and attorney from Georgia, known for his TV work on series including In the Heat of the Night (1989-1995), Friday Night Lights (2007), Prison Break (2006-2008), and Drop Dead Diva (2009-2014), and for film work including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The East (2013), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).

Wilbur is a member in good standing of the Georgia Bar (admitted in 1973). - IMDb Mini Biography

Known For

Prison Break

Bruce Bennett

One Tree Hill

Bill

Friday Night Lights

TMU Coach Boyd

Elementary

Priest

Conviction

Dr. Berwyn

Genius

Robert Byrd

Shooter

James Boyd

The Act

Judge Palmer

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	The Neon Highway	Buck Bates
2023	The Hill	Josh Meyers
2023	On a Wing and a Prayer	Joe Cabuk
2023	My Dinner With An Android	Milton Muybridge
2023	Self Portraits or: How to talk endearingly to possible victims	The Teacher
2023	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Morris Binamin
2020	The Last Full Measure	Chairman
2019	The Best of Enemies	Fire Safety Inspector
2018	Candy Jar
2017	Baby Driver	Judge
2016	Cell	Geoff
2016	The Founder	Jerry Cullen
2016	The Choice	Mr. Holland
2016	Hidden Figures	Senator Patrick
2016	Sully	Drunk Customer #2
2014	No Good Deed	Dr. Ross
2013	The East	Robert McCabe
2013	Remnants	President Marshall Erwin
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Cray
2013	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Dr. Brangley
2012	What to Expect When You're Expecting	Elderly Swimmer
2010	Life As We Know It	Peter's Dad
2010	The Crazies	Distraught Husband
2010	Ben 10 Alien Swarm	Financial Guy in Suit
2008	One Missed Call	Lieutenant
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	TV Reporter
2006	Glory Road	Wade Richardson
2006	Hollis & Rae	Dr. Bryant
2005	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Judge
2005	Warm Springs	Al Smith
2005	The Work and the Glory II: American Zion	Magistrate
2004	Pop Rocks	Donaldson
2004	The Brooke Ellison Story	Neurosurgeon #2
2003	The Fighting Temptations	L&G Representative
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Roy
1998	The Gingerbread Man	Judge Russo (as Wilbur T. Fitzgerald)
1997	Perfect Crime	Vega
1997	That Darn Cat	Scientist #1
1996	A Season in Purgatory	Talk Show Host
1995	Her Deadly Rival
1995	In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me	Gerard Darnelle
1994	Radioland Murders	'Tortured' Actor
1994	A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story	Doctor
1994	In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life	Dist. Atty. Gerard Darnelle
1994	Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire	Prosecutor
1993	RoboCop 3	Rebel with Weapons Cart
1992	Freejack	Earnhart
1992	Pet Sematary II	First assistant director
1991	Career Opportunities	Bob Bosenbeck
1991	In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas	James Wickstrom
1990	Chattahoochee	Duane
1990	The Rose and the Jackal	New York Times Reporter
1986	Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo	Booth
1983	Murder in Coweta County	Prosecutor
	Traction Park Massacre	James Fielding

Year	TV Show	Role
2019	The Act	Judge Palmer
2017	Manhunt	UCSB Professor
2017	Genius	Robert Byrd
2016	11.22.63	Captain Will Fritz
2016	Shooter	James Boyd
2012	Coma	Police Captain
2012	Elementary	Priest
2006	Conviction	Dr. Berwyn
2006	Friday Night Lights	TMU Coach Boyd
2005	Prison Break	Bruce Bennett
2003	One Tree Hill	Bill
1998	Mama Flora's Family	Public Defender