The Criminal Minds Star You Forgot Appeared In Frasier

Joe Mantegna is an Italian-American actor and producer who has a long and storied career in the entertainment industry. In addition to "Criminal Minds," Mantegna is known for his work on "The Godfather Part III," "Joan of Arcadia," and his breakthrough role in "Glengarry Glen Ross." He's also an award-winning stage actor who has appeared in several on- and off-Broadway productions, per his IMDb. 

But perhaps his forgotten role was in "Frasier," where he played Derek Mann. Mann's whole schtick is that he's a vocal critic of Dr. Frasier Crane, to the point that it nearly came to fisticuffs. He wrote a column in the newspaper called "I Hate Frasier Crane" — how much more obvious can his hatred get? But you know how "Frasier" goes — it's all about callers, which means Derek wasn't actually on screen, so we never got to see Mantegna.

But Frasier, played by Kelsey Grammer, diffused the situation perfectly. When Mann called into the show to set up a fight with the good doctor, his response was, "I just don't think that civilized people behave that way. You know, Roz, perhaps our listeners have an opinion about that subject?" Well done!

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