# Larry Poindexter

Larry Poindexter (born December 16, 1959) is an American actor and singer.

## Early life

Poindexter was born in Dallas, Texas on December 16, 1959.

## Career

He may be best known for his role in 2003's S.W.A.T., in which he played by-the-book LAPD Captain Tom Fuller, who went head to head with Samuel L. Jackson's character "Hondo".
Poindexter appeared in the ABC soap opera General Hospital as Asher Thomas. He played Asher from June 3, 2005, until August 8, 2005, when his character was shot and killed by Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) after he murdered A.J. Quartermaine (Billy Warlock) and Rachel Adair (Amy Grabow). His Asher Thomas character was controversial, as his backstory was a retcon of Jason and A.J.'s history.
He played a recurring character on season 3 of JAG, Dalton Lowne, the doomed lawyer/love interest of Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), who falls prey to another man obsessed with Mac. He appeared in the soap operas Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives, and was a frequent guest on the MTV show Just Say Julie. He appeared in Quantum Leap, How I Met Your Mother, and Friends. He was in Blade: The Series as FBI agent Ray Collins.
Poindexter was lead singer for the alternative country band The High Lonesome in the 1990s. Their album Feel Free To Do So was released in 1995.
He was one of the producers of The Cher Show at the Neil Simon Theatre in 2018/19.

