Trivia

He has played five characters in the last three Viaje a las estrellas (1966) spin-offs.

According to the producers of 24 (2001), his resemblance to president Richard Nixon was not deliberate; it was merely a coincidence.

Starred in two unrelated movies dealing with Abraham Lincoln: "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" (as Mr. Crook) and "Lincoln" (as John Campbell).

Before playing the President of the United States on 24 (2001), he played a presidential candidate in a commercial for cheese.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Kentucky Cycle".

Although he played Fionnula Flanagan's son in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), he is only six years her junior in real life.

Appeared in both Airplane movies, but as different characters.

Lives in Los Angeles with his wife, an artist, and their two children Wilke (b. 1983) and Julia (b. 1986).

He was awarded the 1992 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Kentucky Circle" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

When he was in sixth grade, his family moved to Burlington, Wisconsin, where his father was mayor.

He was nominated for a 1994 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Featured Actor for "The Kentucky Cycle" on Broadway in New York City.

Lois Foraker, Marnie Mosiman and he were awarded the 1986 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Direction and Concept for "Rogues Gallery," in a Sundays at the Itchey Foot production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

In 2010, he appeared as the Earl of Kent in the Antaeus Company's production of King Lear. He won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for this performance.

Survived by his wife, one daughter Julie, one son, Wike, one grandson, Wylder Gregory, sister Pamela, niece and nephew Deidre and Cole great niece and nephew Claire and Cole.

He has played in several radio plays with The L.A. Theatre Works, and most recently played the Archbishop in the Hollywood Theater of the Ear's 2010 audio production of Saint Joan.

Itzin originally intended to become a theater actor, receiving training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

His father was of German descent and his mother had Irish and English ancestry.

He hosted ACME: This Week! at the ACME Comedy Theatre on February 23, 2008, appearing in several sketches as well as a short film, "Law and Order: Really Special Victims Unit".