Kurt Fuller, born Curtis Fuller on September 16, 1953[1], is a American character actor. He has appeared in several television, film, and stage projects. He is known for Psych, Ghostbusters II, Anger Management and guest starred on Glee in Preggers, the fourth episode of Season One.
Personal life[]
Fuller was born in San Francisco, California.[1] Fuller is married to actress Jessica Hendra and has two daughters named Julia and Charlotte.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1971 and the University of California with a BA in English Literature in 1976.[1]
Career[]
Fuller made his television debut on Knight Rider in 1984 and had a six-episode recurring role on Wildside in 1985. He would have a three-episode, three different characters, recurring role on L.A. Law in 1986, 1988, and 1994.
Fuller would be in Ghostbusters II in 1989, thirteen-episode role on Capital News in 1990 (also the TV Movie), ten-episode role on Laurie Hill in 1992, and three episodes on Diagnosis Murder in 1994. He would have a nine episode recurring role on Timecop for a year till 1998, on That's My Bush! for eight episodes in 2001, Alias for six episodes in 2003, Desperate Housewives for five episodes for a year till 2006 and Big Day for twelve episodes for a year till 2007.
He also appeared on Supernatural for seven episodes for a year till 2010, Better with You for twenty-two episodes for a year till 2011, The Good Wife for four episodes for three years till 2013, Parenthood for five episodes for two years till 2014, and Scandal for four episodes in 2013.
Fuller had a recurring role for thirty-three episodes on Psych for five years till 2014, guest starred on Glee in 2009, and will appear in the upcoming 2014 television shows: Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight and Manhattan Love Story.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Knight Rider | Cameraman | (Speed Demons) |
| 1985 | Wildside | Elliot Thogmorton | (9 episodes) |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Clifford Gild/Stan Nussbaum/Ed Freeling | (Simian Chanted Evening, The Princess and the Pee and He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother) |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Mr. Burnstein | 1987 - 88 (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and But Not for Me) |
| Beverly Hills Buntz | Harry | (Fit to Be Tied) | |
| The Running Man | Tony | ||
| Sledge Hammer! | FBI Agent Bunion | (Hammer Hits the Rock) | |
| Hooperman | Eliot, the Nephew | (John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye) | |
| The Tortellis | Charo's Manager | (Coochie, Coochie) | |
| Cagney & Lacey | Lorca | (Waste Deep) | |
| Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Roger | TV Movie | |
| 1988 | 227 | Bosworth Duncan | (A Yen for Lester) |
| The Van Dyke Show | Steve | (Dick Stops Smoking) | |
| Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | Mr. Glotter | ||
| Miracle Mile | Gerstead | ||
| Red Heat | Detective | ||
| Newhart | Bill Dryden | (Would You Buy a Used Car from This Handyman?) | |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Adam's Dad | (The Soccer Show) | |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Peter Webster | (Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story) |
| Ghostbusters II | Hardemeyer | ||
| No Holds Barred | Brell | ||
| Under the Boardwalk | Tortoise | ||
| True Believer | George Ballistics | ||
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Pollard Browning | |
| Glory Days | Walter Ayoob | (Whattya Wanna Do Tonight?) | |
| Hurricane Sam | Mr Gower | TV Movie | |
| Capital News | Miles Plato | TV Movie | |
| Capital News | Miles Plato | (13 episodes) | |
| 1991 | Marilyn and Me | Harry Lipton | TV Movie |
| Bingo | Lennie | ||
| Quantum Leap | Burt 'The Turtle' Rosencranz | (Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962) | |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | (The Consulting Detective Mystery) | ||
| Stat | Mickey Weller | (Psychosomatic) | |
| Shannon's Deal | Garth | (Greed) | |