## Personal life

His father, H. R. Poindexter, was a Tony Award-winning light and set designer. His wife is Carol Kritzer, a casting director, whom he married in 2002. The couple have twin sons.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Claudell | |
| 1984 | Toy Soldiers | Trevor | |
| 1986 | Invaders from Mars | Marine #3 | |
| 1987 | Number One with a Bullet | Preppy Guy | |
| 1987 | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | Sergeant Charlie McDonald | |
| 1988 | Blue Movies | Cliff | |
| 1989 | Warm Summer Rain | Steve | |
| 1990 | Night Eyes | Bard Goldstein | |
| 1992 | The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Carrie's Date | |
| 1995 | The Skateboard Kid II | Announcer | |
| 1995 | Sorceress | Larry Barnes | |
| 1995 | Virtual Combat | Employee | |
| 1995 | Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure | Simon Mitchell | Video |
| 1996 | Dead of Night | Keane | |
| 1997 | Strategic Command | Jack Haynes | |
| 1997 | Steel Sharks | Dobbins | |
| 1997 | Time Under Fire | Cole | |
| 1998 | The White Raven | Lieutenant Kreister | |
| 1999 | Angels, Baby! | Hamilton | |
| 1999 | Valerie Flake | Cliff Lambert | |
| 1999 | Judgment Day | Jeff | Video |
| 2000 | Intrepid | First Officer 'Lazo' Lazaro | |
| 2000 | Coverage | Reisenkemp | Short film |
| 2001 | Ablaze | Andrew Thomas | |
| 2001 | Thy Neighbor's Wife | Chris Stewart | |
| 2002 | Stranded | Nick | Video |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Captain Tom Fuller | Feature Film |
| 2006 | Entity: Nine | Bowman | |
| 2006 | Mojave Phone Booth | Darrell | |
| 2006 | Material Girls | Sol | |
| 2008 | Ninja Cheerleaders | Detective Harris | |
| 2009 | 17 Again | Dean | |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | A New Day in Eden | Greg Lewis | Episode: "1.1" |
| 1983 | Thursday's Child | Malcolm | TV movie |
| 1983 | CHiPs | Mark Anthony Harlington III | Episode: "Fun House" |
| 1983 | Happy Days | Erik Sandler | Episode: "Affairs of the Heart" |
| 1983 | The Facts of Life | Ken | Episode: "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" |
| 1984 | Days of Our Lives | Ben Welch | TV series |
| 1984 | Hotel | Dan | Episode: "Outsiders" |
| 1985 | The Paper Chase | Unknown | Episode: "The Big D" |
| 1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | Unknown | Episode: "Fox in 3/4 Time" |
| 1985 | Silver Spoons | Matt Henderson | Episode: "A Magnificent Obsession" |
| 1986 | Growing Pains | Andre | Episode: "The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Milo Trent | Episode: "Cold Reading" |
| 1986 | Santa Barbara | Justin Moore | 9 episodes |
| 1987 | Karen's Song | Jerry | Episode: "Aloha Oe" |
| 1987 | Sledge Hammer! | Teddy Overman | Episode: "Big Nazi on Campus" |
| 1987–1988 | Duet | Cooper Hayden | 22 episodes |
| 1988 | Nightingales | Todd | TV movie |
| 1989 | Just Say Julie | Various Roles | TV series |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Captain Tony LaMott | Episode: "Genesis: Part 1" |
| 1989 | Tour of Duty | CPT Palmer | Episode: "Sealed with a Kiss" |
| 1990 | ALF | Sergeant Armstrong | Episode: "Consider Me Gone" |
| 1990 | She'll Take Romance | Mike Heller | TV movie |
| 1992 | Passionata | Alan Spencer | TV movie |
| 1992 | Dangerous Curves | Gordon Pierson | xEpisode: "In the Name of Love" |
| 1993 | Melrose Place | Danny Baker | Episodes: "Single White Sister" and "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" |
| 1993 | Murphy Brown | Kevin | Episode: "To Market, to Market" |
| 1993 | Harry and the Hendersons | Ian Wilson | Episode: "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 1993 | Incredi-Girl | Unknown | TV movie |
| 1994 | Hot Line | Unknown | Episode: "Payback" |
| 1994 | Black Sheep | Alex P. Keaton | TV movie |
| 1994 | Sisters | Matt Kirshner | Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" |
| 1994 | Ellen | Don | Episode: "So Funny" |
| 1994 | Party of Five | George Lewis | Episode: "Good Sports" |
| 1994 | Silk Stalkings | Wayne Thornton | Episode: "Vengeance" |
| 1995 | Kissing Miranda | Gilbert 'Gib' Nash | TV movie |
| 1995 | Friends | Fireman Dave | Episode: "The One with the Candy Hearts" |
| 1995-1998 | Weird Science | Agent Scolder / Lieutenant Pommafritte / Doctor | Episodes: "Fly Boy", "Stalag 16", "Night of the Swingin' Steves" & "Genie Junior" |
| 1995–1996 | Hope and Gloria | Jeffrey | 4 episodes |
| 1995–1996 | New York Daze | Henry | 22 episodes |
| 1996 | Kirk | Guy Dunham | Episode: "The Love Letter" |
| 1996 | The Naked Truth | Doctor | Episode: "The Bubble Show" |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Maxwell Deter | Episodes: "Forget Me Not" and "Oedipus Wrecks" |
| 1996 | The John Larroquette Show | Dr. Tim | Episode: "A Night to Remember" |
| 1996 | Party of Five | Professor Tom 'T.J.' Digman | Episode: "Mixed Signals" |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Jeff Weingard | Episode: "Point Blank" |
| 1997 | Spy Game | Jackson | Episode: "What, Micah Worry?" |
| 1997 | Rewind | Mike | TV series |
| 1997–1998 | JAG | Dalton Lowne | 7 episodes |
| 1998 | Style & Substance | Dax Chandler | Episode: "No Soap, Romeo" |
| 1999 | Early Edition | Addison Preston | Episode: "Two to Tangle" |
