Len Cariou Showed Up to Set One Morning and Quietly Did Something for the Crew That Nobody Expected. The Cast Still Talks About It

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Len Cariou Showed Up to Set One Morning and Quietly Did Something for the Crew That Nobody Expected. The Cast Still Talks About It

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Len Cariou Showed Up to Set One Morning and Quietly Did Something for the Crew That Nobody Expected. The Cast Still Talks About It

Len Cariou spent fourteen seasons playing Henry Reagan — the family patriarch, the former police commissioner, the man who sat at the head of the table and held everything together.

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Off camera, the dynamic wasn't much different.

Cariou is one of the most decorated stage actors of his generation. Tony Award winner. Broadway legend. He didn't need Blue Bloods for credibility. He joined because he genuinely believed in the story being told.

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