He appeared in a recurring role as main antagonist Mason Wood in season eight of Castle. Before finding success as an actor, McRaney worked in the Louisiana oil fields. In film, he starred in Night of Bloody Horror , a low-budget slasher film in which he played the lead character Wesley Stuart. In addition, he starred in numerous episodes of The Incredible Hulk playing roles as a jealous boyfriend, a jealous race car driver, an angry police officer, and a disturbed police chief, and his miniseries roles include Dr.
Andy Ruggio. In the late s, McRaney co-hosted the cable outdoor hunting and shooting series The World of Beretta , drawing on his own sport interests. The series featured the sponsor's rifle and shotgun products in a number of hunting locations around the world, and often featured a celebrity shooter to hunt with McRaney.
In , he began playing a recurring role as a judge on the US drama Fairly Legal. Later in , he had a recurring role in the final season of Southland. In , , , and , he appeared in the Netflix series House of Cards as the billionaire Raymond Tusk of an energy corporation specializing in nuclear power. He also made two appearances in a supporting role on the FX Network drama Justified.
Jake Owens, Dolly Parton 's maternal grandfather and preacher. In , he appeared as main antagonist and recurring character Mason Wood LockSat during the eighth and final season of Castle. Nathan Katowski, a role for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Navy Vice Admiral retired Hollace Kilbride. He appeared on the series in which she starred, Designing Women , as Dash Goff who was named after a real person from Fayetteville, Arkansas , whom Delta Burke's fellow castmate, Annie Potts , had met while filming Pass the Ammo on location.
He made many visits to support the soldiers in Operation Desert Storm. During one USO -sponsored trip, McRaney visited sailors and Marines on board ships ported in Toulon , France, on Thanksgiving of and signed autographs for the men on board the ships. While on board the USS Ashland , he autographed one sailor's cowboy hat. He also visited troops during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia in McRaney chaired the Department of Veterans Affairs ' National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans campaign, honoring hospitalized veterans and promoting volunteerism at VA medical center.