| 1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Colin | Episode: "Run, Man Ray, Run" |
| 1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Joey Young | TV movie |
| 1999 | Becker | Jordan Brewster | Episode: "My Boyfriend's Back" |
| 1999 | Snoops | Kevin | Episode: "The Heartless Bitch" |
| 2000 | The Sullivan Sisters | Heath | TV series |
| 2000 | Popular | Harold Bean | Episode: "Ch-Ch-Changes" |
| 2000 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Walter Vanderbilt | Episode: "Destiny in a Bottle" |
| 2000 | V.I.P. | Oliver King | Episode: "Loh-Down Dirty Shame" |
| 2001 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Elliot | Episode: "Do You See What I See?" |
| 2001 | Family Law | Assistant Attorney General Kamins | Episode: "Clemency" |
| 2001 | FreakyLinks | Dex Crawford | Episode: "Subject: The Final Word" |
| 2001 | The Tick | Man | Episode: "The License" |
| 2002 | The Agency | Unknown | Episode: "The Enemy Within" |
| 2002 | Fireheart | Harvey Ward | Television movie |
| 2002 | Roswell | Colonel Griffin | Episode: "Crash" |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | Well Dressed Man #3 | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | The Division | Chris Conklin | Episodes: "Diagnosis" and "Acts of Betrayal" |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | Mr. Kintner | Episode: "Joel Gideon" |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Fire Investigator Jack Clarke | Episode: "Bad Words" |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | Attorney George Canton | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | Dan Fallon | Episode: "The Newlydreads" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Barrett Gooden | Episodes: "My Dinner with Andy" and "I Like Ike" |
| 2005 | General Hospital | Dr. Asher Thomas | TV series |
| 2005 | Bones | Senator Bethlehem | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Dr. Stanley Thatcher | Episode: "Grand Murder at Central Station" |
| 2006 | Las Vegas | Mr. Burke | Episode: "The Bitch Is Back" |
| 2006 | Jake in Progress | Roger | Episode: "PB & J" |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Mr. O'Riley | Episode: "Mysterious Ways" |
| 2006 | Standoff | Congressman Carl Cunningham | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Agent Ray Collins | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | Eyes | Daniel Weiss | Episode: "Karma" |
| 2007 | Life | Warren Gibney | Episode: "Pilot: Merit Badge" |
| 2007 | Big Shots | Nick Dawkins | Episode: "Greatest Amerimart Hero" |
| 2007 | Weeds | Fireman | Episode: "Go" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Richard Ludlow | Episode: "One Wrong Move" |
| 2008 | Valentine | Jerry | Episode: "Act Naturally" |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Leonard McBride | Episode: "Bombshell" |
| 2008-2010 | Notes from the Underbelly | Doctor | Episodes: "The List" & "Baby on Board" |
| 2008-2010 | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | Pilot / Frank, The Pilot / Mitch | Episodes: "1.1", "1.3", "2.2" & "3.2" |
| 2009 | Jack and Janet Save the Planet | Robert | TV movie |
| 2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Joe Donovan | Episode: "Perfect Week" |
| 2010 | Supernatural | Pastor David Gideon | Episode: "99 Problems" |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Henry | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2010–2011 | The Hard Times of RJ Berger | Rick Berger | 20 episodes |
| 2011 | Californication | Prosecutor | Episode: "The Trial" Episode: "...And Justice for All" |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Dr. Byron Sluckey | Episode: "We Don't Need Another Hero" |
| 2011 | Drop Dead Diva | Dr. Preminger | Episode: "You Bet Your Life" |
| 2011-2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | District Attorney Claude Melvoy | Episodes: "Targets of Obsession" & Episode: "Altered Stakes" |
| 2012 | Imaginary Friend | Duane | TV movie |
| 2012 | Franklin & Bash | Carter Dunlap | Episode: "650 to SLC" |
| 2012 | Supermoms | Unknown | TV series |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-0 | Lee Benner | Episode: "Kupu'eu" |
| 2014 | Days of Our Lives | Father Louis | TV series |
| 2014 | Castle | Detective McBride | Episode: "Bad Santa" |
| 2014 | Scandal | Mr. Morgan | Episode: "Like Father, Like Daughter" |
| 2016 | Bunk'd | Gerald | Episode: "Xander Says Goodbye" |
| 2016 | Major Crimes | Amanda's Father | Episode: "Present Tense" |
| 2016 | Secrets and Lies | Mark Peterson | Episode: "The Parent" |
| 2017 | Outcast | Peter | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | K.C. Undercover | Foreman | Episode: "Under Construction" |
| 2017 | Ten Days in the Valley | Male Officer | Episode: "Day 7: Breaking the Story" |
| 2018 | Heathers | Mr. Kelly | Episode: "I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Nan Myself" |
| 2019 | S.W.A.T. | Sergeant Boyer | Episode: "Day of Dread" |
| 2019 | NCIS | Dr. Berman | Episode: "Daughters" |
| 2020 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Pilot (AKA "Captain") | Episode: "You're Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey" |