Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor best known for portraying the character Eli Levinson in both American legal drama series Civil Wars and L.A. Law; as well as, Ira Woodbine on the television sitcom Cybill, Stuart Brickman on Chicago Hope and Professor Youens on Shameless. He also appeared in the films The Wanderers (1979) and Robots (2005). From 2005 to 2009, Rosenberg was president of the Screen Actors Guild. (Via Wikipedia)