His film roles include Crom in the film Tron (1982), with Future Babylon 5 co-star Bruce Boxleitner, and as Roy, the perfect father neighbor, in Problem Child (1990).
Jurasik also starred as Mitch Kline in the 1983 short-lived CBS series Bay City Blues. He starred as Dr. Simon Ward in an episode of Columbo: "Sex and the Married Detective" in 1989.
In 1998, he wrote Diplomatic Act (ISBN 0-671-87788-7) with william H. Keith, Jr., a science fiction novel wherein the lead character, an actor in a science fiction show, is kidnapped by aliens who think he is the character from the program. The book is similar in tone and story to Galaxy Quest, which was released one year later.
In 2000, Jurasik appeared in the Doctor Who audio adventure Winter for the Adept.