| Eve of Destruction | Bill Schneider | ||
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice | Dr. Leonard | TV Movie |
| Original Intent | Alex Grabowsky | video | |
| Stormy Weathers | Ernie Horshack | ||
| Civil Wars | Jonathan Bentel | (Dirty Pool) | |
| Wayne's World | Russell Finley | ||
| Laurie Hill | Dr. Spencer Kramer | (10 episodes) | |
| 1993 | Harmful Intent | Bingham | TV Movie |
| Calendar Girl | Arturo Gallo | ||
| Relentless: Mind of a Killer | Dahlberg | TV Movie | |
| 1994 | Ellen | Dr. Collins | (The Refrigerator) |
| Reflections on a Crime | Howard | ||
| Diagnosis Murder | Walter Litvak/Dr. Albert Blank | 1994/96 (Georgia on My Mind and X Marks the Murder: Part 1 and Part 2) | |
| 1995 | Just Looking | Chuck | |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Vincent Van Strough | voice (History of the Monster World: Part One/Fear, Thy Name Is Ickis) | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Milo Pike | (A Quaking in Aspen) | |
| Live Shot | Mitch Merman | (The Forgotten Episode) | |
| French Exit | Stubin | ||
| Virus | Dr. Williams | TV Movie | |
| Stuart Saves His Family | Von Arks | ||
| NewsRadio | Ed Harlow | (Pilot) | |
| Vanishing Son | Isaac | (Miracle Under 34th Street and Lock and Load, Babe) | |
| See Jane Run | Dr. Melloff | TV Movie | |
| 1996 | Pandora's Clock | Chet Walters | TV Movie |
| Suddenly Susan | Bill Keane (#1) | (First Episode) | |
| The Fan | Bernie | ||
| Twisted Desire | Det. Becker | TV Movie | |
| The Faculty | Everette Sloan | ||
| Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story | (Episode #1.1 and Episode #1.2) | ||
| 1997 | Looking for Lola | Dr. Gregory Hinson | |
| Moonbase | Deckert | ||
| Crisis Center | (He Said, She Said) | ||
| Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder | Detective Tom Green | TV Movie | |
| Home Invasion | TV Movie | ||
| Timecop | Dr. Dale Easter | 1997 - 98 (9 episodes) | |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Artie Lomax | (Wag the Doc and Adventures in Babysitting) |
| Dharma & Greg | David Saunders | (The House That Dharma Built) | |
| South | Gerald Nader | (Violet Inviolate) | |
| Principal Takes a Holiday | Principal Frank Hockenberry | TV Movie | |
| 1999 | Family Law | Mr. Cutler | (The Fourth Trimester) |
| Diamonds | Moses Agensky | ||
| Pushing Tin | Ed Clabes | ||
| The Jack Bull | Conrad | TV Movie | |
| The Practice | Mr. Lawrence | (Target Practice) | |
| Ally McBeal | Bernard Marsh/Attorney Paget | 1999/2002 (Civil War and Blowin' in the Wind) | |
| Providence | Michael/Thrifty Ticket Agent | 1999/2001 (Saint Syd and The Honeymoon's Over) | |
| 2000 | Scary Movie | The Sheriff | |
| Angels in the Infield | Simon | TV Movie | |
| The Beach Boys: An American Family | Mike Love's dad | TV Movie | |
| 2001 | That's My Bush! | Karl Rove | (8 episodes) |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Mr. Young | (Hal Quits) | |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | Inky | TV Movie |
| Porn 'n Chicken | Dean Widehead | TV Movie | |
| Auto Focus | Werner Klemperer | ||
| Felicity | Paul Korsikoff | (Back to the Future) | |
| The West Wing | SitRoom Civilian Advisor | (We Killed Yamamoto and Posse Comitatus) | |
| The New Guy | Mr. Undine | ||
| Joshua | Father Pat Hayes | ||
| Boston Public | Ken Thomas | (Chapter Thirty-Five) | |
| Repli-Kate | President Chumley | ||
| The Tick | Destroyo | (The Tick vs. Justice) | |
| 2003 | Alias | Robert Lindsey | (8 episodes) |
| The Handler | Edward Burke | (Dirty White Collar) | |
| Karen Sisco | Bo Sweeten | (Nostalgia) | |
| Monk | Dennis Gammill | (Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man) | |
| Oliver Beene | Mitch | (Home, a Loan) | |
| Anger Management | Frank Head | ||
| Judging Amy | Leonard Zook | (Maxine Interrupted) | |
| The Guardian | Frank DeScala | (Understand Your Man) | |
| 2004 | Las Vegas | Siegel | (Blood Is Thicker) |
| Ray | Sam Clark | ||
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives | Detective Barton | 2005 - 06 (5 epsidoes) |
| Boston Legal | Reverend Donald Diddum | (Schadenfreude, Finding Nimmo and A Whiff and a Prayer) | |
| I'm Not Gay | DA | short | |
| The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Berdette | ||
| Come Knocking | Mr. Daily | ||
| The Lost People of Mountain Village | short | ||
| Candor City Hospital | short | ||
| Carnivàle | Bud Everhard | (Ingram, TX and Outskirts, Damascus, NE) | |
| Yes, Dear | Doctor | (Jimmy Has Changed) | |
| Charmed | John Norman | (Carpe Demon) | |
| Unscripted | Kurt | (Episode #1.6 and Episode #1.7) | |
| House M.D. | Mark Adams | (Poison) | |
| Joint Custody | TV Movie | ||
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Walter Ribbon | |
| Fist in the Eye | Kramer | ||
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Quon/Additional Voices | voice (Lake Laogai) | |
| The 4400 | Keane Driscoll | (Graduation Day) | |
| Good Cop, Bad Cop | Kramer | ||
| In Justice | Kenneth Long | (Confessions) | |
| Big Day | Steve | 2006 - 07 (12 episodes) | |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Jerry | (Physical Attraction... Chemical Reaction) |
| Shark | Ben Bentley | (For Whom the Skel Rolls) | |
| Ugly Betty | Mr. Tanen | (How Betty Got Her Grieve Back) | |
| Mr. Woodcock | Councilman Luke | ||
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sheriff Ned Bastille | (Ending Happy) | |
| My Name Is Earl | Mr. Baldwyn | (G.E.D.) | |
| The Batman | Superior | voice (Artifacts) | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Ted Atkins | (Monday) | |
| Eyes | Michael Zucker | (Whistleblower) | |
| See Jayne Run | (Pilot) | ||
| 2008 | Major Movie Star | Cousin Barry | |
| Superhero Movie | Bank Loan Officer | ||
| Hollywood Residential | Chet | ||
| 2009 | Arrow Heads | Wally | short |
| Glee | Mr. McClung | (Preggers) | |
| Van Wilder: Freshman Year | Dean Charles Reardon | video | |
| Eli Stone | Doug Stemple | (Tailspin) | |
| Supernatural | Zachariah | 2009 - 10 (7 episodes) | |
| Psych | Coroner Woody Strode | 2009 - 14 (33 episodes) | |
| 2010 | BoyBand | Earl Roberts | |
| The Prankster | Dean Pecarino | ||
| Group Sex | Bloom | video | |
| Drop Dead Diva | Henry Bingum | (Senti-Mental Journey) | |
| Fake It Til You Make It | Veteran Cop | (Wayne Brady Tweets) | |
| Legally Mad | Lou Peable | TV Movie | |
| Sons of Tucson | Principal | (Pilot) | |
| Men of a Certain Age | Scarpulla manager | (Back in the Sh*t) | |
| Better with You | Joel Putney | 2010 - 11 (22 episodes) | |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Richard Coombs | voice and video game |
| Midnight in Paris | John | ||
| Svetlana | Interrogator | (Water-Board Certified) | |
| The Good Wife | Judge Peter Dunaway | 2011 - 13 (4 episodes) | |
| 2012 | Love and Germophobia | Dr. Robinson | short |
| The Silent Thief | Howard Henderson | ||
| Family Trap | Steve | TV Movie | |
| Parenthood | Dr. Bedsloe | 2012 - 14 (5 episodes) | |
| 2013 | The Frozen Ground | D.A. Pat Clives | |
| Scandal | Grayden Osborn | (4 episodes) | |
| Wrong Cops | Music producer | ||
| Mr. Payback | Bennett | short | |
| Us & Them | Michael | 2013 - 2014 (7 episodes) | |
| 2014 | Manhattan Love Story | William | (13 episodes) |
| The Potters | Frank Berry | post-production | |
| Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | Mr. Abramson | (Episode #1.4, #1.5 and #1.9) | |
| Nailed | Norm | completed | |
| Franklin & Bash | (Honor Thy Mother) | ||
| The Wolves of Savin Hill | Carl | ||
| Jennifer Falls | Dr. Wessman | (Three Dates with My Mother) | |
| The Crazy Ones | Mitchell Payson | (Dead and Improved) | |
| The Rebels | Arnie | (Pilot) | |
| Gay Batman | Concerned Citizen | short | |
| 2015 | A Light Beneath Their Feet | Dr. Rutter | post-production |
| Bones | Sid Lauren | (The Big Beef at the Royal Diner) | |
| Film Pigs | CEO / Himself - Guest Host | (Fuller of It) | |
| Hot in Cleveland | Gerald | (Duct Soup) | |
| Accidental Love | Reverend Norm | ||
| The Wolves of Savin Hill | Carl |
Gallery[]
References[]
Videos[]
Psych love for Kristen Nelson and Kurt Fuller at Comic Con interview by Chuck the Movieguy